B R Y A N
In the midst of the chaos my life flashes before my eyes. All the years I suffered from my parents' drug abuse, meeting Mike, becoming a parent at a young age, losing Mike, getting lost in my own pain. Pain that is what I am feeling right now. What the hell happened?
"Baby." I love the sound of his voice. I never wanted to go without hearing his voice again. I was an idiot for thinking the worst. "As much as I love lying in bed all day with you." Then let's just stay here! I don't want to move. "We need to get up." Just a little bit longer where it is just us. Nothing will hurt us in this moment. "Please wake up, everyone is miserable without you." What is he talking about. "Wake up! Before it's too late."
Straining to open my eyes. Why does it feel like they are glued shut? What did Mike mean by before it's too late?
"He's waking up!" Who the hell are you? Where the fuck am I?
"T-thank God!" Benny? "Come on brother open those eyes." I'm trying! "Zoe, needs to see her daddy." My baby girl needs me. Forcing my eyes open but I shut them again as the bright light blinds me. "Fuck!"
"Language!" I try to chuckle, but my throat is sore and dry. What the hell happened? "Hal's bringing Zoe any minute and we do not need to have her catch onto your bad habits."
"Zoe." My eyes finally seem to cooperate with me and open. But seeing the worry look on their faces leaves me baffled. All I remember is the fight with Mike but nothing after that. "Mike." Trying to move but my body protests.
"Son." Looking up to Suzy the tears fall down her face as she comes to me and gives me a hug. "You just had major surgery take it easy." Surgery? "The b-bullet missed your heart by mere inches." That's why it feels like a cinder block is weighed on chest.
Any questions I had evaporated into thin air as soon as I heard that voice. "Daddy!" My baby, I could fucking cry. She could have lost me and what would have become of her. Sure, Suzy and Hal would fight tooth and nail for, but she could have been taken away.
"Hi baby." Clearing my throat is hard and I am grateful when Suzy gives me some water.
"Zoe, be careful. Your daddy is sore."
I don't care I want her in my arms. As Benny reading my thoughts, he picks her up and places her on the bed. When her little head lands on my chest I could cry. "Are you okay?" I'm not sure. I need to know what happened to Mike. "Don't leave me." I don't plan on it not for a very long time. "When can you come home?" Holding her as close as I can, because I need her embrace in this moment.
Home. It feels like I haven't been there in so long. I want the comfort of my bed and my life to the way it was before all of this.
"Soon." I hope.
The door opens and in walks George. My eyes snap to him because he has the answers I need. "The doctor will be in soon." Just tell me what is going on! "We will talk soon." Nodding my head I hold Zoe closer to me even if it hurts like hell. I will take this pain to have her in my arms again.
"I'm Dr. Hansover." Benny chuckles and I hear the smack before he can move away. "I just need to check your vitals." Not wanting to let go of my daughter but know I have to. Hal picks her up and I didn't even realize she fell asleep. "We will be running some tests in about an hour and monitor your progress in the next week. Your vitals look good, I will be back in an hour."
"Sometimes I wonder about you Benjamin." Suzy shakes her head at her son. I try to laugh but end up coughing. "Let's Bryan rest and come back later." She kisses the top of my head, and I can feel her lips tremble. "Don't ever scare us like that again." Trust me I don't plan on it. Getting choked up just makes the pain worse, but I do not want to show her otherwise she will fuss over me and never leave.
"I love you mom." She is my mom in every way possible and I am happy to have them in my life.
"We love you."
Benny comes up to me and I am waiting for a snide remark, but he just lays his hand on top of mine. "I..." Breathing in and out quickly. "We'll talk soon." Biting his lip, I know he is trying to keep his emotions in check. Stopping at the door he turns to me and smiles. "When you are all healed up, I am going to kick your ass for scaring the shit out of me." I know you will.
"Now that everyone is gone." My attention turns to George. "What the fuck happened?"
Taking a seat next to my bed. I take in how tired he looks. "Agent Mitchell happened." I don't understand. "That idiot, let his emotions get the best of him. Storming in there like the devil was on his heels."
"I remember Romano losing it when he put me up against Mike. Where is he by the way? Is he okay? Did he get shot?" My breathing comes out rapidly thinking of him hurt. I hurt him enough by not trusting him. I need to make this right!
"I'm getting to that part, but he is fine." Sighing in relief I relax a little. "He's not happy at the moment but he is okay." Now I need to know. "I'm getting there." Stop reading my damn mind! Chuckling he pats my hand. "We got to some of Romano's men because of Mike. They turned against him and was working to build a solid case to bring him down. So, when Romano notice things missing little by little he snapped." That explains why he lost his composure.
"Why was Mit...I mean Agent Mitchell. Still weird how all this went down, and I am still hurt that he betrayed me. "Not following protocol or procedure? Whatever you want to call it."
"Because of you." Don't say that! I don't know how to feel about him or any of it. It was all one big lie. "The guilt he felt, which he should ate at him. He got too close to his target." I winced at that, and George scowled. "He should have never got involved with or involved you in the first damn place." No, he shouldn't have. Putting myself and my daughter in harm's way. I'm not sure I can ever forgive him for that. "He went in before it was time. We just got the warrant from all the evidence Mike got, plus from his lackies to bring him down. Then all hell broke loose."
Yeah, it was like reliving what happened to Mike all those years ago. I froze, I couldn't move even though I screamed for my body to, it just wouldn't.
"Where's Mike?"
"He was shot. After you took a bullet, he went crazy and charged after Romano in the chaos. I'm not exactly sure who shot him, but he got clipped in the shoulder. It was not too bad, unlike you." I'm fine, I am here.
"Is he still at the hospital?" I need to see him and tell him how sorry I am. That I love him. I will get on my knees for his forgiveness. No matter what it has always been him even when I thought...that doesn't matter anymore. He does!
"He's detained for now."
"What?!" If I could fucking move I would, my body feels like damn cement. "I need to see him."
"Bry." Don't give me that look! The one full of pity, I fucking hate it. "He has to account for the charges against him."
"He had no fucking choice!" I know how Romano is. He is ruthless and he knows how to manipulate things to go his way. Without even getting his own hands dirty. "He doesn't deserve to be there George!"
"Whether you like it or not, he did illegal things."
"So, have I! Are they going to lock me up too?" Shaking his head. "I didn't think so."
"I am working on getting him out, but you need to be patient."
"I just got him back!" Six months! That's all I have had with him in the past five years. Back then I only had him for a short amount of time before our lives went to hell.
"Calm down, Bry."
"I will not fucking calm down!"
The monitors go haywire and nurses rush in. "Sir you need to leave." What the fuck is happening to me? "Mr. Phillips, I need you to calm down." I can't I'm going to lose him again! I am seeing things as if I am out of my body watching the chaos around me. My body convulses as the nurses' scramble around. "He's going into cardiac arrest." This not happening!
Zoe is the last thought on my mind before I can't feel anything anymore.
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Fight For Me
Romance(Completed) Bryan Phillips didn't have an easy life. When his parents became addicted to drugs that meant doing what it took to survive. He never imagined becoming a parent at nineteen. Hell, he never imagined becoming anything due to the fact of th...