The Wife I Never Met
Chapter 146

Ciara’s friends sat there on the corridor for a very long time waiting for Ciara to wake up, they were all in shock. What was meant to be a beautiful holiday weekend was turned in to a disaster, Ciara was still unconscious and Dexter was in the emergency room still being operated on.

They sat there without a word from the other, impatiently waiting for the news from the doctor.

Finally the lights went off and the doctor came out.

When they saw him they all stood up, and Donna was the one to ask for the feedback.

” Doctor, how is he doing will he make it?”

The doctor looked at her and sighed,

” It’s ok I’m also a Doctor I can handle it.”

” Firstly let me say that the patient is very lucky to be alive, most people who’ve sustained a head injury through a gun shot never really makes it. The bullet missed his spinal cord, missed the nerves, didn’t touch the brain. It went through and didn’t touch the eye, but hit the socket which sort of caused it to deflect and only cut off a piece of his nostril on its way out. We have put him in an induced coma to allow for him to recover and will continue to monitor his recovery”

That was the time that his wife arrived at the hospital, she was looking so distressed that she didn’t have the energy to fight anyone there, she only asked the doctor for what concerned her.

” Can I see him?”

” I’m afraid at this point we can only allow his family in his ward and only them can decide who gets to see him.”

” Well I’m his wife, so I think I have every right to be with him right now.”

The doctor nodded, and asked her to follow him.

She and both of Dexter’s parents tagged along as they were lead to the recovery ward that Dexter was in.

When they entered they found him laying there peacefully, with a white bandage wrapped around his head and tubes one on his mouth.

Tears flowed uncontrollably out of his wife’s eyes as she held on to his pale cold hand.

” But why did you have to go there? Am I not enough for you, I thought you had gotten over her by now but I guess I thought wrong.

Owh just look at you Darling, what she have caused. What will I be without you, please fight, fight for us if you do love me, you will fight for our love and get out of this alive.”

Dexter’s mom brushed her back in a soothing manner trying to calm her down.

” Don’t do this to yourself, you heard for yourself what the doctor said, he will be fine. Hush now, you crying will only depress him even further.”

” Mother you have no idea how much I’m starting to hate that woman, if she didn’t lure him in to that hotel, we wouldn’t be in this predicament right now. Isn’t she married, so why does Dexter have to go to her then.”

” You know that she loves her husband right? I’m pretty sure that there will be a good explanation for this. Only the people who were in that room can tell us what happened.”

They knew Ciara’s two friends from the time Ciara was dating Dexter, so knowing that Stacey was more sensible than Lisa they asked to see her instead.

” We know you may still be holding a grudge against what our son did to your friend, but with the situation that has fallen on us, we ask that we put all our differences aside and get to the bottom of this. Can you tell us what really happened, was Dexter pestering Ciara again? Is that why that man shot him?”

Stacey shook her head and waved her hands at the same time.

” No not at all, we also thought he was there to cause trouble since there was that DNA test that was circulating around, but Ciara said that they had sorted out their differences and Dexter had apologized. And that was true because all that Dexter did when we open for him was to warn Ciara about the evil plans that his other former lover who happens to be her cousin had in store for her.

He even took that bullet for her, Ciara is the one who is supposed to be here and I’m sure she will feel as though she owes him her life as her saviour.”

This whole new revelation shocked the family to the core, especially Dexter’s wife who thought that his act was proof of the romantic feelings he still harbored deep inside. But as someone who was humble and never really liked conflict she chose to keep quiet and observe from the side maybe it would make more sense when her husband wakes up and explains everything to her.

Dexter’s parents however thought differently, they knew that Ciara would never inflict so much pain on another woman, she herself hated it when Dexter was trying to get back with her so it was impossible that she would agree to that now. They probably thought that his actions were likely due to the guilt that he felt towards Ciara and this was probably his way of paying his debt to her.

As Liam sat quietly next to his wife, thinking about the man behind this ordeal and how he was going to deal with him, he felt a slight movement from the small hand he was holding.

When he looked up, he saw Ciara blinking a few times. He stood up to carefully examine her.

” Are you alright, do you need anything to drink?”

He then took the jug of water that was on her bed side table and poured some of it in to a glass and then passed it over to her.

Ciara just looked at him without saying a word and didn’t take the glass from him, so Liam helped her to sit up straight then helped her drink using a straw.

Ciara only shook her head and gently pushed away the glass.

” What’s wrong, are you not feeling well?”

When he still did not get a response from that Liam panicked and pressed the button next to Ciara’s bed, and not even a minute later, a doctor came in to her room and asked.

” what happened?”

” She’s awake but she’s not saying a word.”

“That’s normal for patients who has gone through a traumatic event, she will adjust in time.”

He took a torch and moved it around Ciara’s eyes, then went on to check her pulse and found that everything was normal.

” Hello I’m doctor Sam, I’d like to ask you a question or two. I’d be happy if you cooperate.”

When the doctor saw that Ciara moved from staring at the wall to looking at him, he proceeded.

” Before we go on, can you tell me your name so that I can address you by it.”

Ciara was annoyed at the doctor’s stupid question, she was at the hospital, her husband was right next to her and her name was clearly written on her file. Even though she felt that way she still answered politely.

” I’m Ciara Jones.”

Liam smiled when he heard that, today was his very first time hearing Ciara say her last name so boldly. And this was a confirmation to him that everything was well with her.

” Ok that’s good, now tell me, do you have any children?”

She looked at Liam for a second there, then turned to the doctor.

” Yes I have a one year old baby girl.”

” Ok perfect, you’ve done well. That will be all for now, I’ll get one of the nurses to bring you something to eat.”

” No don’t worry about that, My husband here will take care of that, thank you.”

Ciara was not in the mood to eat especially since she doesn’t know what happened in that room, or if her friends were still alive. She wanted answers.