CHAPTER 2
PiperPOV
It had been a month. A whole fucking month. I haven't heard a single word about Alex, except that they still have her in a medically induced coma. Bell had taken pity on me and let it slip one day while she was escorting me to electrical. Ever since they found out that there was a hit placed on Alex and they had hired the guard that did that to her, they had me escorted everywhere by one of the senior guards just in case someone decided to come after me too.
I was sitting in my bunk waiting for my name to get called for visitation. Cal practically demanded that I see him this week after ignoring him for the last couple visitations. He said something about this being extremely important. I'm sure he'll tell me that him and Neri are expecting or some shit like that, and I'll have to put on a fake smile and act happy for them. I can't be happy. Not without Alex. I fucked things up with Stella and this whole fucking panty business. How stupid can I be to let her slip away from me over some slut and nasty used panties? I go through the motions robotically when they finally call me for visitation. Cal is smiling at me like always, but there's some guy dressed pretty nice next to him, smiling at me as well.
"Cal?" I question after I give him a brief hug.
"Hey Pipes," He pulls my chair out for me, like he was raised to do. "Uhh, this is Mr. Davis, he is Grandmother's lawyer. He's handling and executing her will. He tried to get a private meeting with you but since he's technically not your lawyer he couldn't, and then you didn't have him on your visitation list, so he reached out to me, and yeah, here we are." Cal rambled on, running his fingers through his hair the more he talked.
"Okay? What's so important to talk to me about?" I asked, looking between the two.
This Davis guy cleared his throat, "Well, Miss Chapman-"
"Piper, please." I interuppted.
"Piper, then." He paused and took out a stack of papers. "You see, your grandmother loved you very much so. She believed in you, and always talked about you. I've been her lawyer for nearly two decades now and I feel like I know you just by how much she talked about you. She had a very simple will; however, with you being incarcerated, it became a little more complicated to execute. I've already divided what I could to your other family members but without being about to talk to you, I haven't been able to fully finish her bidding."
"Well, what do I have to do with it?" I asked, slightly frustrated that he wouldn't just get to the point.
"Piper! Don't be rude." Cal chastised me.
"Sorry." I mumbled, embarrassed by being told to behave by my little brother.
"Like I said, she adored you very much so. In her will, she wanted you to be have everything you needed to follow your dreams. She's left you practically everything; all of her financial dealings mostly. A lot of property was divided amongst your family. Cal here got the estate in the Ozarks. You however got her financial estate. All of her stocks, her life insurance, her savings, etc."
I was dumbfounded. "Wait, why? Why me?" I looked to Cal. "You said the medicine she was on made her a little out of her mind, are you sure this is what she wanted?"
Mr. Davis spoke up, "Piper, your grandmother made this will while you were traveling the world with your friend Polly." Cal snickered. "She was very much in her right mind when she made this. Granted your father wasn't very happy about it either, but it is how she wanted it."
"Wow. So what does this mean now?"
"Well, roughly, without taking into account some of the property values, your net worth is now about $23 million. While most of that is tied up in various stocks and business investments, you can access about $2.5 million immediately and…" He continued to explain all of it and I should really be listening but the only thing that I kept hearing is million. Then I had an idea.
"Wait." I interrupted him. "I need a new lawyer. A good one. Can you get one for me?"
He nodded, "I'll contact you this week to set up a meeting, in a more private, legal, setting." I nodded. O'Neill announced then that visitation was over, I hugged Cal goodbye and shook Mr. Davis' hand, but before I could turn to leave he called out to me, "Oh, Piper? Your grandmother wrote you a letter to explain everything. Here." He handed me a very formally addressed envelope with my grandmother's writing on it.
I walked back to my cube robotically again, and sat on my bed staring at the envelope. I looked up to see Red looking at me intensely, then she gave me a nod of encouragement and looked at the envelope. I ripped it open and began to read.
AlexPOV
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
That's all I fucking hear all fucking day. I can feel the tube down my throat, I can see the lights shining brightly through my closed eyelids, and I can feel the morphine flowing through my body.
I have no idea how long I've been in the hospital. I really don't even know how I got here. All I remember is dreaming about Piper saying my name one more time before everything went black. One of the guards must have seen the building burning or something.
I try moving my hand, in attempt to call the nurse to get this thing out of my throat, but I can't move my wrist at all. Suddenly a hand pats mine and my eyes fly open. I can hear my heart rate spike in my fear. After my eyes finally focus, I see that it's only Bell.
"Stay still, Vause. I'll get a nurse. You're okay." She patted my hand once more before leaving me alone.
Soon a few nurses came in and took the damn tube out and started taking my vitals and whatnot. I could care less, I just wanted to get the hell out of here. I felt smothered in the small room. Finally they were done and I was left alone with Bell once again.
"Maybe now that you're awake, Chapman will start acting human again." Bell snorted from her chair as she began flipping through stations on TV.
"Human again?" I croaked out, my voice sounding alien.
"Yeah, the little shit wasn't even eating for the first couple of days after she pulled you out of that building." She looked over at me. "You're fucking lucky she got there when she did, the roof collapsed seconds after she pulled you out. Anyways, after I told her you were still in a coma, she started eating again, but she's still a fucking robot." She turned her attention back to the TV and I assumed that was the end of the conversation.
Fuck. Piper. She has to be so worried. "Hey Bell?" She looks up at me. "I know you're not supposed to, so I'll understand if you say no, but do you think I could write Piper a quick note...you know just saying that I'm alive and recovering?" I asked. I hated asking for a favor, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Bell's face softened, "Yeah, I mean it's the least I could do," I looked at her in confusion. "I trained the guy that did this to you. I mean he seemed like such a nice guy, never would've known he was part of some bigger shit." She shook her head then patted all of her pockets before handing me a pen and a piece of paper.
Pipes-
I'm alright, just woke up. Bell told me you were worried. I'll be okay. Eat something.
I heart you forever.
AV
I folded it and handed it back to Bell with a thank you before settling back and attempting to watch whatever she had turned on TV. My thoughts quickly turned back to my favorite blonde and wondering what she was doing right now.
