Taking a Bullet

Zane:

I feel a pang of pain flash through my chest as I watch her beautiful eyes shut. This is the second time I feel tears in my eyes, and it is all because of her. If someone had told me a day would come when I would love and care for someone more than I did for myself, I would call them a liar, but here I am on the brink of tears for this woman.

With my hands gripping her tightly, I lift her in my arms, then I open the doors of the car, laying her gently in the back seat. I kiss her forehead.

“As long as I am alive, no one will ever hurt you,” I say, then I slam the door shut, getting into the passenger seat.

I pause for a moment, taking a deep breath, trying to get myself together before hitting the road.

“You have to be a man and save the woman you love,” I say to myself as I turn on the ignition, then I grip the steering wheel hard, setting out on the road.

Reaching for my pockets, I take out my phone, and I put a call across to Rufus.

“I am on my way, and I hope everythin