What About Angels? (Demi Lovato Adoption COMPLETE)

XXVIII

Demi's POV

I watched as they took Alexa through the hospital. I wasn't allowed to go with her. I can't see her until the doctor comes and gets me. They have to run all of these different tests, half of them I don't even know what for. I waited anxiously in the waiting room. All sorts of thoughts were running through my head, but the one that kept repeating was Did he touch her? He better not have touched my baby girl.

"Alexa?" A nurse called, and I stood up. "Follow me," she said, and I followed behind her to Alexa's hospital room. She was still asleep with an oxygen mask on her.

"Ms. Lovato," the doctor said as I entered the room and the nurse left.

"Yes. How is she? Is she okay?" I asked frantically.

"Yes," he said softly, trying to calm me down. "She's going to be fine. Her oxygen is getting back up to normal, so the mask can come off soon. She hasn't woken up, but with her oxygen rising, I think it shouldn't take long."

"How all was she hurt?"

"Well," he said pointing to Alexa's cheek. "You can see here some bruising and swelling, but it should be fine. It seems like she was starved, but we'll feed her as soon as she wakes up."

"That's it?"

"Yup. Obviously, she was just in her underwear, so we did look for signs of sexual abuse, and we found none."

"Thank God," I whispered as I put a hand over my heart, which was beating rapidly. We heard a groan coming from the bed, and I turned to see Alexa's eyes fluttering. "Lexi," I said as her eyes opened more. As soon as she saw me, her eyes grew huge and she sat straight up.

She took the oxygen mask off. "Momma!" She cried as she held her arms out towards me. I rushed to her and wrapped my arms around her. She wrapped her arms around my neck, and we both held each other tightly.

"I'll get her some food," I heard the doctor say, but I didn't respond. I was too involved in my little girl, who I've missed so much.

"You came back," she cried into me.

"Yes, baby. I'm here now. It's okay, I'm here now."

"Are they going to take me away again?"

"No. You're staying with me. Oh, Lexi, I've missed you so much."

"I've missed you, too, Momma" she responded.

She pulled away once the doctor came back in. "Are you hungry?" The doctor asked.

Alexa whimpered as she desperately reached her arms out for the tray of food. The doctor set it on her lap, and she immediately started eating. The doctor left again, and Alexa started to cry as she was eating.

"What's wrong?" I asked, getting very scared.

"I'm so hungry," she whined with a mouthful of food.

"It's okay. Just eat what you have, and if you want more, I'll get you more," I explained. She nodded and continued to eat everything on her tray. She didn't care what she looked like while stuffing her mouth, and I didn't blame her. "Lexi, did he feed you at all?" I asked.

She shook her head. "He said I couldn't eat until I talked."

"Why didn't you talk?"

"He wasn't you."

That made me want to cry again. "Lexi, you could have died if you never ate."

"I didn't want to live with him. He was mean."

"But-"

"I didn't want to live with anyone else but you," she said, leaving me speechless.

I didn't know how to respond. I felt lucky to know that Alexa only wanted me, but I also felt so devastated. If she wasn't found in time, she would have died of starvation, and it would have been her choice.

So this book is almost done. I know it's not very long at all, but I'm ready to finish it.