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“Come on, man. We need to get you to the hospital. I think you broke your hand,” Jax said, as he pushed Chase’s large body out of the bar.
Chase’s head stayed turned in my direction until they were both completely out of sight. He didn’t say anything to me before he left, and I was glad for it. I wasn’t sure what I would say to him or if I had anything to say to him at all.
As Jim and the paramedics treated Allan, Avery pulled me close and held me tightly as we both cried.
“Lizzie, you need to go to the hospital, too,” Avery said, as she examined the cuts on my arms.
I wanted to argue, but I didn’t have the strength to do so. “Okay,” I whimpered, as she helped me through the lobby. Ronnie drove us to the hospital, and we were silent the whole ride.
When we arrived at the hospital, I made sure Chase and Allan had already been taken back to their examining rooms before I would even walk through the door. When it was finally my turn to be seen, I went to the room alone. Ronnie and Avery waited for me in the waiting room. I was sure they wanted to yell at Chase, but I didn’t care.
After the doctors and nurses pulled shrouds of glass out of my arms, they gave me seven stitches. The pain wasn’t even comparable to the pain I felt in my heart. I was forced to wait while the nurses got the paperwork ready for me. When I refused to give them any form of identification, the hospital staff informed me that I would have to be billed, and it would be a hefty one, too.
“Lizzie, can I come in?” a voice softly asked from the hall.
Turning my head, I saw Chase standing in the doorway.
With tears spilling down my cheeks, I turned my head away from him.
“Go away, Chase,” I cried, as I closed my eyes.
“Please, Lizzie. I just need to explain,” he pleaded, as I heard him take another step inside the room.
“No,” I shouted, as I shook my head. “Just leave. I can’t talk to you yet,” I yelled again.
“Come on, Chase, you can talk to her later,” I heard Jax say, as he, too, came into the room.
“Get the fuck off me, Jax,” Chase yelled.
I could hear a scuffle as Chase and Jax argued with one another. I kept my eyes closed, afraid that if I were to see Chase’s face, I would melt back into him.
“What’s going on here?” a nurse yelled, as the men argued.
As she screamed for security, I could still hear Jax pulling Chase out of the doorway. I sobbed as the thought of Chase being pulled away from me broke my heart.
It finally took three security guards and Jax to restrain Chase and remove him from my room and the hospital. Avery rushed into my room and held me while I cried. Holding my head in her arms, she soothed me as I struggled to breathe.
“It will all be okay,” Avery whispered, as she rocked me in her arms.
I wish I could believe that.
CHAPTER 25
Chase
Watching that bastard look at Lizzie like she was his almost drove me mad.
I loved Lizzie more than I loved myself. She was my entire world, and I swore I would do anything and everything I could to make her happy. Even if it meant hurting myself.
I hated Allan’s preppy style and the way he just sauntered into my casino like he belonged here. Lizzie belonged here with me. Allan belonged in her past. Even though he looked more like someone she should be with, I knew in my heart that I was the only one for her.
As I struggled to hear their conversation from where Avery and Jax had dragged me into the bar, I saw the way Lizzie’s eyes lit up when Allan spoke to her. Her smile, my smile, broke my fucking heart as I realized she didn’t just smile at me that way, but at him too.
When he stood, and she wrapped her arms around him, something broke deep down inside me. I couldn’t explain the hatred I felt for a man who I had just met, but I longed to tear hisarms away from my girl. Before I knew what I was doing, I was across the bar, and I had lifted Allan from the ground.
Everything around me went black, and it was like I was experiencing an out-of-body experience. I felt like I was watching everything from above and had no control over my actions. I wasn’t sure how or when, but when I finally woke, Lizzie was on the ground next to Allan.
Hatred for myself swelled deep inside my broken heart as I feared I may have been the cause of Lizzie lying on the ground. I wanted to hold her and console her, but the way she looked at me, like I was some type of villain, made me step away from her.
