I Stopped Loving Him When He Let Me Bleed Out novel Chapter 176

The pulse was rapid and erratic. His lips were a ghastly shade of purple, and his consciousness was fading fast.

"What is his medical history?"

"Coronary artery disease! He has three stents!"

"Where is his medication?"

"In the bag! But I can't find it!"

Sienna snatched the bag from the panicked woman's hands, practically tearing it open to find the nitroglycerin, and swiftly slipped a tablet under his tongue.

"Call an ambulance!"

No one in the crowd moved.

They were all too busy staring, mesmerized, cameras still rolling.

Sienna snapped her head up and looked right at Maeve.

"Maeve, I need your help over here right now!"

Maeve didn't even bat an eyelash.

Panic edged into Sienna's voice.

"Maeve, this is life or death!"

Maeve's response was flat and utterly detached.

"Karma never misses."

Sienna thought she had lost her mind.

"What did you just say?"

Maeve finally looked up, shooting Sienna an indifferent, icy glare.

"I'm busy. I can't step away."

Sienna glanced back down at the man's face.

The cyanosis around his lips was worsening, but he was still drawing breath.

His heart rate was dangerously high, but he hadn't gone into cardiac arrest.

He could hold on a little longer.

But she couldn't afford to take that gamble.

The sun was dipping below the horizon, Joey was nowhere to be found, and they were surrounded by nothing but a circle of useless, gawking tourists.

The only two trained medical professionals out here were herself and the veteran vet.

Sienna pleaded one last time.

"Maeve, it's a matter of triage. Given the circumstances, the deer can wait, but this man cannot."

Maeve completely ignored her.

With maddening calm, she finished tying off the suture she was working on, snipped the thread, and rose to her feet.

Realizing she was entirely on her own, Sienna desperately checked her phone. She barely had a single bar of service, but managed to dial 911, only to be told the ambulance was a brutal thirty minutes away.

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