22. Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty
Medusa
It’s been a week since the explosion at the body shop, and I’m sitting in the hospital next to a sleeping Noah. They finally brought him out of his medically induced coma. There was some brain swelling they needed to watch, and they wanted to let his body sleep so he could heal. Noah’s right side of his body has bandages covering him. Depending on what Noah wants, they are talking about skin grafts or letting it scar. I just want to hear his voice and would give anything to hear him say, Merida. I’ve been splitting my time between here and the clubhouse. We got a video of the man setting the bombs. It was one of the men who came to talk to TJ on Noah’s first day of work. He went underground once he knew we saw him on cameras. My girls are looking for him. I want him found, and then I will punish him properly. A cell phone rings, and I see Noah’s mom's name flashing. I had Joker hack his phone to find her.
“Hello?”
“Amelia? How is he?”
“The same. We are just waiting for him to wake up on his own.” I sniffle.
Clara chuckles, “He’s always been stubborn about his beauty sleep. He never wanted to wake up for school. My mother would bribe him when she watched him.” I giggle. “Jim and I will be there sometime tomorrow. We needed to make work arrangements. I hate how long it has taken.”
“There’s not much for you to do right now. He’s just sleeping. The time to be here is when he wakes up and needs help navigating. The doctors are talking about graphs or letting it heal to see how it is. They were able to remove a lot of the dead skin since he was in a coma and on good pain meds.”
“Thank you for being with him through all of that. I know he’s quite happy with you. He wouldn’t shut up about you when he first met you.”
“He’s pretty special to me too.” I blush, admitting to his mom about the man I’m falling for. “Let me know when you are to land, and I can have someone pick you up.”
“Oh, we rented a car so we could come and go. Since Noah’s car was totaled, Jim will also work on getting that situated. Once we have the new car, we will return the rental.”
“Sounds good. You have the address to his place, and Smitty knows to let you in. The guest room is all set up for you. I ensured it when I went there to sleep the other night. My brother kicks me out to get real rest and not ‘sleep on a recliner in the hospital’ rest.”
“I’m glad someone is ensuring you’re taking care of yourself. It’s best to ensure you’re also healthy because the ones in the hospital will need you when they get out. If you go down, then you both will be fucked.” We both laugh, and she tells me to give her love to Noah. I tell myself I will do just that when I hang up. I stand stretching my body, cracking my back. I lean over to him.
“I just heard you’re a stubborn man who likes his sleep. I don’t mind you sleeping, but Noah, I need you to open your fucking eyes and say something to me. You’ve been out for a week. I don’t do well with quiet.” Noah mumbles something. I move closer to his lips. “What did you say?” He mumbles again. I move closer again, his lips find mine, and we kiss. I deepen the kiss and moan into his mouth.
“Well, it seems like he’s awake.” TJ’s sarcastic tone breaks the kiss. Noah raises his left hand to flip him off. We both laugh. “It’s great to see you’re awake and fine.”
“What happened?” His voice is hoarse. I ask him if he wants water, and he nods. Telling him to take small sips, I glance at TJ, hoping he will help me find some answers. I don’t know if we can tell him the answers right away.
“There were two bombs planted at the body shop. The first one took out the bay. It looks like you were on the phone when it went off. The impact sent you flying into the wall, and the place lit fire. You suffered third-degree burns from your neck down. The doctors had to put you into a medically induced coma to let your body heal.” I tell him as I hold his left hand.
“The second bomb went off when this one decided to run into the building looking for you.” Noah glares at me. I shrug. “It went off when she was about ten feet from the building.”
“I got a concussion and some bruising. I’m healing. Your mom and dad will be here tomorrow. I had your phone hacked to find your family.”
“Thank you. Are you sure you’re okay?” I nod. “Good. Now, where is the doctor so I can get out of here? Do you know who did this to me?” TJ looks at me and then at Noah. Noah looks between the two of us. “Tell me or I’m going to be pissed off.”
“It was one of the guys who came on your first day. He came in through the back. I don’t know how he got in. I’m so sorry. I’ll cover all your medical bills.”
“I’m not worried about that. Remember, I’m a trust fund baby. I have money. Do you have him?” Noah looks right at me. I shake my head. “I want a piece of him when you do.”
“Noah, you stay out of club business,” I warned him.
“It’s my life. You can’t keep me away from it.” He demands and stares at TJ. “It’s your business too.”
“It’s part of the Valkyries MC. She has my hands tied. I can’t even do anything. I need you to get better because we have to rebuild and don’t want to do it without you.” TJ’s words make me tear up. “If you want, I’m willing to partner up with you. Amelia has 20 percent. I’d like you to buy it for 20 percent if you want, of course.”
“I’d like that. Are you going to rebuild where it stood?” The boys started talking about business, and I played on my phone. I don’t want to leave now that he’s awake.