Broken

Chapter Twenty one

"Dustin Stevens' family?"

I stand up and slowly walk up to the doctor.

"I am his girlfriend. These are his band mates and manager."

"Let's have a seat."

We all sit down and he looks at me with sorrow in his eyes.

"He is out of surgery. It was a tough one. We lost him twice but got him back. One of the bullets barely missed his heart and the other punctured a lung. The bullet in his thigh hit the bone and shattered it. We successfully removed all the bullets and were able to put the thigh bone back together. He is in a medically induced coma to let his body heal. He will be here for a long time I'm afraid."

"Can I see him?"

"I can only let one person in right now."

"Go be with him, sweetheart. We will be right here. I will begin making all the necessary phone calls." Jason said quietly.

I follow the doctor to his room and stop to steady myself at the door. The doctor slowly opens the door and I hear the beeping of the monitors as I walk in and see him with a tube down his throat and attached to wires. I walk over and his skin is pale and cold. Pulling a chair over to his bedside, I sit down and grab his hand, kissing the back of it.

"Dustin, I love you so much. Please stay with me. We have so much more time to love each other, and I can't let you go yet."

I hear the doctor moving around checking everything and he slips out of the room. I sit and just look at him as the machines help him breathe. The tears start flowing again. This is all my fault. I lay my head down on his good leg and I slowly fall asleep.

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I hadn't realized how long I was asleep until I felt someone shaking me awake.

"Hey bestie, why don't you come back with us? He won't wake up for a while. You need your rest. You can come back in the morning. He will be alright."

"NO! I'm not leaving him. He never left me."

"Please, you need your rest. You need to heal too."

"I said no. I will see you later."

"Alright, see you later."

I heard them as she walked out.

"She won't leave him."

"That's all you can do. They'll be fine. You can bring her a change of clothes tomorrow." Elijah says softly.

I hear the door close as I lay back down and soon hear it open again. The nurse comes in to check on him.

"Are you okay sweetie? I am going to get you a cot so you can be more comfortable. His vitals are doing well. He's a fighter, I hear." Nurse Jenny says softly as she rubs my shoulder.

"Yes, he is."

She leaves and soon returns with a cot for me to sleep on. She helps me set it up and soon leaves. I kiss him on the forehead and go to lay down crawling under the covers.

"I love you, Dustin. Come back to me."

I close my eyes for a very unrestful sleep. I toss and turn and my dreams are filled over and over again of Dustin getting shot and the evil eyes of Scott. Morning comes too quickly as I hear the door open and Jason and Jack come in. I try to wipe the sleep out of my eyes and sit up.

"Good morning, how are you feeling?" Jason asks.

"I don't know. How am I supposed to feel. My boyfriend is lying in a hospital bed fighting for his life after my ex-boyfriend tried to kill him and me."