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“Will do.”
I rush next door and see Astera is just coming too.“Hey, pretty girl,” I brush her hair across her forehead.“Thought I was about to lose you.”I bring her fingers up and kiss them.
“You couldn’t get rid of me that fast,” she says groggily.“How is everyone else?”
Pulling the chair next to her bed, I hold her hand and fill her in on Lock and the other guys.“Doctor says you can go home tomorrow.”
“Good,” she says.
“Get some rest, babe.I’ll be right here.”
Her eyes close, and she falls fast asleep.Throughout the night the nurse comes in to check Astera’s vitals and to change the wound dressing.
After that, I arrive back at the club to get a shower, change my clothes and assess the damage.Just a bunch of bullets in the yard that need to be discarded.After filling Becca in on everything, she insists on us eating, so I make a plate of leftover food from the party.
* * *
Once I catch an hour of sleep, the sun is coming up.It was time to get Astera and Lock.
I pull up to the emergency entrance, and two nurses are wheeling Lock and Astera out.I help assist them in the SUV.Astera winces because of the pain in her shoulder.
The ride home is quiet.When we arrive, Foster and Cutter help Lock inside, while I wrap an arm around Astera’s waist and her free arm around my neck so I can walk her to the bedroom.
“How are you feeling, babe?”
“Like a MAC truck hit me.”She sits on the edge of the bed.
“Let’s get some rest, it’s been a long ass day.”
“You can say that again,” she says.
Sliding on the bed, I pull Astera against me, kiss the top of her head, and hold onto her as if my life depends on it.
“I love you so fucking much,” I tell her.
“I love you, too.Don’t let go of me.”
“Never.”
THE END
