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I flinch at his words as every one of my brothers, and every one of my family members look at my girl with guilt while Hailey sobs and Rose lets out a cry. Rock, her old man, quickly grabs her in his arms, while Amy has to be held up by Adam, whose eyes stay on the woman in my arms. I give Gerry a nod before heading to the hallway, ignoring everyone, and taking my girl to my room, wondering how we can return from this because she warned me.
She promised she'd never forget what I did, that I would regret it, and she was fucking right.
Chapter 17
Sarah
I swallow hard as I watch the nurse check my sisters' vitals. In the past two weeks, she's gone downhill badly. She can barely sit up; the cancer is slowly eating away at her.
It's killing me slowly with her.
I sniffle a little, making her smile at me, and I take her hand in mine, "Do you know how much-much I love-love that you're open with-with me?"
I give her a smile and say, "Of course I am. You are my best friend."
She gives me a weak smile, her blue eyes dimming. "I need-need something from y-you."
I lean forward and furrow my brows as the nurse leaves the room. "Anything for you, Tiny Dancer."
She nods slightly, "f-fight f-for him…" I sucked in a breath, about to decline because I couldn't fight for a man who thought that badly of me; no matter his history, he should have known me, my heart, and my truth. Mary squeezes my hand very lightly, "P-please sissy, you're not-not happy with-without him."
I give her a watery smile because I know I'm not. He became my comfort; a day didn't go by when I had his arms wrapped around me. I fell madly in love with him.
I sniffled a little before rasping, "He accused me of using him, Tiny Dancer; he accused me of lying about your condition; he accused me of faking being a virgin; plus, the idiot touched Shelby, flipping Shelby." I throw my hands up when I finish my rant, and she gives me a little giggle before she gets serious. "He messed u-up," she says, taking a deep breath. "Please, you l-love him, and I-I know h-he loves you, and deep-deep down, y-you know he n-never actually t-touched her that-that way; he-he wanted to hurt-hurt you. Try, please."
I do love him, and I do miss him, and I do know he was using her to hurt me, thinking I hurt and used him. I ended up bumping into his ex-screw buddy, girlfriend? I don't know, but I bumped into Amber at the diner, and she wanted to tell me about her lies so I didn't suffer from her actions. She felt bad and wanted me to know he'd have some insecurities because of her. She finally gave up on him when she heard he was going to claim me and saw how he looked at me. Someone saw us, though, but he should have just asked me instead of turning on me that way.
I bit my lip. "I'll think about it, but only because you asked me to." She gives me a weak smile as a tear falls from my eye. "I love you, Tiny Dancer," she blinks, her hand loosening in mine as her fight gives up, and she whispers, "I love y-you too, s-sissy," before suddenly the machines go off, her hand no longer holding mine, her eyes vacant. Doctors and nurses all rush in; my Momma is screaming, and my father is sobbing, but I don't look away from my little sisters' beautiful blue eyes that have clouded over.
She's gone.
I blink my sore, itchy eyes.
Where am I?
I look around the room and see I'm at Hunters, and I sigh, falling deeper into his pillows, wondering why he got up before me when it hits me.
We broke up; he called me a liar, and he touched Shelby.
And then…
Mary.
No, no.
I let out a sob, her cold hand in mine, her eyes open, and she was gone.
No, no, no.
A scream escapes my throat as her clouded, faded blue eyes come back to me as I scramble to get out of Snake's bed. The door bangs open as I stand at the foot of the bed and make eye contact with the ones I've missed. He tears up, and I shake my head.
“No, no, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO…” I start screaming over and over as I rush to the door. He instantly wraps his arms around me, holding my back to his front. I can hear several sobs as my screams get louder.
"PLEASE NO, SHE CAN'T BE GONE, PLEASE…"
Doc rushes in, his eyes teary, and I shake my head at him, my sobs shaking my body, "P-please, take it-it away, please."
The pain hurts so much—so, so much.
