πŸ¦ƒ Chapter Twenty NineπŸ¦ƒ

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JAMES' POV

I paced up and down the corridor that led to my bedroom as I waited for the doctor to finish checking up on Lulu. She had passed out in my arms as I carried her to my car and I'd driven her to my place instead of the hospital. I knew she wasn't hurt anywhere physically since she wasn't bleeding when I picked her up but maybe she had some internal trauma that I couldn't see. Everyone else was in the living room waiting to get feedback from the doctor.

Her scared crying voice kept ringing in my ears and the sound of those bullets hitting her car would not stop replaying themselves in my head. When she had called me, I had been with my dad, Mark and my uncle Sam in the valley. Mark had been helping me out when my dad and uncle had decided to pay us a visit and see the kind of work we did down there. As soon as I'd picked up the phone and she'd called out my name, I knew that something was wrong. When I heard the bullets I shut down everything going on at the valley, put everyone in the trucks and found my way to her with the location she'd shared with me.

Finding her car there riddled with bullets had to be the worst sight I'd ever come across. I thought she was dead when I saw all those bullet holes on side of her car especially towards the front seats.

By the time we got there there was no trace of the shooter. I thought Lulu was dead when we got there but my heart had immediately surged with relief when I heard her scream after we tried to break the car window to get to her. I had no idea how much bulletproof cars cost but I thanked the heavens that Lulu could afford one for it had saved her life. When she was finally in my arms, dusty and a little bruised but otherwise okay, I'd breathed in relief. My queen was okay and if she hadn't been I'd have gone crazy. She would have died without me telling her how much I loved her. She'd whispered it to me on phone before we were cut off but I hadn't gotten a chance to say it back. She was safe now and I had a second chance and I was not going to waste it. I would tell her as soon as she allowed me to.

Doctor Ezra walked out of my room and I immediately stopped my paving approaching him.

"How is she Ezra?"I asked him wringing my hands nervously.

"She has a mild concussion for when her head hit the steering wheel. Other than that she's okay. She may suffer some trauma because of the ordeal she's just suffered but that will only be mental. I suggest you be there for her when she wakes up. In case she asked for any medicine just give her paracetamol for the headache. I gave her a sedative so she'll sleep through the night. She will be okay James, Lulu is a strong girl."He replied patting my back and walking away.

I stared at my door for a good five minutes before walking in. I never thought that the first time I'd see Lulu in my bed would be under such circumstances. She looked like she belonged right there, covered my in huge blanket that my mom had insisted I buy, her head lying on the pillows Ruth had bought for me after deeming me incapable of choosing the right ones. Ruth had been waiting for us when we got to my place, since Mark had called her and informed her of the situation. She had changed my unconscious girlfriend into one of my t-shirts and cleaned up her dusty face. I'd been unable to do anything but carry her to my bed and stare at her like a creep. I didn't even know who had called Ezra, I only remembered getting pushed out of the room to give him some privacy to check on her.

I sauntered to the side of the bed and slowly sat next to her. She looked so fragile at the moment, like one wrong move and she'd crack under pressure. I knew she was stronger than that, as proven by the ordeal she had just survived but I was still scared for her. I ran my fingers over her hair and smoothed the overgrown curls out of her face. I knew she hated when her hair grew too long and would cut it as soon as it started falling over her forehead. She was so beautiful and precious, my heart broke just thinking that I'd almost lost her.

"I love you too baby, so much you have no idea. I'm so happy that you're safe. Get better soon so I can tell you the words and hear you say them back."I pleaded and I had no idea I had even been crying when a tear fell on her cheek and I quickly wiped it away.

I cleared my throat and swiped the traitor tears off my face. I would not fault myself for crying, I'd almost lost the love of my life, I was entitled to relief tears.

A slight knock on the door startled me before the it opened and Ruth's head peeped in.

"The doctor just left and we're about to leave too but we would all like to talk to you first."She requested and I nodded.

I leaned in and kissed Lulu's forehead before following Ruth to the living room where all my family and friends had gathered waiting for me. Rashid was there too and it didn't surprise me seeing as he was a close friend of Lulu and the closest thing she had to family since her sisters were in the city.

I grabbed a chair from the dining table since all others were filled and joined everyone else in the living room.

"The doctor filled us in and we're all thanking God that she is okay. I have no idea what we would have done if she had been harmed or worse dead."My dad sympathized.

"What you'd have is a furious Marini Kiarie in your hands. Her sister is very overprotective so thank your lucky stars Lulu is okay. Now will someone explain to me what the hell happened out there."Rashid demanded clearly agitated.

Any other time I'd have admonished him for talking to me with that tone but at the moment I understood what he was going through. I looked at Mark for an explanation since I'd asked him to investigate after we'd gotten Lulu to my place.

"I sent a few warriors to track the footprints of the attackers and they traced back to a camp that had been set up but is now deserted. The trail went cold after that."Mark summarized and I grumbled in frustration.

"So we have no idea who shot at Lulu,why, or if they are going to do it again?"Ruth asked the exact question that was in my mind.

