Chapter 107

Chapter 107

Seeing her with all those tubes running out of her body was an experience I never thought I would ever

have to see. Her face was so pale, and her eyes were sunken and swollen. A bandage circled her head

to keep the incision they had made to stop her brain bleed

Images of her laying on that floor lifeless as the blood pooled out of her head had my heart squeezing

all over again.

I had no idea what the fuck happened. She had just been going to the bathroom. How the fuck did she

fall on the floor and hit her head? I had been in such shock and panic that I had no time at all to ask the

questions that still needed answering.

She had been unconscious for the past three days and I was beginning to panic now. I had called in

some of the best doctors this country has to offer and they had all said the same thing.

She will wake up when she’s ready.

But how was I going to know when she was ready? I had thought that maybe she would be awake at

least by now but there wasn’t even so much as a twitch from her.

I stared down at her stomach which was covered with a blanket. The pain gripped my heart and all

those tears that I had cried silently in the night threatened to give way.

She had lost the baby.

I wanted her to wake up and I wanted to see those beautiful blue eyes of hers but I also feared the life

she would be waking up to

How could I tell her that we had lost our child? The same child she had already started shopping for.

We had already started filling the nursery and now I’d had to ask Corinna to go and clean it out.

She was going to be devastated.

I held onto her hand and brought it to my lips. I kissed each of her knuckles sofily, my eyes closing as I

imagined the way her eyes would be looking at me.

“I’m sorry Adie. I’m so sor-

My words caught in my throat, unable to speak. I knew we shouldn’t have gone to the gala. We should

have just stayed at home where she would have been safe. My main worry had been Angela but I

hadn’t even seen her the entire night. I had been looking out for the wrong enemy.

I was so deep in my own head that I didn’t hear the door open until I saw a flash of light in my

peripheral vision.

I looked to the side and saw Angela standing there with a bouquet of flowers and a somber expression

on her face.

“What are you doing here?” There was no point in beating around the bush here. She and I were not

friends anymore.

“I heard about her accident and I wanted to come to see how you’re doing.”

“How did you know?”

“A friend of mine who attended the gala last night told me what happened. And it’s also front-page

news,” she said with a sad smile on her face. “I remember you saying how much she loved lilies.”

I scowled. “I said she hated lilies. She says they remind her of funerals.”

“Oh, she shifted her weight from foot to foot looking at me like she wanted to say something

“Angela, I’m really not in the mood to deal with you or any sort of drama. My wife needs my undivided

attention and if she is to wake up and see you it would upset her.”

“I know…” she started off her words fading momentarily, “I know the last time we saw each other I was

a bit of an asshole. I should have been more considerate of you and respected your relationship and

I’m sorry. I read all the signals the wrong way and made matters worse for you. I hope you can find it in

your heart to forgive me for my foolishness.”

I looked to my wife who laid there on the bridge between the land of conscious and unconscious. Her

skin was white as snow. her lips paled and all sky blue.

The memories of the pain that had been in her eyes whenever this woman was around played over and

over again in my mind. I knew that she would not be happy with her here. She had been the main

cause of so much turmoil between the two of us.

“Just go. Angela.”

“But Damon 1-

“Leave!” I snapped looking at her. “What part of I don’t want you here do you not understand? My wife

is in this bed fighting for her goddamn life and you are over here begging me to let you stay. I am over

this and I’m over you. We can never be

friends again and I want you nowhere near me or my family. Leave.”

The look of shock was evident on her face, I could see the unshed tears pooling in her eyes but I

wasn’t phased one bit. I had been too foolish before to make a decision so I was going to make one

now.

It was Adelaide. It was always her and would only ever be her.

“Leave,” I said once more leaving no room for argument.

Thankfully she was smart enough not to fight me and she simply turned and left the hospital room

leaving me alone with my wife. But when I turned to look back at where she stood I saw that she had

left the flowers in the small cabinet by the door.

The flowers shouldn’t have been a big deal but I had explicitly told her not even ten minutes ago that

Adie hated these flowers.

I walked over to the flowers and grabbed them, walking out of the room and storming off in her

direction.

I walked down the hallway to the elevator where I found her speaking to Corinna.

“Angela!” my voice boomed down the hallway. Both of them turned to me. “I told you that Adelaide

hates these but yet you left them in her room. Are you trying to piss me off?!”

“Okay, okay, okay,” Corinna jumped in between us. “Damon, I think you need to tone it down a bit. I’m

sure that she didn’t mean to leave it there. Right, Angela?”

Angela shook her head with tears forming in her eyes, “I’m only trying to be there for you, Damon.”

“I don’t need you to be fucking there for me. My wife is in the hospital and you’re coming here with your

fake sympathy. I know how you really feel about her!”

“That’s not fair, I’m trying to make amends with you, Damon. I’m trying to correct my mistakes here.”

“If you wanted to do what you would have stayed the fuck away from us!” I turned and threw the vase

to the wall, getting the best of me. Corinna and Angela squealed in surprise.

my anger

I stared at the shattered glass that littered the floor.

“Excuse me, if you all don’t end this now I’m going to have to call security.” A nurse came up to us

looking between me Angela.

and

“Mr. Steyn I know that you’re going through a hard time but this is the ICU. You cannot have an

outburst like that. Please just go back to your wife’s room.”

My nostrils were flared and my heart was in my stomach. All the pain and anguish had bubbled over

and created this unyielding anger that refused to let go of its grip on my heart.

“Damon,” Corinna pleaded with me, “go back to Adie. I will take care of this.”

I looked over at her once more before I turned on my heel and stormed back to my wife’s room. She

had taken me out of character for the last time. I didn’t want her to see us ever again. I had been

foolish not to let her go all this time and if she was stupid enough to come back after today then I would

show her no mercy.

It was time I stood up for my family like I should have been doing all this time.