::Eva::
I opened my door ready to tell Dave off. What he said earlier was disrespectful and out of line.
"You have a lot of nerve to come over here af-" I cut myself as I watched him collapse on the floor in front of me. I looked at him as he lay on his back. My eyes wondered down his body I got down on knee level when I saw his hands covered in red. It was blood.
"Oh my gosh, Dave what happened to you?" I moved his hands and saw a gunshot wound. I instantly took off my hoodie and applied pressure to the wound to slow down the bleeding, doing this caused him to scream out in pain. "Breathe Dave, breathe." I said in a panic.
"Tiffany, Tiff." I screamed hoping she could hear me. My biggest fear was waking the kids. I did not want them coming down the stairs and seeing this. I called her name ten more times before she finally came to see what I needed.
"Eva what's wrong?" She asked from the other end of the hall she immediately saw what was wrong.
"Tiffany bring me my phone on the couch. We need to call 911." Once I said that Dave grabbed my wrist tightly.
"No..No police." He mumbled with the small amount of strength I had left.
"Then how am I supposed to help you?" I got upset.
"Your.. Friend.. Call.. Her."
My friend? Alex!
"Tiffany give me my phone and come hold this." Once she gave me the phone she took over applying pressure with my hoodie.
I got up and ran out of the house and across the street while calling Alex over and over. Even though I needed her she lived 30 minutes away. I needed someone to stop the bleeding now and the only person I know who could even try to do so is Ms.Lisa; Destiny's mom. She used to be a RN in a emergency room before she retired. I knocked on the door until I heard the locks click.
"Eva sweetie what's wrong?" She asked opening the door in her purple silk robe.
"I need your help Ms.Lisa." I begged. I watched as her eyes landed on the blood stain on my white tank top and hands.
She slowly shut the door behind her before speaking slowly and calmly "Okay show me what happened."
Quickly I led her to my house and walked through the door where she could see Dave's body draining of life.
"Oh God, Eva what happened?"
"I don't know but he needs help."
"Call 911." He grabbed her hand and slowly shook his head.
"Okay okay, I need towels and... and alcohol."
We all just looked at her for a second. I disregarded all of my thoughts that popped up in my hand. I went upstairs still calling Alex.
"Eva. Hey, I just got out of surgery. What's wrong?"
"You're at work?" I asked
"Yes." I kind of got excited because the hospital was only five to six minutes away from my house.
"I'm going to ask you to do something that is very unethical and if you don't want to do this then I understand."
"You're scaring me. What is going on?"
I explained everything that is currently going on to her in my home right now. She also expressed how pissed off she is but that as a doctor she had a responsibilities to save lives.
I walked back downstairs to the foyer hallway and handed her what she asked me for.
"Okay Eva, You might want to get over there and hold his hand. Dave bite down on this towel because this is going to burn." Ms.Lisa said unscrewing the top. I walked over and grabbed his hand. I watched as she poured the alcohol on the open wound and he screamed loudly.
"Breathe, I need you to breathe because we can not wake up my kids." I said in his ear
"Where's Alex?" Tiffany asked pacing back and forth.
"Little girl I need you to have a seat because you are driving me crazy right now." Ms.Lisa said rudely to Tiffany.
These two arguing was the last thing that I need right now.
I looked up at my front door and watched a pissed off Alex walk in holding a medical bag.
"I need a lamp and a lighter. Eva go make you guest room as comfortable as possible. Tiffany get cleaning supplies and take a walk, Ms.Lisa are you ready? " Alex wanted to obviously get this over with and not talk about it right now.
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It was 6:00 am and I have yet to sleep. I was sitting in my guest room watching Dave sleep after the medicine that Alex gave him. She removed the bullet and stitched him up. She had to run back to the hospital for a emergency surgery for one of her patients. I needed him to wake up because I need an explanation about last night. 7:00 rolled around and he was still sleep. I decided to drop the kids off with Amanda and Naomi.
When I got back home I went to my guest room and saw Dave walking around trying to put on his now clean clothes.
"What are you doing?" I asked helping him back over to the bed. "Do you want to tell me what last night was about?"
"Na I'm good."
"Well you really don't have a choice. First you were blatantly rude to me at the church event then you show up at my house shot, ask me not to call the cops and think that you don't owe me an explanation. You are out of your damn mind."
"Look, Can I just get some rest? and I promise when I wake up imma tell you everything you wanna know lil mama."
I helped him into the bed and turned out the lights and walked out. I went downstairs and saw Alex, August, and Jason sitting in my living room.
"You told him?" I rolled my eyes.
"Yes I told him." She said back angrily.
"For what?" I yelled.
"You just had me remove a bullet from a drug dealer from Compton and you expect me not to say anything! He's the only damn person who can talk some sense into your damn head." She yelled back.
"I can make my own decisions Alex."
"And that was a stupid ass decision you made last night! The next time someone is laying on your floor dying call 911 not me." She said getting up and walking out, Jason followed.
"Yo what the hell is wrong with you? You don't pull no shit like that why my kids upstairs sleep."
"August, I would have done the same thing for you, for her, for them, for anybody." I yelled back at him.
"Only a selfish ass person would put you in a situation like that. So until that man is out of your house. The kids are staying with me."
"No."
"It's not up for discussion."
"It is when I have custody of them."
"Well how about I call the police and tell them about this damn clown show going on over here."
"Really August? He is in no shape to leave this house. When he is healed I'll make him leave."
"Until then the kids will be at my place." He said before getting up and leaving.
I yelled out in frustration. I really can't believe this was happening right now.
Would you guys have made the same decision Eva made?
