SWNOVELS Chapter 69
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Chapter 69
2 Days Later...
“I will be back later torrow morning to dress your wounds and to check up in that
one that needs a little bit more care. Dr. Hannigan said as he closed up his
suitcase and prepared to leave.
“Just make sure you take those antibiotics and pain relief drugs with meals.” He
reminded me with a smile before leaving.
Oh, it had felt good to be home after every thing. I couldn't do much yet until my
cuts were healed and the suture had been removed which I
arrived to dress my wounds, had been bos hoping would be soon. The night Dr.
Hannigan had
a relief and a pain.
He had to clean the wounds before moving any further and had been concerned
about all of them especially that one that I knew hurt more. When he applied the
clear liquid to clean them out I shricked from the pain. Had it not been for the
towel that Nancy had left for me to bite on, I would have surely cracked a
window.
My wounds were then stitched followed by gauze to catch any oozing. Dr
Hannigan was kind enough to attend to me at home when he had learnt of the
severity of my situation before he agreed to take a look.
“Mama, do you want to have some breakfast now?” Hayley asked gently beside
me.
She never left my side since I had returned except for when I was initially being
examined. She was both relieved and slightly upset with me but I tried to explain
to her that I had gotten in to some trouble but that I was safe now.
“Only if you share breakfast with me! It had already become a routine of ours. At
each meal time, she would join me with a plate of her own and while we usually
never ate in the room, I guess this time was an exception to the rule.
She nodded eagerly then rushed out the room to tell the chef that we were ready
for breakfast. A tray with eggs, roast, bacon, and a bowl of fruit had been
arranged on a tray and placed over a wooden table that sat over my legs so I
could eat without any pressure on my legs.
“I like eating breakfast with you.” Hayley said as she but in to some roast of her
own.
“I like it, too. Although I like that you nap with me during the day alot. With all the
meds that I had been taking, I had been falling asleep shortly after meals and
Hayley would either fall asleep with me or bring some colouring of activity for her
to quietly keep her entertained while I slept.
She didn’t disturb me and was ever so mindful of me. As much as I tried to have
her calm and not stressed out, she rarely listened and insisted on serving as a
junior nurse at my service. I found it cute and it had only made me realise what
an amazing kid she was.
“We could play a board game when you wake up from your nap later. She
suggested and I agreed because there really wasn't much else that we could do.
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After just two days of complete bed rest, I was bored out of my mind but thankful
to be alive. It was all so insanely traumatizing that my mind had began to block
every thing out bit by bit especially how the ordeal or the exchange had gone
down..
Hayley and I had eaten and chatted at our leisure and she hasn't mentioned
Dante once. Not that I was mad about that but I knew that it was only a matter of
time before I had recovered and she would be asking about Dante again. I wasn't
stupid to think that I could erase him from her life but there had to be some rules.
“Maybe you should get some air today with Nancy.” I suggested to her lightly.
“Check on the rose bushes for me. I coaxed her in to agreeing.
She loved the gardens and even the roses and if it tempted her to walk around
and gsf some air out side then so be it.
Obviously she shook her head. “No. Not until I know you're all better.” She
insisted and I smiled at her look of determination.
“I will be fine. In fact, after I take my meds, I will be sound asleep. I pointed out
and she pursed her I*ps considering for a moment before her eyes lit up like she
had an idea but she simmered down before I could question it
“I think that's a good idea then. I'll go with Nancy later when you fall asleep. She
agreed and I eyed her suspiciously at how quickly she had changed her mind.
After taking my meds, the sleep had began to drag me down under and that was
when the entire ordeal flashed before my eyes. It was like a horror movie that I
couldn’t switch off and, worse of all, I felt it all and relived it over and over again
but the meds were strong enough to keep me temporarily sedated trapping me
within the nightmare.
I watched it all unfold all over again. I saw Demetri drag me out of the shed still
bedressed with my wounds on display with Pheobe right beside him. I saw a tall
figure in the distance as I was dragged closed to it until I figured out that it had
been Dante here to collect me.
He held a large duffle bag in his hand and as we had gotten closer to him stoping
just a foot away from him, he looked nearly unrecognisable. The blatant fury on
his face made him look like a whole different person.
Pheobe began counting and once she got to three, I was flung across the
invisible trading line and Dante threw the bag of money across at the same time
and soon after was when all hell had broken loose.
There wasn't even much time for Dante to try and steady me and I had barely
managed to get to my feet with his support. My back that had been faced to my
captors had turned so that now I could see them. They both ruffled wildly in the
bag of money and that was when I thought that it would all be done and dusted.
