Trapped Underneath a Secret

17- Welcome Back

Everything went black and I could hear faded voices getting louder and louder, "OH GOD PLEASE BABE PLEASE!!!" "Calm down Brian, you have to get it together. She's not coming back. You need to stop and let the paramedics do the right thing." I felt air in my mouth, "Sir, please back off. We need to do our job." "I GOT THIS!!" Again I felt air but more this time. "NO LET ME HELP!!!" "Sir this woman is in critical condition even if she's...." "DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT!!!!!!! SHE'S ALIVE!!!" "Clara can you hear us!" I couldn't move. I tried so hard I didn't even budge. "Oh my gosh! She has a pulse!" "Barely, we need to get her to a hospital STAT, COME ON LETS GO!!" I couldn't move my eyes, I was limb and they had to carry me out on a stretcher.
I got in the ambulance and I could hear Brian, "No I AM going! Let me in!" "Let him in boys, he the love of her life." He got in cause I could feel his warm hand that made me so happy and at home. I used all my force and could barely open my eyes. I could see Brian and he was stroking my hair. I didn't know how long I was with my dad. I felt so weak. I looked at him, I tried making a sound but nothing came. He finally saw my eyes. "Babe, Clar! Your eyes are as beautiful as the first time I saw them!" I smiled on the inside and I wish he could had seen it! "Sir we have to check her eyes now please sit." He sat reluctantly and held my hand. I could hear the ambulance men speaking, "Her broken hand looks so bad. I have no idea how someone set it like this. This looks like stuff we do... Clara I know this is hard to keep your eyes open but blink once if no blink twice if yes. Do you understand?" I worked so hard to blink twice. "Ok good, now the person who did this. Did they have things that we have here in the ambulance?" I blinked twice, "Ok thank you Clara." He looked at the other man in shock and disbelief. "Babe I'm right here." Bry squeezed my hand reassuring me." I blinked twice to reassure him that I was there.
         We got to the hospital and they pulled my stretcher out of the ambulance and rushed me to the E.R.. "HELP GUYS I HAVE THE MISSING DETECTIVE! SHE'S GOT BROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN HAND, A SWOLLEN FACE, A POSSIBLE CONCUSSION, AND POSSIBLY VISION PROBLEMS HURRY NOW!!!!!" The nurses came to my aid and they told the ambulance people to keep Brian back and they held him back and said everything was gonna be ok. He started crying and relied on the men for support. He looked like he was gonna fall to the floor. I went to the E.R. and all I could see was the hospital ceiling and the nurses running to get me to the prep room talking to me. "It's gonna be ok sweetie. Don't worry, you make look horrible now, but your more brave and beautiful on the inside." "Diane she's so brave to endure this. She looks malnutritioned and barely alive." Then I started choking and I could barely breath. They put a manual breathing mask, where they had to pump air. "Come on sweetie breath!" I coughed up water, "Dang it! She has water in her lungs!" Then I saw the light again....
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      "Dad?" "Hey princess! What's wrong?" "I dunno I saw Brian in the ambulance and I could hear everyone clapping and a tear shed. I was about to be prepped. Then I'm here with you." "Do you have anything to say or people to see?" "Where's Dave?" "Right here." He smiled and moved to the side and my brother Dave was there. I ran to him and hugged him! "Woah sis! What's wrong." He laughed and I cried, "Dave I'm so sorry for what happened that night! I was so angry at you and I didn't realize what I said!" "Sis, it's ok! The accident was supposed to happen, either way I was gonna get killed! It's what caused you to be a detective, which is what God had in mind!" I hugged him again, "Who else was gonna help justice as good and as good as you!"
He smiled and I kissed him on the cheek because 20 years of missing him and having guilt over something I said when I was six still roamed with me. No matter how crazy it seemed, I had it on my shoulders! "Thank you Dave for forgiving me!" "I never had any guilt on you! Or the driver, who did leave the crime scene. But that's what made you want to become a detective and fight for the better justice! And that's what matters." He kissed me back on my cheek and held me as I cried. "Now short-stuff, how is the "BRIAN" of yours!" Just like he was he always wanted to embarrass me, I shoved him jokingly and said, "Everything I had dreamed, prayed, and hoped for!" "GOOD! Now let's wipe those tears and go back for him!"
I hesitated, "What if I want to stay with you?" "Nonsense sis! Look you can be with a man that IS the one for you or you can try and justify a mistake that has been forgiven and was mean't to happen. Your choice. We can't make choices for you. All of us would love for you to stay. But your life is just about you. You have loved ones and Brian who WILL be affected. Don't go as a bravery. But know that you will influence people that will make you out to be their #1 super hero!" "Who's that?" He smiled and rubbed his neck, "I can't exactly TELL you sis but go with Brian and you'll find out." I knew I had to go then and I hugged my dad and Dave and then I felt the shove again. The wind got faster and faster and stronger and my pain was back. "She's back doctor!" "Good now please wipe her tears we saw." "Doctor her tears have been wiped... her face feels wet from tears but their gone!" "That's weird... come on guys we HAVE to get the water out!"