Chapter 6
Rico felt the other car hit them from behind, it all happened so fast. He looked over at Lalena once the car had stopped and saw blood pouring down her head. “Lalena, Lalena, talk to me, are you okay?” He hollered.
She didn’t move an inch. He got his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed 911. “Yes this is Mayor Zess, there’s been an accident. We are at 8th and Central. She’s injured and not conscious. Please hurry.” He said into the phone.
He unsnapped his seat belt and turned towards her, touching her and trying to wake her up. “Lalena, please answer me.” He said.
The ambulance was there in a just a few minutes. They moved him out of the car and tried to get her out from the passenger’s side.
Rico listened and watched as they had to get the jaws of life to cut the driver’s door out. “She’s stuck on it; we can’t pull her out this way.” The responders had said when they first had tried to move her out of the car.
“Is she going to be okay?” Rico asked them more than once.
“We don’t know sir; please you have to give us room.” The worker’s pushed him back more than once.
“Alright get a neck brace. Get her stable, I still hear a heartbeat, let’s get her to the hospital now.” Rico heard a worker saying.
“Can I ride with you?” Rico asked.
“Yeah just try and stay out of the way okay, it might save her life.” The worker stated.
Rico grabbed her hand and held it on the ambulance ride to the hospital. She looked so lifeless on the stretcher. She was pale and he was sure close to death. “Please be okay.” He prayed as they drove to the ambulance.
They took her inside and Rico had to wait in the living room. He had thought of pulling his status to get into the room with her. But he knew they needed their room to help her. Instead he paced in the room and waited to hear from the doctors who were working on her.
He paced until he was frustrated, he hadn’t heard anything yet. Rico went up to the desk and demanded to be told what was going on with the girl he had come in with.
“I’m sorry sir, I don’t know. I’ll see if I can find out anything for you though.” The young man said and walked off.
Rico watched for him to come back, but after another 20 minutes the man hadn’t come back. Rico got worried that Lalena had died in back and they just didn’t want to tell him.
His nerves were raw and on edge. He wondered what had happened in the accident. The police walked in the door to talk to him about it as he was waiting for news about her.
Rico kept watching for the man to come back as the police talked to him.
“Mr. Mayor I need you tell us what happened.” One of the officers tried to get Rico to focus on the questions.
“I’m sorry; I’m just really worried about her. We were driving; she had driven because I drank some wine at dinner. Someone hit us hard from behind and the next thing I knew I saw blood all over her. Here we are now; I’m waiting to make sure she’s okay. Do you know who did it?” Rico asked.
“No sir, it was a hit and run, we’ve gotten no reports yet on anything. Do you know the color of the car that hit you?” The officer asked.
“It’s dark out and it happened so fast honestly.” Rico stated.
“Do you know anyone who might want to hurt you or the person who was with you?” The other officer asked.
“The person who was with me is Officer Lalena Swan; I don’t know anyone who would want to hurt her. But me on the other hand, we have a list of people who might want to get me.” Rico admitted.
“It was Officer Swan?” The younger of the two officers asked.
“Yes it was.” Rico answered.
He walked away and got on his radio. Rico couldn’t make out what was being said, but when the officer came back he said. “Okay sir, we’ll get right on this, we might have a few more questions but for now that’s it. Thank you for your time.” He tapped the other officer on the shoulder and they left.
Rico walked back up to the front desk, the young man had finally reappeared. “Did you find out anything?” Rico asked him.
“She’s in surgery right now. They’ll be done as soon as they can.” The young man said.
“Is she going to be okay?” He asked.
“Honestly, it’s touch and go right now, their trying to stop the internal bleeding. But please don’t tell them I told you, I could get into serious trouble.” The young man explained.
“I won’t say a word.” Rico walked away and looked out the window. He tried to think of who on the list might be the one to do this. Who hated him so much that they would hit his car and injure an innocent party?
“Excuse me Mr. Mayor.” He heard a voice from behind. Rico turned to see one of the doctors who must have been in the room with Lalena.
“Yes, is she okay?” Rico asked immediately.
“We don’t know yet. We’ve done all we can, now it’s up to her body to fight for her. She’s in recovery, if you want to see her.” The doctor said.
Rico practically ran to her room. He looked at her on the bed, her head was wrapped in bandages, and she looked so pale. He walked over to the side of the bed and put his hand on hers.
“Please fight to wake up. I need you in my life. I love you I can’t lose you when I’ve just found you.” He said to her.
He sat and talked to her about nothing and kept telling her how he felt. He hoped that she was hearing this and it would help her recover.
“The police are looking for whoever hit us. I think it might be someone on the list. They didn’t hit us right, or know that you were driving. I should be lying there where you are right now. I’m so sorry; I never wanted you to be hurt. Lalena please be okay, I don’t want to lose you.” Rico cried.