Money Over Everything

Chapter 45

I wake up to the sound of car doors opening. I blink my eyes a few times and then look around, the sun is just starting to come out and I think we're at a motel. Damien opens my door and sees that I'm awake.

"Hey we're here." He whispers holding out his hand.

I take it and then slowly turn my legs so they're hanging out of the car.

"Wait!" Kyler shouts coming up behind him.

She grabs the IV bag and pulls it out first. "Okay now go."

Damien helps me slowly get out, the pain meds have worn off now and the pain is back in full swing. He puts arm around me to help me walk towards the motel rooms, the rest of the team is waiting for us there.

"We'll need to keep watch in shifts." I yawn.

"We've got it, you just head inside." Chance insists.

Part of me wants to give them shit for pitying me again, but the pain is so bad at this point that I don't have the strength to argue. Damien opens the door to one of the rooms and we walk in, it's a typical motel room that looks like it came out of the nineties. He helps me sit on the end of the one of the beds and Kyler comes in with her medical supplies.

"I need to change out all your bandages now." She warns

I sigh, trying to prepare for the pain I'm about to go through. I'm going to need more pain killers.

I turn to Damien, "Wait outside."

"What, why?"

"Just do it."

I don't want him to see this, I don't want anyone to see this. He waits for a few seconds in protest, but eventually he sighs and walks out of the door.

"Ready?" Kyler asks.

"Give me something to bite down on."

DAMIEN POV

I close the door behind me and light a smoke. There's a bench right outside it so I take a seat. The team is still out here, unloading a few things from the vehicles and getting ready to settle in their rooms.

"Did she kick you out already?" Raiden laughs.

I sigh. "I'm not even surprised at this point."

I get up to give them hand, but we all stop when we hear it.

I cringe. The sound of J screaming out in pain. You can tell she's trying to hold it in, but she just can't.

I can't let her do this alone, I go to walk back to the room, but someone grabs my arm.

"Don't. She doesn't want you to see her like that." Ali warns.

I sigh. She's right. All I can do now is wait until it's done and then comfort her after. I try to distract myself by helping the rest of the team get set up in the other rooms, but with every cry of pain I hear it breaks me a little bit more.

Finally, Kyler comes out of the room. The team all stands up and walks over to her.

"How is she?" I ask.

"As good as she can be in that state, no infection so far, but I'll need to change out the bandages again in about twelve hours."

My heart drops thinking she'll have to go through that all over again in just twelve hours.

"Will she throw me out again if I try to go back in there?"

Kyler lets out a little laugh, "I guess there's only one way to find out."

The rest of the team laughs with her, I turn back to them before I head to her room.

"We'll handle keeping watch, you should stay with her." Raiden recommends.

"Thanks guys."

I cautiously open the door, "J?"

JADA POV

Even though I just slept for almost ten hours I already feel exhausted. The pain of changing the bandages was more than I could have ever expected. I tried to hold in my screams of pain so the team didn't have to hear them, but I just couldn't. I can't even describe how painful it was, and now knowing how painful it will be I'm terrified for the next time.

There's a small knock on the door.

"J?" Damien calls out, carefully poking his head in the door.

"Yeah."

He walks in slowly and closes the door behind him. I watch him as he comes up and sits on the edge of the bed beside me.

"How are you feeling?"

"Like someone ripped off my skin and then taped it back on."

He laughs for a second but then sadness fills his face.

"I'm sorry."

"Quit saying that."

"I can't help it. I just wish it was me going through this instead of you." He says stroking my hand.

"What happened, happened. All we can do now is just move forward." I say giving his hand a reassuring squeeze, "Plus you're kind of a pussy. You would've cracked."

We share a few laughs together.

"What's the plan once we're in the Cayman Islands?" He asks.

"Honestly, I don't know." I sigh, "I haven't even thought that far. I'm more focused on just getting us out of the country first."

"Well..." He nervously starts, "we have enough money, we don't need to pull jobs anymore... So maybe we could get a place for ourselves?"

"I'll think about it."

After everything that happened over these past few days, maybe that's exactly what I need. I can tell he's surprised based on the look on his face. But instead of talking about it more he just kisses me on the forehead.

He stands up, "Get some more sleep, we'll be ready to leave when you wake up."

"Where are you going?" I ask.

"I'm going to sleep over here."

"Why?"

"I don't think I'll be able to sleep beside you without taking advantage of you." He winks.

I can't help but laugh, that's the Damien I fell in love with.