Between Us: A Spelivia Love Story

Ch. 34: Blessings

Olivia Baker

"Sp-Spencer!" Olivia yelled as she peeked her head around the corner of the car. She watched the car speed off before she got up from the ground. Olivia's heart sank as she'd seen him laid out on the concrete. 

"Spencer!" Olivia screamed as she knelt next to him on the concrete. "Somebody help!" she screamed as loud as she could, applying pressure onto his wound.

"L-Liv" Spencer said just above a whisper. "Th-they got m-me" he breathed heavily.

"No, no! Don't talk like that!" Olivia tried to keep herself composed, she didn't want to make the situation worse than it was. "Somebody help!" she repeated as she felt her throat close up.

"Hello, miss!" an older woman came from across the street. "I'm Ms. Trudy from across the street, I've called an ambulance, and they should be here any minute now!" she said as she bent down on the other side of Spencer.

"You're gonna be okay, young man!" Ms. Trudy assured as she placed a towel on him. "Keep your eyes open, stay with me!" she said as she tried to keep Spencer conscious.

Within minutes an ambulance arrived and transferred Spencer onto the gurney. The EMT asked Olivia a ton of questions, in an effort to get as much information as possible about what occurred. Olivia answered the questions as best as she could, since she could not see what happen because she shielded herself for safety.

"I-I need to go back there with him! He's my husband!" Olivia said as she tried to get on the back of the ambulance.

"We cannot let you in here, miss!" the paramedic said as he stepped into the ambulance. "You can meet your husband at the hospital" he said as he slammed the back door.

Olivia fell to her knees in tears as she watched the ambulance sped away.

"I can take you!" Ms. Trudy offered as she reached for Olivia's hand. "But we need to get goin' right now!" she said as she helped Olivia to her feet. 

As Olivia stood to her feet, she noticed a dark towel on the concrete where Spencer had been laying. "Can you start the car?" Olivia questioned as she wiped her tears. "I have something I need to take care of" she said and Ms. Trudy nodded.

Olivia walked toward the sidewalk and quickly removed the towel, revealing Spencer's gun. She then took the gun apart and realized the bullets hadn't been used. She stuffed the unloaded gun in her purse before she headed toward Ms. Trudy's car.

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Olivia's leg shook rapidly as she waited to hear an update from the surgeon regarding Spencer's health status. The last she heard, he needed to go through surgery to remove the bullet in his shoulder.

"Would you like some water?" Ms. Trudy inquired. Olivia shook her head 'no' and thank Ms. Trudy for her kind gesture.

She stared off into space as she thought about what occurred an hour before. The sound of the sliding doors and the cool fresh air from outside distracted her from her thoughts. 

"Liv!" Mr. A called out.

Olivia stood up from her seat and watched as he approached her. Chyna followed closely behind him with Angel in her arms, visibly distraught by the news she heard.