THE TIES THAT BIND-Book 3 In The Sexy As Series

Chapter 34

Zayn was up early the next morning. Kaia had fallen into a restless sleep in his arms and he held her close all night. He knew how upset she was and he just wanted to make all her worries go away. Seeing Marian and what she had done scared the crap out of him. Especially when he saw her holding Ahmir. He heard his phone ringing and went to answer it and saw it was Harry. He got out of bed and left the bedroom so Kaia could keep sleeping.

"Harry, how is she doing?" He asked as he started the coffee.

"She's sedated and resting," Harry said. "The doctors said she was lucky you and Kaia called the ambulance when you did. Any longer and ...and she would've been gone."

Zayn sighed heavily. If Marian died, he knew that Kaia would've been overcome with grief and would've probably blamed herself. He knew she was going to do it anyway. "How are you doing?"

"I...I don't know Zayn," he admitted. "I'm scared to death. Scared to death that we almost lost her and that she felt she was so in the dark that she needed to take it to such a drastic extreme." He sat down and was trying to hold it together. He didn't want to cry, but was having a hard time in not doing so.

"Do..do you want us to come to the hospital?"

"I'll leave it up to you. I can imagine Kaia isn't doing well with all of this."

"No, she's not," he said. "She cried herself to sleep last night. She hasn't said it, but I know she's going to try to blame this on herself."

Harry shook his head. "It's not her fault," he said. "It's no one's fault."

"I know that. But given how close they are, it's a natural thing for her to do."

"She's on a now private wing and private room," Harry said. "Only a few people on the list of visitors, so when you come you won't have any problems getting in."

"Sounds good Harry, we'll see you in a little while."

Kaia woke up alone. Her mind going back to the events of the day before. Her head hurt. She pulled on a robe and headed down the hall and stood in front of Marian's room.

"Love, that isn't a good idea. I have a cleaning company that specializes in removing blood stains coming later. I don't want you going in there," Zayn said as he watched her.

She looked up at him. "I....Zayn I ..." she began trying not to cry.

"Breathe, sweetheart," he said taking her hand and pulling her away from the door. "I know how hard this is for you, but we can't change what happened in there. We can only help her get better from this point on. Don't beat yourself up, no one could have known she would have gone this far." He turned her to face him. "This is no ones fault Kaia. Especially not yours."

"If....if only I wouldn't have abandoned her when she needed me. If only I hadn't run the other day," she said. The guilt eating away at her. "I don't know how to help her."

"She's in a lot of pain and no one could have know she would have went to this length. Losing William and Louis took a bigger toll on her than any of us realized. Don't beat yourself up." He said and pulled her into his arms, holding her close. "We just have be thankful she has such a deep connection with Ahmir or we might have lost her." He kissed her temple and led her towards the nursery.

Kaia glanced back at the closed door and let him lead her away.

"I was so scared I didn't know what else to do." She said sadly. "I ...I was terrified when he walked through her....her blood."

"You were so strong and did the best thing for her. I believe Ahmir saved her life. Now we need to do what is best for her. Whatever it is. But no pushing, no hovering, no mama bear. Let's go check on the twins. Alright?"