Teaching Aleck (The Last Hangman MC #2)(72)

We are kindly asked to move out every hour so they can check on him. I don’t know exactly what they check, but the fact that they are spending as much time making sure he’s okay is reassuring.

We also spend some time in the waiting room with my parents who brought us food and necessities after making sure the nurse knows we aren’t leaving his side unless they need to check his stats and whatever else they are doing. They weren’t too happy about it, but when Ally cried, it did the trick, the nurse didn’t have the heart to break a little girl’s heart.

I really hope he’ll wake up really soon. The waiting is killing me.





CHAPTER 32



Aleck

September 21, 2014

Six days later

I feel an odd pressure on my chest and something flashing in my eyes. I try to move ,but an unknown voice tells me to stop struggling, that I’m going to hurt myself.

What the f*ck happened?

Where the f*ck am I?

I hear a lot of noises around me. A beeping sound that increases speed, people talking in the distance, someone is moving around me.

“Aleck, can you hear me?” the unknown voice asks me.

I try to reply, but it’s too hard. I’m not strong enough to open my eyes or talk. This is frustrating. I’m trapped inside my own body.

I can feel my breathing start to grow heavier and a pain in the left side of my chest spreads around my body.

“Let her in, maybe it’ll help.” the unknown voice says.

A few seconds later, one of my favorite voices makes its way to my brain. “Aleck, Baby, please open your eyes for me.” Charline. I smile, I think I do? I’m not sure. The beeping sound and my breathing both slow down.

It takes me a while before I’m able to slightly open my eyes, but the light is too bright. I groan in pain and hear more commotion around me.

“Can you try again, Love. I turned off the light above your bed.” my woman whispers softly. I try, I really do. It takes a couple of attempts, but I finally get my eyes open, f*ck it’s so good to see her by my side alive. She smiles sweetly at me. “I missed those eyes.”

“I missed yours too,” I whisper.

“Try not to talk too much.” She leans over and kisses my head.

“W...what happened?” I rasp.

“I’ll tell you later. They have to check you over to make sure everything is okay,” she says before moving to the end of the bed.

I don’t want them to check me over. I want to hold my woman and child and tell them how much I love them. I don’t know how long I’ve been here or why ,but seeing the look of relief on her face tells me it must have been really bad.

After being probed and poked for half an hour, they finally let Charline come back to me.

“How do you feel, Gorgeous?” I rasp.

“Much better now,” she whispers holding my hand, sitting on the edge of the bed.

“What happened? I remember a couple of things but not all of it.” I cough and wince at the pain.

“Less talking, Sanford.” She glares at me playfully and rubs my hand. “It’s a long story. Just know that you saved my life and I’ll forever be grateful for it.” She leans over and brushes her lips over mine.

“One day you’ll have to tell me.” I look at her intently and she nods. “How is my little Pumpkin?”

“She’s good, excited to see you. She’s with my parents having lunch.”

“How did she take to your parents?” I smile caressing her thigh, I might be stuck in this bed, but I’m still a man.

“Mind out of the gutter, Aleck. You’re out of action for a while.” She pouts and winks. “She wasn’t sure in the beginning, but my mom won her over in no time. My dad won her over with a teddy bear.” She giggles softly, music to my ears.

“That’s good.” I smile.

“Yes, they’ve been watching over her these past couple of days when she wasn’t here.”

“Days? How long have I been here?” I frown.

“Six.”

“Fuck.” I sigh and cough.

“Easy, Love.” She helps me sit up and holds a glass of water with a straw. I take a couple of slow sips. This is f*cking frustrating. I’m supposed to be the one taking care of her.

“Is everything still working?” She looks at me confused and I point at my body.

She bursts out laughing and nods. “Yes, Love. Your left lung was damaged but they managed to fix it. The rest should be working just fine.

“We’ll have to give it a try very soon.” I smirk.

“You just woke up from being asleep for six days and the first thing you think about is sex? Typical man.” She shakes her head.

“I was just making sure you’d still be there to help me check if it was still working.” I squeeze her hand.

“So romantic,” she grins and nods, “of course, I’ll always be there for you. Always and forever…”

“Forever and always…” I sigh happily smiling at my woman. My woman…

“I love you, Aleck”

“I love you too, Charline,” I take a deep shuddering breath and cough, “f*cking hell,” I sigh, “I know you said you didn’t need to be married, but I need you to be my wife. I want us to be together forever and for you to wear my name. I want you to be Ally’s mother and the mother of our future kids. I never believed in love until I met you and you’ve shown me how good it is to share your life with another person, especially with the one who matters the most to you and loves you unconditionally. I don’t want to spend another day without you by my side. I don’t care if your dad is going to kick my ass because I asked you to marry me before getting his blessing, but I need to know that you want me by your side as much as I want you by my side forever…” I finish out of breath.