Chapter 16

HEALING

I hear sirens, so many sirens it's giving me a danm headache. I then feel someone's hand engulfing mine in a warm grip and a soothing voice which makes me relax a little "Grace baby you need to fight through this and to do that you need to relax if not your heart will pick up speed and eventually it will… stop. So relax I'm here I'm going nowhere baby. Not anytime soon." Did Christian just call me baby… oh my god he did just call me baby. And with that my whole body softens and is not stiff anymore and I just focus on Christian's beating heart and rapid breathing the rest of the way to the hospital… I'm guessing that's where he's taking me because of all the sirens.

Next thing I hear is beeping and people talking, but not just anyone it's my dad talking to Christian "Mr Jackson." "Please Mr Rose call me Christian." "Alright Christian I believe you have fallen in love with my daughter and I believe that you also promised me to protect her with your life, but here she is in the hospital barely holding onto her life…again. You've failed me Christian and because of that I'm forbidding you to go anywhere in a 5 foot radius of my daughter and if you do then it will not be so pretty." No, no, no my father did not just say that and because of what he said my eyes snap open to see Christian and my dad at the end of my bed. I feel tears prick the corners of my eyes and I let out a small whisper "No dad you can't be serious." But then again my whisper is more of a sob and a plead, my dad can't be serious just when I've found happiness in my life he snatchers it away, surely he doesn't want that for his daughter. Their heads dart straight in my direction and I see that both of them look horrible they have red puffy eyes probably from crying they haven't changed clothes at all, haven't shaved, haven't brushed their mess they call hair and they haven't had showers either. And without warning Christian bolts straight at me engulfing me into a bear hug literally squeezing the air out of my lungs, but I don't care I'm alive and in the arms of the man I love and cherish. He whispers in my ear making me sob even more "Thank fuck Grace! Your alive I thought I lost you… forever." My dad then interrupts us by saying "Ahem Christian I think you should leave me and my daughter alone." I look at my dad and give him a glare while saying "No dad Christian isn't going anywhere away from me and you can't do nothing about it. I love him with my life and also I've finally found happiness with Christian, surely you don't want me like I was before I met Christian, do you dad?" My dad can see I'm being serious he then says in a whisper "No Grace I don't want that your mother and I never want that again, you always trying to do suicide attempts to the point of you having to be at a ward and under constant supervision. And your mother and I have seen you become happier since Christian came into your life and I have to thank him for that, but you're always going into the hospital with him near you and quite frankly I think it's him who's doing this to you." I then feel Christian's body stiffen in my hold and he's also shaking uncontrollably and is getting hotter by the second. Oh no he's about to shape shift into his wolf form, Christian says through his teeth in my ear "How can your father suggest that? Grace you have to know I would never hurt you physically or emotionally, you are my love, my life, my everything. And you're so lucky you're here or that would've been your father's last words and breath." "I then whisper in his ear "Thanks Christian I know you would never do anything to hurt me, I love you Christian. Also I think we should stop hugging because I can't breathe properly." And with that he sighs and let's go of me while also taking my hand in his stroking my knuckles. I then look at my father and say "Father, how the hell could you say that? He did nothing of the sort and he would never do that. I hate you for saying that and I'm being with Christian whether you like it or not." My father looks at me with complete and utter shock and mumbles something under his breath like "Fine. Your just your mother stubborn as hell." He then turns on his heel and walks out the door before slamming it with such force it makes my ears ring with the aftershock. I then turn to Christian Anthony Jackson my love, my life, my light, my reason to live and from this point on I know I want to spend the rest of my days with him by my side until the end of the universe or until we die.