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Arcado POV
Worry gripped my heart tightly never once letting go. Her hazel eyes closed and apprehension ran through me. My eyes shone with unshed tears as I stared at her unmoving form. My thoughts were wild and my heart raced as I thought of never seeing her again. Shaking my head out of my thoughts I picked her up bridal style and looked towards Sophia.
“Go to the doctor quick”, She spoke out and gestured to the door.
Rushing out of the room, I ran towards the doctor”s quarters as I glanced down towards Griselda, her face was pale and her lips were turning blue. A tear leaked out of my eyes and I took a deep breath while racing to the doctor. I didn”t have to worry about Kulah right now my first priority was Griselda, I had to save her.
I knew Kulah was caught by Dexter and Skyler, he would get what he deserved from me. When I first got the phone call saying Kulah has sneaked in to our room, my only thought was to get to Griselda, but when I saw blood on her stomach, it was too late. Right then, I felt what real fear was. I was afraid of never seeing her smile and her beautiful face ever again.
Eli couldn”t protect her, he was at a meeting, but I had a hunch he was rushing here right now. Bursting through the door, my eyes glanced to the doctor who was already making his way up to me. He nodded his head to the bed and I quickly placed her on it.
“You”ll be okay, Mi Amore”, My voice cracked, as the new set of tears made their way.
“Please just save her”, I stared up at the doctor.
“I’ll do everything I can”, He reassured me and motioned for me to leave the room.
The nurses were getting everything ready for her and my heart stopped as I saw the heart monitor beeping really slow. I begged the gods above to wake me up from this nightmare, I wanted to see her beautiful smile again while she reassured me she was okay. But I knew that was a fucking lie.
“You can’t tell me to step out of the room”, My anger rose a mile a minute.
“Please Arcado, just let us do our work and try to save her”, He quickly gave her a shot.
Looking down towards Griselda, my heart cracked into two as I stared at her still form. Nodding my head, I stepped out of the room. Wiping my tears away, I glanced towards the wall and punched it repeatedly. She had to go through Kulah”s torture again and I couldn’t be here to protect her from him.
“Please, please let her be okay”, I sobbed and slid to the ground.
“I can’t lose her”, I mumbled and covered my face with my hands.
Footsteps made my head snap towards the hall, Eli’s tear stained face came into view as he ran towards the doctor’s quarters. His eyes made contact with mine and he picked up his pace even more. Stopping in front of me. He pleaded me with his eyes to tell him she was okay.
“She’s okay, right?”, He questioned.
“Of course, she has to be okay, yes yes she’s okay”, He let out a humorless chuckle.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?, He bellowed and shook my shoulders.
“I can’t loose her too”, His voice cracked and his hands dropped to his sides.
Turning to the doctor’s door, he knocked on it. “Let me in, I have to see her”, He yelled.
Placing my hands on his shoulders, I swallowed the lump in my throat. “she’ll be okay”, I whispered.
Letting out a sob, he hugged me tightly and my own tears once again made their presence known. I had to be strong at least for her, if she saw me crying, she would be disappointed, but how can I not cry when she’s fighting for her life? It was all my fault she was in there right now.
I didn’t know how long we stayed like that, but when the door opened it caused us to pull away from each other. The doctor came out with a grim expression and my throat felt like it was going to explode from not getting much needed air. Eli and I immediately walked up to him waiting for him to tell us she was okay.
He glanced between Eli and I. “We got the bullet out, but she lost a lot of blood”.
“And by some miracle, the baby made it and it’s heartbeat is beating fine”, He explained.
Eyes widening, my breath hitched in my throat. “Did you just say baby?”, I whispered.
“Yeah”, The doctor nodded his head.
“Oh my god”, I mumbled and pushed the doctor of my way gently.
Despite his protests, I hurried inside towards Griselda. When my eyes landed on her form, my shoulders relaxed as I saw the heart monitor beeping just the way it should. Taking a seat beside her, my hands shakily came up to grasp hers. Glancing towards her stomach my heartbeat sped up.
“Thank you for saving her”, I looked up to the ceiling.
My hands softly stroked hers. “Mi Amore, please open your eyes and give me that beautiful smile of yours”.
My hopeful eyes stared at her closed ones. My shoulders hunched as her form stood still not once moving. Letting out a sigh, I closed my eyes and opened them. My hands continued to stroke hers as she slept peacefully, her chest rising up and down.
