My lips curved into a small smirk as I crouched down lower to Leah. If she was with it right now, she would be telling this guy off for even questioning if I had a good voice. My lips moved against her ear as I hummed a song that I had recently been working on in my free time.
“My beautiful girl…wide eyes…sweet lips…givin’ me one more reason to breathe…day after day…My beautiful girl,” I hummed the rest of the chorus, not having completed the song but I could tell it had the effect she had been looking for. Her upper lip had curved into a smile and by the rise of her chest, I could tell she had finally drifted back into a somewhat peaceful sleep.
The EMT gave me a small smile as the ambulance pulled to a stop in front of the hospital and he crouched down to open the doors. “Looks like it worked, huh? Maybe you could write a song for me, help get my baby to sleep at night. Seems like it worked pretty good on her.”
“Yeah, maybe, I do know a lot of kid songs.” He patted my back after he and his partner wheeled Leah into the emergency room. “Good luck in there, bud. She looks like she’s going to pull through just fine. Unfortunately, she’ll be going through some pain in the meantime.”
I thanked him before he left and then once again focused my attention solely on my wife. I answered as many questions as I could. I unfortunately hadn’t been there for most of what trauma her body had been through. If I had, it certainly wouldn’t have gone as far as it did.
The doctors quickly took over, pointing me towards the waiting room where I did nothing but pace. I called every single one of our family members, giving them the short version of what happened, and within an hour almost every one of them was right there with me.
I instantly felt a little calmer when Caleb was placed into my arms and nuzzled his small head into my chest. Whatever happened with Leah, we would pull through this. She was one strong ass woman and put up a fight with whatever was thrown at her in life. It was one of the many reasons I had fallen in love with her so easily.
Chapter 29
Leah
My eyes slowly blinked open and instead of my husband standing over my bed, Ally’s blonde head bobbed into focus, her blue eyes wide with excitement.
“Leah, are you awake, sweetie pie? Blink once for yes and twice for no.” I rolled my eyes at her but couldn’t help my lips to curve into a small smile. I could feel how swollen my jaw still was so it didn’t go very far but Ally must have seen it because her face lit up with a wide grin.
“If I wasn’t awake how exactly would I have known to blink my eyes, Al?” I mumbled out, swallowing thickly at the dryness in my throat.
“Ah, there she is, my sweet and sarcastic, Leah. I knew you wouldn’t be gone for long. You are one tough nut,” she sang out. My eyes darted around, looking for my husband, even though I was glad to see my best friend. Things were really different when she was gone especially as of late.
“He’s down in the cafeteria. His mom finally dragged him out of here to get something in his stomach. He’s been up here every minute with you since you were brought in. Teddy and I hopped on a plane as soon as he called. I can’t believe what that crazy bitch did to you. I mean Roy’s a nice looking guy but she was pulling out all the stops to keep him. No clue why she thought beating the shit out of you would solve that.”
I groaned as my head flopped back onto the pillow and I winced as my head throbbed. Just thinking about that woman made the pain flare up. If her plan b was putting me in a butt load of pain, I guess it had worked. I don’t know how it worked out for her otherwise though.
“Is the crazy lady at least in jail? Please, tell me she is.”
“Oh yes,” she replied with a satisfied smile. “I don’t think you’ll have to be worrying about her for a long, long time. Apparently, she has a little bit of record. Obviously, nothing to the extent of what she did to you but with that all added up, she’ll either end up in jail or the looney bin. I guess either one will do.”
“Good.” Even though I would prefer seeing her go off to live life in a cold jail cell, I guess either one would do like Ally said, as long as she stayed away from my family. I didn’t think my body could put up with any more ass kickings for a while.
I closed my eyes, feeling the pain medicine slowly wash over me once again, but pried them open when I heard the door pushed open. I was rewarded when I saw my sexy husband walk in and as soon as he saw my eyes, a wide smile spread across his beautiful face, and he raced over to my bedside.
“Finally awake, baby? How are you feeling?” He brushed the pad of his thumb lightly across my lips and even with all of the medicine pumping into my system, I still felt the butterflies take flight in my stomach.