Chapter 55: The Crash
(Author's POV)
Victoria got the call before she'd even made it back to the parking garage.
She was at the hospital within twenty minutes.
"Jasper." She pushed through the curtain and stopped. He was sitting up in the bed, head wrapped in white gauze, face the color of old chalk. "You scared me half to death."
Jasper didn't answer right away. He was staring at the wall across from him.
Ethan's words on the phone still lingered in his mind, refusing to fade.
"I'm fine," he said, finally.
"You are not fine. You have a head wound and-"
"It's a concussion. I've had worse."
Victoria pulled a chair to the side of the bed and sat down hard. Her hands were shaking. She pressed them flat against her knees and tried to breathe, but it came out ragged, and then the tear
