“Hey, sweetie,” Sky says, and I turn slightly as she sits beside me, her eyes going to Hudson as she asks, “How’s he doing?”
I look back at him and sniffle before I admit, “He needs an ECG. The doctor says he could have a hole in his heart, and I’m prolonging his life out of selfish reasons, while the nurse mentioned it’s just routine.”
Sky growls, “I really hate that doctor,” and I nod in agreement, but I know I can’t do anything about it. He’s the only specialist with the training Hudson needs in the hospital, and their policies won’t allow an out-of-house doctor to fly in and we can’t move him, so we’re stuck.
“Here, these are from Anna,” she says as she hands over a few teddies, placing them on top of Hudson’s incubator. This makes me smile, but I soon frown and ask, “How did you even get them? She’s on house arrest.”
Skylar snorts, “Tate, of course,” and I nod because they can’t keep that sweet girl from her honorary grandmother, and they know it.
Turns out Anna killed Misty without blinking as she screamed for her life, claiming Jax would kill them for trying to touch her like the delusional bitch she was.
Dammit, it wasn’t like Jax was the only person she was sleeping with, he was just the one officer brother she thought she could latch onto for his patch.
I sigh. When Luna shot her, she hit her arm, disarming her while Cannon came out of nowhere and tackled her to the ground, or that is what Luna said. They locked her up in their torture chamber, keeping her there, hoping Jax would wake to dish out the punishments but after two months, Blade and Viper decided to end her, painfully but when they began to question her when she started spewing shit, Anna snuck in the chamber without the men knowing and shot her in the head, killing her, shocking them.
Brick apparently didn’t know whether to kiss her or punish her.
She’s been on house arrest for two months, only being allowed to come to see me, Hudson, and Jax three days a week, which isn’t going down well.
Brick’s been begging his son to lift the arrest on her because she’s now threatening his balls and he’s concerned this will set him back with her.
I gently rub my son’s hand and ask, “Have you heard from Raya?”
Sky hums and admits, “She’ll be taking over later from me when she knows Venom isn’t here.”
I half smile but mutter, “I don’t need babysitters,” but she replies, “Yeah, you do.”
I sigh, “And Lake?”
She calls every day, but I haven’t seen her, and I know that is because she won’t be around the club. Cherri, her mother is a clubwhore and even though the brothers haven’t met her or even laid eyes on the girl, they’ve put her in the same box as her mother – patch chaser and she’s worried her identity will be out in the open.
Though if Randy knew that is what the brothers call his daughter, he’d quit on the spot at the garage and would probably kill someone.
“She not called yet?” Sky confirms, and I shake my head, and she hums and admits, “She’s seeing someone.”
I look at her with a furrowed brow and ask, “How on earth did that happen? She never goes out?”
Sky smirks and shrugs, “I don’t know. She said they’ve been seeing each other for a few months, and she is smitten. Well, no, not smitten. The girl is in love. She said she’ll tell you everything when she calls.”
I nod, a small smile appearing, happy for her as the door opens, and we both look expecting doctor asshole but Skylar freezes seeing Blade and he swallows hard noticing her before he looks at me and his eyes soften seeing the tear marks on my cheek.
“Just checking in, little doll,” he says softly, and I give him a small smile.
“I’m okay,” I lie, and he chuckles, instantly calling me out, “Liar.”
I chew the inside of my cheek, then ask, “Any change?”
He sighs, “Sorry, Ives,” and I nod, more tears falling. He looks at my features and says, “His monitors still react when your name is mentioned. Don’t lose hope, alright?”
“Four months, Leo,” I whisper, and he shakes his head and comes into the room before kneeling and cups my cheek.
“I know it’s hard, I know you are barely hanging on, but please don’t give up,” he whispers, and I nod as some tears fall.
He wipes them away as he stands, then kisses my head and mutters, “I’ll come check on you again in a little while.” He looks at Hudson, placing his hand on the incubator, then turns and looks at Skylar and nods, “Little sis,” before walking away and out of the room.
Sky scrunches her nose and mutters, “It would be so much easier if he wasn’t so nice.”
I chuckle because, honestly, Blade is one of the best people I know. I have told her so every time, but she won't be swayed, especially with how he's treated Anna.
