Chapter 112

Valerie Will POV

I didn’t have any words to explain how I was feeling.

Everything inside me was tangled — grief, fear, and confusion. I just kept my fingers crossed, hoping that Benjamin was going to be okay.

If something worse happened, we were going to be in big trouble. I paced around the hospital hallway as I waited impatiently for Patrick to come outside.

I wanted him to come out and tell me that everything was okay. But when the door finally swung open, I didn’t like the look on his face.

It meant that something was wrong.

“What happened? Were you able to convince her that you had nothing to do with it?” I asked, folding my hands across my chest and staring at him in anticipation.

“No. She wouldn’t believe me.”

“Wow,” I muttered under my breath.

Patrick and I made our way to the doctor’s office. He told them to do whatever they could to save his brother, and he was willing to pay whatever price.

Soon enough, we