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“I really want to go home,” I said. “Please?”
“I’m not authorized to make that call,” the nurse said.
“Looks like I’m getting comfortable.” He gently removed his arm from underneath me and then he kicked off his shoes.
“You look pretty comfortable to me,” the nurse said with a grin. “I’m a sucker for true love. Night, kids. Sleep well.”
Chapter 50
The next morning, I was discharged from the hospital. I was sure Bones wouldn’t let me walk on my own two feet, and I was correct. He commanded that I sit in a wheelchair.
“This is ridiculous,” I argued. “The doctor told you my CAT scan and MRI came back clean. I’m hydrated. I slept great. I have no headache or vision problems. Let me walk.”
“You let me push you in this wheelchair or I’m carrying you bride-style out of here. Your choice.” His tone and expression brooked no argument.
With a sigh and crumbling resolve, I took the wheelchair and let him wheel me toward the elevators. It was overcast and gray clouds threatened to open up.
I was quiet on the ride home, checking my phone every few minutes to see if my mother or Charlie had called, but my cell was silent.
Bones reached over and placed his hand on my thigh and gave it a squeeze.
We pulled into the driveway and Bones cut the engine. I reached for the door handle and he looked at me and said, “Don’t you fucking dare.”
I placed my hands in my lap and waited for my husband—my husband—to open the car door for me. He helped me into the house and he quickly disarmed the alarm before it blared to life.
“I want to shower off the hospital smell.”
He nodded. “Okay, let’s shower.”
“Bones…”
“Hayden. No arguments. Not today. Tomorrow I’ll let you do everything yourself, but for today, please give this to me.”
I sighed and nodded. “You think I’m weak.”
“I don’t think you’re weak.”
“You look at me and you think about Iris,” I stated. “Don’t you?”
“I thought we talked about that already.”
“Not enough. Not nearly enough. I don’t know anything about her. What does she look like? Am I like her at all? You tattooed a Golden Snitch on your body because of her, but what about me? We’re married. You want babies with me. And you don’t have a tattoo of that commitment on your skin. Why not, Bones?”
“She was blonde,” he said. “Sunshine blonde. Bright, you know? Her teeth were a little crooked, but it just made her approachable. And when she laughed, her nose scrunched. You’re nothing like her, Hayden. You don’t remind me of her. You don’t look like her. You don’t laugh like her. You don’t love like her.”
His words pierced my heart.
Bones took a step toward me and reached for me. He placed his hands on my shoulders. “You remind me of you. You look like you. You laugh like you. You love like you. I don’t look for her in you. You’re your own person, Hayden. And I love you for you.”
“Oh,” I whispered.
“And the reason I don’t have a tattoo on my body that commits this thing between us in ink yet is because I haven’t left your side long enough to get it done. But as soon as I can stand to leave your side, I’ll get Roman to tattoo me. Okay?”
“Okay.”
“Now let’s shower and when we get in there, I’m going to wash your hair and you’re going to let me love you. Got it?”
I sighed. “Got it.”
