Chapter 79

“No way in hell I’m calling you Uncle.” I quip, accepting his help.

He puts his arm around my back and lifts me to help me walk. Pain paralyzes me for a minute as I grimace. The gash across my abdomen seems to be my biggest injury as I'm losing the most blood from it. Ali steps in front of me looking me over, head to toe. She gently runs her hands along my cheeks and nose looking for injury and broken bones.

She tenderly presses around the almost healed gaping head wound I received earlier tonight, courtesy of Samuel. She then runs along my arms, the tingles replacing the pain temporarily with little dancing sparks of joy. But the joy is short-lived as they die out and find a new place to alleviate my ailments. Her hands find my chest as she frantically searches.

I can feel her hesitation when she gets to the spot where my shirt is bloodied and dripping. She reaches out tentatively looking up to me for a moment and I quirk a brow at her. I feel like absolute s