Chapter 149

He wiped the blood from his nose and mouth with the back of his hand and turned to see if Gwen and her family were okay. Gwen was suddenly in front of him with some sort of cloth that she placed against his nose. Then she took his battered hand and led him to a stuffed chair and made him sit down.

Paula, Ted, and Kate had witnessed the entire event and stood in shock, unmoving and speechless. Jordan led the crying woman Steve had rescued from the two thugs to another chair and coaxed her to take a seat. Satisfied that Steve was alright, Gwen returned to the man that had been shot. He was stretched out on the floor moaning as blood began to pool under him.

She kneeled down, opened the man’s shirt and looked closely at the wound. She quickly determined that the man was in serious trouble as she looked around for something to use as a bandage. That was when a bellhop approached her with a large first aid kit.

Wasting no time, she had the hop assist her in pressing ba