Amara POV
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I hear Mary make a small sigh and watch her nod, ” I know, just consider going to the hospital.”
” I will go to the hospital, just not at this time.” I tell her softly. I walk out of the bathroom and make eye contact with Dimitri. He was still sitting on the bed. While a huge muscular tattoo covered man I didn’t recognize was standing next to him undoing his blood cover bandages.
I watch the tattooed man glance over at me, before getting back to what he was doing.
I take my eyes off the man and look at Dimitri. “Where is Sadie?” I asked him not seeing her anywhere.
Dimitri looks over at me, ” Liam took her into the kitchen for a snack. I didn’t want her to see my wounds just yet.”
That is probably for the best. She is still little and won’t understand what happened to her daddies arm or his back.
” You should probably get dressed.” Dimitri says softly.
Looking down I realized that I only have a towel covering me up. I feel my face heat up from embarrassment. I spotting my cheetah print bag in the corner. I quickly walk over to my bag. I pick it up and carry it into the bathroom.
” I am going to the kitchen to see if Liam needs help with Sadie.” Mary tells me from the doorway.
” Okay.” I tell her softly.
I watch Mary shut the bathroom door, before I place my bag on the counter. I unzip it and dig around until I find fuzzy white colored pajama pants with pink and green polka dots. I than dig around until I find a plain black t-shirt. I drop the towel and quickly get dressed. I than dig around in my bag again looking for my hair brush.
Once I finally find it. I start to brush my hair. As I am brushing, I can’t help but to see the red marks on my both of my wrist.
I need to find something to cover these marks up with. Everytime I see them it only gives me flashbacks. It makes me feel disgusted with myself.
I let out a sigh, ” This is going to be a long day.” I whisper softly to myself. I finish brushing my hair and set my hairbrush on the counter. I start digging around in my bag until I find my toothbrush and minty toothpaste.
Putting the minty toothpaste onto my toothbrush. I turn the sink faucet on and wet my toothbrush a little, before I put it in my mouth and start brushing my teeth quickly.
Once I am done I rinse out my mouth and set my tooth brush upright in a cup. The cup already has a toothbrush inside of it. Since the toothbrush was still in a plastic wrap. I am gurssing Dimitri hasn’t actually been in this room until he found me.
I don’t even think he has been to sleep yet.
Grabbing my bag off of the counter I open the bathroom door. I freeze in place seeing Dimitri bare back and right arm. The skin was badly burned. It was swollen and red with white blisters all over. I watch as the tattoo man was placing appointment gently on his burns. I could tell he was being gentle, but Dimitri looked like he was uncomfortable.
He was gripping the end of the bed railing so hard with his left hand that his knuckles were turning white.
” Should I get you something?” I asked Dimitri as I place my bag down next to the tv.
” I think my pain pills are in the living room somewhere.” Dimitri says through gritted teeth.
” I will go look for them.” I say before quickly leaving the room.
Dimitri burns are a lot worse than I realized. I knew it was bad from the picture I saw of him laying face down in the dirt, but seeing it in person. His burns look a lot worse.
Walking down the hallway I can hear talking in the distance. Getting closer to the living room I realize it is Liam and Lucia talking.
” One of us need to take charge. Until Dimitri is in the condition to work.” Liam says.
” He isn’t going to take time off to heal. Not when Daniel is still roaming free.” Lucia says back.
” Liam is right. One of you need to take charge until he is in the condition to work.” Rex says cutting in.
” Right, like he is actually going to agree to take a break to heal.” Lucia says again.
Dimitri can be stubborn and his father and Liam our correct. He does need to take a break so his body can heal. Stepping into view I stare at all of them, and see Sadie laying in Rex’s lap sound alseep with her mouth halfway open.
I figured she was still tired. She was rubbing her eyes and seemed a little cranky. I don’t even know how long she stayed up last night.
” I can try convincing him to take a break.” I say getting their attention.
” You don’t have to do that.” Liam tells me in a soft tone. ” You also need to take time to heal.” He adds.
” I will be fine. I am not injured Liam.” I shoot back in a irritated tone.
” Right.” Both Liam and Lucia say at the same time.
” Do you need something sweetheart?” Rex says in a soft tone.
I roll my eyes at the boys and look at Rex. ” Dimitri said his pain pills would be in here somewhere.” I tell him.
” Yeah, they are right here.” Liam says holding up a yellow bottle with white pills inside. ” I was starting to wonder when he was going to need these. He is so stubborn that he rather be in pain for awhile, before he actually takes one. Not to mention he was the one that requested them in the first place.” Liam says walking over to me and placing the pill bottle in my hand.
I watch the way he hesitates like he wants to say something. ” About-”
I cut him off, ” Liam, I really don’t want to talk about what happened. I just want to forget about it.” I tell him. I watch Mary give me a sad look, before I turn around. I walk back to the bedroom just in time to see the tattoo man wrapping Dimitri up with fresh bandages.
I open his pill bottle and put one pill into my hand. I walk over and hand it too him.
” Hang on and I will get you some water.” I tell him.
” I don’t need water.” He tells me.
I give him a weird look, ” How are you going to swallow it?”
I watch him pop the pill into his mouth. He chews it before swallowing it. I make a face, ” Doesn’t that taste disgusting?” I question him.
” Doesn’t bother me.” Dimitri tells me.
” All done.” The tattooed man says as he starts taking off his rubber gloves and packing his stuff into a black bag. ” Try to keep your bandages clean and dry.” He tells him.
” Thanks doc.” I hear Dimitri say.
He is a doctor? I never seen a muscular doctor covered in tattoo’s. At least not one with as many tattoos and muscles like he has. I mean he does have medical equipment with him, but I just assumed he was playing doctor.
” Do you work at a hospital?” I question him.
He smiles at me politely, ” No, I run my own business working with Dimitri and his man.” He informs me.
” My name is Gabe.” He adds with a smile that shows my all his pearly white teeth. He holding out his hand for me to shake. I hesitate a little before lifting my hand up and placing it into his. He gives a gently but firm hand shake.
” Gabe, let go of her hand before I break it.” Dimitri says coldly.
Gabe let’s out a chuckle, ” Alright.” He says letting go. ” Have a good day.” He tells me with a wink. I watch him walk out the bedroom and close the door behind him.
” You didn’t have to be mean.” I tell Dimitri.
He scoffs as he leans against the headboard. ” He was staring at you too long. Would have shot him, but my gun isn’t in here.” He says turning on the tv.
I climb onto the bed and sit next to him. I can see the dark circles under his eyes. ” You should get some sleep.” I tell him softly.
He scoffs again, ” You get some sleep.”
” I had sleep. You need sleep more than I do.”
He rolls his eyes, ” I will sleep when I am tired.” He says not taking his eyes off of the tv.
Swear he is a pain in the ass. He is arguing with me about sleeping. Makes me wonder if I can actually convince him to let Liam and Lucia take over. While he heals from his injuries.