"I'll check out the camp tomorrow but the best guess I can come up with us that they were either hired to kill her or it was a robbery gone wrong."Mark replied and Rashid scoffed.

"That was no robbery. Did you see how many bullets they put in her car. That was more than enough ammo to arm a troop. They tried to kill her and I want to know who and why."Rashid ranted out and I realized I had to speak up before things escalated.

"Does anyone else outside this room know what happened today?"I asked and a round of no's went around the room.

"Good and we're going to keep it that way until we apprehend the culprit behind this. We don't have any real police around this areas but we'll figure out a way to solve this case. We can't let Marini know about this until Lulu wakes up. She'll decide if we let her sister know or not. Rashid can you find a way to have her car towed and brought here before dawn?"

"Yeah I'll figure it out."He mumbled still not pleased with the situation.

I understood his frustration but there was nothing else we could do but sit and wait.

"I know everyone is scared but we all have to remember that Lulu is safe and sound. We're all tired so let's go home and if you want to see Lulu you can come by in the morning."I instructed getting up and everyone stood with me.

"Before we all go, let's pray."My mom who had been silent the whole time requested.

We all gathered together and bowed our heads for prayer allowing my mom to lead.

Five minutes later I was at the door saying my goodbyes to everyone.

"Mom, dad. Let me drive you home."I suggested patting my pockets for my car keys.

"No need son, Mark will drop us off."My dad brushed me off and I nodded relieved that I didn't have to leave Lulu alone.

"I left some food in the fridge, warm it up and eat something before you sleep."My mom informed me patting my cheek.

"I'll try mama."I replied and she nodded following my dad out the door.

Ruth and Mark were last to leave and they both promised they'd be back the following day. I closed the door behind after they left and walked back into the living room. They'd helped themselves to the beer, water and juice in my fridge so I cleaned up the mess they left behind. My mom had left me some rice and beef and I warmed it ready to eat but I couldn't bring myself to put the food in my mouth.

I pushed the plate away leaning my head into my hands as the weight of the day came crushing down on me. I willed myself not to cry, I'd already done enough of that but I'd almost lost the love of my life, it was definitely going to take its toll on our life.

Having distanced myself away from her long enough decided it was time I joined her back in the bedroom. Lulu had adjusted herself on the bed so that she was now lying on her stomach, her face stuffed in the pillow I used most as the cotton white panties she was wearing peaked out of the covers since her shirt had ridden up. It was no time to be getting a hard on but I could not help myself.

I covered her quickly to avoid embarrassing myself anymore before grabbing a change of clothes and entering the bathroom. It was going to be a quick shower since I didn't want to be away from Lulu longer than necessary.

After the shower I changed into a pair of black sweatpants and walked back into the bedroom. The gentlemanly thing to do would have been to leave Lulu the bed but I'd already been away from her long enough. Besides we'd already shared a bed once before so it was no big deal.

I pulled the covers from the side closest to the door and joined my sleeping beauty in bed. I pried the pillow off Lulu's hands and adjusted us so that's she was lying on my chest. I took a few minutes to admire her, she looked so precious and fragile, I was afraid that one wrong move would kill her. I knew that she was stronger than that but it didn't ease my worry. Maybe if I'd been a minute later getting to her, if I'd have found her dead after the attackers found their way to her.

Getting frustrated with the negative turn my thoughts were taking I turned off the lights engulfing us in total darkness.

I kissed her hair and found myself drifting off to sleep lured in by the rhythmic beating of her heart against mine. The last thing on my mind before I succumbed to sleep was that I was never letting Lulu go. I'd almost lost her earlier and there was no way I was going through that again.

I had no idea what time it was but I was suddenly jerked out of sleep when Lulu started screaming and lashing out in her sleep. She was mumbling to herself and alternating between yelling out No and my name. I quickly sat up in bed, turned on the lights and pulled her into my lap.

She was reliving the event that had happened to her and it broke my heart each time she yelled my name because it meant I had not been there for her. She was heavily sedated so there was no way of waking her up, all I could so was hold her and soothe her with my words. I hoped they would be enough to calm her down.

After a few minutes she'd stopped thrashing and yelling but she was still calling out to me.

"I'm here baby talk to me."I whispered softly in her ear and she whimpered.

"You came."She sobbed tightening her legs around my waist as she cried into my chest.

"Always my love, I'll always come."I consoled and she finally stopped crying.

I thought she had settled down and continued sleeping but after a few minutes she called me again.

"Jamie."

"Yes baby."

"I love you."She confessed and even though I'd already heard her confess the words to be once before they still hit me hard.

"I love you more."I replied and hugged her tighter against me.

She finally settled down and her breathing evened. I tried adjusting us so we could go back to sleep but anytime I moved she whimpered so I just leaned back against the headboard and turned off the lights. My neck and back would be hurting like hell but it was all worth it if the gorgeous queen could rest easy in my arms.

I didn't sleep much after that afraid she was going to wake up screaming again so I just held her and thought of all the ways I could show her that I was grateful she was alive and all mine. I'd almost lost her and now that I knew she loved me as much as I loved her, I had to make some changes in our lives.

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