"I'll be there shortly." Katrina mumbled, and clicked off, she placed her hands over her face, she was shaking, she looked down at her phone and went downstairs. She wasn't thinking clearly, her throat hurt, and she needed a glass of water, she went to put the food away that she attempted to make.

She wanted to know what was going on, so she called the security office.

"This is Katrina, are those men still there?" She asked, hoping they were gone, so that she could leave. There was a long pause, and she heard the guard talking to someone. "You need to stay inside Mrs. Givenchy, I... I don't know where they went, the car is parked on the side, but they aren't in the vehicle." Katrina quietly sat where she was. "Okay." She whispered, clutching her phone; Shaking, she stood up and headed for Jared's knife. This was the second time she felt unsafe in her own home, she stormed in the kitchen and found her hiding spot that Jared would never look in and pulled out a small blade that she was going to give him.

"Now I have to buy him his jacket." She thought, rubbing tears from her eyes. She didn't want to buy him the jacket he wanted, because he told her he would constantly wear it out in public. In big letters in the back it read, 'Good boys need dick too'. At the time Katrina was curious to know Jared's nasty side. She also bought him a hunting knife so that he could practice with his father, but she hid it in the drawer, just for kicks, she wanted him to open the blade first.

She breathed in and decided to put the food away, she wanted to feel safe, and normal, a lot happened today, and it made her wonder how her health was doing. She was under so much stress; As she was almost done putting the meat in the fridge, she heard a knock at her door, she paused, and silently put the blade down, she slowly walked to the door.

"Who is it?" Katrina shockingly croaked, trying to look through the peephole, it was too high for her, she gripped the knife. "Katrina..." A familiar voice yelled from the other side.. "Who is it?" Katrina angrily yelled back. "It has to be those men.." She pulled out her phone and texted her sister.

"Mel.. Please come over, some man is at my door."

Her sister immediately texted her back.

"We were already on our way, we knew something was up when you told us not to come, we'll be there soon."

Katrina felt relieved, she placed the blade in her pocket, and silently ran and grabbed her small gun from underneath the couch. She knew how to fight.. She's watched enough Kung Fu movies to know how to seriously hurt a man.

The man on the other side yelled again.

"Look... We need to talk." He grumbled.

"If you don't step away from this door, you're going to get hurt." She bravely spoke.

The two men looked at each other and stepped away from her door. Katrina pressed the panic button on the side to let the guard know that they were there. She stood her ground, happily knowing that it wasn't a loud alarm, or flashing lights to warn them either. The security guard was right, those men were dumb as a box of rocks, if they were serious, they would have either grabbed her stepping out of the elevator, or bust down her door.

The men silently stood on the side of her door whispering amongst each other, she sounded like she was packing, so they went farther off to the side so that she couldn't hear them.

"Fucking Devlin, what did he do? Train this girl in Armenia or some shit?" The man with the long beard asked his younger companion. The other man shook his head and rolled his eyes, he knew that wasn't the case. "She's going to kill us if we try opening her door!" He fiercely whispered, two men in uniforms stepped out from the side of them, a flashlight shown on their faces. "What are you doing in this hallway?" One of the officers asked.

The two men stood in silence.

"Answer me!" One yelled, slowly pulling out his gun from his pocket.

"We came here to see a friend." The man with the long beard mumbled, staring dumbfounded at a shiny gun from the officer's hand. The officer timidly stood there showing the gun, so he raised his hands in the air. "I don't think so.. Turn around and face the wall!" The officer yelled. Katrina could hear the police yelling, she was getting ready to open the door but waited.

The police knocked on her door. "Mrs. Givenchy? This is the police, I have the men apprehended, I need for you to open the door and identify please?" Katrina gladly opened the door, and to her surprise... It was the same police officers from the hospital, they were surprised to see her as well. They stood in front of her door holding the men by their arms, Katrina didn't know who the first man was, but he looked oddly familiar, she gave him a long look, his red beard hit his chest, and his bald head shined on the light above. "Ugh... This one looks like a giant gnome." Katrina thought, curling her lip at him. "If he had a hat on, it would complete the style." The men ashamedly looked down at the floor, not giving her any eye contact. It took her a minute before she finally recognized the second man. "Hunter?" Katrina silently said, angrily glaring at him in shock. "Hunter!" She screamed, stepping closer and hitting him on the chest with her fist, the younger officer slowly grabbed her and pushed her back. It was hard to recognize Hunter with his head shaved, but the scars on his body still shown his handsome rugged face, looking to the side not giving her eye contact.

