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.

her face should have been the first I saw when I

husband," I

room goes

"you just had open-heart surgery. You're not

pain shoots down my side. "Try stopping

ready to argue, but I

her. It's a good thing I'm not dead, it seems only I can

No one answers.

all I need

and rip

you think you're going?" Luca

someone left nearby and

back what's mine."

"You can barely walk-❞

"Then crawl behind me."

spins, but I grit through it. My

I have to. No one touches

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

here. Uncle Eli was handling it." Her sweet voice which I

I grit through my teeth ignoring what she said because all my

to kill Luca and Ryan for

focus on is the way they're trembling. She slightly controls it, But I

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

anything," she mutters,

"I don't need to."

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

right now for fucks sake. But I hold

and crying and

us, but not the uncomfortable

handled it," she whispers.

Wrong thing to say.

my head

never have called you and tried

need to

Her jaw clenches.

woke up and the first thing you think

I smile.

Making me kill for you

me. " I don't want you to kill anyone for me

legs and

"None of that either."

How

tone trying to stay firm. "If

everything. Your recovery. Your life. I'm not worth

face me as she hits

ever say that

"You almost died-"

understand?" I harden

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

second.

nods as she faces

She's quiet now.