Kason followed me. “Hey.”
I stopped and turned to him.
“Where are you going?”
“Where’s the cop?” I asked as I grabbed a chair from down the hallway and dragged it outside of Giselle’s room.
“Do you think she needs one?”
“Yeah, I think she needs one. Call them now and demand one. The guy’s still out there. Until then, I’m sitting my ass out here.”
“Dude, you don’t have to do that,” Kason said.
“Of course I do.”
Kason pulled out his phone and walked off to make the call.
I checked my phone, wincing when I found a text from Masie.
Masie
Everything ok?
Me
Not really. Sorry I had to bail. My friend got hurt.
Masie
Is he ok?
Me
Not really. Gonna stay at the hospital 2nite.
Masie
I understand.
Me
U still at my place?
Masie
No. I Ubered home.
Me
I’m such an asshole. I should’ve paid for it.
Masie
You were pretty shaken up. No worries. U can make it up to me next time.
I didn’t respond. I couldn’t think about a next time with Masie. Not when the girl I’d loved since I was a kid was lying in a hospital bed.
Kason walked back over. “They’re sending one over.”