"You know this man?" The officer that showed no interest in her case earlier asked her. "Yes... I work with him." She said, pointing at Hunter. The officer loosened his grip on him, but still had a strong hold. "Are these the guys that you think shot at you earlier?" The other officer exclaimed, but gave Hunter a stern look and cleared his throat after he seen Katrina's deep scowl.

After hearing him say that, Hunter stared shocked down at the floor, he had no idea Katrina was shot at, he widened his eyes at her.

"You can take them..." Katrina grimly murmured.

"We aren't trying to kill you Katrina!" Hunter rushed. "I don't care..." Katrina snapped, giving the police officer a frustrated look. "Okay boys, let's go." The officer grumbled, getting ready to take them in, her family came around the hallway just as they were leaving, Melanie ran up to her and gave Katrina a bear hug. An officer stopped for a minute to answer his walkie, and Hunter yelled back at her. "Katrina wait! I didn't do anything! I just came out here to check on you! Ian asked me to!" Katrina heavily sighed and placed her hand on her face, Angel took that as a sign to shove Hunter. "Shut up..." He gritted, Hunter gave him a snarl and the officer jerked him closer to him. "Let's go inside." Helen said, holding her book bag. She noticed it was only Helen, Angel, and Melanie. "Where's everyone else?" Katrina asked them, as she opened her door and waited for everyone to come inside and slammed it, she brushed past them, pulling her hair in a pony tail. Melanie slowly walked around her home, beaming at her decor. "They're at the hospital with ma.." Melanie said low. "Wow! You have a nice house!" She excitedly whispered, looking at Jared's painting. Katrina shrugged and went for her purse on the couch. "Thank you Mel... Hey; I know we're all just seeing each other again, but I have to head to the hospital, they called me and said it was urgent." Melanie's eyes bulged.

"Well let's go."

As they were walking to the car, they could see two police vehicles in the front, Hunter and the other man stood with their face to the doors handcuffed. Katrina let her hair down, and nervously combed through it, waiting for Melanie to open the door to her sedan. "Katrina!" Hunter yelled from where he stood, he turned to see the group emerging from the walkway. "I don't want to hear it." She sneered, looking down at her phone, she received a message from Jude. "We're in your parking lot what happened?" Katrina looked around for the Honda, surprisingly they were parked two cars from them. They both were aimlessly looking back at Hunter, Ivan got out and coughed, their eyes met. "Hold on." Katrina told her sister and walked over to them, her family stared at her with confusion, Angel tilted his head up to see who it was. "Who the fuck? Is that Hunter I see?" Ivan slurred, squinting his eyes to get a better look. "Yup.." Katrina said, hugging herself, Jude got out of the car and flicked his cigar, then seen one of the officer's face and he ran to pick it up. "What is he doing in Catalina?" Jude exclaimed, he pulled out his phone.

"He claims that Ian sent him, but his head is shaved... Look at him." Katrina scowled, giving Hunter a dirty look. "I know... He looks like a fuckin hit man." Ivan mumbled. The officer put them in the cruiser and drove away, she gave the men the keys to her house. "I have to go, the hospital called." She said in a rush, they gave her a worried look. "Alright take care of that, we'll be here." Jude said low. She gave them directions towards her house and hugged them both, and ran to Melanie's car.

Outside of the hospital, they cautiously went towards the building when something felt off. Katrina quickly walked to the double doors, her family behind her in pursuit, when they got to Jared's floor, she was annoyed to see the same nurse that she spoke with earlier, at the station by herself filling out paperwork. the nurse looked up and sneered at Katrina and rolled her eyes, Katrina just gave her the bird. Melanie widened her eyes at her sister, the worry for her intensely grew.

