After we arrived at the hospital, the doctors took Oliver into the ER to extract the bullet wound still in him. I needed a shower—a hot, long shower—but I also needed to be here, and this was more important.

I received a shirt from the store since all I had underneath the blanket was my blood-covered bra. 

I called Robb, informing him about his son's state and what hospital we were in, and then I called Nina and told her to inform Seth.

I called Marcel after getting off the phone with Nina and told him where we were and what had happened. He told me he was heading out....