[Leo]I stared at my phone as the call ended. All I could hear was the okay she said before ending the call. That means she would stay with me, right? They’ll be around me until I find a new place for her.Which might not even happen, because I need her close. I need them close.I tilted my neck to the side, my lips stretching into a slow smile as I stood before the mirror. I raised my wine glass, taking a calm sip. A smirk crept across my lips, and my eyes darkened as the burn of the alcohol settled. My jaw clenched hard.My woman.Mine.Fucking mine.I bit my bottom lip, lost in the web of thoughts crawling through my head.What are the odds that the next action would be escapable? What are the—My lips twisted into another smile. I downed the remaining liquid and set the glass aside.My jaw clenched hard as the face of that bastard Kaden, flashed right back into my mindThat bastard. The way his expression shifted since the kids woke up, the way his damn eyes softened. The way he c
[Kaden]I had walked out to get food for my kids but not just food, I also had to pick up the keys to the new house I had gotten for them. I've been working on it for over a week now even before my kids woke up to us. I had told the interior designer to design the two rooms for my boys with their preferred colors because I knew my boys would wake up. I held onto that hope, I knew they would be excited to see their room and how Daddy designed it for them. And they did it for us, they opened their eyes. They woke up.It's been five days and it feels like I've been drawn back to life. I have been a shadow of myself. I would always tell Tilda that everything would be fine but I know I wasn't just saying those words to her, I was also talking to myself. Because it was a lot. A whole fucking lot.I pulled my car toward the hospital lot and killed the engine. My eyes shifted to the passenger seat, and I stared at the card that was right there. The key to the entrance of the house. Once she
[Matilda]"They should be able to leave by tomorrow. But they need to visit once every week for their checkup," The doctor said beside me and I flashed him a smile."Thank you so much doctor," I said to him and he nodded, his eyes shifting back to my boys before he made his way out.I stood still, hugging myself as I stared ahead. Aiden and Austin were seated comfortably in one of the beds with their eyes fixed on the tablet Kaden had gotten them yesterday. A sigh escaped my lips as my eyes stayed rooted in them.My babies.My boys. It's been five days since they woke up together. I still couldn't believe it. It all felt like a movie on how they both woke up at the same time. Aiden was in a coma and Austin was just unconscious. But they had opened their eyes together.God! They knew I was losing it. My boys knew I needed them to be whole again and they came back to Mommy.I blinked back as Aiden raised his eyes from their tablet, staring back at me.I watched as his brows creased to
[Matilda]One week later...It's been a week. A whole damn week of feeling like my body no longer belonged to me. A week of sitting in this same stiff hospital chair, not moving, barely blinking, barely breathing. Staring at my two babies lying still on those cold beds. I wouldn’t wish this ache on anyone, not even the person who hurt me the most.I don’t even remember what sleep feels like anymore. I’ve barely closed my eyes for more than an hour each night, terrified that I’ll miss something—that I’ll wake up and find one of them gone for real.Aiden fought. He was initially declared dead and he fought back and returned—but he hasn’t opened his eyes since. And Austin? The doctors said he should be awake by now. He was supposed to regain consciousness by now. He had only moved his thumb more than twice but he hadn't woken up yet.It was still silent.The kind of silence that claws at your brain, wraps around your chest, and threatens to break you.I dragged in a breath, my eyes loc
[Kaden]I stepped out of my car heading toward the basement. My jaw clenched as that bastard's words echoed all over my head.My girlfriend is waiting.I hissed as I tilted my neck heading over to the entrance. I needed to release the tension that was curled all over my body and there was no better way to do it than to teach that bitch a lesson. I made her a promise and I'd fulfill it. She would beg for death and wouldn't be granted it.And just as I pushed the third door open, my eyes shifted to Spider. His eyes met mine and he stood up from where he was seated in front of the monitors."Boss," He greeted. I gave him a firm nod before dragging out a seat and plopping down. I pinched the bridge of my nose as my eyes shifted to the monitors in front of meI could see her from the monitor tied to the chair exactly the way I left her, with her head hung lowI shifted my attention to Spider. "And what about Hazel?""She's over there," He said pointing to another angle on the monitor that
[Leo]I tilted my neck as I stepped into the elevator, my jaw clenched, my hand tightening in my pocket as everything that had gone down in these few hours echoed all over my head.My blood boiled hard. Fucking hard!"Damnit," I growled, biting down on my lower lip.The elevator car dinged softly as the door opened and I stepped out heading to where Tilda had texted me that the kids were transferred to just after Aiden was revived back but ended up slipping into a coma.I growled inwardly, wanting to fucking break something, with how everything was going.Just as I took a few steps towards the hallway. My eyes shifted as I caught a figure that was walking toward me. Kaden. His jaw was clenched, and I could see how his eyes were brimming with red.Asshole. A smirk tugged at my lips before I could stop it, but I quickly brushed it off immediately and just as he got closer, he stopped in front of me.His eyes dragged over to the bag that was clutched tightly in my hand before he stared