The same doctor she seen rushing out of Jared's room approached them with a wide smile, she was back in heels. "Hello!" She cheerfully said, Katrina took that as a good sign. "I'm doctor Maudtandaran; Jared's surgeon, I'm so sorry we are just now meeting." She exclaimed, Katrina gave her a worried smile. "It's fine, how is he?" She nervously asked, Dr. Maudtandaran smiled at her and continued. "Your fiancé is awake and is responding to my commands; I think he's been up for quite a while actually, his vital signs are good, everything is A-okay, the surgery went well.. But, um-I gotta tell ya." She whispered this, but it was still loud for everyone else to hear. "We think that he's showing signs of PTSD... He jumps when we approach him." Melanie raised her brow at Angel. "So... With that being said.. We are only allowing one visitor at a time to see him, sorry folks." She gave out a fake, sad face and then smiled again.

Katrina just stared at her.

"Nah we're not doing that..." Katrina angrily thought.

She had so many questions, and asking them in front of her family was not going to do her any good.

"Well?... What are you waiting for? Go get your man!" Angel cracked, playfully poking Melanie, Katrina sighed and started crying. Melanie and Helen quickly comforted her and rubbed her back. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry for making jokes, I'm so sorry." Angel whispered, being the last one to touch her. Melanie could see the stress that was hidden well, appear quickly on Katrina like a stack of bricks. It was a long day and Katrina's heart felt like it was getting attacked every second she's been away from Jared.

Katrina slowly walked up to Jared's door, clutching her purse. She felt like she wasn't much help at all, and she's his best friend, she swallowed and nervously shook. "Is he mad at me?" She thought, trying to slow down her heavy breathing, and kept herself from crying again. "He must be mad at me... It's my fault he's in here." She opened his door, and the sight of him made the tears spill from her eye lids, it was hard to see him like that. His eyes were slightly open and he looked off to the side, he had machines surrounding him. "He is due for more surgeries this week." She could hear the doctor say to her sister. "How long is the recovery process? When can he leave?" Her sister softly murmured. "I'm afraid it's going to take some time... Months even." Dr. Maudtandaran said quietly.

Katrina slowly went to the side where he was staring at, the machine's next to him fizzed and beeping noises silently filled the air. They lowered his light in his room to make it look more relaxing, his room smelled like fresh medical equipment, and she could have sworn a hint of Devlin, she wanted to rush next to him but remembered what the nurse said. So.. Afraid, she slowly approached him, she didn't want to scare him.

Jared's eyes traveled to hers as he watched Katrina slowly walk up to him clutching her purse. She had snot running down her nose, and her hair was a mess. But she looked like an Angel ascending down in the chair next to him, he made a noise and tried to smile; Or so he thought, until he seen her face, and his eyes sobered, he couldn't help but swoon over her beauty. She swallowed and held her purse, and with her hands shaking, she softly placed them on his knee's. It felt good to him, he wasn't sad anymore. "I had a long dream that I was with my mother and she sang for me to wake up." He wished he could tell Katrina his dream, he also remembered he had a dream that his mother left him in the hospital and never came back. Tears slid down his cheeks, he could see that Katrina had a hard time looking at him. "God I must look like shit." His eyes blurred from the tears, which made him be not able to see her. "I'm sorry Jared..." She cried, he could feel her grip on his knee tighten. He made another noise to try and calm her down, but could tell it wasn't working. Silent tears ran down her face, but no sound was coming out, he didn't want her to cry. He seen the nurse who excessively talked shit about her walk in with a clip board.

"We are going to see if his lungs are okay enough to speak, if you would?" She pointed towards the door. Jared thought it was rude of her to ask Katrina to leave, she was helping him breathe he thought, he furrowed his brow at her. Katrina seen his face, and immediately was pissed, Jared could tell when Katrina was angry, she was like a strikingly beautiful lighting bolt, zapping anyone in her way.

He calmed down. "I'll just be right outside this door lady." Katrina growled. She gave Jared a hopeful look, squeezed his hand, and got up, scowling at the nurse. Jared proudly laid there, then he had to pee, he wanted to pee on the nurse. His lungs were sore, and he didn't want to be in the room with the gushy bitch, google eyeing him like he was a piece of sausage. Jared groaned and glared at Katrina, hoping that she didn't leave, she loudly exited the room, sneering at the nurse. 

He stared the nurse down.

