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Chapter 0173
“Yes please” she answers, looking at me tiredly.
I bend down and pick her up. Hugging her close to my chest, I begin walking.
“I said I needed help standing up, not being carried” Her argument lacks her normal fire
backing it up. It
goes to show just how worn out she was.
I don’t answer. Just pull her closer to me. It felt right with her in my arms like this. Like
everything in the F***ing universe was aligning itself. If I could stay like this forever, then
it’s a fate I would gladly accept.
As I walk with her to my car, I can’t help but wonder. I’ve never allowed myself to be this
close to her. To
hold her, hug her or k*ss her. I always held a part of myself hidden from her. So it makes
me wonder if, had I allowed myself, would it have felt like this? Like she was the missing
piece of my soul?
I was just getting to my car when Brian stops me.
I
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“What?” I growl at him. Couldn’t he F***ing see that I was carrying precious cargo?
“We were able to get most of the Reapers, but Reaper himself escaped” he says,
delivering the bad news.
It makes me want to pound someone. The fact that he keeps evading us makes me
F***ing furious. As long as he was still out there, none of those I care about would be safe.
“Just F***ing find him” I snap before walking away.
I get to my car and gently drop Ava in the front seat. Buckling her up, I get in and begin
driving to the hospital.
“Where are we going?” she yawns.
“You need to get checked. Make sure you and the baby are fine”
She nods her head in acceptance before leaning back against the seat. It doesn’t take us
long to get to the hospital. By the time we get there, Ava was already asleep. 1
I park my car before waking her up. I didn’t mind carrying her, but I also know that nurses
would need her to answer some questions.
“We are here” I say when she opens her beautiful eyes.
Before she can jump down. I take her into my arms and carry her in. As soon as the nurses
notice us, they drag a wheel chair towards her.
“Don’t worry sir, we’ll take care of her and call you immediately we have news” they
assure me when I
refuse to let her go.
Sighing, I slowly put her down on the chair.
“Please call my parents” she tells me before they wheel her away.
The moment she’s out of sight, I do exactly that. I don’t say a lot. Just demand that they
come to the
hospital.
I then call my parents to check up on Noah. The moment I got the call from Ronny, I asked
them to pick.
him up. Once I make sure that he’s safe I head towards the waiting room where I find
Gabe, Travis and
Kate.
“Any news?” I ask sitting down.
“Not yet” Travis answers.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“How’s Ava doing? Where is she?” Kate asks with worry.
“They took her in for checkup just to make sure everything is fine” I tell them.
We then stay in silence after that. Being here reminds me of everything that happened
after James died. It reminded me of how I was overcome with emotion after seeing Emma
again after nine years.
Everything had been so surreal. In that moment, I had gone back in time. Back to the time
when she meant the world to me. I had been so lost in memory that I hadn’t noticed Ava
leaving.
Being here also reminded me of when Ava got shot. She had been standing right next to
me, yet I had dived for Emma instead. Ava became different after that event. It’s like the
Ava we knew had died and a new one had been born. I’ll never forget how cold she was.
I couldn’t blame her, though. I would have done the same thing if the roles had been
reversed. I bet that was her wake–up call. It took seeing me rush to save Emma for her to
see that I wasn’t worth her time, effort, or affection.
I stand up and begin pacing.
Somehow along the way, my feelings changed. Now she wanted nothing to do with me.
Everything I did in the past, thinking it was justified, now stands in the way. It made
everything I did suspicious in her eyes. It F***ed up every effort I made, and it made sure
that she’ll never trust me.
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