The Good Girl's Bad Side

Chapter 59: "What's The Matter, Officer?"

Chapter 59: "What's the matter, Officer?"

Tristan's POV

I can't fall asleep.

The constant beeping of the hospital machines constantly remind me that this was my fault. That I am the cause of the girl I fell in love with laying here in a hospital bed.

Where's the guy I fell in love with?

Hailey's words continue to ring in my head. I couldn't think straight ever since those words escaped her mouth. And the kiss we shared was amazing, I did not want to stop, but I had to. If I didn't, I probably would have jeopardized the plan.

The plan failed in the end anyway.  

*flashback*

"Wait!" Henry calls out as we about to close the door.

"What?" I ask harshly.

"Tristan, may I talk to you... in private?" He eyes Hailey as to say, 'You cannot hear this.'

"It's fine, Tristan. Go talk to him." Hailey says next to me. "I'll wait in the car for you."

I nod at her then watch her walk away, before walking back into Henry's office and shutting the door behind me.

"What do you want?" I ask Henry impatiently.

"I have a plan." He states. "But this plan is to remain between us."

I knew that I shouldn't have went with Henry's plan, but it the only way to ensure Hailey's safety.

"You'll have to pretend that you never like her," he continues. "Act as if you betrayed her, as if you have been working for Luther all along. I'll call him and lie to him that I have a plan on convincing Hailey to join him--"

"No," I growl. "I can't do that to her." I run a frustrated hand through my hair.

"You have to. It's the only way. If you want her and her family to be safe... you'll do it."

The plan had kept her family safe in the end... but not her.

I wish she hadn't pushed me out of the way of the oncoming bullet. I am grateful for her heroic act, but I still wish it had been me who had been shot. I wish she had just escaped the building safely like we had planned.

I had to involve the guys in the plan-- without Henry's consent. It would have been impossible to carry out the mission without them. Even Conner, had helped tremendously as much as I hate to say it. He helped distract Luther while Chase and Greg liberated my love.

But now looking at her, lying in the hospital bed, her life holding onto the beeping machines of the ICU, makes me think that the plan was for nothing.

"Hailey!"  I shout her name with hope that it'll keep her from closing her eyes.

"Stay with me," I plead with tears filling on the brim of my eyes. "Please..."

"Cops are here, man," Jordan's voice says behind me and he pats my shoulder in a comforting manner.

"They found and arrested Luther," Chase informs me.

"Don't just stand there, help her!" I raise my broken voice. "Call an ambulance."

"It's on it's way. I called it minutes ago after I saw what happened." Greg says.

"Don't leave me," I whisper under my breath before kissing Hailey on her forehead.

Luther deserves to rot in prison. Him and all his men should be held captive until the day the grave becomes their new homes.