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the sharp point of the knife near her spine. She moved forward just as security came through the double doors.
    “Don’t move!” A guard from the hospital yelled. The woman momentarily stopped, then put the knife up to Megan’s throat. She pulled it across slowly, cutting her slightly. Megan’s lip trembled.
    “You don’t want to threaten me.”
    “Ma’am, put the knife down.”
    Instead of dropping the weapon, the woman pulled Megan even tighter against her so that her arm was wrapped around Megan’s chest, and the knife was in the other, holding her firmly in place.
    “Put the knife down, or you and your husband won’t have any chance in seeing your son,” another voice called out.
    Megan knew that voice right away. She went to turn, but the knife went in a little more, eliciting a little cry from Megan.
    “What do you mean?” the woman asked. Her voice was shaky as well.
    “Your son is awake now, and there is no chance in hell that I am going to let you even see him to make sure he is okay if you harm one more hair on that woman’s body.”
    Tears streamed down Megan’s face, and she felt the woman let go. The knife dropped, and then a few seconds later she heard the unmistakable sound of cuffs being put on the woman behind her. Megan’s hand went up to her throat and touched the little amount of blood that pebbled over the cut.
    “Megan,” Brice whispered.
    Megan heard him, but all of a sudden the adrenaline finally hit, and she collapsed to the floor.
     
    It took a few minutes for Megan to come to, and when she did, she saw Brice first. She was lying in one of the beds in the ER.
    “Hi,” she said, then winced. It felt like her head hit a brick wall.
    “You have a pretty sizable bump on your head, Megs.”
    Megan scrunched her nose at the nickname. “Megs?”
    Brice smiled softly. “It suits you. You scared me.”
    “I scared myself.”
    “What the hell happened out there? Jan is hysterical, I couldn’t get much out of her.”
    “Oh thank God Jan’s all right.”
    “Yeah, we got to her just before getting you.”
    “Why were you here?”
    “I was here earlier for the car accident that the woman and man that accosted you were in. Drunk driver hit their car, killed their son.”
    “But you said!”
    “They had two sons. The one died instantly, the other was not so good, but the Doctor remains hopeful.”
    Megan instantly felt sick. She couldn’t imagine anything like that happening to Jacob. More tears came down her face, and she felt as if she would crumble. Her head hurt, and she was still shaken from what had happened, but to think that those two people that were just in that room would lose one son, and may even lose another was something altogether horrifying.
    Brice felt awful. “I’m just glad I was here tonight. You have no idea what that did to me seeing you like that, seeing that knife up to your throat.”
    Megan didn’t want to think about it, or what he meant by what he was saying. She closed her eyes, and felt Brice’s arms go around her. She felt the warmth of his embrace, and the fast beating of his heart. “It’s okay, Brice, I don’t need a hug.”
    Brice moved to look at her. “I needed the hug, Megs. How do you think it feels to see something like that?” Brice leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. “I had a hell of a day so far, let me tell you.”
    “What happened?”
    “Well, the accident for one, seeing the knife to your throat was the other, and now I have to leave to finish up my shift, and I can’t be here to protect you…”
    Megan tried to move to get a better view. Protect her? “What are you talking about, Brice?”
    “You have to work all day. Why don’t you just go home?”
    “I have to work, Brice. I have a son to raise.” Megan couldn’t believe he was seriously asking her to go home. It’s not as if she didn’t already think that, but for a man that had just met her the day before to already be telling her what was what