"I know, I know, I had to get that girl out." The nurse chuckled, walking around the bed to grab a pair of blue gloves, she stood and waited for Mrs. Maudtandaran. He thought of a cruel joke about her, and let out a high pitched groan, he was laughing. "Someone's happy tonight." Dr. Maudtandaran cheerfully said, coming back in his room, already gloved and ready. He rolled his eyes, and was thankful they didn't see him.

He felt high as a kite.

Earlier when Devlin came in and was ordering the nurse to release him, it made him laugh. His eyes were closed, and they probably thought he was in a deep coma or something, but he had been wide awake right after something he couldn't remember. He just knew he was in so much pain, and loudly groaned. The nurses gave him something that took the pain away.

Later after, he realized that someone was in the room but he couldn't open his eyes.

It scared the shit out of him.

He felt powerless, until he could smell Devlin and hear his father on the phone. "Devlin sounds like a yacking ferret." Jared thought, scrunching his nose. When Devlin got off the phone he could hear him sigh, and he heard sounds of footsteps getting closer to him. "I'm so happy you're alive my friend... I beat the shit out of dose' punks that did dis to you." Devlin slowly whispered in his ear, Devlin blew out a small breath. "Yeah and while you're at it, you can beat the shit out of that breath, cause it's killing me." Jared annoyingly thought.

It was mean; But Jared pretended like he was having trouble breathing, he made gurgling noises through his throat, and realized that, that was a terrible mistake. When he made the noise, the joke was on him, because it really messed him up, and it felt like pin needles wedged in between his lungs when he breathed in, there was a sharp pain in his chest, and it started spreading. "Fuck! This hurts so bad! It feels like I swallowed needles! I should have never done that!"

The machine started beeping.

"Nurse! Somethings wrong with him!" Devlin shouted.

Jared could smell cinnamon and mint.

He heard small clinging noises and then he was calm again, the pain instantly went away. "Small dosage of fentanyl..." He heard that annoying girl whisper to the other nurse. Earlier, he had to listen to her go on and on about how Katrina must have shot him in the chest for Devlin, and they were there to make sure he was dead. This girls imagination ran wild, causing an uproar with the other nurses, Jared didn't like her, she talked about Katrina too much, that he thought she might have liked her. He couldn't wait to tell Katrina, or show her, seeming as though he couldn't speak; The nurse made it a point to always be in his room, touching things, talking to herself, saying how handsome he was. "She probably thought I couldn't hear her."

"He did something to him! As soon as he came in here, he started breathing like that!" The nurse yelled. Devlin roared back harder. "Is it any of your fucking business if I'm in here or not Bitch!"

He's heard Devlin curse before, but... Not like this... He was shouting. "Devlin is extrememly violent." Jared thought, he finally opened his eyes... Again, and looked at Devlin, he tried to give him a reassuring smile.

"Look at that, he's smiling at him..."

"He looks scared-." The girl proceeded to say.

"Stop it! No more from you Clara! From now on, you are off my floor, I am giving you time to chart for the rest of the day; And absolutely do not say anything to his friends or family, don't go near them! You've done enough.. Earlier you had no right telling his fiancé those things!" Dr. Maudtandaran yelled.

"Whew, Maudtan-whatever showed her... Finally.. I don't have to hear— Wait... Fiancé... Did she just say Fiancé?" He looked at Devlin with widened eyes. And Devlin caught it, Devlin smirked and rolled his eyes at him. The doctor apologized and they both left the room.

"Katrina told them you guys are getting married next week." Devlin softly said.

Jared made a popping noise, and his nose made a loud screeching sound. It began to hurt, but he ignored it, he snorted, and made the high pitched sounds again. His throat was blocking him from being louder. "Calm down, I don't want you in any more pain... And laugh all you want it's your fault, you're turning her into chaos.. A Minnie you." Devlin chuckled, Jared gave Devlin a soft look, and made the noise again.

Devlin laughed at him.

Jared put his hand on his throat and looked down at his chest, he wanted to open his gown and see the damage, Devlin quickly took his hand, and pushed it upwards. "Not now buddy..." He whispered, pulling up a chair and sitting closer to him, Devlin's hands being on his was agony. "This is awkward." Jared