With Me Through Troubled Times (With Me - book 2)

Chapter 16

Still Joe's POV

"Mia," I breathed before running over to the bed and holding her hand. 

"Wh-" 

"It doesn't matter. As long as you and the babies are okay, that's all that matters." 

I leaned over her and placed a kiss on her head. I felt her free hand move up my arm and hold onto it as she started to cry. 

"Mia, please don't cry," I half begged, pulling back to look at her. 

"Why does it always happen to me?" She cried. 

"Hey, don't..." I started. 

"It always happens to me. Every time good things start, something bad comes along to ruin it." 

"Mia, don't talk like that." 

"It's true what they say: bad things happen to good people. Maybe I'm a bad person and all of this is trying to tell me something," she muttered. 

"Mia, you are not a bad person. You are anything but a bad person. You've done a lot of good things in your life." I take a deep breath and sit down on the bed facing her. 

"I can't-" She started, pulling her hand away from mine before turning to lay on her side. 

I looked at her and stood back up. I know that I shouldn't be leaving her like this but it's what she needs right now. 

I walked over to the door and looked back at her one last time. She was looking down at her wedding ring as a few tears rolled down her cheeks. It was literally heartbreaking. 

I opened the room door and walked out. Once I shut the door, I ran out the hospital and headed towards my car. I got in the car and drove home as fast as I could.

When I arrived back home, I ran straight into the house, slamming the front door as I did. 

"Joseph!" I heard my mum shout as I ran up the stairs and towards the master bedroom. 

I opened the doors and slammed them shut when I was in the room. I leaned my hands against the doors and slowly turned round before sliding down to the floor as tears began to fall from my eyes. I rested my head in my hands and cried. 

My wife doesn't deserve any of this that she's going through. If I hadn't have cheated, she wouldn't be in hospital and we'd be happy. 

I lay my head against the door and looked at my wedding ring on my finger. I took it off and read the inscription 'A&JH - 24.5.09'. I partly smiled, remembering that day. We were so happy and every thing was so much easier. Why couldn't we go back to that day?

Normal POV

I lay on the bed looking at my wedding ring because looking at it brought back all the happy memories I had on that day. I heard the room door open and looked up to see who just came in. 

"Mia, if I wasn't so stupid as to cheat on you then you wouldn't be in here right now. I should've been looking after you and I-" Joe started rambling before tears began to form in his eyes. 

I sat up and reached my hand out for him to take. He reach over for it and I pulled him close to me as I could. 

"I just need you in my life," he cried into my shoulder. 

I stroked the back of his head and kissed the side of his neck. "I know and I need you too." 

"Please...just don't..." He started before I pulled him away and held his face in my hands.