Chapter 77. Kill or Be Killed

Alicia's POV

Eight hours later

"Alicia, please try to calm down," Koldis says to me for probably the hundredth time, but just like the previous times, I ignore him and continue wearing the floor thin.

After what seems like a while, but I know it can only have been a few minutes, a nurse walks in our direction, and I immediately rush to her. "How is he? How is he? How is he?" 

It's funny how the human mind thinks. Saying words three or more times will not lend your words a sense of urgency. It will only make the recipient of the questions irritated, like now. A look of annoyance passes over the nurse's face like a shadow, but it's gone in an instant, making me feel I imagined it.

"He's in surgery, ma'am, and the surgeon is doing his best to remove the bullets from his chest." 

She tries to pass, but I hold onto her hand as tears pool in my eyes. "Please... he's the father of my unborn child." My voice is scratchy from all