“Baby, what’s wrong?” I cradled her face in my hands while caressing the apples of her cheeks with my thumbs. She shook her head and a sob broke out. Shit. I picked her up, being mindful of her leg and her back. Her whole body shook as the sobs tore through her. They sounded like they were ripping her soul to shreds and stitching it back together. I held her while her demons were tearing through her soul. I would be here for her as long as she needed. Standing right by her side and fighting them alongside her.
I don’t know how long we stayed like that. Her rocking in my lap, sounding like she was begging for her pain to stop. It could have been an hour or it could have been a few, but I wouldn’t have changed it for anything. Next thing I knew the nurses came out and told us we could go see Rage. That snapped Riley out of her inner battle. Seems as though she may have forgotten about her injuries for a few seconds because she jumped out of my lap so quickly she almost collapsed onto her face.
“Woah. Easy there, tiger. You are hurt, babe. You gotta take it slow. Why don’t we let everyone else go see him first and then we will go in last? Your mom should probably go in first. Speaking of which, why don’t you go have a talk with your sister since she just found out about Rage? She is probably going to need you.” I explained.
“Doubt it, when she finds out that I have known for years already,” she whispered. Yeah that was going to be something else, but that was something for all of them to figure out. I know Rage said their mom wanted to be the one to tell her but I don’t think she meant like this. As it was, I helped her hobble over to her sister and found another seat to give them some privacy. Crow got up from his seat after giving Stana a kiss on the forehead and followed me to my seat.
“You think Stana is going to be mad at Riley for this?” I asked Crow. He shook his head and ran his hands down his face.
“Honestly, I am not sure. She has been through so much lately she might just not give a shit that a few other people knew before she did. At the same time, she might see it as a betrayal from Riley since she knew they were friends when they were younger. Who knows these days though? Those fucking pregnancy hormones are driving her so out of whack, it’s a hit and a miss with her.”
As he said that I got the weirdest picture of Riley pregnant with my baby in my head. Her face was a little more round and she was wobbling like a penguin while chasing down another baby. Shit, that sounded fucking amazing. I couldn’t even believe that I was imagining this after everything that just went down, but now I couldn’t unsee it. I would make sure to see the day when that actually happened. I would accept nothing less.
“You just got a weird ass look on your face, brother. You alright? Did they slip you some drugs over at the nurse’s station?” Crow asked. Then he got distracted when the girls started sniffling and hugging each other. Thank fuck that was all fine and dandy. One less thing we would have to worry about. Not that it would be a big deal. I could understand if Stana was upset. Although, I did just fucking shoot my brother dead, so was I really one to judge?
That was a whole other thing I would need to deal with. Shit, I might need to talk to someone about it considering I wasn’t feeling much about it at all. Did I want to do it? No, I didn’t. Was it going to give me fucking nightmares? Probably. Was I going to have to make sure Riley isn’t going to hate me for it? Definitely. But that was a problem for later. Right now it was our turn to see Rage and then we could go home and get some much needed sleep.
I got up and went to help Riley up so we could walk down the hall to Rage’s room. When we got there and walked inside, it was to hear Rage flirting with the nurse in his room. The drugs he was on must have been something else because the man never fucking talked, let alone flirted with women. He usually just gave them a look and they ran away.
“Rage, you okay there, brother?” I chuckled when he turned to look at us and he got this doofy ass grin on his face.
“Riley! Come and give your little brother a hug!” he shouted. This improved Riley’s mood instantly. She was laughing so hard she was weezing. The grin that was on Rage’s face turned into a deep frown and he asked, “Is she laughing at me?” There were literal tears in his eyes. I couldn’t hold it in any longer. The laughter felt good after everything. It felt like a ray of sunshine on an otherwise gloomy day.
“Rage, you are something else. How are you feeling?” Riley asked after we got ourselves under control. She went to his side and held his hand. She wouldn’t get a serious answer from him right this second but I wasn’t going to tell her what to do.
After we talked to him for a little bit it was time to go home and with a promise to come get him tomorrow, we were on our way back to the clubhouse. Finally we pulled up and I couldn’t wait to get into bed. But there was
