Collateral Damage

When an abused paramedic with little to live for rushes headlong through gunfire toward a call of officer down, the last person she expects to find is the officer she has had a crush on for years. He is grievously wounded, close to death, and she is the only one brave enough to defy direct orders to get to him. Together with her partner, they are able to pull him from the scene, unconscious, bleeding profusely, and barely breathing.Due to her heroic actions, he survives to tell her that he isn’t ready for a real relationship due to a nasty divorce that has left him emotionally crippled. His focus is on healing and finding the ability to walk again against astronomical odds, depression, and wanting to give in to hopelessness, while hers is surviving her abusive boyfriend that leaves her mentally broken and badly bruised; and making the decision whether to leave him, or stay with him.During their individual struggles, the two come together in an unlikely fashion to form an inseparable team that can overcome any obstacle, or so they believe. Will a combination of the bullet that paralyzed him, a bad divorce, and her frightening, stalker, ex-boyfriend keep them apart? Or will they overcome all of the odds to love and stand beside each other through the trials they face?