He looked at me and shook his head and was about to grab his radio when he held his hand up to ear, pressing on the earpiece he wore, listening.
“I’m sorry, miss.It seems there has been an injury to one of the players.You’ll have to wait until they come out.”
“Who got hurt?”I questioned, panic filling me.
“Sorry, miss, you’re going to have to wait.”
“But, please, I?—”
“Step back from the door.I’ll let you know when we can bring you in,” he said, pulling the door closed.
I dug into my purse and pulled out my phone, quickly messaging Aurora to find out what was going on.
Emma: Hey Aurora, I’m here at the arena, they won’t let me in.They said someone got hurt.
I stared at my phone, hoping she responded quickly.It seemed to take forever for those three little dots to bounce around, and then, as I stared at them doing their little bouncing dance that seemed to take forever, she said:
Aurora: Where are you?
Emma: I’m at the player’s entrance.
Aurora: Stay there, I’m on my way.
I shoved my phone back into my purse and waited, wrapping my coat tightly around me.It only took a couple of minutes before Aurora came flying out the back door, looking around until she spotted me.She rushed over, pulling me off to the side.
“Did you hear anything?”she questioned.
“No, why?”I said, starting to feel a little panicked.
“Okay, well, Colton was injured.He’s being taken over to the hospital here.”
“What?Bad?”I questioned.
“Bad enough.He took a blow to the side of the knee.I am positive it’s his MCL.We just need an MRI for a confirmed diagnosis.”
It was then the door opened and out came Colton on a stretcher.They lifted him into the back of the ambulance and then turned to look over at us.
“Coming,” Aurora said, before she turned back to me.“He’ll be alright,” she said, placing her hand on my arm before walking away.
“Aurora?Is it alright if I follow?”I questioned.
She looked toward the ambulance and then back at me and nodded.
Chapter Nineteen
Colton
I layin the emergency room, the pain finally easing thanks to the medication they’d given me.I’d had my MRI and was just waiting for the results.Aurora had already gone to see if she could get them a little quicker, when I looked over at the door.
I wasn’t sure if it was the medication that was causing me to hallucinate, but I was certain I saw Emma standing there.Then she took a step forward and held her hand up in a small wave.
“Is it really you?”I questioned.
“Yeah, it’s really me,” she said.“Can I come in.”
“What are you doing here?”
She took another small step inside and placed her purse down on the chair on the other side of the room, then took a couple of steps toward the bed.
