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“Thank God,” My sister sank back with a sigh of relief and then I noticed Oliver holding her other hand on the other side of her.
“Thank you for taking care of her.” I said to him with shame that he was needed at all.
“Don’t even worry about it, Delilah,” He nodded with a smirk, “I’ve already called ahead and got privileges, so I’ll be with her in surgery too.” He looked down at my sister, “I’ve got her.”
I looked at the way my sister blushed before looking back over at me like she was looking for permission to let the man take care of her.
“No better hands than yours, Doc.” I smiled reassuringly and patted Maddie on the shoulder. “We’ll be there waiting when you get out.”
“Please don’t,” She cringed and tried to sit up in the stretcher, “Take P home where she’s comfortable and safe and I’ll see you when I come home.”
“Maddie-.”
“No, D.” She argued, “She needs to be home, with her mom and dad.” She said pointedly and Fox’s hand slid over the back of my neck again, “I’m fine.”
“She’s right,” Suzie said, joining us, “Take P home and get some rest and I’ll keep you updated.”
“I’ll have her transferred to Belden if she’s going to be admitted for more than a day or two.” Oliver added giving his attention to Fox, “Take your family home man, take care of them.”
“Planned on it, Doc.” He replied and pulled me back so the EMT’s could wheel her into the ambulance. “Let’s get you two home.”
“Our home?” I asked hopefully, because I wanted to take our daughter to the place where we were going to start our life together as soon as possible. I didn’t want any reminders of what happened today haunting us in the future.
“No place I’d rather be, baby.” He grinned and steered me toward my car.
Chapter 37 – Fox
Present
Istoodinthedoorway to the guest room in my home that had been empty for almost an entire year.
Yet now my daughter was sleeping peacefully in the center of the big king size bed surrounded by every spare pillow in the joint, and covered up with sparkly unicorn blankets and rainbow colored stuffed animals. Three different nightlights lit up the room with an kaleidoscope of rainbow lights and a sound machine hummed quietly from the nightstand.
I had never felt more fulfilled than I did in the moment.
“She’s okay, Fox.” Delilah whispered from behind me as she wrapped her arms around my stomach and laid her cheek against the center of my back.
“I’m not.” I replied honestly, hating how it made me feel to admit.
“Come on,” D pulled me out of the doorway and silently closed the door behind her and nudged me down the hallway.
I only went because I knew there was a camera monitor sitting on the kitchen counter with a perfect view of our daughter from the other room.
If not, there wasn’t a chance in hell that I’d have left her side. I slept in a lot of shitty places over the years, and on the floor of my daughters bedroom on a plush ass carpet wasn’t a hardship to me at all.
But I also needed to see to Delilah’s needs too.
We stopped by their house on our way home from Kansas and packed a couple of bags worth of clothes and shit ton of kid’s stuff for P to be able to make her new home as comfortable as possible.
“I can’t explain to you what it feels like to be here, with her.” She sighed and laid her head against my chest as I wrapped my arms around her. “I hate that I let my life darken hers more, but I’m happy to have this moment with both of you nonetheless.”
“I died a million deaths today, baby.” I whispered, squeezing her tighter. “I don’t know how to cope with this overwhelming sense of uncontrolled fear running through me right now. Like a million different things could go wrong at any second and she could be harmed by them. Both of you could.”
She chuckled and rubbed her nose against my sternum, “Welcome to parenthood. And it never stops.”
“Ugh,” I groaned and ran my hand through her hair, catching snarls and pieces of tree still embedded in the locks. “Let’s go take a bath.” I suggested, grabbing the monitor off the counter as I led her towards our room across the living room.
“I’m too tired.” She yawned and leaned into me further, cringing slightly from the soreness in her body. We had been home for a few hours, and I watched the fatigue and stress of the day settle into her muscles, causing her to cringe and limp more and more as the night wore on.
