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Chapter Thirty-Four

Lilith

I sat there beside his bed for four days at the hospital, not willing to move from the room until he woke up.

The doctors did the best they could and it had been a miracle he didn’t die. The people who worked here were nothing but pure angels.

“How’s he doing?” Rose came in, bringing coffee. Everyone had come in to check on him and Charles, who was laying in the bed next to him.  They’d talk to him and keep me company. Neither had woken as of yet, but I would be here when they did.

“Good. The nurse should be in soon to give them their next dose of meds.”

They weren’t completely healed, but everything major had healed, and they were fine besides some bruising.  It was nothing short of amazing.

“That’s great. They are going to be all right.” She smiled and then walked out the door, mumbling something about going down to the gift shop.

“Knock knock,” a male voice said as he opened the door.

“Dr.Dorian, is everything okay? We were expecting Esme.” I looked at his tall frame. His brown hair was well kept, and his hazel eyes were warm as he looked at me then to the boys.

“Esme will be in shortly. Mr. Griffin wants me to personally look them over again. Both seem fine as far as I can see. Their wounds have healed miraculously. Whatever is still keeping them under should dissipate soon.” He walked over to the machines they were hooked up to and jotted down some notes. The doctor was nice, but very short with words. He did his job and moved on.

He gave me a goodbye nod then left.

Esme, the sweet nurse, came walking in shortly after he left.

She had reddish-brown hair, with hazel-green eyes.  Freckles completely covered her face, giving her an elfish look. A very kind and quiet nurse. She smiled at me and went about checking their vitals like the doctor had before.

I made sure to thank her for all the help she’d given us.

“You’re welcome. Do you need anything? You haven’t left the room at all,” she said and clipped her pen to the top of her little clipboard.  I shook my head no. I just needed them to wake up.

“I have a feeling today is the day.” She was trying to be positive, and I appreciated that.

“Fingers crossed.” I crossed my fingers to show her, and then she left.

Wanting to be close to my sleeping Leon, I got up and sat next to him.

“I know you like your beauty rest, but I’m getting a little impatient here, Star. I’m ready to talk about that boat you’re going to buy, and all the things you want to do once you wake up. I wanna take you to go get a juicy burger, and sip a milkshake even though I swear I saw some snow outside the window today.” I touched his cheek, where his normally trimmed beard had grown fuller. I kinda like it. Made him look all rugged.

“Plus, it’s been forever since you’ve played with my tits, and they are feeling very neglected,” I fake whined as I kept touching him.

I swore I saw a twitch of his lips, but his eyes didn’t open. Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me, but maybe they weren’t.

“I know another part of me that’s feeling pretty neglected. Could use a good pounding, if you know what I mean.”  I watched him for another twitch but got nothing. Feeling a little down, but still with hope, I started to stand but then felt something caress my arm. Instantly my head whipped around to see if he was awake.

Glad that I was still over the bed, my body fell back before launching myself at a waking Leon.

“You came back to me,” I whispered while hugging him, not caring if it hurt him or not. Pain equaled alive right now.

“I came back to my wife.” He kissed my head, and I pulled back to look into his eyes.

“Don’t go all sugar on me now, Star.” I smiled and leaned in to kiss his lips.

“Sugar would be telling you that I love you back.” His fingers delved into my hair, keeping me against his lips, like I had anywhere else I wanted to go. He loved me and wanted to stay married. We survived a lot this month, and we would keep surviving the rest of our lives as long as we were together.

“Jesus, you guys are too much.” A groan came from the other bed, and we both laughed at hearing Charles’s voice. He was okay too. All was good in the world right now.