Christopher
Rushing into the hospital, I headed over to the elevators, pushing the buttons over and over until the doors opened.
I jumped and pressed the button for Carlee's dad floor. The whole ride up there I just thanked god for this miracle. I knew he'd get up. Curtis always been a fighter, he wouldn't just leave his family hating.
"Excuse me, can I have Curtis Rodgers room?" I asked the nurse at the desk.
"You are?"
"His son in law. I'm with his daughter Carlee."
"Oh ok. He's in room 321. Straight down this hall then make a left, it's the first door on your left."
"Thank you."
I followed her directions, as soon as I turned the corner I ran right into Carlee and her brother and sister.
"Hey everybody. Everything okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, the doctor is just checking him." Aubrey said.
I grabbed Carlee's hand and pulled her into another hallway. I held her face and softly kissed her. "You good?"
"I'm amazing." She smiled. "I didn't know how this was going to turn out and now he's woke and I couldn't be happier. You were right about everything. I should've listened instead of running to a bottle and acting out."
"Hey, it's cool don't even worry about it. Things got hectic and sometimes we crack under pressure. But no more of that drinking Carlee, maybe on special occasions but other than that this shit has to stop."
"Okay."
"I love you."
"I love you more." She wrapped her arms around my neck and we shared a nice kiss.
"Let's go check on your dad."
We walked back over to his room, everybody was inside so we went in. Her dad was sitting up now and all the tubes were out of his mouth.
"Daddy!" Carlee let go of my hand, ran over to him and hugged him.
"Hey princess." He kissed her forehead.
"I'm so sorry, for everything."
"No I should be the one apologizing, I put somebody before you guys and that should never happen. So I'm apologizing to all of you."
"It's cool dad." Aubrey said. "But we need to know, if this goes to court are you willing to testify against Leslie?"
My dad took a deep breath and looked at all of us.
"Dad." Ciara said.
"If things even get that far, I will."
"What do you mean if things get that far? She tried to kill you and was about to collect a big fat check. She banned all of us from seeing you. You shouldn't even have to think twice about testifying against her." Ciara continued.
