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    “ You have a minor head injury; that’s why you’re probably still feeling uncomfortable,” he said, tracing his finger across the top of her head. “When the truck first made impact your body flew forward, and you hit your head on the dash board. A lot of the cuts and bruises were caused by the shattered windshield. The car was pushed from the impact. It zoomed few feet away before crashing into a street lamp. When it did, you flew to the backseat again. They wouldn’t let me see you. They insisted that I get checked out no matter how many times I told them I was fine.”
    He cleared his throat, and she could tell he was trying hard not to cry. “When they brought you to the hospital, they rushed you right in. You were far worse off than my worst nightmare. I ran to you as they rushed you down the hallway, and you whispered my name before you passed out.” He smiled, then exhaled, looking away again. “You lost so much blood, and I could see the glass fragments all over you. While they tried to clean you up, they noticed some unusual discoloration and swelling around your stomach and found out that there was some internal bleeding. The lining of your spleen was torn. They rushed you into the ICU and gave you an IV for fluids. You had to wear an oxygen mask, and you had a few blood transfusions. They tried their best, but it wasn’t working out, so a couple days later they decided to finally operate to try to repair what they could.”
    “That sounds like my kind of luck, but what happened to my ankle?”
    “You sprained it,” he whispered then sighed. “I have never been so afraid in my life, Jenna. Things seemed to go well after the operation. Well, the bleeding stopped anyway, but then you got sick. They told me that an infection had developed, and they had to keep you out of it until the treatment worked.”
    “So exactly how long have we been here?” She said “we” knowing that he’d been by her side the whole time.
    “A little over a month.”
    “More than a month?” It felt longer, or at least it’d been so much longer when she’d thought Tyler was dead.
    It was a lot to take in.

    Chapter Four

    “ Are you okay?”
    She nodded, “It’s just all so overwhelming and nothing like I woke up thinking. How is Jayden?”
    “I wondered how long it would take before you asked about him,” Tyler said with a smile. “He’s always been a momma’s boy.”
    “And I love that fact. Let’s hope that hasn’t changed,” she said, her stomach in a nervous knot. The first time she’d seen him, she freaked out, convinced they had all died. She hadn’t seen him since, not that she blamed them for keeping him away, but still, she really missed him.
    He gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. “Not a chance. It’s been hard on him, but he’s a tough little boy, and now that you’re doing so well, it’ll only get better. He’s been with our parents a lot, they take turns watching him, and I’ve gone to see him whenever I could. The house has been pretty crowded since your parents temporarily moved in, and I can’t wait to get you home so things could get back to normal.”
    “I imagine you’ve probably spent most of your time here, right?”
    Tyler smiled. “I hate when I have to leave, but it gets stressful, and your mom has kicked me out a few times.”
    “She has?” That shocked her, but made her laugh too. “It was probably for your own good.”
    “Probably, it gave me the opportunity to spend time with Jayden or help out at work. They’ve got to where they’re not as shocked to see me as they were at first. I’m on a leave of absence, but on the odd occasion, Alex would let me help her out. I needed that escape. She’s working an interesting case involving a minor in an armed robbery, and I helped her put together some of the defense strategies.”
    “ Sounds interesting and I bet its killing you that you’ve been away for so long,” she teased, knowing how much Tyler adored