“She’ll wake up soon”, Eli placed his hands on my shoulder.
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Thank god her and the baby is okay.
Arcado POV
It’s been five torturous months and still no sign of her waking up. Every day, I watch her peaceful self-sleep and tears would leak out of my eyes. I would beg her to wake up but her eyes would still be closed and her chest would rise up and down. I still couldn’t believe she had a baby in her stomach but when I saw that little bump, everything just felt too real.
Her pale face was getting back its beautiful color and she would sometimes lift her finger up just a little and every time she did that, my hope would rise by the minute only to come crashing down, as she didn’t open her eyes once. The doctors told us she would need time to come back but I didn’t know how long I could wait until I would burst.
I’ve been sitting on this chair for five months just watching her and waiting for her to open her eyes. Sophia would come in once and a while to check up on us and her expression would break when she looked at Griselda’s form. She and Lilly would force food down my throat saying I needed energy if I wanted to see her wake up.
Eli just saw her once and it broke him so bad that it caused him to pass out. After that he never came in and told me how sorry he was, he just couldn’t bear the pain of seeing her on the hospital bed. I understood him because my heart cracked every second of everyday as I endured the pain of her laying on this bed.
“Hey there little one”, I placed my hands on her bump.
For the first time in five months, I felt a little kick and I froze waiting to hear it again. After a moment or two, the baby moved a little and settled down. Instantly, my face lit up and I stroked her stomach softly already falling in love with the baby. Leaning over the bed, I placed a kiss on her bump.
“Tell your mother to wake up soon”, I murmured and looked down at her stomach.
“Griselda, please wake up, it’s been five months and I am dying here Mi Amore”, My voice came out as a whisper.
When she made no move, I sighed and sat on the chair again. My eyes felt heavy and I tried to blink the sleepiness away, but it just brought the black dots again. Settling my head on the edge of the bed, I closed my eyes and soon felt the sleep take over my body completely.
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Griselda POV
Complete darkness was what I was afraid of when I was little. I just didn’t know why, but when the lights went off, it scared me to no end and I would always hug my mother tightly to conquer that fear. She would always whisper comforting words to me as she rubbed my back. Sometimes she would lull me to sleep while singing me a song. But now I have nothing to hold as I felt darkness swallowing me whole.
It felt like a cycle was going on, no matter where I walked I would always end up in the same place. I would hear distant voices all talking at once but they all would stop at once no matter how much I cried out for them to help me. There was no light, only darkness and I tried to call for Arcado but he never came.
I wanted all of this to end but I had no idea how to do it. I tried to open my eyes countless of times but it felt like heavy bricks were sitting on them. My body and mind felt tired of fighting whatever this was and I wanted to give up, closing my eyes I focused on only one thing, but then something was pushing my chest and I heard distant shouts.
Now all I could see was white as it settled onto my eyes, I tried to cover it but it blinded me to no end. I took a deep breath as I saw a shadow in front of me. Opening my mouth, I tried to say something but I couldn’t. Giving up, my shoulders hunched together and I looked away from the shadow.
“It’s time to wake up”, the shadow whispered and when I looked back it was gone.
My eye brows furrowed as I stared at nothing. I didn’t know what the shadow meant so I walked back towards where I previously stood. I felt the air become tense and I gasped for air but it was no use I could feel myself slowly becoming numb to everything.
“Ah”, A yelp came from my lips as I opened my eyes in shock.
Baby blues stared into my own ones. He’s eyes were wide open as they swept all over my face. His arms were on either side of my head supporting most of my weight, the doctor and nurses were standing all around him with relief across their faces.
“W-what happened?”, My eyes flickered over to his blue ones.
Body tensing, he looked away from me and his jaw ticked as if he was angry. His hands began to stroke my own and he took a deep breath before glancing back to me. His mouth opened and closed many times but not once did he utter a single word.
“You were shot”, The doctor answered for him.
Panic crawled inside me and my widened eyes flew to my stomach. Tears made their way into my eyes as I stared at the baby bump I had. My hands came up to clutch it in my hands. My baby was okay, he or she was alive and breathing.
Hands gently placed themselves on top of mine and I stared up at Arcado”s eyes as they shone with tears. His hands gripped mine and he leaned in placing a kiss on my forehead. Resting his forehead against mine, he looked into my eyes.
“Thank you for coming back to me”.
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