Chapter 138

"Amputation?!" My mind just blanked out. Panic, fear, guilt—they all hit me like a wave. I almost couldn’t stay on my feet. I grabbed the back of the couch, fingertips cold as ice, and that chill just spread all over my body. "Emma, Jordan can’t lose his leg. You know how much it means to him. If that really happens… he might not survive it." "And… and it might’ve been because of me. He got hurt while looking for me…" Last night he was on the phone with me and suddenly Ronald smashed my phone. The call was cut off. Jordan probably thought I was in trouble, so he went out to find me. That’s why he didn’t answer when I called him later. And I just thought maybe he had training. Never in my wildest thoughts did I imagine something that serious happened... For a few seconds, the air was so quiet it was deafening. Emma’s breathing turned shaky, like she was trying really hard to hold it together. "Stop blaming yourself for everything. Jordan’s an adult—what he does, he does by choice. You’r