Pheobe had gotten what she had always wanted and I was free if their torment
and assaults.
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But I had been terribly wrong.
1 watched it all unfold in slow motion. Pheobe reaching behind Demetri to
retrieve a gun which she aimed right at me. I froze and my heart beat out of my
chest, pounding in my cars. I stared right down the barrel of the pistol not
knowing what to do next.
It is going to be fine. Do not be afraid.’ Dante whispered beside me sounding far
more at ease. I found it odd that he was so laid back when a gun was literally
pointed in my direction and could very well turn to his with just a small
adjustment.
I heard Dante warning Pheobe, urging her to think before she did any thing rash
but he didn’t know how deranged of a woman she was. The power, the control
that Pheobe held right now only served to fuel her madness. Her slightly red eyes
were fixed on me like she had locked me in as her
target.
Her finger moved against the trigger and I shut my eyes preparing for the blow of
the bullet. Dante had seen it too because it grabbed my shoulders and shoved
me out of the way just as the deafening sound of the pistol echoed through the
vast expansive space.
I didn't feel any thing but then I heard a second gun shot that came from an
entirely different direction. My eyes flew open to find Pheobe crumpled to the
d*rty ground.
Demetri let out an earth shattering howl before he kneeled beside her limp b*dy
and began shaking her begging her to wake up. It was surprising to see such a
large, physically strong man crumble to his knees.
Pheobe hadn't responded to him and my eyes were fixed on her refusing to look
away. She was dead. There was no questioning that
When I actually looked away and at Dante his face was expressionless but he
was not the one that had fired the shot. It seemingly had come from nowhere.
The sight of her still, unmoving b*dy covered in blood in the middle of her saturn
dress had been imprinted in my mind.
My dream faded in to nothingness but out of no where, Pheobe appeared with
her blood shot eyes ready to pounce on me..
My b*dy jerked away from the shock and a small scream escaped me. I sat
upright, my face drenched in sweat and my chest heaving rapidly trying to catch
my breath.
I removed the covers from my b*dy to cool down as I wiped away the sweat from
my face. I blinked several times trying to push away the images that reminded
me of a reality that I would prefer to forget.
But that was the thing about reality. No matter how hard one tried to suppress it,
it only came back harder to haunt us.
It
was only two days since the incident and I didn’t expect it all to just vanish from
my mind but I
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also hadn't expected it all to manifest as nightmares.
My hand searched for my phone which I found beneath one of the pillows. I used
it as a distracted and also to check for any emails that Lucy may have sent to me
that needed my attention.
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There were a few notifications and
emails from work but it had mostly
been briefings Shoup Eetage frat I
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After reading through the briefings, I
saw missed calls today as well but I
was not caught off guard by that at
all. Dante and I hadyt spokerrlch
the entite drive back to the city. I was
quite and still reeling in from what I
had been through and witnessed.
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Dante didn't speak much aside from
asking if I was okay and arranging for
the doctor to come home
immediately when we had got back.
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me
I hadn't contacted him since then and I didn’t have any intention of ever doing so.
It was only a matter of time before Dante showed up here for Hayley and he
would surely try to approach like nothing was wrong.
I heard the rushed foot steps against the floor approaching the room and I quickly
pulled the covers over me to hide the bandages since Hayley had many
questions when she saw them.
“Mama, you're awake!” She exclaimed as she hopped in to her room with her
hands behind her back. “I have a surprise for you.”
Hayley rounded the bed excitedly and her eyes shined with eagerness.
“What is it?" I looked at her expectantly trying to think of what she could possibly
have behind her back.
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“Aww, these are lovely, Hayley.” I looked at her before taking a big sniff of the
roses and it smelled fragrant.
“It's a smaller bunch then the ones daddy sent for you.” She said in a small voice.
“and less fancy.”
I reached out and move a few dark strands of her hair away from her face.
“These mean more to me than anything, sweety. Thank you.” She grinned
immediately.
“When is daddy coming over anyways? I miss him a lot. Okay, so she
transitioned from avoiding addressing Dante entirely to now referring to him as
her dad.
“I'm right here and I have been missing you, too, Hayley.” Dante's voice filled the
room from the door way.
Hayley ran over to him and he picked her up before twirling her around then
placing her back. down on to the floor. Dante looked over to me and so much
flashed through his eyes all at once
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that it had me feel dizzy trying to keep up.
I reminded myself to stay strong and all the reasons why he is and should just
remain the father of my child and nothing more.
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