Fake Dating My Ex's Hockey Star Brother (Maya Scott) novel Chapter 226

Chapter 86

ALLISON’S POV

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We’ve been waiting here for two hours. Justin has been in surgery for two hours and it feels like thirty

years.

“Katy, come sit.” Braydon says to Katy who’s pacing around, agitated and near tears, but she shakes her head and keeps going.

I’m sitting, not because I’m holding it together, but because I’m so scared my legs gave out the moment they wheeled him in. My hands won’t stop trembling no matter how hard I squeeze them between my thighs, no matter how many times I fold and refold them. Every few seconds, a cold tremor moves

through me, neck to tailbone, and I genuinely feel like I’m going to be sick.

This must have been how Katy and everyone felt when I crashed my car. Sitting here staring at a ceiling

that doesn’t answer, praying to nothing. Except I’m not an athlete. I don’t have a career that lives inside my body the way Justin does while his bones, joints, and ligaments are currently being reassembled in an OR.

Something wet drops onto the back of my hand. I stare at it for a second before I understand that I’m

crying. Have been for a while, probably. Tears are tracking down my face and there’s something inside my

chest that feels like it’s being pulled apart slowly, thread by thread.

When Justin fell, I told myself it was minor. It had to be minor. But on the ambulance ride over, the

paramedic across from me kept saying things like vitals, stable, shoulder displacement and I couldn’t

process any of it. Somewhere between there and this waiting room I decided I didn’t want to. I just want a

doctor to walk out and tell me Justin is fine. That after recovery he can get back on the ice, keep playing, keep being the person he’s been his whole life. That’s the only thing I’m willing to hear.

“Oh my God.” Katy’s voice cuts through and my head snaps up to see a doctor has come out.

I’m on my feet before I register standing, my legs stiff and half-numb from hours in that chair, and I close the distance between us in seconds, my heart racing.

“Katy?” the doctor says.

“Yes.” She steps forward. “That’s me. I’m… yes!

He nods. “Justin is stable right now.”

An exhale tears out of me and I cover my face, tears rushing down fast. I get two seconds of thank God before the doctor continues.

“But I have some concerns I need to address before we proceed further with surgery.”

I drop my hand. “Surgery? I thought -”

“We have reason to believe he’s been experiencing some symptoms for a while now.” He cuts in. “Has he recently complained of headaches? Difficulty with his usual motor function?”

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too scared to ask what she’s been thinking since he walked out.

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“Right now it’s difficult to predict exact timelines,” he says finally. “The surgery will relieve the pressure and prevent further damage and that’s the most critical step.” He looks between us and I brace for the but. Most patients in his situation do regain full function. He’ll need time and therapy to rebuild his strength, coordination and balance, and there may be some lingering weakness in the early stages. But with proper

rehabilitation, he has a very good chance of returning to normal activity.”

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