Diamonds or Dirt?

Chapter 25: Everything is Fine

Rylee's POV:

I can't believe he doesn't know who I am! A look of complete shock crosses my face and Kyle dies laughing.

When he finally catches his breath he looks at me and says, "Wow you should have seen your face it went from shocked to scared to upset! It was hilarious and totally worth it! Of course I remember you Rylee. I'm fine. A little beat up but I'm okay. I do however have one question for you. What did you mean about my wife being pregnant?" He asks me raising his eyebrow.

"KYLE I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU JUST DID THAT I WAS FREAKING OUT!" I whisper scream at him trying not to wake up his sleeping family.

"Oh come on you will look back on this one day and laugh, but until then I still need an answer to my question." He says pointedly.

"Um... I'll go get her she should tell you." I say staring at the floor before walking to the door. With my hand on the knob I turn back to him and say "By the way I'm glad you are okay." before opening the door and going into the hallway.

I walk right over to Jada and touch her shoulder softly. She jumps and looks at me before calming down. "What is it Rylee?" She asks rubbing her eyes.

I smile at her and say "Someone is awake and wants to talk to you." Her eyes get big and she looks past me at the door before jumping to her feet and running into the room not caring who she woke up. She leaves the door open on her mad dash into the room so I close it quietly before going to tell a nurse. She asks me a few questions and I answer best I can before begging her not to disturb him until he has had some time with his wife.

She looks like she is about to walk right past me and down the hallway but right then Dr. Cameron walks into the room.

"Miss Kane did I hear you say my patient is awake?" He asks.

"Yes I did Dr. Cameron. I was just asking this nurse to give him a few minutes with his family before checking him if it’s okay with you." I say hopefully.

"I don't see why not. If he is conscious enough to talk and remember who people are then a few minutes shouldn't hurt. When you are done please come get me my office is right down that hall" he says gesturing over his shoulder. I nod and then walk back.

The first person I wake up is Ryan. He slowly opens his eyes and looks at me. I tell him what happened and he stands up and peeks through the window at Kyle and Jada talking before sighing with relief and leaning back against the wall.

When Thomas hears what I tell Ryan he wakes up Baylee and tells her everything I just said. She also goes and looks through the window before sighing and walking back over to Thomas. I quietly walk over to Sam and crouch down beside him.

"Sammie, wake up your brother is okay. Wake up Sammie." I whisper in his ear and he stirs before turning to look at me sleepily.

"Did you say Kyle is okay?" He asks in a sleepy voice.

"Yes Sam he is fine and awake. He is talking to Jada right now." I tell him.

"That’s great Ry. Would you mind waking me up when it's my turn to talk to him?" He asks as I sit down beside him and cross my legs.

"Not at all babe, go back to sleep honey." I tell him pulling his head into my lap. He sprawls out into the hallway his head resting on my legs sleeping peacefully while Ryan, Baylee, and Thomas sit there whispering quietly.

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About thirty minutes later Jada comes out and says Kyle wants to see everyone. I wake Sam up and help him to his feet before walking in the room with him hand in hand. Jada walks over and sits on the edge of Kyle's bed. her good hand holding his. He looks up at her and smiles.

"So I guess everyone in here knew I was gonna be a dad before I did huh?" He asks and everyone chuckles, "Well you know what I was in a coma so you aren’t gonna take that moment away from me so here goes my announcement" he clears his throat and says "WE"RE HAVING A BABY!" In the most excited voice I have ever heard him use and whether it is just because we are happy he is awake or it’s good to hear him so happy everyone cheers before hogging Kyle and Jada.

After a few minutes I excuse myself to go find the Doctor when my phone rings. It's Eddie, big surprise there. I sigh and answer it knowing what this is about.

"Hi Eddie." I say continuing my walk down the hallway.

"Hello dear. I heard about Kyle and I am so glad he is awake. I don't want to bother you right now but I wanted to let you know tomorrow night the dinner will start at 7. I will send a car to pick you up. I figure Mr. Dalton would rather stay with his family, and it would be nice to talk to you alone if that’s possible." He says which I know is just a nice way of telling me Sam isn't invited.

"That's fine Eddie I will be ready, now if that is all I would like to get back to Kyle and Sam." I tell him.

"Of course dear, goodbye."

"Bye" I say before ending the call.

I find Dr. Cameron's office easily and he walks with me back to Kyle's room where everything has calmed down. The doctor checks Kyle and says everything looks good but they would like to keep him a few days for observation which makes Kyle grumble and the rest of us laugh. We are all just glad to know everything should be okay.

Sam's POV:

When the doctor said everything was gonna be okay I could have jumped for joy! When I got on that plane today I was sure I was coming to watch another family member die. When Rylee told me Kyle was okay I was so relieved an exhausted I slept like a baby.

Just sitting here in this room with my brother makes me so much happier than I thought possible. When Rylee told me about her dinner tomorrow I got a little nervous knowing I won’t be able to protect her, but I know she has to do this. It's the price she pays for helping me get here.

About an hour after we all go in to talk to Kyle nurses shoo all of us out except for Jada. When we get out of the hospital Baylee and Thomas head to their apartment leaving Rylee, dad, and I to figure out where to stay.

"Sam, why don't we go to the Ranch house? It is ours now." She says and I agree. There are plenty of bedrooms that my dad can stay in so we get in our car and he takes us to the ranch.

You can't see how beautiful it all is in the dark, but you can feel how peaceful it is out here. We all grab our bags out of the back and Rylee finds the key the King gave us at the meeting when we signed the deed. She finds it and we head in the back door turning on lights as we go.

I hear my dad gasp as he looks around at the house. "Sam, do you own this place?" He asks looking around in wonder.

"Yeah dad, we own this place." I tell him pulling Rylee closer to me.

"Why did you even come home when you could live here?" He asks still looking around.

"I wanted to help you since I wasn't going to be sending you money anymore." I tell him.

"Your brother and sister are taking care of me now Sam you just need to take care of yourself from now on." He says looking at me.

"Dad-" I start

"No arguments. I will not accept your help and that is final. Now I'm gonna go find a room on this floor you kids go sleep wherever you want. I'm not gonna disturb you." He says before walking down the hallway looking in doors as he goes. He finally finds a room he likes and as soon as his door closes I wrap my arms around Rylee from behind and kiss her neck making her giggle.

"Did you hear that? He isn't gonna disturb us. What on earth do you want to do?" I ask huskily.

"Sam-" She starts but before she can protest I picks her up bridal style and kiss her carry her up the stairs and throw her onto the bed. Tonight is going to be a night to remember.