The Wright One

MIA

Fear instantly grabs me when I see an unfamiliar car pull in front of the cabin. We weren’t left with a weapon, the main deal was that no one was supposed to be able to find us. It gets worse when I see Luke from the bar. Something is wrong. Luke wouldn’t be here unless something went terribly wrong.

I ran out of the cabin to meet him. He looks sad and distressed. “What happened? Where is he?”

“Mia, he’s been shot. They took him to the hospital, his partner called me to come get you. I don’t even know how bad it is. Just that he is in surgery.”

Joseph comes out behind me. “No, No.” He seems to be screaming his anger out into the world. I didn’t realize how much Joseph liked William until this moment right now.

I feel as if my world is crumbling. William can’t die. I can’t lose him now. “We have to get there.” I start rushing to Luke’s car before he can even argue. He doesn’t seem to want to.

The whole way down the mountain he is on the phone with his family. Trying to get updates from David, trying to round up all the others so that they know where he is. I knew William had a big family but I didn’t think it was this big.

That doesn’t really matter to me because I am on pins and needles. We can’t get to that hospital fast enough. I doubt they are even going to let me see him when we get there. I’m not family. I’m no one to William. Just a girl he was considering dating. But that doesn’t stop me from bolting from the car as soon as we park at the hospital. Joseph and Luke are right behind me and I’m glad for it when I get in there and I have no idea where I am going.

Luke takes my arm. “This way.” I follow him and see a waiting room full of people. Some of them look a lot like William. Some older and some females that are way too beautiful. They must be sisters and sister in laws. At least I hope one of them isn’t a girlfriend. He did say he didn’t have one, but what if it was some mistake or something.

An officer in uniform with way too much blood on it comes up to me. “Are you Mia?” I nod, because I don’t know what else to do. “He told me to get you. Well he told me to tell Luke to get you. I’m Dex, his partner. He told me a lot about you. I want you to know that we got him. Brock isn’t going to bother you again. He’s gone.”

“What about William?” I can’t stop the tears. I just want someone to tell me that he is ok. That he is going to be fine.

He looks sad. “We don’t know yet. He lost a lot of blood. But they made it sound like it was just a matter of patching him up and a transfusion but they really haven’t given us any news.”

Joseph wraps me in his arms. “It’s ok. He’s a strong guy. He isn’t going to let this take him down.”

I can’t stop crying. “You don’t know that. He could die and it would be all my fault. My stupid case. He would have never gone against Brock if it wasn’t for me.”

Dex makes me look at him. “Don’t for a second think that this is your fault. Brock is the one in the wrong. He is paying for his crimes. William will pull through this, I know it.”

Dex takes me to a seat to sit, but I feel like I am falling apart. I want news. Any news.

I am momentarily taken out of my grief when we hear a woman in a panicked voice calling through the hospital. “Dex.” She is carrying a toddler about two. Her eyes widened when she saw all the blood on him. “Oh, my God Dex.”

“Relax, baby, it isn’t mine.” She sighs in relief and runs into his arms. He holds his little family like it’s the most precious thing on the planet. “I’m fine, not a scratch on me.”

“Dex I was so worried.”

He pulls back just a little. “This is my partner’s girl Mia. Funny huh? Anyway, this is his blood, so I’m not exactly ready to leave yet.”

She nods and gives me a small smile. “I understand. I just had to make sure you were alright. I heard there was an officer involved shooting and you weren’t answering your phone. I came right down here. I had to know that you were safe.”

He kisses her forehead so tenderly. “I just got my family back, I’ll be damned if I am going to lose it again.”

I feel intrusive in this moment, but also at the same time I needed to see this show of love. I needed to know that the world wasn’t all just doom and gloom.

Someone sits on my right. “So, you are dating William?” I look over and it is an older woman that I have never met before, but she has the same eyes as William. I am pretty sure that this is his mother.

“Sort of. It’s complicated.”

She gives me a warm smile. “Isabelle says that he couldn’t stop talking about you. I know it hasn’t been that long, but the Wright men, when they want to, move pretty fast.”

One of the brothers laughs. I think this one is Justin. He has a little boy about ten clinging to his leg. “We are also notorious idiots.”Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Luke scoffs. “Speak for yourself.”

Justin grins. “It’s better to own up to it now bro, because if not then you are screwed when you do screw up. And believe me you will. We all do.”

I return my attention to his mom. “I just want him to be ok.”

Taking my hand she squeezes it. “I know my son. He will pull through this. He knows I will kick his ass if he doesn’t.”

I am sniffling from all the crying that I am doing, but I can’t help but laugh a little. This family has this much faith that he is going to pull through. I can too. I can have faith that William is strong enough to pull through this.