"Gonna take more than this to get rid of me, Ade," Isaiah said. Slurred, rather, despite his best efforts to hang onto consciousness.
The wail of an ambulance siren cut through the air, and Jesse ran around the side of the house, returning with two paramedics wheeling a body board on a gurney. They put Isaiah in a neck brace, carefully strapped him to the board, and wheeled him away. Jesse got the name of the hospital from them before they left again, lights flashing and siren screaming.
Jesse sank down onto the ground next to Adrian, resting his head on his knees. A long stream of curses in English, Creole, Spanish, and French poured from his mouth, before he finally got up and went to find Nicholas.