In Love, Never Say Never

I could not explain that either. “It started after I saw the pregnant woman just now. I guess it must be a repercussion of what happened the last time.”

After a brief pause, I regarded him. “What are you doing here?”

Rebecca came over to us. It had only been a few days since, but she looked visibly sallow and seemed to have lost considerable weight.

Ashton was calm. “I was sending her to the hospital when I lost focus and ran into someone.”

There may be more to this than what he described, as he had always been a cautious driver. It was unlikely that the cause had been a loss of concentration on his part.

I glanced over to Rebecca’s pale facade and puffy eyes.

They were filled with hatred and resentment. Did I somehow offend her again lately?

A siren filled the air as the ambulance approached. Ashton ran his fingers through his own hair and swept it behind his ears before he whispered, “Don’t worry about it. Wait for me at home. I’ll be back when this is settled, alright?”

I nodded in acknowledgement.

It was a matter of life and death that he should see to it without delay.

As I watched him depart, Rebecca glared at me. “You should have died!”

Those words were as chilling as they were perplexing.

I was seriously baffled as I was certain that I had done nothing recently that might have roused her ire.

pregnant woman

enough time to safely make the return trip

might as well drive down

At the hospital.

would appear that the woman got out of it unscathed. She

had been sent into the delivery room by the

had taken over Ashton’s duty to communicate with her family. Rebecca sustained light injuries and

settled, Ashton finally found time to sit down. I regarded him silently for some time. “You’ve always been careful at the

in his gaze which instilled a sense of foreboding

arguing with me in the

iron and copper which filled my nostrils brought my

asked as I reached out

“I’m fine!” There was a

long-suppressed emotions surged to the surface. “Do you think neglecting to take

outburst, and my glare shut down whatever response he

blood had caked over time and the color of his clothing made it

to smell the blood, I might not

he said in a comforting

was with Rebecca, or because he did

knew was that I

nurse was brought in to help clean up his wound. He was

of the youthful