Naomi Kenway waited at the coffee shop they had arranged to meet at. The gentle music filling the room soothed her weary body as the hands on the wall clock crept along.
Naomi took a sip of her coffee and unlocked her phone. Still no word from Chloe Murray.
Chloe was already ten minutes late.
'She's never late. Could there have been an emergency?'
As if on cue, just as Naomi was about to call, her phone rang with Chloe's name on the screen.
"Hey, where are you, Kara?"
Chloe Murray's voice sounded weak on the other end. "I... I'm at the hospital... COUGH..."
*
Naomi rushed over frantically, finding the VIP room Chloe had directed her to.
Pushing the door open, she saw Chloe Murray lying on the hospital bed. Her right leg was in a cast, wrapped in thick layers of gauze; the injury was clearly serious.
When she spotted Naomi, Chloe called out, "Hey, Nina, you made it."
