A Country Girl.

Chapter 20

Hailey

I had come too, surprisingly , the next day. James was in the middle of his bragging when a man ran in "the cops are here" he said "What? how did they know about us?" "I don't know but they are on their way." James whipped around facing me. "get my gun" he said "what about..." "now" "yes sir" the man left. James paced in front of me "looks like your sister didn't want to listen" he said "oh well." The man came back a couple minutes later with a Glock G19 Gen4 9 mm handgun. He handed the gun to James, then left. "looks like I'm gonna have some fun" James said turning back around to me holding the gun. I heard the door down the hall being forced open followed by heavy foot treads.James took aim as the footsteps got closer. Just as the door to the room burst open James pulled the trigger. BANG. I felt the bullet bury its self in my chest then everything went black.

 "...I'm sorry" a familiar voice said. I didn't know who it was but their voice was very familiar. "I'm so sorry" they said again.Then it hit me the voice was Ty's. But how was that possible I was dead. I began to hear other sounds. The faint beeping of a machine,someone crying quietly, and more voices that seemed further away. Soon I could see a faint light, slowly getting brighter, then I started to see fuzzy shapes. I could see the out line of a door and what I believed was a sink next to it, but that was all I could see since I couldn't move. As I laid there I soon became aware of someone holding my hand. I turned my head slightly and saw Ty sitting in a chair face buried in the mattress holding my hand. It looked like he was crying. He kept repeating "I'm sorry, so so sorry." As I watched him an overwhelming urge to comfort him, to let him know that I was ok and that he didn't have to apologize, came over me. "Ty" I crocked, my throat was so dry that it hurt to talk. Ty jumped at the sound of my voice "Hailey?" he asked, he looked confused for a minute then his face lit up "Hailey your awake!!" he said, tears running down his face. He grabbed my hand and kissed it. His lips felt soft and warm against my hand. He stood and called for the doctor. 

A minute later Doctor Miller came in with a nurse carrying a tray of food and a glass of water, she handed me the glass and I downed it. "thank you for letting me know she was wake, but  you have to leave now" Dr. Miller said to Ty. "no" I said, my voice still horse but it didn't hurt as must to talk now.Both Dr. Miller and Ty turned to me. I tried to sit up but failed. "I'm sorry Hailey but he can't be in here well I'm examining you" the doctor said kindly "and you can't examine me till I'm done eating, so until I'm done I want him to stay here." Dr.Miller looked to the nurse knowing I was right. "alright but when your done he has to leave" "I'm fine with that." Dr. Miller left and the nurse helped me sit up. She smiled warmly at me put the tray on the table next to me and left. I looked to Ty and smiled as best I could. Everything hurt and even the slightest movement made my entire body hurt. I tried to hide my pain as to not worry him but I could tell it didn't work by the way his expression fell a bit. He stood there for a bit staring at his shoes. I cleared my throat to get his attention. When he looked up  I nodded my head toward the chair but instantly regretted it as my head exploded with pain and the world went black. I came to a second later. Ty stood by my side his face wore a terrified expression. I looked up at him, grabbing his hand I said "I'm fine." He looked over me as if checking if it was true and asking himself if he really believed me. After a minute he stepped back and sat in the chair. I tried to sit back up but was unable to and the room spun with the effort. After the room stopped spinning I looked to Ty his face still full of worry. I smiled "do you mind helping me?" I asked "oh sure" he said jumping up quickly. He gently placed his hand under my shoulder. I winced as a shock of pain shot through me. Ty pulled his hand back right away. The pain subsided a little bit after, and I looked at Ty. His face was full of concern and regret. "I'm fine" I said "you didn't hurt me." He didn't believe me. "Ty I promise you didn't hurt me" I assured him. He stared at me for a second then came to the edge of the bed. He placed his hand back under my shoulder, being very careful as to not hurt me again, and helped me up. Once I was sitting up I pulled the table closer and grabbed a cinnamon roll off the plate.