Bunny

Chapter 32 - Lilith & Riot

I continue to follow them through the hospital, ignoring them when they tell me I'm not allowed further. I scan my eyes over her body, taking in her visible injuries. She's suffering from hypothermia, a burned arm, but that's all that was visible.

They lead me to a private floor before entering a room, and starting to connect her to machines. One to hydrate her, another to monitor her heart rate. They connect her to the EKG, and the room seems to still when no heartbeat is detected. After a couple moments, a slow, light, heartbeat flashes on the screen. It's almost as if my own heartbeat came back.

They soon start to undress her, and I assume it's so they can raise her temperature. A nurse goes into the bathroom, turns on the water, and comes back to finish.  When they take off her shirt, I can see a dent in her ribs. I push the nurse that was undressing her out of the way and run my hand over it, checking to see how far the fracture went. It looked like the fracture just needed to be corrected, not removed. When she's left in just her bra and underwear, I look at the nurses. 

"I got it, get out." I say and they nod their heads before leaving, closing the door behind them.

I finish undressing her before picking her up, letting the machines drag behind her, and putting her into the water. I turn off the water when the bathtub is full, and I watch as the smoke comes off of the water.

I run my eyes over her body, taking in the cuts and bruises. My eyes make it up to her face and I look at her split lip, and black eye. I bite my lip as I imagine ways to kill Loren and her father 1000 times over.

Not only did they go against me, they would have to be disowned from the rest of the mafias. Them and their little cartels. No one would be coming to save them from me, no one cared about them anymore.

My men caught Loren earlier, and her father not long after her. I stop thinking about all this shit, and put my focus back on Lilith.

Her cheeks were going from blue to their normal pink shade, and her cheeks were getting pink as well. I take the washcloth, pour soap on it, and wash her body. I put extra time into making sure her whole bodys clean before putting the washcloth on the side of the tub.

I gently wash her arm, making sure not to apply too much pressure onto it. I look at her hair, taking in the new length. It framed her face nicely, and she was still jaw-dropping beautiful. I rinse her hair quickly, before rinsing her face.

I wait for the water to get cold before I unplug the bathtub and look for her new clothes. I see a hospital gown, underwear, and socks placed on the counter. I dry her off before putting the clothes on her, and taking her back out into the hospital room.

The nurses come back in with medical wrap, and pick up her shirt to wrap her ribcage.

"There's no surgery required for her ribs, as long as they are tightly wrapped for 8-10 weeks, she should fully recover, Don." one of the nurses says and I nod.

I watch as another nurse wraps her arm in antibiotic ointment before wrapping it. She soon moves on to disinfect Liliths cuts, and make sure the machines are working smoothly. They pile blankets onto her, and add layers to her clothing.

"Now it's a waiting game. She can either wake up when her body gets hot enough, or she can stay in a hypothermia induced coma. There's a 50% chance of both happening, Don. Well come back in regularly, excuse me." a nurse says before leaving.

I watch as they exit, and shut the door before sitting in the chair next to the hospital bed. I take her hand and hold it, lacing our fingers like we always used to do. I bring the back of her hand to my mouth and kiss it before placing it back down.