The doctor stopped in front of us, looking at everyone until his gaze fell on me. He recognized me as the one who had gotten out of the ambulance with him, but his face gave me a bad feeling. I could almost hear the heavy breathing of everyone present, as fear crept through our bodies, leaving us in complete silence.
"Who are Mr. Johnson's relatives?" asked the doctor, without taking his eyes off me.
"I'm his cousin" said Nikki, "and she's his girlfriend."
I didn't try to correct her when she referred to me as his girlfriend, because I didn't care.
"How is he?" I asked the question, but we all wanted to know the answer.
The doctor didn't take long to respond.
"Stable for the moment" there was a collective gasp. Relief made me gasp. "The bullet hit Mr. Johnson's liver, but if all goes
