Chapter 6
Mary
“Ok, babe. I’ve got to go. Got that run I’m going on. Need anything before I go?” Jameson says, coming into the kitchen.
I hand him his coffee and a breakfast sandwich to go.
“No, hon. I’m just going to wait for Gemini to come over, and then we are heading to meet with Julie.
I’ll get a timeline on when things need to be done.
They will most likely want to do a walk-through of the house to make sure it’s safe for him in the next week or so.
They will also want to meet with you as well. ”
“You let me know when I’m needed, and I will make sure I’m there,” Jameson says while leaning down to give me a kiss.
“Alright, hon. I will keep you updated. It generally takes a little time for the approval to go through, but once it does, things move quickly. They will most likely need to meet with you before the final approval is given. Regardless, I’ll see you when you get back. Be safe.”
“Will do, babe.”
Jameson walks out the door, and I get busy cleaning the kitchen before going to get ready.
Gemini shows up with a couple of guys in tow. Giving her a hug, I ask what’s up with her friends.
“They are for protection. Hydra won’t let me leave without them. He’s paranoid that something will happen to me again.”
“Well, something did, so I can see his point. I’m glad you have protection, honey.”
“Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll be getting your own too. But since we are together today, it just made sense to share.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Mom, seriously. You are with one of the guys now. Casper is the same as all the others. They are super protective of us all. Since I’m the first Ol’ Lady in the group, and now you, they will all protect us with everything they are.”
“I mean, I know they are protective. But to have some guys follow us around all day? That’s a lot.”
“They only want to protect us. It is how they roll. Get used to it.” She giggles after telling me this.
“Well, alright then. Let’s go talk to Julie with our escort then.” Laughing together, we walk out of the house.
***
After meeting with Julie and getting all the information we need, we head back to my house. Deciding on a round of baking to celebrate Peter potentially coming to stay is a great way to complete our afternoon.
I love spending time with Gemini. It doesn’t happen a lot, though we have been able to connect more now.
So, for now, we talk and laugh while baking up a storm. Our escort didn’t want to come in. They are outside watching the house.
“Alright, keep an eye on that for me for a minute. I’m going to use the ladies’ room. Be right back.”
I go through my room to the restroom and take care of my business. Coming out, I stop with a gasp. George is standing right there in my room.
Before I can do anything, he grabs me by my throat and squeezes.
“Well, hello there, dear wife. Did you miss me? I sure missed you. And my own sweet girl.”
Bile rises, but there’s nowhere for it to go with him squeezing my throat. How is he out? I’m supposed to know when he is getting out. Why didn’t I know?
Another thought, did he touch Gemini before coming in here?
He backs me up into the bathroom and pushes me up against the wall.Leaning in, he says, “What do you think I should do with my very disobedient wife? Hmmm? Did you turn my own sweet girl against me? I bet you did. But don’t worry, I will definitely get her back on my side in no time.
You just wait and see. I will let you watch me play with her.
Does that make you jealous? Don’t let it, sweet wife. There is enough of me to go around.”
He licks my face as tears roll down my cheeks. I feel so helpless right now as he is pressing into me. I feel his erection as it grows harder against my stomach. I’m praying Gemini stays in the kitchen and doesn’t come looking for me.
George smacks my face, once, twice. The third time, a small sound comes from my throat even though he is still squeezing it.
Suddenly, George starts to punch me in the face. My vision fades a bit, my ears ringing, when he loosens his hold on my neck. I suck in a deep breath, getting ready to scream for Gemini to run when I feel the knife slip into my side.
“Don’t worry, sweet wife. Disobedient or not, you are mine. No way you are getting away from me. Not even in death will you be free of me. I own you. Now, give me some love. I think I hear my own sweet girl coming.”
He leans in, forcing my face to his and kisses me. When he pushes his tongue in my mouth, I bite as hard as I can. He pulls back, and when he does, I scream, “Run, Gemini! Run!”
George loses control and starts punching me again. It feels like fire is consuming me, but I keep screaming. Slowly, I fade into the black void.
* Casper *
The ringing of my phone is almost constant by the time I pull into the clubhouse parking lot. Pulling it out of my pocket, I answer Hydra’s call.
