The Wife I Never Met
Chapter 147

Once the doctor had left, Ciara turned to her husband and looked at him.

” What happened, did any of them get hurt as well?”

Liam looked at her for a while, it was as if he wanted to replace something out but at the end he just shook his head, and said.

” None of them got hurt, he left right after shooting the gun in your direction.”

He paused for some time, not sure if he should tell her the truth or just keep it to himself. At the end he took a deep breath and continued,

” Dexter is the only one who got shot while trying to save you.”

Hearing this Ciara’s eyes shot wide open, she removed the blanket wanting to see if she had any gun wounds. All this time she had thought that she was the one who got shot. Why would she be at the hospital then if nothing really happend to her?.

” what do you mean he got shot? The man clearly wanted to kill me, not him.”

She only believed him when she couldn’t replace not even a scratch on herself.

” How is he, did he make it out alive?”

” Well he was shot in the head, he did make it although I am not aware of his recovery progress as it didn’t look too good when he got here.”

Her eyes were instantly filled with a lot of guilt, the man was only there to warn her but at the end of the day he was the one who got hurt. Although he had caused her a lot of heartache and grief before, but now they had buried all of that, so of cause she wouldn’t be happy or proud that he had been shot especially when she knew very well that it was because of her.

She looked at her husband with sadness written all over her face and Liam looked right back at her. She could see that he wanted to say something but was holding himself.

” Do you blame me?”

” Blame you for what?”

She kept quiet, and looked down to the IV drip line that was connected to her hand. She then took a deep breath trying to compose herself.

” Well do you blame me for putting my friends and I in danger especially after you’ve warned me to be vigilant. I know you had initially asked me to move it to our wedding week as the resort would be a lot more safer for all of us.”

” It’s true that this could’ve been avoided if you were a lot more vigilant, but No, I don’t blame you at all. All you wanted was to go out and have fun, how would you have known that they were planning to harm you.”

He reassured her while gently caressing the hand he was holding. He wantend to feel and know that he was supporting her and would always be by her side.

” Your friends are outside, would you like to see them?”

He knew how long they’ve been there, and thought they’d really appreciate it and feel a lot at if they replace out that she was now awake and in great health.

But Ciara’s response shocked him as he wasn’t expecting it, she shook her head and requested something else.

” I will see them later but for now can you take me to Dexter’s ward I’d like to see him.”

Instead of helping her out of the bed, he asked what he’s been meaning to ask,

” Why was he also in the room? You never mentioned anything about him joining you, how come he was shot inside your hotel room?”

” Don’t get angry, he came up to warn me about Boity, I guess he was afraid he wouldn’t get to me in time before the wedding so he stalked us and that’s how he found out we were going there.

He said something about Boity harming Lina exactly on our wedding day, he said she’d get a better chance there as everyone would be more focused on us than the baby.”

” And yet you still opened for her?”

If Dexter was there to warn her, knowing the kind of person her cousin was, Ciara should’ve taken the threat seriously.

” Well when she came in, all she did was to beg for forgiveness until that man we thought was a server showed up.”

” So it never crossed your mind that they might be working together with that man?”

Ciara thought about it for a minute and responded,

” Well now that you mentioned it, that does make a lot of sense.”

Laim shook his head but did not say anything, he then helped her out of the bed held the drip for her and they then got out of her room.

Immediately when they opened the door leading out of her ward in to the corridor she saw her friends who came rushing to her.

” Hey sister are you alright why are you out of bed, shouldn’t you be resting by now?”

One of them asked but Ciara shook her head and said.

” What’s the use of sitting comfortably in bed when someone is dying because of me. I’m going to see Dexter.”

Stacey came closer to her and reassured her that everything was going well that side, and she shouldn’t worry.

” Thank Stacey but I still need to see him, it’s my fault that he is laying there, I need to at least apologize.”

Her friends then opened the way for her and since Stacey was the only one who knew Dexter’s ward, she showed them the way.

When they got there, she knocked on the door which was slightly open and Dexter’s mom was the one who told them to come in.

The more she walked closer and closer to him was the more tears formed in Ciara’s eyes. This was her very first time seeing him in such a pitiful state. Even when he was being attacked by the Dube brothers, he was still able to talk and move about, but since she never got to see him at the hospital as at that time she did not care what happened as she felt that she had done her part. Him being in so many pipes with the machine beeping next to him made Ciara think that he was in a far worse condition that what people are telling her.

She started apologizing to the family with her voice breaking as she was still sobbing.

” I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. That bullet was meant for me, He’s not supposed be here right now, He should be home with you and enjoying his time with his wife.”

Dexter’s wife gave Ciara a side eye, showing that she didn’t sympathize with her at all. Maybe if the situation was different, maybe if it wasn’t her whom Dexter took a bullet for and if it wasn’t her hotel room where her husband was shot in. What made matters worse was the fact that they were former lovers and at some point almost gotten married.

To her all of this was a clear indication that Dexter had some feelings for Ciara, and the fact that she was now here in the room with her husband just didn’t sit well with heart.

” I guess my husband has got a good heart, and would do just about anything to save a life.”

Her mother inlaw gave her a nudge with her elbow, telling her to watch what she was saying.

” This is not your fault at all, maybe this was his way of paying all his debts to you. He did it on his own accord, so who are we to blame you.”

Right now Ciara was leaning on to Liam for support with her head rested on his chest, her tears didn’t stop coming out as she continued to cry.

She looked up at him staring deep in to his eyes and it seemed like Liam knew what she was going to ask for, so he nodded. She then looked at Dexter’s family and asked,

” Can I have a moment with him, please.”