Someone Like Her (ABBW Book 3)

The Cost Of Love

Running down the hospital corridors all I want to know is that Belle is okay but all Nate told me on the phone when he called was she had been stabbed and he'd found her on the floor of our apartment. I go past a nurses station and ask to know where Belle is they point me in the right direction and I finally find Nate sitting in a waiting room staring at the ground.

"Where the fuck is she?" I ask him

"In surgery – it doesn't look good Kyle." He tells me

"No she will be fine she has to be fine."

"I don't know man." He says I can see tears in his eyes.

"Who did it?"

"I have no idea Kyle I found her laying in a pile of blood when I got home and called an ambulance and the cops, who are all over the apartment."

"What? They're going through the apartment?"

"I did a sweep and got everything out they won't find anything." He replies "But I did find this." He hands a note to me.

All the note says is JKS and I no in an instant that's who is behind all of this the note is stained with Belle's blood.

"I need to make a call." I tell him.

I go outside and call Jason.

"Yeah bud what is it."

"Belle has been stabbed she's is hospital it doesn't look good Jason." I tell him "The scum of the earth left their fucking mark on the scene."

"We'll be there as soon as possible Kyle – she'll be okay." He didn't sound convinced if anything he sounded teary and I've never heard Jason like that in my life apart from when things got way too much.

"I'm going to-"

"You're going to stay with Belle Kyle – let us handle everything else." He replies "I told you when you went back to her that you needed to leave all this shit to us and focus on her so do it."

"Okay." I reply

I go back to the waiting room and Nate is still staring at the floor I have no idea what I can do and in all honesty I don't know what I'm going to do if the doctors come out and tell me she's dead. The hours tick by and we hear nothing about Belle – we don't know what's happening and it's doing my fucking head in. After 5 hours of sitting there and waiting the doctor finally comes out.

"Are you Belle Jackson's family?"

"Yeah." Nate replies

"Now she's in a critical condition the knife connected with her lung we've managed to stop the bleeding but she is still touch and go we will know more if she survives the night." He tells us

"That's seriously all your going to fucking tell us." I snap at him

"That's all we know sir."

"Do your fucking job and save her." I snap again.

"Kyle chill." Nate Says "He doesn't know anything else at the moment."

"Not fucking good enough." I snap back

"Keep your friend in check Mr Jackson or we will have to call security." The doctor replies

"Got it." He replies glancing at me. "Can we go and see her."

"Is he going to calm down."

"Yeah, I'm fine." I reply

The doctor leads us to Belle's room and opens the door. She is so pale and has so many machines hooked up to her. I go over to her and sit next to her – taking her hand in mine. Her eyes are closed and she looks so peaceful but she's not Belle – she is missing that beautiful smile and those eyes that can so easily stare into your soul, I wonder if I will ever see that again. Nate stays in with me too the two of us don't leave her side after sitting with her for hours a nurse comes in.