Never Getting Her Back novel Chapter 6

The group rushed to the hospital and found Damon waiting outside the operating room. He was covered in blood. Sweat glistened on his forehead, and his eyes filled with panic and helplessness.

It was the first time Clara had ever seen him look this shaken. His close friends crowded around him, pressing him for what had happened.

Damon yanked at his hair. His voice was heavy with regret and pain. "It's my fault. I never should've said those things and made Gigi mad. I shouldn't have let her leave by herself. She was speeding just to get back at me. That's why she crashed…"

Hearing him take all the blame, Clara's lashes fluttered.

If he'd said those words just to get under her skin, then what was the real story? Had he really been waiting for her to return, hoping they could patch things up?

Maybe, Clara thought. And with that, she decided not to think about it anymore.

Just then, a nurse walked out, looking especially serious. "The patient is losing a lot of blood, but the blood bank is running low. Is anyone here type O? We need an urgent donation."

Damon's friends exchanged looks. They were all type AB, so none of them spoke up.

Damon was the only one with type O. Without a second thought, he shrugged off his jacket, changed into sterile scrubs, and followed the nurse into the operating room.

Time dragged on, minute by minute. Half an hour later, the nurse returned while helping Damon, who looked ghostly pale. Who knew how much blood he had given?

He was barely staying on his feet. Dizzy and weak, he collapsed straight into Clara's arms.

Instead of leaving, the nurse said, "The patient's condition is slowly improving, but we still need another 400 ml of O-type blood. Do any of you have other friends with type O you can call?"

They had already reached out to everyone they could think of but still hadn't found anyone with O-type blood. Everyone went silent.

Restless and on edge, Damon forced himself to stand. "Only 400 ml more? I'll do it."

The nurse stared at him in shock. "You've already given 600 ml. Are you seriously going to continue donating?"

His friends' expressions shifted, and they rushed to stop him.