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“Is she sick?” Miles asked. “She has a weak immune system and cold water with a fan were on her several times.”
He needed to know if her body was fighting an infection or not while trying to heal from the bruises, cuts, and gunshot wound. Miles needed to know how bad he needed to make Richard suffer when he found him.
“She does have a small cold and a slight infection. We are monitoring it and giving her medicine to help fight off the infection and cold. That's why the next several hours are very critical. Not only is she recovering from major blood loss from a gunshot wound, she's also trying to fight off the infection and cold,” Angelo replied. “We’re hoping since we started giving her medicine pretty soon after she arrived here, that it has started to work.”
He nodded his head and felt his blood start to boil. Richard knew what he was doing. He was trying to make her suffer beyond measure and give her a chance of not making it.
“I'll leave you two with her. As a reminder, some nurses will be in and out to check her vitals and make sure everything's okay, so don't be alarmed,” Angelo said before he left the room.
He stood there for several seconds, taking in Storm. He didn’t like seeing her in a hospital bed like this, attached to machines.
An IV was sticking out of her arm and she had a tube down her nose, for who knows what, and oxygen. Seeing those things made him angry.
None of this should have happened to her.
Miles walked over and sat in the chair, grabbing her hand and holding it. It was so cold, but better than when he first saw her in the cold concrete room.
“She’s going to make it through,” Hedda said. “She’s a fighter, not a quitter.”
He hoped Hedda was right about Storm. That she would pull through this and be fine, but there was a little part of him that was ready for her to die.
Miles kissed her hand and held it up against his mouth as he took several deep breaths. He couldn't wait for the time when he could hold her again. It had only happened once but that one time was the only time he needed to realize he was addicted to her.
He had felt reluctant when she first wanted to cuddle but he was so happy he’d said yes because it felt amazing. He couldn't wait until he got to do it again.
Miles stood up and kissed Storm's forehead before turning and looking at Hedda.
“You're going to stay here with the two guards outside the door. I'm going to go find this fucker,” he said as he walked out of the room.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
STORM
The first thing Storm noticed was that everything hurt. Her whole body ached and ached and she didn’t know why. She tried to open her eyes, but they wouldn’t respond.
“You need to wake up,” a girl said.
The voice sounded familiar, and Storm tried her hardest to remember who it was.
“Miles needs you,” the same girl said.
Hedda.
The only person Storm knew who knew Miles was Hedda.
Why was she here? Where was here? Why was Hedda telling her to wake up and that Miles needed her?
The last thing she remembered was Miles telling her he didn't want anything to do with her. She remembered having the feeling of people watching her and calling Miles as somebody broke into her house.
But after that, she didn't really remember anything. It was all a blur. She knew she’d been taken but she didn't know by whom.
“You really need to wake up. He's going crazy without you. He's been so cold toward everybody.” Hedda continued to talk. “He's been searching and searching for the person who did this to you. Said he was going to make them pay.”
Storm tried to open her eyes again, but they felt so heavy and didn't want to open. She didn't know why Miles was going after the person who did this to her.
She knew whoever had taken her had mentioned Miles' name several times, but how would Miles know that? He wasn't there and didn't know what happened.
“You need to wake up because Miles isn't thinking about the consequences. He's going to get himself killed and you're the only one who can ground him,” Hedda said, grabbing Storm’s hand. “He hasn't said this, but the way he looks at you makes me think he loves you and I know he wants to be with you.”
