Her head lifted, that floating feeling spinning her brain.“Where am I?”
“Saint Nicholas Hospital,” Damien said.He was on her right, holding her hand.
“Am I dead?”
Damien chuckled.“No, sweetheart.You’re not dead.You’re alive.”
“Grant Pickens,” she whispered.
“He’s dead,” Damien said.
“What?”
“I’ll tell you everything later.Right now, you need to rest.”
“You found him.”
Damien shook his head.“No, sweetheart, I found you.I got a message that led me to you.Grant sent it, thinking it would take us longer to get to you.He wanted us all dead.He was going to escape.”
“You found me?”
Damien brought her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles.“I did.As soon as I knew where you were, I came for you.I’m so fucking sorry I wasn’t there sooner.I’m so sorry you went through everything you went through.”
“Lacey?Samuel.Berkeley?”
“All safe.Grant, whose real name was Stuart, and his brother took you, then left.His brother confessed to everything.”
“So confused,” Harmony whispered.
“We have lots of time to talk about it later.Sleep now, Harmony.I’m not going anywhere.”
She nodded, then floated again.
Damien barely movedfrom his chair next to her bed for three days.The doctors said it was good that she was waking up, but that her body had been through hell.She needed to rest, and she was.
Jude brought Damien clothes, and he used the shower in Harmony’s room to clean up while Jude, Rhett, Eve, Berkeley, Lacey, and Claudia all took turns sitting with Harmony.
Every few hours, the doctors kicked Damien out of the room so they could examine her without him there.Her wounds were healing, and her surgery was a success, but it was going to take time for her to heal.
“Damien,” she whispered.
Damien was up immediately.“What do you need?”
“Water.”
He grabbed the cup with the straw for her, holding it to her lips to drink.
She pulled her head back when she was done, and he set the cup on the table again.
“How are you feeling?”
“Like I was shot.Twice.”
Damien chuckled.“Well, it’s good you’re feeling better.Yesterday, you mentioned the broken nose, too.”
Harmony groaned.“I forgot about that.Everything fucking hurts.”
“I know, sweetheart.But you will heal.”
