We stayed there sitting in a comfortable silence when the police arrived. It was a wild blur seeing different people from Bruce to policemen to paramedics. And during the whole time Richard nor I said a single word to anyone, maybe trying to process everything in our minds. Or maybe just so scared up that words seem impossible to speak. But I do know that Richard never let me go even when people were trying to pry him off...and I with him.
They were starting to get worried about us while we were sitting in the ambulance. Getting glances if our expressionless face, my parents and Bruce, while I pulled the blanket closer around my almost naked body. My leg and ankle still bleeding was mixed with the blood trailing down Richard's arm and a cut from his forehead.
"You need to be checked out Richard" I whispered to him tracing patterns on his chest
He stayed quiet making me wonder if he was mad at me. He could be, and if he was I couldn't blame him. I let this man, this psycho, undress me into my underwear and let him make more scars on my battered skin.
Of course he wouldn't want me, someone like Richard could never want a girl with a body like me. He is perfect in every way and I'm over here with more scars than needed. Every scar making me more and more self conscious by the minute. Making me take sharp and quick breaths. Making the tears in my eyes fall so quickly I could stop them if I tried. Making the lids of my eyes fall down heavily, my body go limp, and my mind go blank.
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When I woke up I squinted at the bright light of the sun and let my eyes adjust. Once they did I looked around the room, bears, balloons, and flowers covers the small dressers next to my bed making me smile. To my left I heard a shift and blankets rubbed against each other so I turned my head and was shocked when I seen Richard. My Richard who was looking at me
"Kori…" he whispered with with a raspy voice
"Richard" I said with a smile and reached my hand out to grab his which he quickly did
"I'm so glad you're up" he said as if he just woke up as well
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Not that long just a day" he said squeezing my hand
"Richard….im so so sorry to bring you into this mess, I never wanted to hurt you and I did just that...im-i understand if you don't want to be with me anymore" I said with tears rolling down my checks and shut my eyes
Richard then left his bed and joined me on mine. He lifted my head up wiped away my tears and kissed me with everything he got in him and with him doing that it melted away all of the worry and fear. We soon parted and let our foreheads rest against each other
"Kori, no matter what happens between us or if you bring a psycho that comes and tortures you" he said with a smile that made me laugh
"I will never stop loving you, I will fight by your side through everything that happens and will never let you go until you say the words" Richard said caressing my cheek
"I will be here Kory...I promise" Richard said and to my surprise held out a ring that had a silver band and a amethyst in a shape of a heart, on the band it was engraved My Starfire -Robin
"It's a promise ring, I was going to take you out yesterday...I even had a whole thing planned but stuff came up" he said gesturing to my casted up leg and ankle and his casted up right arm
"I promise to love you with everything in me and to tell you everything especially something serious" I said with a smile and watched as Richard slid the ring on to my left ring finger
"So was thing Bruce's surprise?" I asked with a smile to which Richard laughed
"No but this is" Richard said handing me a envelope and waited patiently as I opened it
Inside of it was a bank card, a social security card, insurance card, a driver's license, a death certificate for the psycho and which honestly made me smile so widely, and finally a birth certificate
"Welcome back to the world Kori Anders" Richard said which made me look back up at him and kiss him lovingly on the lips