Die for You

32| Jade

The monitor beeping was the only thing that wasn't silent in this room. A wire connecting from a pulse oximeter on my middle finger of my left hand went up to the heart rate monitor. I had my arms crossed over my chest.

I looked down at the sheets covering my lap, lost in thought.

Florian stood at the other side of the room, his back leaning on the wall right next to the door.

Finally, I broke the silence and asked him the question that had been eating me alive. "How are you alive?" I mumbled. My sudden choice to speak caused him to look at me.

I kept my head down, unable to look him in the eyes.

He lied to me. I thought he was dead. He was fucking alive.

He opened his mouth to speak, but he was abruptly interrupted by Joseph barging into the room. He ran straight to me and hugged me close in his arms. My arms swung around him the second our bodies were linked together. He pulled away a little bit but remained close to my face. He cupped my face in his palms and caressed my cheek with his soft thumbs, his touch just so gentle on my skin.

His face was worried, and I could see the feeling of relief filling in his eyes. "Are you okay? Daryl told me what happened. I thought he was dead!" He exclaimed.

I moved my hands over his and removed them from my face, placing them on my lap as I held them.

I'm guessing he doesn't know anything more than me getting kidnapped. It's best I keep it this way. Keep it hidden from both Joseph and Daryl.

Joseph will be the father, the one to raise my baby. Not Daryl.

Daryl may be the biological father of my baby but Joseph will be the one that raises my child. Me and Joseph.

"I'm okay, the baby is okay." I whispered.

He let out a sigh of relief, and I heard Florian chuckle. Joseph turned around towards him and charged at him. Within half a second, Joseph went from holding me to having my brother pinned against a wall. Joseph had a tight grip around Florian's collar. Florian was flinching as his back was pressed against the wall forcefully.

Joseph yelled in his face. "Touch my wife again and I'll have my fucking hands around your goddamn throat, choking you until you die in my grip. You got me, you little shit?" His voice grew louder with every word that escaped his lips. The barrier he once had, holding them back, was now very much broken down into dust.

Daryl walked into the room and ignored Joseph and Florian as he made his way to me. 

He leaned in an whispered into my ear.

"I know the baby's mine..."

How does he know...