Katerina jumped down from the SUV chasing after Giorgio.His long legs ate up distance which meant she couldn't catch up with him, which turned out to be a good thing.“Hello, sir.” A stern-looking lady in black combat gear stopped Giorgio from taking one more step. “Your name?”“Fabrio Luka.” Giorgio smoothly said, offering the fake name up like it was actually his.Katerina's mouth dropped in disbelief.The cop lady didn't look fazed, pulling out a small notebook from her back pocket to document his name. “My name is Detective Grace Mallory and I'm the office in charge of the missing person's case, Katerina Petrova. Someone tipped us off that there was an attempted rescue by one of our officers, so I am obligated to ask everyone here who they are and why they're here.”Katerina gasped, fucking behind a tree so the woman didn't see her.What the hell?“Right, I'm Katerina's uncle, and that's why I'm here. You see my son knows Mark Dunkle, the commissioner of police and he roped me in

Katerina's mouth dropped like a pendulum and for a minute, she simply stared at her father trying to understand what he said… maybe it was a bad joke or prank but she couldn't find any traces of laughter in his face. “Wait, do you actually believe this shit? I mean a mob star, is that really the best you could come up with?” She asked with a disbelieving scoff.Dylan closed his eyes briefly in sadness. “Katerina, I am not lying to you, okay? You asked for the truth and here it is!”She waited for a couple of minutes to see if he would retract his statement but he didn't, holding her gaze.Fuck this!Bursting into laughter, she shook her head at her father wondering why she even came out here in the first place, believing that he would be honest with her for the first time in his life. “I don't know but made me trust you or even believe anything that will come out of your mouth… but this is it, I'm not taking another fucking lie, Dad!” she pushed her chair back angrily, grabbing her pu

“Oh, wow I didn't realize that it was you, madam!” The nurse lady said, her tone going up a notch. “Please follow me.”Her attitude did a real 360 as she ushered Katerina toward a small office. “I apologize in advance, it's just that everybody knows that you're his wife but you still have to feel some forms in case, you know… we need it.”“All right, cool. Just point me to where I'm supposed to sign.” Katerina passed on a smile.The nurse brought out a stack of documents, pointing at each section where she was supposed to sign but as time went on, Katerina grew uncomfortable because the longer her hoodie was down the more the stares increased, graduating to people murmuring as they passed by.She tried to not let it get to her but some of the conversation floated up to her ears.“Oh, my god! Isn't it that woman that just got kidnapped or something? What is she doing here?” A blond lady passing with her friend whispered way too loudly, making a fake attempt not to stare. “I think her

Her heart skipped a beat leaping into her throat. Katerina stilled, staring at his hand to see if it would move again.It didn't.Thinking it was a fluke, she leaned forward only for his hand to twitch again, nearly scaring the life out of her.Suddenly, Tyler's eyes flew open, disoriented for a couple of seconds before they focused on her, sharpening. “Hey, Kate-”His body jerked, his hand slipping from hers and suddenly the machines started to go crazy.Katerina didn't know what to do, not sure when a scream tore out of her chest and she staggered out of the chair, running for the door.“Help! Somebody please help him!” She screamed at the top of her lungs, gathering the attention of some orderlies and nurses who were hanging around.They rushed into Tyler's room, their hands hovering over his body.One of them yelled, “Go get Dr Jackson, now!!”Everything seemed to be happening all at once, the sounds of the monitors rapidly beeping, the nurses racing around and talking over one an

On getting to Tyler's room, Katerina noticed that it was empty, clear of all the doctors and nurses that flooded it earlier.As the nurse was about to leave, Katerina stopped her. “Uh, sorry…but where is everyone?”She turned around to face Katerina. “They've left to attend to other patients, ma'am.”Katerina blinked. “Yeah, I know that. I just mean…” she trailed off, waving her hands towards Tyler's still body. “What about him? How's he doing?”The nurse's eyes darted between her and Tyler, her mouth opening as if she wanted to say something before closing. “All I can tell you is that he's stable for now, the doctor will come by to give you more information.”“Oh, thank you….” The door slammed closed before she could even get all the words out of her mouth.Blowing out a breath, she walked towards Tyler's bed, her shoes not making a sound on the linoleum.Already, her hands were turning clammy and slightly damp with perspiration, which was odd. When she was about two feet away from