Roman POV

Rarely in my career have I found it so difficult to concentrate on a match. And the fact that I didn't have time to even begin to process what had happened didn't help me one bit. Because we were next. Part of me was totally numb. This wasn't supposed to happen. None of it was. And now we could all just hope and pray that it really wasn't serious. However, my gut and her scream from earlier told me that it probably was. God, that scream.

My thoughts revolved around Amali as she was taken into the ambulance to the nearest hospital.

"Try to find out as much as you can. They should keep us updated," I said to Paul, who was already on the phone.

I assumed he was talking to her dad. Everyone around us was deeply shocked by what had happened. Every single person had a petrified look on their faces.

"After they have examined her, I will make sure that Amali is flown to New York. You'll be close to her and the best doctors in the country are there." He said, not to me, but to the person on the phone before hanging up after a short time as Kevin's music was already playing and he made his way to the ring.

The match flew by without me even realizing what we were doing. It was a good thing that it wasn't my first match of this kind and with KO I had an opponent who knew what he was doing just as well.

*****

"Anything new?" I asked, panting as I dragged myself to the back at Paul's side after the match.

"I'm still waiting." he mumbled.

It felt like an eternity before his phone finally rang. I had just got out of the shower and was staring at him as I waited to finally hear something.

"Okay, thanks," he eventually ended the call.

"So?" I asked.

"She's going to need surgery. It's her shoulder... it's s fractured. But they insist on having the best orthopedic surgeon in New York perform it. Apparently it's a complicated fracture. And by that I mean her shoulder blade is shattered. The doctor says it's like a broken dinner plate. She also has a hairline fracture in one of her vertebrae. But that shouldn't cause any problems.

She was stabilized and sedated so that she can be flown out to New York as soon as possible. I've sorted that out and I'm accompanying her on the private plane. That's why I have to go now. I'll keep you posted," he explained to me before leaving the room.

I couldn't say a word. He probably wouldn't have heard me anyway. Amali was like a daughter to him. I couldn't imagine how he was feeling right now.

That was an absolute nightmare. And just as we were... That wasn't important now. It was only important that she got better as quickly as possible. What made things worse was that there was nothing I could do. I had no control over what would happen now.

But I wanted to. I wanted to turn back time. Back to the time when we carelessly teased each other. I wanted to take things one step further after all those months. And now, all of a sudden, she was simply snatched from my side. I had to see her. As soon as I could.

The sound of her scream was still ringing in my ears. And the images of her lying on the floor like that would stay with me for a long time. I tried to banish these images. But I didn't succeed. The harder I tried, the more vivid they became.