Sway with Me

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Hospitalized

Bursting into the hospital, Cristiano rushed over to the reception desk as his heart pounded in his chest praying that Isabelle was okay; his heart was breaking at the news that Irina had run her over.

Cristiano nearly crashed into the desk, he swallowed trying to catch his breath enough to ask where Isabelle was; he needed to know that she was okay after what had happened to her.

“Cristiano…” called Gabriella softly, she stared at her daughter’s boyfriend knowing that she wasn’t even surprised that he had shown up like this; she swallowed thickly as he quickly looked at her.

Cristiano took a deep breath looking at Gabrielle, he could see on her face that this was serious and he wished that he’d gone with Isabelle to her meeting.

“How bad is it?” Cristiano asked walking over to Gabriella, he had heard that she had been run over and that was all he knew about from the fact that Irina had been arrested on the scene for doing it.

Gabriella stared at Cristiano, she wasn’t sure how much to tell him but she knew that Isabelle was going to need him when she woke up.

“Please,” Cristiano pleaded, he had rushed out of his house to get here and now he didn’t want to wait another moment to learn what was wrong with his girlfriend.

Gabriella stared at the footballer, she sighed brushed some hair from her face before she signalled for him to follow her; she didn’t want to make a scene and she hoped that everything would be okay.

Cristiano followed Gabriella down the corridor to a small seating area where they could talk alone without people watching them; he knew that this wasn’t going to be good.

Gabriella sat down and looked at Cristiano, it had been a rough couple of hours and that was going to be easy compared to what happened next for them all.

“They’ve rushed her down to surgery… she has internal bleeding and her right leg was shattered on impact,” Gabriella said softly looking at Cristiano, she didn’t know what would happen when Isabelle woke up but she had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be good.

It was silent for a moment as Cristiano allowed the news to settle, he could tell that there was more to come and it wasn’t good.

“Her career is over… she’ll never professional dance again,” Gabriella whispered breaking the worst news of all, she hoped that Irina would rot in prison for what she had done.

Irina had been arrested on the scene and was currently being held for attempted murder it would be a while before anyone knew just what she would be charged with.

Cristiano stared at Gabriella, he knew how much dancing meant to Isabelle and it was as much as football meant to him; he didn’t want to believe that her career could be over like that.

“There has to be some way,” Cristiano said softly, he hated to think about how his girlfriend of two months would react when she learnt that Irina had ended her career.

Gabriella closed her eyes, she didn’t want to give anyone false hope and she had a feeling that maybe taking Isabelle home with her and Charles would be a good idea when she got out of hospital so that she wouldn’t do anything stupid.

***

Cristiano silently stepped into Isabelle’s private hospital room, he had called his mother to let her know what had happened and so that she could pick Junior up from school while he was at the hospital.

Cristiano swallowed at his bruised and broken girlfriend, he couldn’t believe that Irina had done this and he wondered why his ex-girlfriend hadn’t been stopped by her family if they had ideas this could happened.

Cristiano was determined to stop Irina from getting away with what she had done, he already had his lawyer on stopping her from being granted bail.

Cristiano knew for a fact that if Irina was allowed to walk out of prison that she would leave the country and her family would help her do so.

“I’m so sorry,” Cristiano said quietly, he sat down beside her and took her hand before he pressed a kiss to it; he would make this right and he didn’t care what anyone else had to say.

Cristiano knew that Isabelle’s parents didn’t want her thinking that she could ever dance again, they wanted to pin down any hope that Isabelle would have and he wasn’t going to let that happen.

Cristiano would help Isabelle get back on her feet and he was sure that she would need someone to push her a little; he would want the same if he was in her position.

“I swear Isa… she won’t get away with this,” Cristiano vowed watching his girlfriend’s peaceful form, he would do anything for her and this was the only thing that he could do for her right now.

Isabelle meant so much to him and Irina had nearly taken her away from him, Cristiano would never forgive that and he hoped that he would be able to support Isabelle in the way that she needed.

“I love you,” Cristiano whispered with tears in his eyes, he hated that she had suffered and he wanted Irina to suffer for what she had done; he would do anything to get the revenge that Isabelle deserved.

Cristiano closed his eyes, he wasn’t going to walk away and he didn’t care what anyone else thought about what he would do.

Gabriella watched the couple from outside of the room, she closed her eyes as she messed with her necklace; she had a feeling that she was going to have to do something about Cristiano before he hurt her daughter.

***

Dolores looked up as she heard Cristiano come home, she swallowed knowing that it had been a rough day for her son and she feared what might have happened.

“How is she?” Dolores asked getting to her feet, she had made dinner and saved some for Cristiano hoping that he was hungry.

Cristiano stared at his mother for a moment before he burst into tears as everything caught up with him; he hadn’t cried at the hospital and he hated that this had happened.

Dolores wrapped her arms around her son, she closed her eyes and tried to comfort him; he would have to be strong since Isabelle was going to need him after what had happened.

“Papa… why are you crying?” Junior asked padding into the living room, he had heard his father come home and he come down to see him; he had thought that Isabelle would be with him.

Cristiano swallowed, he pulled away from his mother and offered her a weak smile before he turned to look at his son; he was going to have to tell him what had happened.

Isabelle was as much a part of Junior’s life as she was a part of his father’s, it would be hard but Junior had a right to know especially when Isabelle came home on crutches.

“Isabelle was in a very bad accident,” Cristiano said carefully, he didn’t want to upset his son and he would do anything to keep the dark truth from him about what had happened.

Junior stared at his father with big innocent brown eyes, he pouted a little taking in what Cristiano had said; he stared for a moment as it sunk in.

“Will she be okay?” Junior asked quietly making Cristiano swallow, he didn’t have an answer for that question but he prayed to anyone that would listen that Isabelle would be.