Sweet Surrender

Chapter twelve

Chapter Twelve

Emilia was doing better, much better. She was out of the ICU and into a regular room now and wanting to go home. Her wounds were healing nicely with minimal scaring and what scars she did have on her face and body could be covered with makeup or clothing. By summer time they would be healed completely but she would always have some scaring. She came to accept them but Shawn would always feel regret deep down. He loved her and she was alive and really that was all that mattered to him.

"Hello sunshine" Shawn said when he walked into her room. "You don't have to bring flowers every time you come to see me" Emilia said to him. "I know but they're so pretty and they remind me how pretty you are." He said to her. "The doctor was just in and said I might be able to go home soon" "I know, I just talked with him in the hallway" Shawn replied. "I'm so excited" She said sitting up crossing her legs in front of her smelling the flowers Shawn just handed her. "I have a question" She said to him. "Oh, yeah and maybe I have an answer" he said back to her as he sat on the bed in front of her. "The nurse said someone had brought me flowers and you turned them away, is that true?" Shawn looked toward the door then back to her. The smile on his face faded "Yes, I did. It was a week after you got here." "Who were they from?" Emilia asked him. "Well you don't need to know that, they were for someone else." He said looking down at the flowers she held. "Shawn, you are a horrible liar." She said putting the flowers on the table by the bed. "Tell me." She said flat out. "They were from Derek" he said and looked up at her. "Oh" she said, then went on "How dare he send me flowers. How dare he even think to send anything to me." "Emilia, calm down. I took care of it." Shawn said. "What did you do?" She asked him. "Sent them away." He said. "That's it?" Emilia said tilting her head and raising an eyebrow. "Yes, that was all, for now. I have a few guys looking for him. He's been missing ever since the accident. A week after, actually the same day the flowers sent, I went to the Law firm and he was gone, the receptionist said he had been on vacation for a week and didn't know when to expect him back. Hang on to that thought." Shawn said as he pulled out his phone. "Mike, I may have something, not sure though. Derek sent Emilia flowers the same day I went to the firm and was told he was on vacation for a week already, find out where those flowers came from and if he used any credit cards around that time, it may lead us to where he is hiding out. Yeah, thanks." Shawn hung up his phone and looked back to Emilia "You really are the most beautiful woman I have ever laid eyes on."

A nurse knocked on the door, "Med time" she said and sat a little pill cup down on the bedside table. Giving Emilia a little cup of water "I don't think I need those, I'm not really in pain right now" Emilia told her. "Miss Branson, you have to take your medicine" the nurse insisted. Shawn came out of the bathroom and asked who she was. "I haven't seen you; you're not one of her regular nurses." The nurse said she was going to go get the doctor, when she went to turn to leave Shawn stopped her. He called in another nurse, one of Emilia's regular nurses, to verify this woman worked there. "Can I help you Mr. Milano?" "Who is this?" The woman tried to break free from Shawn's grip without prevail. "I don't know who she is sir, She told us that she was a private nurse you hired." "I didn't hire anyone, why do you think I asked for the same nurses and the same doctors to see to Emilia." The nurse turned around in the doorway and yelled for the other nurse to call the police. Shawn handed Emilia's nurse the cup of pills the fake nurse tried to give Emilia. "I'll run these in our data base and find out what they are." "Thank you" Shawn said to her. "Now who are you and who hired you?" Shawn drilled the woman but she didn't say anything. Even when the police got there and arrested the woman, she didn't say one word or make one noise. Shawn continued "Did Derek hire you? Where is that bastard? Tell him, I will find him and then, it will be just me and him." But she kept quiet. She didn't resist arrest, nor walk out; she kept herself planted in the spot she was in. The police tried to pull her but she held her ground. Shawn thought that was odd then looked out the window and noticed a light, a small tiny light and yelled "Get down now, everyone get down and through himself over Emilia. The police dropped to the ground and pulled the woman down with her. The window shattered just as the woman hit the floor and other police officers rushing in with guns drawn. "He's on the building next door, go, GO!" A police officer yelled. Shawn cradled Emilia "Are you okay? Are you hit? Are you hurt?" "No, but your squishing me" She said back to him. Shawn just laughed and hugged her, flooded her face with kisses.