My Cinderella Story (Be Mine Again)

Chapter 34

"The time of death is 20:48," the doctor announced as the sound of the monitor goes flat.

Twelve hours before...

"Kara!" Amelia drops to the ground beside her.

I follow picking up Kara's body and setting her in my lap. Her head falls against my chest. Her eyelids open and close.

"Apply pressure Amelia!" I told her and she did immediately.

"Hey, hey, look at me Kara," I gently say to her cradling her head, "You're going to be just fine."

She looks up to me and tears fills her eyes.

"I'm sorry." She struggles to say. "I'm... sorry."

"No you have nothing to worry about," I said smoothing her hair back.

I remember Amelia saying that she helped them right before I was shot. I don't know why exactly when she was the one that help put them in this situation. But whether she was the enemy or not, all that matters now is that she jumped in front of a bullet and save both mine and Amelia's life.

"I...I... didn't take the pill." Kara breathes tears fall down her face.

"What pill..." I was confused as ever but listen regardless.

"Our baby... I'm sorry," she coughs out blood and chokes on it.

"Shhhh... don't talk," I said. I hug her to me. I understood.

Amelia looks at me and she was crying. Her hand was still press firmly on the wound.

Kara's body went limb in my arms. I hugged her even tighter and Amelia cried even louder.

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Present - twenty four hours after incident

I lay back in the VIP hospital bed with Amelia in my arms. We were back in Manhattan and had been treated for our wounds. Amelia suffered mostly bruises overall, minor cuts and abrasions around her wrists. Good thing nothing was broken. Luckily for me, the gunshot wound was a flesh wound. I should be back to normal in a few days time according to myself and not the doctor. A couple months my ass.

"Are you still thinking about it?" Amelia asked tracing circles on my chest.

"Mmm."

Amelia told me everything that happened from being kidnapped to being force to do what Jackson wanted for Jenny's safety. The thought of him touching her and she not being able to protest made my knuckles ache all over again. But I'm so proud of her, she was ready to sacrifice anything to save her best friend and even Kara. She is a fighter. And most of all she is my angel, mine.

She also told me that Kara had not been aware of Jackson's whole plot, how she helped them escape at the most crucial moment and, her miscarriage. I didn't have a clue that she was pregnant. I had always tried to be careful wearing condoms and took extra measure when I didn't have any by providing the morning after pill. She knew that our relationship was strictly a physical one and was aware of her duty to take the pill. If I had known, I would have willingly provided for her and our babe. I would have accepted responsibility and been a great father. I would have not cast her out the way I did when Amelia returned. So why didn't she tell me? Because I cut all contact with her and refused to ever see her again.

The reason why she teamed up with Jackson although inexcusable, I can understand. But then why did she go and do something as jumping in front of a bullet for us?

"Does it bother you?" I ask Amelia running my hand through her hair. I was most worry about how Amelia feels. I've already given her too many reasons to hate me for ten life times.