“Just pulled in, man. What’s up?”
“Get to the hospital right the fuck now, man. Gemini and Mary were hurt. Gemini is doing alright, but Mary is in surgery right now. Get here.”
“Fuck! I’m on my way.”
Starting my bike back up, I race to the hospital. The guys I went with at my back, not even questioning what’s going on. The ride is taking me forever. I pray with all I have to a God I’m not sure I believe in.
Pulling in, I don’t even care about where my bike is left. I run into the building, looking for any of my guys to tell me where to go.
Beak is waiting to show me where to go. We make it up to the surgical waiting room, and I head over to the guys waiting here.
Roscoe says, “Hey man, take it easy. Mary is in surgery. They said they would come update us when they could but that it could take a while. Mary had multiple stab wounds, and it looked like she was severely beaten.”
“What about Gemini? How is she doing?”
“Gemini just has a couple slashes from the knife he used on Mary when she went in to help her get away. She is getting them stitched up now, but she refused to go until Mary went to surgery.”
“Who? Who did this?”
“Her ex is out of jail.”
“What the fuck? He is supposed to be in there another two years.”
“Looks like he’s out according to Gemini.”
“He’s a fucking dead man walking. I don’t give a fuck what I have to do. I will end his pitiful life.”
“We’ve got your back, man. You know we do. But first, we need to wait on Mary.”
“I hear you. I want to run down to see how Gemini is doing. I’ll be right back. Let me know if they come back for an update.”
“Will do.”
Heading back down to the emergency room, I find where they have Gemini. They are in the process of stitching her back up.
She looks up at me with tears in her eyes. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t know. He was right there, and I didn’t even know.” She starts crying.
I make my way over and hug her tight.
“Not your fault, sweetheart. That’s all on George. Now, what is this I’m hearing that you got hurt because you went in to help Mary?”
She swallows hard. “We were baking, and Mary went to the restroom. She was gone for a long time, so I went to see if she was OK. I heard something, then suddenly, she screamed at me to run. I alerted the guys outside, then grabbed something before running into the restroom. He had her up against the wall, hitting her over and over. Some with his fist. Some with the knife. I don’t even know what I grabbed, but I swung it at him. It caught the side of his head.
“He turned and swung the knife at me. It caught my arm twice before I could swing again. They guys were coming at this point. George pushed me out of the way and took off. As he was leaving, he told me he would be back to finish our business.”
“I’m so proud of you, holding it together like that. But you should have waited for the guys to get there to help.”
“He was killing her! I couldn’t let that happen. I can’t lose her! I just can’t!” She cries harder.
I hug her tighter. “I’ll make sure you don’t, sweetheart. We will get her through this. Let them finish stitching you up. I’m going to go back upstairs to see if they are giving any updates yet.”
“He got away. What are we going to do?”
“Well, you are going to take care of these stitches while the rest of the club takes care of you both. We will also take care of George. Don’t you worry.”
“Baby, you let us handle this. He will not come near you again. I promise,” Hydra tells her.
Back in the waiting room, I settle in to wait on word.
Doc comes in and I stand to hear the news.
“I went to get an update, Casper. They are still working on her. She has at least fifteen stab wounds. They’ve given her a lot of blood.
Looks like one of the knife wounds lacerated her uterus and they may need to take it out.
Another one punctured her lung, causing it to collapse.
They had to put in a chest tube to reinflate it.
They still have a while before they will finish, but I will let you know what is happening. Questions?”
“I have a shit ton. First, is she going to make it?”
“It’s touch-and-go right now. We will have a better idea when she gets through the surgery. Then, it’ll be touch-and-go for the next couple of days.”
“Fuck. OK. How much longer do they have?”
“Probably another couple of hours, at least. There was a lot of damage. They want to make sure they get all of it. She will go to the ICU after she spends a little time in recovery. I’ll come give you another update in a while.”
Doc leaves, and Hydra walks in with Gemini.
“What did we miss?” Hydra asks.
I give them a rundown of all her injuries known at this point. My worry is that they don’t find them all. Fuck! I need to hit something. I’m going to go crazy waiting for word.
