Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

ALEX

Pain is the first thing I register. It's not the numbing kind. The brutal kind. The kind that cuts through your nerves and reminds you you're still alive when you shouldn't be.

I thought I was going to die. I was ready to die, but shockingly, my girl saved me.

Fuck, I owe her every breath. I didn't want her exposed but the deed has been done, I'll just have to fix those posing as a threat.

I can feel the stitches in my chest like they're mocking me with every breath. My body's weak, my limbs are fucking heavy.

But something inside me is burning. Something deeper than pain.

Rage.

Because she's not here.

Because I heard them. The anesthesia must have weared off because I heard Dad talking to mum about how Athena has been called again and he's making some calls.

My vision is red.

I rip the IV from my arm and ignore the scream of the machines. The nurse tries to rush to my side.

I grab her wrist midair.

"Don't. Touch. Me."

Her eyes widen as she stumbles back.

"I need a wheelchair!" she shouts.

"No," I growl. "Bring me Luca."

"Mr. King."

"Bring me Luca. Now!"

She flinches and then rushes out.

I'm in pain right now, telling me I need to lie down isn't what I need right now.

Luca appears minutes later, storming in with Mum behind him.

"Alex," she starts gently, "you need to lie down. You're barely-"

"Where is she?"

"Who?" She asks innocently.

"Mum, where is she?"

She swallows.

"She's... being questioned. But your father is-"

"I'll pick her myself!" I turn to leave when she tugs on my hospital shirt.

"Baby, you just woke up and had a delicate surgery. Trust your father to handle this, he's not going to let anything happen to her."

Over my dead fucking body! I'm not spending another second without seeing her.

face should have been the first I saw

husband," I snap, "He's yours. Call him

goes

Luca steps forward, "you just had open-heart surgery. You're

shift, ignoring the way the pain shoots down

looks ready to argue, but

resting had you protected her. It's a good thing I'm not dead, it seems

No one answers.

all I need

and rip off the

do you think you're going?" Luca

a coat someone left nearby and throw it over my hospital

back what's mine."

"You can barely walk-❞

"Then crawl behind me."

My body may be broken, but my

the entire goddamn justice system if I have to. No one touches her again. No one questions her without going through

but I wanted to rip apart this son of a bitch for trying to touch my girl. He should thank the lucky stars

handling it." Her sweet voice which I missed so much scolds

to his name." I grit through my teeth ignoring what she said because all my mind keeps

kill Luca and Ryan

I can focus on is the way they're trembling. She slightly controls

calm but I can smell the fear still clinging to her. I can see the redness

saying anything," she mutters, her eyes

"I don't need to."

already said enough by walking into that goddamn station half-alive with a pulse line and fury stitched into

right now for fucks sake. But I

and that does

us, but not

whispers.

Wrong thing to say.

head slowly

tried to hit you. They should never have called you and tried to threaten

need to fix that

Her jaw clenches.

the first thing you

I smile.

you drive me? Making me

you to kill anyone for me Alex,

legs and burn their

"None of that either."

can do. How else

stay firm. "If you

Your recovery. Your life. I'm not worth

hold her hand making her turn to face me as she hits a brake

that again.

"You almost died-"

understand?" I

everything and more. I won't have her thinking otherwise, not even for

second.

as she faces back on the

She's quiet now.