spine he turned just enough for me to hit his ribs as he pulled the trigger, hitting me on the right side of my chest. The pain of the shot made me stagger, the only thing holding me in place was the hunting knife I had plunged deep into his ribs. We dropped to both of our knees as he fell over, he was gasping for air, as I slowly crawled up his body and removed the knife from deep inside his lung.
Gavin rushed to me, but I pushed him away. I yelled at the Pledge before I plunged the knife into his other lung and collapsed to my side coughing up blood from deep inside my quickly filling lungs.
Gavin wrapped his hands around my face as his guys came running towards us. He whispered into my ear. “You can’t leave me, I just found you. What am I supposed to do without you? I know we just met, but I think I love you! Please don’t leave me!” Gavin Yelled at his club members, “Call 911!!! She’s dying!”
I coughed up some blood, and with the last ounce of strength I had I said, “I love you. Sometimes you have to take the moment we’re given and make it our happily ever after. I can do that if you can look past how we met.”
The words came out gargled as I laid there with blood pooling underneath my damaged body.
Trying to comfort me, Gavin said, “I can. Let ’s worry about forever when you get better.”
Gavin sat up behind me and held me in his lap, rocking me, I could hear the sirens coming for me then the world went dark.
I woke up in the hospital the next morning. The pain in my chest was unbearable. Before I realized where I was, a hand reached out and rubbed my forehead. I turned and saw Gavin sitting there with relief written all over his face. I smiled at him, which quickly led to a wince of pain.
Gavin reached over and pressed the little morphine button, to help relieve my pain, before he said. “I’m so happy you’re ok. I was worried sick. I love you and will always be here for you.”
Chapter 10
*Gavin*
I woke up hearing Rebecca curse at the nurse for waking her up.
“I just fucking fell asleep, why do you have to harass me even at 3 in the fucking morning?”
The nurse responded kindly, “Hunny, I’m just trying to increase your morphine, you go in for surgery in a few hours, and Dr Ripley ordered it increased prior to your pre-op.”
She grabbed for my hand and smiled at me as the nurse finished increasing her meds. She turned away from me and asked the nurse a question.
“How long will I be in surgery?” The nurse shook her head and said. “I’m sure honey, all I know is the Dr will be in here in the next hour to talk to you.”
Rebecca smiled at the nurse before thanking her, and turned back to me.
“Have you been here this whole time?”
I smiled at her, and answered. “Yes I have. The nurses told me I should push your morphine button every thirty minutes even if you’re sleeping. So I set my alarm for every thirty minutes after I push it.”
Rebecca smiled at me and squeezed my hand tightly. She reached up and grabbed at her chest wound. The nurse quickly shut the IV pump, and pushed the button. Rebecca was about to say something but was cut off by the influx of morphine in her system. Her eyes slowly shut until she went into a deep drug induced sleep again.
I looked at the nurse and asked, “Is the recovery from this surgery going to be bad? How long do you think she will need to be in the hospital?” The nurse smiled, walked over to me, put her hand on my shoulder and said. “She should be out of the hospital in a few days.Don’t worry Honey she is in good hands.” I smiled at her, shook my head in agreement and rubbed her hand before I leaned back in the chair. My alarm sounded just as I was closing my eyes. I quickly shut it off and rest it for thirty minutes from now. I closed my eyes and drifted off, only to be woken up by the Dr and the pre-op team coming to get Rebecca ready.
Rebecca quickly recovered from her surgery. We were able to have
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