CHAPTER 16
“ALL RIGHT,” CARL WHISPERED. “All right.”
Panic laced his voice, mirroring the panic that swelled up inside her.
“Let me just think. If I take Riverside to Governor’s Ave, I can get you to the hospital. You need to apply pressure. You need to ...”
The pain hadn’t been that bad until she realized what it was. The shoulder of her leather coat was torn. She couldn’t even see skin beneath, just blood. What kind of diseases would infect a wound like that? She looked at her arm again, and her vision blurred.
“I don’t feel too good.” She had time to turn her face away from her injury before throwing up. It wasn’t until her stomach was empty that she realized what she had done.
She didn’t dare raise her eyes to Carl but stared at his dirty pants leg. Where was that Kleenex he had
