I'm sorry I've taken so long to upload but I haven't been very well.

Also this week I recieved a nasty fowl message from a new reader. Who also said she is going to make sure that all her friends are going to write bad comments on all of my books. I've never said a bad word to anyone on here, ever and to recieve such a message hurt. I love comments good or bad but this was just someone wanting to swear alot. Anyways thanks to wattpad they are looking into it for me. Like i told them, i have the best followers ever and i don't want someone like that to ruin that for us.

Anyway enough about that! Now its time for your along awaited chapter.

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Chapter 22

Isabella

Waking up I felt as cold as ice. Hearing voices I began to panic as everything came flooding back to me. Jaxon, The beatings and where I was. I tried curling my body up tighter into a ball but I felt large hands holding me down. Terror flooded through me at the thought that Jaxon had found me. I began lashing out. I fought with every in me to try and break free from his strong hold.

The hands multiplied. I felt them everywhere on me pinning me down. "NO MORE PLEASE. PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU." I really couldn't bear to fight anymore. The pain was too excoriating to keep up fighting whoever it was off. Then like a snap of a finger, it was as if I had sunk back into darkness into some fairy-tale dream. When I heard the voice, I had yearned to hear. As well as the hands I longed to feel touching me again.

"Isabella please calm down. You're safe now. I'm here and I promise you, with all my heart I will never leave you again, ever." Tears sprung to my eyes wishing this was really happening but I knew I could never be that lucky.

I felt so cold and scared that I didn't want to open my eyes. I didn't want to see that I was still under that bush. I wanted to be here where I felt safe. Safe in my dreamy thoughts of Joshua.

After a lot of debating I tried opening my eyes. Soon the fear of opening my eyes turned into terror when I couldn't get my eyes to open. Fearing the worst, I began moving my hands around to see if I could feel out where I was. A large warm hand took hold of mine and squeezed it gently.

"Isabella it's me my love. Joshua. Please listen to me your safe. You're in the hospital." Feeling my hand against Joshua's lips made my insides melt. Making every terrifying thought, flee from my head. Feeling his fingertips run ever so softly up and down my arms I began to cry. 

Reaching my trembling hand up to my face; I felt some kind of cloth covering my eyes. "Oh Isabella." I heard Elle cry who was then joined by who I knew was Lisa. Hearing my best friend's cries was the best thing ever. They were here. They found me. My heart thumped softly against my chest for what felt like the first time since I had woken up. I could feel who I now knew was Elle and Lisa lean over my painful body as they hugged me. Even though pain shot through every part of me, I didn't care, they were here and most of all they had found me.

 All the while Lisa and Elle hugged me, I could still feel Joshua's hand rubbing up and down my arm. A voice I didn't recognize spoke to the right of me. My body tensed at the sound of the unfamiliar voice. "Hey its ok baby it's just the doctor." Joshua tried to reassure me but right now I didn't want to be around anyone but Lisa Elle and Joshua. However, swallowing down the big lump that lodged itself in my throat, I didn't voice my thoughts aloud. Placing my hand over Joshua's, I held on as tight as I could. I needed to know none of them were going to leave me.  Lisa and Elle moved from on top of me before I could stop them. I guess it was so the doctor could come closer. Fear racked through my body alarmingly at the thought of someone touching me. "Please don't touch me." I whispered on a sob.

"Isabella I'm not here to harm you. I just need to check you over and now that you are awake I want to check on your eyes as well." Although I didn't want him laying his hands on me, I nodded. I gripped hold of Joshua's hand like my life depended on it. Knowing he was here with me reassured me a little. Plus deep down I knew with Joshua here, I was safe. "I'm not going anywhere Isabella." Hearing his words helped ease my terrified mind.

After the Doctor took off the dressing that covered each of my eyes; he encouraged me to open them. Opening my eyes I began to scream.  All I could see was a black blur. "Isabella I need you to calm down. Now tell me what you can see?" he asked more sternly. Anger and frustration boiled within me to the point where I couldn't keep it in anymore.

 "WHAT CAN I SEE? NOTHING. I SEE BLOODY NOTHING ONLY BLACKNESS! I'M BLIND ARENT I? "I shouted out what I had been fearing, ever since I had woken up. "I'm going to kill him I swear!" I screamed sobbing.

 The pain in my chest increased with every silenced second. No one was speaking but I didn't need them to confirm my worst fear because I could see it for myself. Tears streamed from my useless eyes as the reality began to sink in. I was blind. Blinded by the man....the man who I thought loved me. My blood ran cold as my thoughts went to my baby. "My baby?" I whispered no longer able to find my voice.  

I prayed and prayed to God above that my baby was ok. I could live without my sight as long as my baby was ok. Every fear and pain I felt suddenly felt like nothing compared to the waiting for them to answer me about my baby. I could bear to lose everything but not my baby.

"Isabella your baby is doing exactly as we expect for a baby in the third trimester." I didn't need sight to see Joshua right now because the way his hold tightened on me and the way he began kissing me over and over again, I knew he too was relieved. Although Joshua's reaction should've shocked me but for some unknown reason it didn't.

 "Now as for your eyes Isabella. I have high hopes that you will see again. You have to give them time to heal. You have been through a great ordeal and you have to remember your body is probably still in shock." I was listening to him but between the news that I was still carrying my baby and Joshua's kisses, I was on a high. All the darkness pain and fear of Jaxon couldn't ruin this moment because not only was I now safe, my baby was safe too and Joshua had come back to me. For now I was going to just enjoy the joy and love that filled my heart but later I was going to get Joshua to explain where the hell he had run off to.  I knew we weren't dating or anything but it was as if we both were in a weird and wonderful kind of way. However, I needed to know he wasn't another Jaxon because there was no way on earth I could ever go through that much heart ache and pain ever again.

As soon as the doctor left, Lisa and Elle were back to hugging and kissing me. "Isabella." Elle called however, I could hear the questioning in it. Joshua's hand tightened over mine. my heart sunk and my body shook as I knew what she was going to ask me and although I wanted to tell them everything, I couldn't bear to say it all aloud yet. However, I bit down hard on my lower lip and with the intense pain in my chest I said the one name I never ever wanted to hear or speak of again. "Jaxon" as his name left my lips I felt Joshua's entire body tense before he stepped away from me.  Then a loud crashing noise rang throughout the eerily silent room followed by startled screams of Lisa and Elle.

The air lodged in my throat as I heard Joshua scream, followed by a loud cracking of what sounded like bones then more screams from my best friends. Every sound seemed so much more intense and without being able to see, scared me even more. I tried getting up but pain shot through my body so fast and intense that I screamed out in pure and utter agony. Suddenly all I could hear was the sounds of my own screams as well as what sounded like the door smashing against the wall.

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Thank you all so much for the great comments!!!

The baby is going to be fine!!!!!!!! lol

Joshua finally snapped......I know I should be saying 'oh no' but hey!

GO JOSHUHA ha ha

Poor Isabella. I have to say she seems to be staying strong. I could'nt even imagine the fear Isabella must have felt when the doctor wanted to touch her, let alone being told she could be permently blind.