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I might know some of the details of her past, of their relationship, but I will never fully understand what she went through. What he meant to her at one time in her life. All I can do is hold her hand and hope that doing this will help her deal with it all and move on.
We go through the rigmarole of getting buzzed in and the second we turn the corner to his room, the cop guarding it hops up, his eyes wide at the sight of Raine.
“Miss Storm, I’m not sure this—”
“I just need a minute. Please,” she begs, giving him her best puppy dog eyes.
He studies her for a beat, but before I can add anything he says, “I’m just going to turn my back and look at the view for a bit. Do not do anything stupid.”
“Thank you,” Raine breathes, turning toward the door the second the cop looks the other way.
With my hand pressed against the small of her back, I follow her into the room.
Vaughn’s been up here since his own surgery the night they arrived, but I haven’t been to see the cunt who tried to kill my girl. He’s already dead to me as far as I’m concerned.
Monitors, tubes, and more medical equipment than I’ve seen in my life surround the bed in the middle of the room.
“Oh my God,” Raine mutters, moving closer to the waste of space all this has been wasted on.
They should have left him to rot in the front of his car as far as I’m concerned.
“He’s sure looked better,” I confess, my eyes focusing on his grey complexion.
“Do you think he’s going to make it?” Raine asks absently.
“No idea. I hope not.”
Her breath catches, but she doesn’t argue.
She can’t.
He’s a piece of shit who’s done nothing but ruin her life.
He deserves this. And more.
I’ve no idea what’s spinning through her head as she stands there staring at him. I’m hoping it’s the closure she was looking for, but I can’t stop the fear that despite everything, there still might be something there.
I don’t do anything or say anything, I just stand beside her, praying that I’m giving her some kind of support.
The seconds feel like hours as we watch his chest rise and fall thanks to the ventilator beside him.How easy would it be to just turn it off?
I’m so lost in my thoughts of how I could end the fucker right here, right now that when she speaks, it startles me.
“Let’s go,” she says coldly.
“U-uh, yeah.”
Glancing down, I find silent tears staining her cheeks.“Sunshine?”
“I’m okay. I just… I need to get the hell out of this place.”
“Fuck, baby. You’ve got it.”
If I never return, it’ll be too fucking soon.
In only minutes, we step out through the main entrance into the bright winter sun. She winces at the brightness, but she doesn’t cower. She also doesn’t say anything.
And she doesn’t until we’re in my car and halfway back home.
