Chapter 107 Bronson
I feel heavy, my eyes lids try and open but it’s no use. I can hear someone beside me, shifting uncontrollably in their seat, only to curse when something drops on the ground beside them. I moan, trying like hell to get rid of my unconscious stupor, only to stop when I feel her come closer, whispering things in my ear to calm me.
“I’m here Bronson. I’m safe.” My body softens, hearing the horrors my mind has been churning around as unanswered questions was killing me. I needed her safe, I needed to know she was okay. I fall asleep, relishing in the fact that she is beside me.
The next time my brain connects the dots of conscious living, my eyes finally get the memo and blink open a few times. I’m in pain, a good amount, but I force myself to look around the room and watch as Nikki’s body, thrown haphazardly over a couple of chairs thrown together to make a bed, rises up and lower back down. I watcher breath for what feels like hours, then finally shift enough to make a groan erupt from my chest.
F*ck, that hurt.
Nikki’s by my side instantly, her frail eyes are tired and worn, and I can spot a few bandages across her face and neck.
“Nikki?”
“It’s alright, you’re okay.”
“Rand….” I barely make out my own voice. I’ve never sounded this way. I sound like I have been asleep for years.
“He’s right outside, along with your family.” My eyes widen and Nikki answers my unspoken question with the quirk of her lips rising. “They came as soon as I told them what happened. Your father took your sister home because she was too weak to stay, but your brother and mother are right outside. They didn’t want to leave until you woke up.” She shifts uncomfortably then sits atop my bed linking hands with mine. “I sort of told them I was your wife. I’m sorry to do that, but I wanted to be in here with you when you woke up.”
A brightness appears on her face when I use my other hand and wipe the stray tear from her face. She must have not realized she was crying because she’s quick to wipe her face.
“It’s alright. Just tell me…. tell me what happened.”
“Mick was arrested, along with Brody. He admitted to everything, but Rand was right by his side, telling the authorities that Brody tried helping. He’s hoping they will go easy on them.” I can feel the sadness pouring from her tense shoulders. She hates that Brody is in jail, her entire life was spent protecting him, bleeding for him, and now she must feel as if she somehow failed him.
“Your okay?” I ask, not knowing if her telling me earlier that she was alright and safe, was just a dream. She nods her head softly, but I don’t miss the sadness in her eyes. It was a pretty scary ordeal, and knowing she could have died, makes my blood boil.
“Charles is dead?” I ask, hoping the asshole that beat up Nikki, not only once but twice, is somewhere in the morgue.” She nods her head answering me, but I grunt when more tears fill her eyes and slowly make their way down her face. “Nikki, what is it?”
“I’m sorry Bronson.” She shakes her head closing her eyes. “I’m so sorry I let this happen. I should have never been a part of that plan. I should have never agreed to any of it.” She opens her eyes and the stern stubborn girl I know is back. “I can’t let you down again, I won’t.”
My hand sneaks out and grabs hold of hers. Any effort I have to keep her here is mute, but I won’t give up. She means too much to me to allow her to leave. “Nikki….”
“I can’t stay with you Bronson. It wouldn’t be right. You can’t trust me now, and I don’t blame you. We aren’t good together, there is nothing that I have done, that has been right. I have to start over somewhere else, I have to leave here.”
“No Nikki.”
“Bronson–"
“I love you. Do you hear me? I love you, and I am not letting you go.” I wait for her to lock eyes with me once again so that she understands how serious I am. “Everything that I was before, was nothing compared to who I am when I am with you. I’m not letting you go, not now, not ever, and I don’t give a damn about your past. Not when all I need is your future.”
Nikki’s tears continue to flow but this time they are warranted with a soft smile, making me want to kiss the hell out of her. We haven’t talked about what lies next. Her brother could go away for a long time, hell, she most likely will have to answer to being apart of their crew, but I have her, she’s mine.
I’m never letting go.
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