The Deal About Us

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I woke up from my slumber in the hospital wing. Wait! Why?

"Doc, Doc, Doc!" I yelled 

"Sorry boss, what happened?" he hastily came running towards me 

"Why the heck am I not in my room? I thought I made this clear" I said

"We couldn't get the equipment to your room. Also, your bed cannot angle your body as we did here as to not hurt your bullet wound" he replied

"As if I care" I muttered

"Boss, you need to avoid bullets in your lower abdomen and region" he said

"Yes, we have a chat, my shooter and I to decide where I'll get shot" I replied sarcastically 

"Anyway, how many of us are not injured?" I asked him

"Only Miss Labrant and Mr. Hernandez" he said and I sighed in relief

"What happened to Keith?" I asked

"He got his finger chopped off" he replied

"Finger or fingers?" I asked

"Finger" he said

"What happened to it?" I asked

"Oh, it's reattached" he said

"Call him and has anyone informed Julia about Grayson?"

"No, boss" he replied

"Call her too" I said

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"Keith, get someone to turn the staircase into that inclined road type of thing but not actually a road, you know that slant...." I said trying to make him understand what I mean

"The whole staircase?" he asked

"Yeah and I'll fall 10 times a week" I replied sarcastically

"But there are only 7 days in a week" Julia said

"Exactly. I need a comfortable space to roll a wheelchair up and down" I replied

"Okay, I'll look into it" Keith said and walked off

"Now, onto you. Do you know what happened to Gray?"

"Not really"

"He has a spinal injury which makes him unable to walk or get you pregnant for the rest of his life" I said and saw her facial expression change. I tried to pull her into a hug when I winced in pain but I ignored it.

"That's what the doctor says. Are we not allowed to have a little hope?" I asked her and she nodded, muffling her sobs against my shoulder. Her tears wetted the piece of fabric.

"Shush, shush" I whispered. I do understand what she is going through, I mean, it's over, Gio will not have a sibling and Grayson will need to be taken care of. He will be no use to the mafia, no reassurance to Julia, no support to me, no partner to Keith and no fun to Gio. If only we didn't love Grayson as we do, I would have just killed him. For my sake.

"Why didn't it happen to you?" she asked her voice muffled as her face was still against my shoulder. Why the f*ck does she have it in her mind?

"I got hit by bullets but a grenade exploded near him. It's different and also my bullets were nowhere near my spine" I tried to explain

"I'll just leave" she said suddenly and ran out of the wing.

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