Cowboys And Angels

Chapter 22

Bonnie sat on the sofa quietly, trying not to fall asleep, a feeling in her gut told her not to sleep. She felt nervous, was it the baby? She frowned and shook her head and carefully rubbed the still baby bump. She looked out to the dark sky and sighed, maybe she was being silly, Nigel looked up from his book

"Bonnie why don't you go to bed? You've been napping for the past hour. Something wrong?" He inquired.

"I just... I have this feeling... Just a little bit longer." She murmured.

"What kind of feeling? I-Is it the baby!?" Nigel panicked slightly.

"No! No, Nigel, I don't think so... I just... I feel like something's wrong... Not with the baby." She sighed.

There was a sudden neigh outside, Bonnie ignored it, thinking it was Nigel's horses. Bonnie then rubbed her eyes, but hearing another neigh, she furrowed her brows, hoping something wasn't outside spooking the horses.

"What's going on out there?" She asked and got up slowly.

"Let me check." Nigel said and walked to the door, but Bonnie followed anyway, gasping.

"Harlow!?" She asked but looking down her heart dropped. "Oh my god John!" She screamed and ran outside, Nigel followed her quickly rolling John onto his back. "Jesus Christ what happened!?"

"I love you, Bonnie..." He muttered.

"Nigel help me get him inside he's covered in blood!" She ordered as John lost consciousness.

Nigel drug the man inside as Bonnie looked to her bloodied hands. When he was finally in the cabin, Bonnie pulled open John's coat and saw the belt, she loosened the leather and pulling his shirt up. Seeing the bullet wound she dug her finger around in the hole, tears welling in her eyes. He was bleeding so much it had probably hit a major organ, she wasn't a doctor... SHe couldn't fix John this time.

"H-He's bleeding too much!" She sobbed.

"We have to get him to the hospital in Blackwater!" Nigel stated seriously.

"We can't! He's wanted there, if we take him there, there's no telling what could happen!" She argued.

"Bonnie he will die if he don't!" He replied and Bonnie hesitated but nodded in acceptance.

Nigel hauled John into his wagon after Bonnie repacked the wound to try and control the bleeding while they traveled. She put all her weight on the bullet hole while John laid unresponsive, tears still streaking down her face but she kept a stoic expression.

"Please hurry Nigel!" She cried.

"I can only go so fast!" He replied as they rode quickly towards Blackwater while still remaining in control of the carriage.

When Nigel rode into Blackwater, the sight was insane, there were bodies on the street, people running around, doctors sprinting from boy to body. What the hell happened here?

"Are we there!?" She asked.

"U-Um... Yes but stay in there Miss MacFarlane!" He warned and pulled around to the back of the hospital so that Bonnie wouldn't see the blood covering the streets before he ran around the back and threw open the door.