Between us

Chapter 20

Ryder's pov:

"Drive faster dammit!" I yelled to the driver and looked down at my sleepy wife. "Charlie, open your Goddamn eyes!" 

"Ryder," she whispered softly and clutched on my shirt. "H-Hawk, he's not my real dad." She mumbled sleepily. 

"Good, good. Keep talking so that you won't fall asleep." I said and sighed a breath of relief when the hospital's entrance was close. 

"Who is B-Black Badger?" She suddenly asked and my head jerked into her direction. 

"How do you know that name? Who told you that name?" 

"Hawk s-said Black B-Badger is his enemy." She said and her eyes closed again. 

The car stopped and I opened the door and rushed into the hospital with her. "Help! My wife, my baby." 

The nurses and doctors made their way to us, and I carefully laid Charlie down on the stretcher. They pushed her to a room and one of the male doctors stood next to me with a form in his hand. "Sir, I need you to sign this before we can begin with the procedure." 

I grabbed him by the neck and whispered in a low, menacing voice. "If you don't start helping my wife right now, I'll kill everyone in this fucking hospital." My grip on his throat tightened and he began to gasp for air. "I'll find your family and destroy everyone!" 

The doctor clutched my hand desperately and then the driver came to help release him from my grip. "Mr. Storm! Don't, they'll kick you out of the hospital!" The driver said and then I looked at the doctor who was coughing uncontrollably. 

"You better go in there and help my wife, or I'll do as I promised." 

"Y-Yes, S-sir!" He stammered with big eyes and rushed to the room where they took Charlie. 

I paced around the hospital like a madman while they were busy with Charlie inside. Nurses rushed inside and came back to get some stuff, but they wouldn't tell me what was wrong or if there was any progress, and it was getting on my nerves. 

I must've sat there for hours, because a nurse came towards me and gave me a cup of coffee and a clean shirt. "Your wife and baby are out of danger, they're both in safe hands." She said and I sighed in relief. 

"Can I see her?" I asked and she smiled. 

"Not yet, she's still unconscious, you can see her in a few hours." She said and I grunted out under my breath. I took the shirt and coffee from her, and she flinched slightly, she must've seen how I strangled that doctor. 

"I never raise my hands to a woman; my mother raised me properly." I said in a low voice and realized that I sound more like a serial killer, even more so with the bloody shirt I had on. "Where's the bathroom?" 

"Down the hall, third door on the left." She said with big eyes, and I shrugged and went to the bathroom. The driver was still keeping watch over Charlie's room. 

I stood in front of the mirror and exhaled slowly, I almost lost MY Charlie and MY baby, all because of Hawk Summers. I'll kill the son of a bitch for doing this to my wife. I removed the bloody shirt and washed my face. I then put on the clean shirt and took a gulp of the coffee. My phone rang and I looked to see who it was. Black Badger. 

Son of a bitch. 

"What?!" I barked into the phone and took another sip of the coffee. I didn't care that he is my boss. 

"Storm, we have confirmation that Dominic was spotted in San Francisco this morning. Whatever you do, make sure that your wife and baby are safe. I'll send reinforcements to keep watch over your family in Washington." He said and hung up the phone. 

My vision began to get blurry and then I realized that the nurse spiked the coffee. Panic surged over me, and I staggered out of the bathroom. 

Then the inevitable happened. 

Gunshots everywhere. People running in every direction in panic. I tried running to Charlie's room, but it was nearly impossible. Shit, they must've doubled the drug in the coffee. Soon I could faintly see her room, but I saw the driver lying in a pool of blood near the door. A doctor bumped into me while running away, and I fell to my knees. 

"Charlie!" I shouted over the noise in the hopes that she could hear me. 

The door of her room opened and from there it seemed like everything happened in slow motion. A big guy with a mask came out of the room and carried my unconscious wife outside the hospital. He was accompanied by four other men who also wore masks. Then Dominic came out of the room with a satisfied smirk on his face. He didn't even bother to hide his face and the nurse that drugged me smiled at him. 

"Dominic!" I shouted and attempted to stand up but failed. He heard my shouting and looked at my direction. "Leave my wife alone! I'll kill you!" 

He laughed and walked to my direction. "MY wife, My baby. They were never yours, you're just my bodyguard." He said and pulled out a gun. "Thank you for your service, Ryder Storm." He slowly mocked and pulled the trigger. 

I could barely feel the pain in my left shoulder as I was already drugged, and I fell down. "Now you are where you finally belong, at my feet." He said and attempted to shoot me again, but the woman stopped him and pulled him away. 

"Come, the cops will come soon. He'll die of the overdose I gave him anyways." She said and Dominic kissed her. 

"Knew I could count on you." He said and he looked at me again. "See you in hell, Storm." They left and I could only think one thing while blood began to pool around me. 

They took my wife and baby, there'll be hell to pay...

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A/n: Hey guys! 👋

Welcome back to another chapter of Between us.

Yikes! This chapter was intense! Dominic finally got Charlie! And we all know that you don't want to see Ryder angry! 😈

Q: Will Ryder be able to help her? Will he survive the shot? Will she be safe? Stay tuned for more drama action...and drama! ^_^

Please forgive any typos and please comment...and don't forget to vote! ;)

Kind regards and stay safe :)

A. Freeman

•••••