Chapter 48. The Conflict

Zera’s POV

My heart sank like the Titanic after she said he was involved in a crash, and my mood changed.

“He was taken to the hospital and has been there since,” she finished, bringing me out of my thoughts to focus on her.

“Where is he now?” I asked, barely holding my trembling voice together.

I saw Aaron stare at me from the corner of my eye with worried eyes, and I knew he had heeded my warning and wasn’t listening to this call. However, judging from the quietness I got from behind, I wasn’t sure the same could be said for those seated in the back seat.

“Saint Louis General Hospital,” she replied, and my brain did a mental location of the hospital and realized it was in Beverly Hills.

I nodded. “I’m on my way.” I ended the call and turned to look at Aaron.

“Where?” he asked, not waiting for the rest of the story. He must have drawn his conclusion based on the change in expression and realized I needed to be somewhere.

He jus