Gemini comes over and puts her arms around me. I put my head on hers for a minute.
“Sit down, sweetheart. You were injured too. Relax. Let’s get something to prop your arm up.”
“I’m ok. I don’t even feel it.”
“But you will. I don’t want you hurting.”
Hydra leads her to a chair while I go out to ask for a pillow.
Getting her situated, I pace the room.
The guys are filling up the waiting room. All of them have come over to touch my shoulder at one point or another. Fuckin’ love my family.
***
It’s been hours. Doc has been in to update what’s going on.
I thought my heart was going to crack open and fall out of my chest when he told me her heart stopped.
She’s still fighting, but fuck! That motherfucker is going to die a very slow and painful death.
He will feel everything, all the pain, the anxiety, the fear, he has put my girls through.
He will not get away with harming them. I’ll make sure of it. But that will wait until I get Mary home. She’s coming back to the clubhouse with me when she’s released. No way is she going back to her house where that fucker hurt her.
Finally, the surgeon walks in and comes over to us. I stand immediately.
“Alright, you must be the family of Mary Poston.” I nod.
“I am Dr. Karbassi. She is in recovery right now. She will be there for a while before being moved to the ICU. Mary sustained sixteen stab wounds in total. One that punctured her lung in which we placed a chest tube. It will slowly reinflate it while drawing out the fluid. Next, one of the stab wounds hit her uterus, and we had to remove it. The last one that hit anything vital was her liver. That is where she bled a substantial amount. We got the bleeding stopped. She was stitched up with hundreds of stitches.”
“Doc said you would know more about her prognosis after she was out of surgery.”
“I’d say guarded at this point. The next forty-eight hours will tell us more. She has a breathing tube in currently. I want to keep her on it for the next while to allow her to heal a bit before weaning her off the sedation.”
“When can I see her?”
“They will come get you when she is moved to the ICU and settled. Probably about another hour.”
“Thanks, Doc. We will be here waiting.”
He leaves the room, and I feel a weight crushing me. Sinking down into my chair, I put my head in my hands.
Barely holding it together, I feel little hands rubbing my shoulder. Looking up, I see Gemini with tears in her eyes.
Opening my arms, she collapses into them, sobbing. I hold her tight. Hydra moves over to put a hand on both of us.
“Brother, we will keep someone on her door here to make sure he doesn’t get to her. We will have another one in the waiting area to make sure he doesn’t try to get in.”
“Thanks, man. This waiting fucking sucks. I need to see her.”
“They will get you soon. She will be alright.”
Taking a deep breath, I settle in to finish my wait.
Finally, a nurse comes into the waiting area. “Family of Mary Poston?”
I jump up with Gemini. “We are.”
“You can come back with me, but you can only stay for ten minutes. There are a lot of things we need to do to get her situated. But I wanted to give you a chance to see her. Only two of you.”
Hydra says, “You both go. I’ll wait here with the others.”
Grabbing Gemini’s hand, we walk down to her room. Stopping at the door, neither of us is prepared for what we see.
In addition to the breathing tube, her face is covered in bruises. She is attached to so many lines and machines that it makes my head spin. But my Mary could tell you all the things she is attached to. She’s amazing like that.
We walk up to the bed, and Gemini starts crying. “I’m sorry, Mom. I’m so sorry,” she says.
“Not your fault, sweetheart. As I said, it’s all his fault. We will get him and make sure both you and her are safe.”
Moving over, I lightly stroke her upper arm. “You fight, baby. Fight hard and come back to us. We need you. I will be here as often as they will let me in. I love you, baby. We need to go for now, but we will be back soon.”
I kiss the top of her head before grabbing Gemini’s hand and leading us back to the waiting room. Then I find the nurse and give her my number to call if there are any changes. I want to get things settled with George before she comes home.
“Let’s have church,” I say.
“Alright, I’ve got Tommy here to sit on her door, and Gus will hang here in the waiting room for now. Tommy won’t leave his post unless Gus takes over. We will head back to the clubhouse to get this ironed out.”
“Let’s go figure this out.” I’ll be back soon, baby.