He’s More Than Just A Brother To Her

‘Where? How many times? Are the bullets still lodged inside him?’ ‘I…he…he’s been shot.’ Kira repeated stupidly. Seeing she wasn’t going to get anything more out of her, the nurse shook her head. ‘Why don’t you take a seat? I’ll go get the intake forms and a cup of water for you.’ Kira didn’t hear the nurse. Her eyes followed the gurney. ‘Gideon…’ She started chasing after the team of doctors and nurses, lurching in her heels. She had to be there for him. ‘Miss! Miss!’ A nurse blocked her way. ‘You can’t go into the operating room. Please wait here.’ Kira didn’t want to wait. What if something happened to him in there? The pungent smell of ammonia, the harsh white lights, the creaking of the gurney wheels, the red light over the door of the operating room… It wasn’t déjà vu. This had happened before. Kira’s mind was hurled back to two years ago. She had rushed to the hospital with her father covered in blood. A nurse had asked her to stay out here and wait. She waited. And she never sa