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“Alive, Pierson. He’s alive and fine.” All the air rushes from my lungs as I shove off the bed, tossing the blade to the floor. I run to the dresser and pull on the first pair of jeans and shirt I can find. Twitch chuckles behind me, but I don’t care.
“Take me there,” I order as I pull my shoes on.
“That’s what I came here to do,” he tells me. I rush to him, throwing myself into his arms as sobs wrack my body. “I can’t believe no one told you.”
“I thought … this whole time, I thought he was dead,” I cry into his shirt. His arms wrap around me, holding me tightly.
“He’s not dead. In fact, he’s bein’ a pain in the ass. He just wants to see that you’re okay. He’s tried to leave the hospital for hours before I said I’d come to get you.”
“I can’t believe it,” I say as I pull away from him and wipe my eyes. “I’m a mess.”
“You look perfect. You ready?” he asks. I nod my head as he walks toward the door. I follow along behind him and out to the truck. As I climb in, my heart leaps in my chest. He’s still here. I almost ended it all, and he’s still here. I shake the thought and take a few deep breaths as Twitch drives.
Getting to the hospital seems to take forever, but my heart leaps when we pull up.
“I can’t tell him what I was going to do,” I say out loud.
“Yeah, I don’t think that’s a good idea either,” Twitch adds.
“So we don’t tell him?” I ask, glancing over at him. He shakes his head.
“No. We don’t tell him, but you better not try that shit again, Pierson.”
“I won’t.”
“You mean it?”
“Yeah, I mean it. It was just a lot thinking he was gone.”
“Yeah, I’m sorry about that. I don’t know why someone didn’t tell you sooner,” Twitch says before climbing out of the truck. He walks around and opens my door, helping me out before leading me inside.
We walk down a few hallways before I hear the guy’s laughter. It hits me harder than I thought it would.
“He’s in there,” he says, nodding toward the door.
“I …”
“You what?”
“I don’t know if I can do this,” I tell him.
“Why can’t you?”
“I’ve thought he was dead for the last four hours, Twitch!” I snap at him.
“Yeah, but he isn’t. So come on and see your man.”
“He did all this for me,” I remind him.
“I know. Because he loves you, Pierson. Tarek did it because he loves you. Now, come on.”
“I don’t know, Twitch.”
“What isn’t there to know? Do you love him?” Do I? Do I love Tarek? I know in my heart I do. I nod my head as Twitch smiles at me.
“Then that’s it. Get your ass in the room.”
Chapter 27
