“Olivia, calm down, let me call the doctor and have them run some tests,” she soothes.
“Alexander, my son was in the room when Jerry shot you and he left him there. Please call my friend Ren and see if she has my son. Why aren’t you dead? I watched you fall when Jerry shot you. I’m so sorry you were caught up in this. Why were you there? Did you know I was there? Oh my God, I have so many questions.” I want to see Alexander’s face just so that I know it really is him. Why can’t I see him? I need to see him.
“Livvy, our son is with Ren and Derek. First, you need to calm down and listen. I know you have a lot of questions, just give me a minute to address them one at a time.”
Did he say our son? Lord, help me. How does he know? I keep that question to myself for now.
“First of all, I want to say I’m so sorry. I’m sorry that you went through a pregnancy alone. If I had known, I would have been there for you and Alex. It took Ren, Derek and I a minute to figure it out but we pieced it together. Derek is a friend of my partner, so by default, my friend too. He is also my part time boss and the one who sent me to help you when you called him a few weeks ago. I had flown into Hawkinsville twice and you evaded me both times. I had no idea it was you I was coming to help, and I still didn’t believe my luck when you answered the door. My shock at seeing you threw me off my game and I was caught unaware; which the guys will never let me live that down. I have been searching for you for two and a half years and when you opened the door, I was stunned stupid. I feel kinda dumb that Derek and Ren kept talking about a friend named Olivia and I never saw the similarities of my Livvy and their friend Olivia. While I was recovering in the hospital and we were all searching for you, Ren brought your son into my room. When they told me your son’s name is Alex, I knew he was mine. You are the only woman I have ever given my first name to, and when I looked at my son, I saw the resemblance. He is a perfect mixture of the two of us and I loved him at first sight just like I did with his mother. We really have to work on the daddy hits comment, though.” I can’t figure out what I said wrong when she bursts into tears.
“I’m so sorry that I put him in danger with a bad man. I didn’t know and I needed help when things were slow at work. I tried to find you too, before and after I found out I was pregnant but I only had your first name. I was so embarrassed when I woke up that next morning and you weren’t there. The night we met, I was on vacation and my boyfriend had just dumped me because I wasn’t ready to be with him intimately, so he called me cold and left me on the beach. I was afraid to go back to my room because I knew he would be there, so I wandered the beach. I was tired of all the bad advice from my mom and John threatening that if I don’t sleep with him, he would dump me. I wanted the choice to be mine. I’ve never done that with anyone, but you were my ego boost and I decided to take a chance on you. I’m so sorry we’ve lost years. I wish I could see you now to know that you are real.”
~Savage~
That is enough of her beating herself up over things we both took part in. She may not be able to see me, but she will feel me and know that I’m real and here and I will never leave her again. I lean forward, grab her face and press my lips firmly to hers. Her gasp turns into a moan and I instantly go hard. It has been too long since I touched all that is mine. I sink my tongue into her welcoming mouth and moan too. Holy shit! I’ve missed this and it’s as perfect as I remembered.
I hear a slight knock and break away to look at the door. The nurse stands there with tears in her eyes and the doctor is having a hard time with waterworks too. Shit! How much of our conversation did they hear? My guess from the looks on their faces, plenty.
“Hello, Olivia. I am Dr. Smith. I understand you are having a vision problem. We are going to run a few tests and take a CT scan to see what the problem is. Your husband can come along; it will only take a few minutes.”
“Oh...He’s not my husband.”
“Yet. Beautiful, the staff won’t let me accompany you if we are not family.” I whisper in her ear.
“Oh, I mean, not yet.”
An hour seems like days by the time Dr. Smith comes in to tell us what’s wrong with her eyesight.
“Psychological factors can, in rare cases, cause one to lose vision for a period of time. This tends to occur during times of severe emotional stress. This phenomenon is known as conversion disorder where the brain converts a psychological issue into a physical form. Sometimes that can be physical pain with no evidence of injury or in Olivia’s case; it has manifested itself in the loss of her eyesight.”
“How long can we expect this condition to last?”
“It can last anywhere from weeks to years depending on the patient. Olivia also suffers from a head-trauma with a mild concussion, which could
