"Want me to go with you?" He asked, wiggling his brows suggestively.
"I would love for you to, but I actually have to pee, sweetheart," I laughed. "I will only be gone for a minute," I said over my shoulder as I turned and walked away. I weaved my way through the crowd until I found the hallway where the restrooms were located. I staggered down the hall as if I'd been drinking. My vision blurred and I suddenly felt nauseous. The only thing I could think of was maybe I'm having a stroke. I felt dizzy. I tried to lift my arm to push open the door to the restroom, thinking if I could splash a little cold water on my face I'd feel better, only I couldn't lift my arm, I couldn't even get my legs to work anymore. A feeling of panic flooded my body and everything went black.
Linc
People started screaming and suddenly the music stopped. People started shouting for someone to call 911. I looked around the room for Honesty, as she should have been back from the restroom by that point, but she wasn't. Panic rushed through my veins like wildfire as I pushed my way through the crowd of people until I saw her. She was lying on the floor, her body jerking from what looked like a seizure and there was white, foamy stuff leaking from her mouth. It may sound crazy, but my future flashed before my eyes. A lonely, messed up future without her in it. The promise of her becoming my wife; having children, and growing old together, gone in the snap of a finger.
"Honesty, baby!" I kneeled down beside her and lifted her hand to my lips, kissing her palm. The seizure had stopped, but she was still unconscious. I pushed the damp hair away from her cheek. She looked so pale. I was not sure what happened from the time she left me to go to the restroom, but I intended to find out.
Jinx was on his knees opposite of me, and he was beside himself. I couldn't make out what he was saying. Nothing was sinking in; nothing made sense. The only thing I could think of was that I was in danger of losing the only woman I had ever loved, the only person who had ever loved and believed in me. This couldn’t be right. This was not the way our future was supposed to go. I couldn’t live without her.
The paramedics arrived and pushed us away so they could attend to her. Everything seemed to move in slow motion and made me feel even more anxious. They started an I. V. and did all they could before loading her into the back of the ambulance and driving away with my other half.
"Come on let's go," someone said, grabbing my arm, pulling me from the building. I was in such a daze that I didn't even know who it was until I was pushed into the back of the limo with the other guys. Chance slammed the car door and yelled for the driver to take us to the Mercy General Emergency Room.
When we arrived at the hospital, they ushered us into a private waiting area located next to the emergency room so we didn't draw any unwanted attention to the hospital. At that point they were still working on her and wouldn't even allow Jinx in the room. I walked across the room and sat in one of the hard, gray, plastic chairs. I held my head in my hands and let the first tears fall for the woman that I loved.
"Raines family?" A tall, gray haired man said as he stepped into the waiting room. We all jumped to our feet and circled around him as he explained Honesty's condition. “I'm Dr. Andrews. It seems that Ms. Raines was given the drug GHB by someone at the party tonight. It typically takes up to twelve hours for the drug to leave someone’s system, but we've pumped her stomach, so I do not believe it will take that long. She is extremely lucky. I do not believe there will be any permanent damage, however she may have a headache or her memory may seem a bit foggy regarding tonight's events, but she will make a full recovery.
"When can we see her?" I asked, needing to be by her side.
"They are moving her into a room. We would like to keep her overnight, just for observation. Someone will be in shortly with the room number, and then you are free to see her. If you have any questions, just let one of the nurses know and they will page me," he said, turning to leaving the room.
We took the service elevator up to room 430 once we had been given the okay by the nurse. We all entered her room, totally ignoring the two visitor rule. There was no way in hell I was waiting outside while the others went in without me. As far as I was concerned, I would be the one staying with her that night and they could draw straws to see who got to come in, should they try to enforce the visiting rules.
She looked so small and pale lying in that hospital bed when we walked in. I leaned over the railing of her bed and placed a kiss on her forehead. She opened her eyes and looked at me, her green eyes dull in color and still droopy from the drugs. She managed to give me a smile, which was the best gift knowing she could go from a night of being drugged, having seizures, and almost dying, to smiling at me. It proved just what kind of person she was.
"Thank God you're okay, baby," I said, lacing her fingers with mine. "I was so afraid I had lost you," I admitted.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again," Jinx said, leaning in and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "I know I can be a bossy brother at times, but don't you think this is an extreme way of getting back at me?" He teased. I could see tears in his eyes for his sister.
Levi and Chance stood at the foot of her bed and questioned her about her conversation with Teagan. I looked at her with surprise. Just as I was about to question her, there was a knock at the door.
"Ms. Raines," a police officer said as he entered the room. She gave him a nod in confirmation. "I'm Officer Tomlin and I have some information that I'd like to share with you, if you are feeling up to it.
"Do you know who did this to her?" I quickly asked, not giving her a chance to respond.
The officer looked from me to Honesty, questioning if it were okay to proceed.
"Officer Tomlin, this is my fiancée, Lincoln McKay, my brother Jinx, “she motioned to us with her free hand, “and this is Chance and Levi. They're my family, please continue," she told him.
"After you were transported here, my team and I stayed behind to question anyone who might have seen or heard anything throughout the evening. A man by the name of," he paused, flipping through his notepad for the name, "Scott Hart said he was talking with Teagan Miller when you approached her. He claimed the conversation started to get a little heated, but he stepped away, as he could clearly see the two of you knew each other. He stated felt that it was something personal, so he stepped away, but luckily for you, not too far. He claimed when you turned to speak with someone else, Ms. Miller picked up your glass, but only for a second before she sat it back on the bar. He said he didn't see her actually drug you, but it gave us enough information to question her about it. She admitted to slipping the drug into your drink," he said.
"That must have been when I was talking to you, Chance," she said, looking in his direction. He nodded in agreement.
"When I questioned her about the discussion between you two, she denied that it was anything heated, but when I told her that we had an eye witness that seen her pick up your drink, she confessed to putting the drug in it," he told us. “She is in jail and she is going to be there for a while. When you are discharged, you need to come down to the police station to fill out some paperwork and give us your statement of what happened between the two of you," he said, handing over his business card before leaving.
"That bitch! I will kill her with my bare hands," I said through gritted teeth. "She has pushed me for the last time.”