Letting go of the old

Chapter 8

Reader's Pov:

You burnt some serious rubber trying to make it to the hospital in good time, doing your upmost to not run any red lights.

Emily was trying her best to be supportive, trying to reassure you, that Catherine was going to be all right, you could not help feeling a little guilty that your date with Emily had been ruined by Catherine, with that thought you could not help wondering if Catherine had gotten shot on purpose, the thought had only been a passing thought that enter your mind for less than half a second, though it was still long enough for you to want to kick yourself in the arse for having such a thought.

No Catherine would not do such a thing like that, if she wanted to ruin your date with Emily she would have found another way to ruin your date, like turning up at the restaurant, she would never put herself in a situation where she would get hurt.

Once you found a parking space, you jump out of your car and practically run into the hospital, with Emily hot on your heels, praying that Catherine was alright.

You run into the waiting room and immediately see Morgan sitting at the far end of the room.

"Morgan, what happened?" Emily asked him as you approached him, you noticed the blood on his t-shirt straight away, Catherine's blood?

"Where's Cath?" You asked not giving him a chance to answer Emily's question.

"She's with the doctor," Morgan answered you, giving you mixed feelings, praying that Catherine would be alright, you look towards Emily, knowing you should say something, anything, but you have no words, you just glanced at Emily with an apologetic expression hoping it would be enough for now, before turning on your heels leaving the waiting room again as you go in search for a nurse to give you some information about your wife.

"Excuse me, am looking for my wife Catherine Willows," you asked a nurse who was sitting at the nursing station working on the computer.

"Just give me a moment, while I pull up her information," the young woman said as she popped her lower lip in-between her teeth biting it. "She is with Dr White in examination room 105, if you would like to wait in the waiting room, I will let Dr White know you are here and he will come and see you shortly," the young nurse says.

"my wife was shot, I'm not waiting," you said before running down the hallway desperately looking for room 105, once you find it, you let out a deep exhale before knocking on the door, not waiting for permission to enter, you push the door open and let yourself into the room.

you let out a sigh of relief seeing Catherine sitting on the edge of the bed in her bra as an older man, your guess would be Dr White was stitching up her shoulder, Catherine turned her face towards you and smiled softly at seeing it was you.

"You can't be in here," Dr white says looking up at you.

"Like hell am leaving, that's my wife," You said walking over to them, "Cath what happened?" you asked taking her hand in yours, Catherine opened her mouth to say something but decided against it as she looked at Dr White.

"I'm find sweetheart, it's just a through and through, I will be good as good in no time," Catherine says still with a smile, making your heart melt, god you hate that she still has that effect on you after all these years.

"When can I take my wife home?" you asked Dr White.

"As soon as am done here," Dr White replied looking between you both, before adding, "she's going to have to take it easy for the next month, so desk duties am afraid," Dr White added.

"Oh that's just great," Catherine said rolling her eyes in annoyance.

"If I had my way, I would handcuff you to your desk for the next year," you told her in a serious tone of voice.

"There all done, I want you to rest for the next week, you are going to be sore for the next couple of days, I will prescribe you some painkillers that I want you to take twice a day, oh and no sex until these stitches come out in two weeks time," Dr White says looking between the two of you.

"Don't need to worry there Doctor," you said pulling your hand out of Cathrine's as a shiver ripped down your spine as you suddenly remembered you were in the middle of a divorce.

"My wife is overprotective sometimes, she will take good care of me," Catherine added as she reached up with her good arm, smoothing out some of your hair, you look up at her as your breath caught in your throat and you try to swallow the lump.

You had not realised that Dr White had left the room, leaving you and Catherine alone together, the two of you haven't been alone together like this, in god only knows how long.

"I should, let Emily and Morgan know you're going to be alright," you tell Catherine.

"Sweetheart wait," Catherine called you, just as you reached for the door handle.

"What?" You ask with a frown just wanting to leave but also wanting to stay.

"When I was lying there covered in my own blood not sure if I was going to live or die, I prayed to god asking him to let me live, I promised god I would make things right between us, I know you said you couldn't never trust me again after I cheated on you, I would do anything to take it back, change things, but I cannot, I can only promise you that I will try to make things right for you, for me, for us, I know you still love me and that love isn't enough, I will spent every day building that trust between us again, I love you and I'm fighting for you, fighting for us, please meet me halfway," Catherine says and before you get a chance to reply Dr White walked back into the room, completely oblivious to the tension between yourself and Catherine.

You just leaned up against the wall next to the door, waiting for him to finish so you could take Catherine home and the two of you could talk and you mean really talk, what was it Emily had said to you in the car? "Despite whatever happened between the two of you, you should give her another chance," maybe Emily was right, you didn't want to hurt Emily as you really did like her, but she is a profiler who travels all over, she has probably been profiling the two of you, since she got to vegas.

The only question is, could you learn to trust Catherine again?"

To Be Continue:

We are coming to the end of this story/fanfic just one more chapter maybe two then we will be at the end, it hasn't been one of my best stories/Fanfic.