Of Commitment

Of Commitment (Hessa) - part 27

Hardin's POV

I suddenly open my eyes and my head hurts as hell. I look around and I see my Tess unconscious with a lot of blood on her face, hair. Shit! What the fuck happened? I see around blue and red lights, and a few moments later I hear someone.

"Sir? Are you ok?"

"I think I'm fine! My wife! I don't know! Tessa, baby... Tessa!" I scream and then everything goes black.

*

When I wake up, I see some doctors around me and they are checking me, I think. Tessa! Where is Tessa?

"Sir, can you tell me your name, please?" He puts a light in my eyes. Fuck!

"Hardin Scott. Where is my wife? Where is Tessa?!"

"Who is Tessa?"

"It's the woman who was with him."

"Sir, I'm going to check on your wife and I will be back with news."

"Are you ok, mister Scott? It's something hurting you?"

"No."

"Lift you left arm please." I do what he says. "And now move your fingers." I did it again. "Good. Now do the same with your right arm. Good. Now your legs. That's good. You don't have any neuro problem. You have just a concussion and two stitches on your forehead. You are very lucky because you have just this."

"I don't care how I am. I want to know about my wife." I say while the other nurse comes back. "How is she?"

"She... She's still unconscious, but she's going to be fine. Some scratches on her face, a broken arm and I think that's all."

"Can I see her?"

"Soon."

I don't know what happened, because suddenly I felt tired and I think I felt asleep.

When I wake up, I'm not in the same room anymore. I look around and I see my mother.

"Mom?"

"Hardin, baby..." She hugs me. "How are you feeling?"

"Where is Tessa?"

"Don't worry, she's fine. She is still sleeping."

"I want to see her. I want to be sure that she's fine! Because this happened because of me!"

"What?! No! How would you knew that your brakes failed?"

"Failed brakes?! What the fuck?!"

"The cops looked at your car and they claimed that the brakes were cut by someone."

"Fuck!"

"You and Tessa have to give some statements."

"I want to see her, mom."

"I'm going to find the doctor and is he says that's fine to see Tessa, you will go to see her, ok?"

"Yes."

My mother leaves and I'm just thinking about what she said: failed breaks. Fuck off! Who the fuck would want to do this? A few minutes later, my mother and a nurse come in my room.

Hardin: "When we can go home?"

Nurse: "The doctor said he wants to keep you both under observation tonight. And if everything is fine, you can leave tomorrow afternoon."

Hardin: "Ok. How's my wife?"

Nurse: "She's awake and I'm going to take you to her room."

The nurse helps me to sit on a wheel chair and she takes me to Tess's room. She's sitting on that hospital bed, she has her left arm in a cast. My heart is hurting for her. The nurse takes me next to her bed and she leaves.

"I'm sorry."

"You are sorry for what, love?" I take her right hand. "It wasn't your fault."

"But I lost our baby, Hardin!"

When I hear what she is saying, I feel my heart breaking in million pieces. She was pregnant? But how?!

"It's my fault, Hardin..."

"How this could be your fault Tessa?!"

"Because I didn't know about this and..."

"And nothing, love!" I kiss her hand. "You didn't know about it because we know that we are using contraception."

"But I should've felt that, Hardin!"

"I'm repeating again, it's not your fault! We are not guilty for what happened! Someone cut the brakes."

"What?"

"Trevor." I whisper.

"No! Jesus! I don't think he hates you in this way."

"Yes, he does."

"And how you know this?"

"I just know it, babe."

*

It's finally time to go home. I got my discharge papers first and now I'm on my way to Tessa's rolm to help her to get ready. When I enter in her room, I don't find her on the bed, but I hear a sob coming from the bathroom. I go next to the door and I knock at the door.

"Baby, it's me. Can you open the door? Please, baby..." I hear the door and I open it. I see my Tess with a red face and tears on her cheeks. "Come her!" I open my arms and she come to me. I cross my arms around her body and I rub her back while she cries in my neck. It hurts as hell the fact that we lost our baby. Our baby... We had no idea that we did it. We had no idea that our little creation is growing under Tessa's heart. But we are young and we can conceive again in a few months.

"I'm sorry." She sobs. Why she always has to be sorry for this? She's not guilty for losing our baby.

"You are not guilty for losing the baby, ok?" I kiss her forehead.

"But I could've known!"

"Shh, it's ok." I hug her tight. I want her to know that I'm not blaming her for what happened. Even if she wasn't ready for a baby, I know she suffer right now. But I'm sure we will move on.