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Chapter 86- Better Than Fantasy
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Amberleigh's private chef had indeed made a spread worthy of a queen. Chocolate covered strawberries, a tantalizing fruit and cheese board, cucumber sandwiches, stuffed mushrooms, lamb kabobs, and that was just his starters. Dinner he kept a well guarded secret. Amber just hoped now he would be setting the table for three and Grayson would stay with them. He deserved to spend the holiday with those who loved him. As Amber and Grayson dug in, Leo pulled a box from beneath the counter and handed it to her. He gave her a kiss on the cheek. “Happy Birthday, Love.” “But I thought I already got my present babe,” she smiled. “Open it then. I’m sure you’ll like this one better.” Amber opened the black box to find a golden necklace inside. Dangling upon it was a pendent etched with an engraved image of the baby’s face from the last ultrasound. Well the last one Leo had been present for. Tears clouded her eyes. “Oh Leo, I love it!” Amber wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him clo
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The dark SUV continued to speed through the back streets of The Fringe while Amberleigh continued to sob in Grayson’s arms, Leo continued to be too still and too pale, and Giovanni’s hands were now just as bloody as the rest while he continued to hold pressure on the wound. He also showed concern for his daughter and her mental status as he kept turning his head to look at her in the seat behind him.“Giovanna has been through much to get you back. Before she went inside that warehouse, she tried to get Lazy Eye to tell her where they were keeping you. Even I do not know all that happened to her in his room. But he nearly killed my daughter that much I do know.”“Fuck! Why did you let her do that? Why did you do that Amber? Especially in her condition!” asked Grayson.“Surely you know my daughter well enough to understand that you cannot change her mind when it’s made up. Even as a child, she has always been stubborn. But she gets that from my side of the family. And she loves you. Gi
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The SUV pulled up to the curb in front of a small grocery store. From the outside, there was nothing special about the boxy, brick building called the Quick Shop. It was an ugly shade of brown, the plate glass windows in need of cleaning, and the cracks in the sidewalk and concrete steps in desperate need of patching. But just like with The Rabbit Hole bar, looks could be fucking deceiving. For the real action at this place happened beneath it.Or so Amber and Grayson soon learned as Giovanni and the driver quickly unloaded a lifeless Leo from the SUV and rushed him towards the front doors of the grocery store.“Help Giovanna get inside. Nano and I will take care of your friend. Meet us in the basement. One of Doc’s children will show you the way if needed,” instructed Giovanni.Grayson nodded, “I’m putting my trust in you to help him. I’ll pay whatever I need to cover the costs of his treatments. Just tell me what I need to do and I’ll do it.”“For now just take care of my daughter.”
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Donovan had been right about needing the bucket, but Amberleigh wasn’t the only one in need of it by the looks of things. Not to mention without him, Grayson and Amber would’ve never made it down those fucking stairs without breaking their necks. He helped her cart him down the steep stone stairs safely and tried to warn them about the sight they were likely to see down there. The metallic scent of blood hit them before they even made it to the last step. When they rounded the corner, it was a gruesome sight indeed which got Amber’s guts to churning. Leo lay pale and unmoving upon a stretcher in the middle of a large room surrounded by an impressive array of medical equipment. His clothes had been cut away, a discarded bloody pile in the floor, his waist covered with a sheet that was quickly becoming stained in crimson. Blood dripped off the edge of the stretcher and hit the floor.Leo had wires on his chest which displayed his vital signs on a screen mounted on a wall
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Doc removed his fingers from Leo’s carotid and began to push upon his chest up and down as Amberleigh and Grayson watched in a horrified silence. The alarm continued to scream, the noise penetrating Amber’s skull, and making her head feel like it was about to fucking explode. Cori ran to the edge of the stairs and screamed up to her brother at the top of her lungs.“Donny! We need another pair of hands down here now!”She pushed the cart over to the stretcher and ripped open a package of electrodes attached to the machine. She slapped them on Leo’s chest expertly and quickly before she turned on the machine. Amber could do nothing but watch the scene in a stupor. Her mind not wanting to process. It hurt too much.“Has his…his.. heart…?”stuttered Grayson. “Lost his pulse. His heart has gone into V-fib. It’s not a rhythm compatible with life,” explained Cori.“What does that mean?”Amber was still tightly gripping Grayson’s hand. But she couldn’t form coherent thoughts or words as the
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By the time the surgery was finished, Leo’s wound packed and left open to stave off infection, Amberleigh wasn’t the only one concerned that Grayson was going to pass out at any moment. She was getting tired of the physical strain on her to keep him from falling as he swayed. The Doc noticed the billionaire’s precarious position as he removed his bloody gloves and washed his hands.“Mr. Godwin, please take a seat. You don’t look well. Cori get his vitals and I’ll help him to a chair.”“I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.”“You aren’t fine Grayson. Anyone can see that,” argued Amber.But he was clearly not fine the stubborn ass. And the doctor wasn’t convinced. Especially when Grayson fell forward and caught himself against the stretcher and Amber yelped. Doc moved faster than his thin physique let on as he grabbed onto his newest patient before he hit the floor. Cori quickly grabbed a chair and placed it behind him as Doc eased him down into the seat.“How do you feel?” asked Doc.“Dizzy.
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