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I hear Ink mutter 'fuck' while my heart breaks as I watch absolute utter pain pour through Leah's eyes before Axel then mutters, "Oh fuck, we're fucking idiots."
Sophie continues to talk, knowing this is what Leah needs—her permission to mourn and her permission to be angry with her friend, her sister, for trying to leave her.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
“You lost her, and y-you nearly l-lost me. We-we need each other and I-I nearly left you, t-to mourn t-twice as much. S-S-she was your momma t-too Lee-Lee."
Sobs start to pour from her throat before heartbreaking cries tear from her as Sophie squeezes her, crying too, and I link my hands behind my head, wondering how in the fuck we missed this. We all thought she was just a friend to Sophie and didn't know her mother well, despite Leah telling us she had known her since diapers.
We didn't fucking believe her.
"Fuck, I thought she was lying about knowing Soph since diapers; this fucking explains her climbing in bed with Ashley at the hospital."
Axel rasps in shock, and we all nod as we watch both women fall apart for their loss. Doc looks at us and shakes his head before looking at me. "Next week, when things have calmed down, I want you, Hawk, Axel, Dagger, and the rest of the council to come to my office. I have a story to tell you all, and you're all going to be fucking kicking yourselves."
We all furrow our brows at him, but he just shakes his head before going over to the girls and kissing both their heads as we realize they're both asleep, their pain exhausting them, and Ink sighs, "Looks like I'm on the floor tonight; no way am I separating them because I think Leah was right. Sophie needed her more than she needed any of us, and tonight may not have happened if she was by her side; I just thought I was doing the right thing. Fuck. She's her fucking sister through and through, except for blood, and we tried to keep them apart because we thought Leah would turn into the drama queen we all thought she'd be."
Both me and Axel nod as he pats my back, then Inks before going to kiss both girls' heads then leaves as I sit down and lean againstthe wall, Ink following suit while groaning in pain, and I nod my head.
Yep, my girl can fucking hit, I mean.
Shit.
Chapter 9
Leah
I wake up to the feel of someone running their fingers through my hair, and I slowly open my eyes to see the dark green ones of my best friend. She smiles at me, and I smile back.
I know we're not alone; I can feel Gunner's presence, and I have no doubt Ink's here too, but we ignore them.
"I've been a shitty friend." I snort and shake my head, but she just nods, "I have. You lost her too, Lee-Lee, and you spent the past week trying to help me or try to fight the brothers to even see me instead of mourning yourself. I mean, I'm your sister, and they thought they had a right—a fucking right—to stop you from seeing me when you're the only one who would have been able to get through to me because you lost her too."
I hear the men suck in a breath, and I just shake my head at her, telling her with my eyes to stay calm by looking down towards my stomach, where I can feel some fluttering, and she instantly takes a deep breath before muttering, "Jackson can kiss goodbye to sex for a while."
I bite my bottom lip when I hear him mutter, "Fuck," before Sophie goes back to playing with my hair again, and she smiles, "Remember when we were 10?"
My eyes widen, and a giggle comes out. "Momma and Daddy Anderson took us to the water park in Cali," she nods, "andmomma's bikini top fell off on the water slide." I start to laugh, Sophie following, "I swear daddy Anderson was going to have a coronary."
My laugh turns into a sob, and she holds onto me tightly when she whispers, "It's you and me now, Lee-Lee."
I nod as she wipes away a tear from my cheek before we're quiet for a little while until I break the silence.
"I called her."
Sophie furrows her brows,
"The day before I came to the vet office to make up with you, I called her," I sniffled. "She threatened me when I started to cry on the phone, saying if I didn't get my ass around hers, then she'd ground me and make me stay around hers for a week doing chores." Sophie grins. "I told her everything, and she was excited. Then she spent the day looking after me; we watched movies, ate junk food, and laughed; we both slept on the couch before she woke me up." I let out a sob. "She told me she loved us both so much before kissing my forehead, and I left, not noticing the pain in her eyes intensifying before I came to your work. I went to my appointment at the hospital, then the next thing I knew."
My sobs increase while the men curse, realizing I was the last one to see her before she killed herself. I probably did it as soon as I got in my car.
"What, what if, what if I went back inside instead of driving off? What if I could have s-stopped her?"
Sophie's tears fall before she grips my cheeks, wiping my tears. "You couldn't have Lee-Lee; she wanted t-to go; she w-wanted daddy. If you had managed this time around, she would have tried it-it again."
I let out a sob before holding my friend tight, trying to calm down before she wiped my face.
"Ok, junk food, girlie movies, and mani-pedi's. It's girlie day, just you and me, no men; they can both get lost after stocking up the living area for us."
