Chapter 146
My sight tunneled in onto their hands. I tried to monitor my heartbeat because I know the slightest irregular rhythm would probably give me away.
When I raised my eyes, I met Kiara's twinkling ones. She was plastering a smile on her face. I think it was supposed to be a kind one but knowing how much of a snake she was, I saw straight through her act and caught the malice she was masking behind that smile. She was happy to see me like this.
I heard the heartbeat monitor speed up as I breathed heavily. I brought the kids that were sitting by my sides closer to me as I glared at Adam in anger. How dare he bring that bitch into this room.
Adam seemed unfazed by my glares and continued to lead Kiara and himself closer to my hospital bed. I hugged the kids tighter to my side and I saw Maddison holding Preston's arm.
I narrowed my eyes at Adam when he didn't stop walking towards me. When I felt that he had reached the borders of my personal space, which was 5 meters from the hospital bed, I snapped at him to stop.
"Keep your bitch away from me or I will not be held accountable for what I will do to her if she's within my arms reach." I growled at Adam. Preston was between us in a flash. His face was flushed, and his hands were in fists, clearly as upset as I was at his younger brother.
I heard Adam snort, "You're on a hospital bed, Case, what do you think you could do?" Adam mocked. I scoffed at him, the nerve of this asshole.
"Case, I don't like her," Cali whispered to me but it wasn't low enough that Kiara didn't hear it. I saw Kiara's narrowed eyes at Cali and I immediately snapped.
"Keep your goddamn eyes elsewhere. If you dare glare at her again, I will scoop your eyes out of their sockets and feed them to my grandparents' piranhas." Kiara immediately casted me an ugly look and rolled her eyes.
"Bite me," Kiara muttered quietly.
"Trust me, I'll sharpen my canines just to have the satisfaction of using them to tear you piece by piece." I gritted out. I made sure to press the kids' heads onto my shoulders to cover their ears so that they wouldn't have to hear my descriptive threats.
"That is enough, Case!" Adam said sternly. "Don't you think you're being too childish? I get that you're on a hospital bed but that doesn't give you the right to speak that way to Kiara just because you're jealous."
"Jealous?" I hissed menacingly. Oh, he did not.
"Yes, jealous!" Adam exclaimed in exasperation.
"Why the hell would I be jealous?! She's dating a nincompoop!" I yelled at him, ignoring the frantic beeping of the heart monitor as I breathed heavily. "How are you so blind, Adam? Everyone else can see her as the witch that she is except for you. How could you trust her over your own flesh and blood?" I questioned in bewilderment.
"Because I know for a fact that they only think so poorly of her because you told them so. They're blinded by you," Adam accused. I could see now that Preston's shoulders were shaking now but it was Jerry that spoke on my behalf.
"Just go Adam, bring Kiara somewhere else. We're here for Case and right now she needs to rest. If you're only going to rile her up then it's best that you leave." Jerry sighed out in defeat but I could see that Adam was having none of it.
"How are you defending her over your own son?! How could you be so blind?!" Adam yelled at his father. I could feel my face heating up with all the blood that's rushing to my head. I can't process the amount of disrespect he was showing Jerry. It was Preston who stepped in.
"Casey is in this hospital room because of you, you asshole! The least you could do is trust her! She risked her life to keep all of us safe! Your distrust shook her focus and almost cost her her life. Why don't you think about that the next time you accuse her of being a liar?"
Adam glared at all of us, "If I remembered correctly, I tried to stop her from fighting but she was stubborn and made her decision." Jerry looked at his son in disbelief and Preston shook his head at his brother. I felt like I was getting an extra hit on the spot where my heart laid.
"Leave, Adam." Preston gritted out. All the while, I locked eyes with Kiara and I saw the amusement and smugness in her eyes.
Before Adam could exit the room after Kiara stepped outside, Preston spoke again, halting his movements.
"I hope one day you realize how imbecilic you've been. When you do, you better have an award-winning apology ready to give to Case or I will personally kick your ass."
With that last exchange, Adam left the room without another glance back. I released the kids from the small headlocks I had them in to muffle the fight that took place.
They both gave me hugs and I smoothed their hair and rubbed their backs, trying to comfort them.
"She won't ever hurt you guys. I won't ever let her touch you." I murmured into Cali's hair as I gave them both small kisses on top of their heads.
