Chapter 86-the news

The news of Victoria's death hit me like a punch to the gut, but there was no time to process it. Rachel had been found, half--dead on a dark road, barely clinging to life. Now, she was here in the hospital, and I could hardly breathe as I waited for the doctors to tell me if she'd pull through. When I arrived, they were already working on her. I paced outside the emergency room, my heart racing, helpless as I imagined Rachel alone, bleeding, struggling. I couldn't shake the image of her, staggering along some empty road, searching desperately for someone to help her. And then, thank God, that man had seen her. He must have been horrified Rachel, dragging herself along the road, her hand bleeding, her body slumped from exhaustion and pain. I imagined him pulling over in shock, getting out of his car, reaching for her as she collapsed in his arms. He'd managed to get her here in time, but it was too close. I couldn't stop wondering how she'd survived how she'd made it that far with ever