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"Alright, Mel, I'm going to remove the tube, OK?"
I stand straight but don't remove my hand from hers as another nurse walks in to help after Doc pages her. Mel nods her head but keeps her eyes on mine as Doc slowly removes the tube from her throat. Once it's gone, she coughs, and I bite my bottom lip hard, waiting impatiently to hear her voice while Doc gives her sips of water.
Her eyes never leave mine before they narrow, causing everyone to hold their breaths, and I panic.
She does remember me, right?
"If you…ever…threaten to j-join me if I have died again… I'll skin you…alive."
Everyone sighs in relief while I let out a watery laugh before I lunge forward and wrap my arms around her.
She lets out a sob into my neck, matching mine, "I-I missed yo-you." I shake my head and say, "Not as much as I missed you, Precious, fuck, don't ever do this to me again."
I feel her nod against me as she squeezes tighter.
I pull back and sit next to her on the bed, making her lean against me with my arm wrapped around her when Doc speaks, while Axel, Slicer, Stormy, Ink, Gunner, and Butch all lean against the walls, with Sophie leaning against Ink.
The others are in the waiting room, patiently waiting for news on my old lady.
"Alright, Mel. I need to know what you last remember."
She furrows her brows, trying to think, as I massage the back of her neck.
"I-I remember getting my cut."
I sucked in a breath. Fuck, that was three months ago.
"OK, sweetheart. What else do you remember?"
She furrows her brows again, frustration etches over her features, and I smooth out her forehead. "Don't force it, baby."
She nods, "I-I remember." She stops, then looks at Doc before biting her bottom lip, wanting to laugh, while everyone looks at her in confusion and says, "I-I remember Mr. and Mrs. Blaze."
I burst out in laughter while Doc scowls at her, then narrows his eyes at me in warning. Still, I just grin and look at the others before telling them in detail how my devious girl decided to con Doc into taking the case and what the case entailed, causing everyone to laugh their asses off.
Mel looks confused, and I move her hand towards my mouth, kissing it, making her smile. "What's on your pretty mind, Precious?"
"I ca-can't r-remember anything after t-that. How did I-I end u-up in here?"
I look at Doc, and he nods for me to tell her.
"Cassidy. She paged you to triage and pointed a gun at you. Her eyes widen, but I continue, "Meghan walked in the room to stock it while it was quiet, and Cassidy turned the gun on her. You made a decision and tackled her. That was two months ago."
Her eyes slowly close as tears fall, and I wipe them away.
"Lilah."
I nod. "Yeah, baby, you saved Meghan for Lilah."
More tears fall, and she looks around the room, noticing the one woman not here.
She sniffles, "She feels g-g-guilty."
I nod. "She'll come around, baby. I'll make sure of it."
She nods and then leans into me before her eyes start to get droopy.
"Sleep, baby. We'll be here when you wake."
