Kendrick's POV
Mason and I were already out of the restaurant before the waiter even realized the table had been sent flying.
The calmness in my chest felt unreal, like the world had gone mute everywhere except inside my head.
"Get in," I said sharply as I unlocked the car. Mason didn't say a word, he just slammed the door and pulled the seatbelt with enough force to almost tear it off.
The drive to the hospital felt like the longest five minutes of my life.
Mason was shaking his leg nonstop, his jaw clenched so hard I could hear the faint click of his teeth grinding.
I didn't bother calming him and I couldn't.
My own calmness wasn't peace, it was the eye of a damn hurricane waiting to rip everything apart.
The hospital entrance was already a mess when we arrived, nurses running, a panicked young doctor arguing with a security guard, the emergency elevator open with a stretcher still inside it like someone forgot to push it out.
