Chapter Thirty Three
"Long time no see beautiful" Danny called in darkness. He was there but felt so far. Due to the pain I could not speak to him but he knew what I wanted to say. He could see it in my eyes.
"I know you're hurting baby but it will be okay, you'll probably see me only a couple more times before we are together forever." He kissed ,y nose while caressing my cheek. He then went to touch my wound which made me flinch.
"Scarlett, I would never hurt you. Just stay still." He then pressed his hands against it, cooling the area and stopping the pain.
I woke sweatily in Monroes office on the sofa, nurses and doctors crowded around with bandages and syringes. They stepped back and eventually faded away now I was awake. My dad moved towards me with open arms. He enclosed me in them, not like the monster but like the bird would its young. He whispered in my ears softly.
"Since the shooting I haven't kept my eyes off of you. You have been out for a few days but don't worry, the guy has been caught and dealt with. I didn't realise how much you meant to me until you were fading away. My only friend and so far only family member I have to protect nearly left me and I couldn't have lived without you. To be honest I would have taken to bullet myself but don't tell the officers. I love you Scarlett." He kissed my ear softly and carried me to my room, laying me gently on a bed of feathers. Tears fell from his eyes as he was called to a meeting. I had seen a different side to my dad which I preferred to the murderer, the dictator, public enemy number one. I was just settling into my bed when Caitlyn came running in, Tears in her eyes. These weren't tears of happiness though. She ran towards the bed and slapped me around the face. I stretched hard enough to start the bleeding from the shot wound again. She stood there red faced as if waiting for an apology.
"Are you alright?" I asked as cheery as I could but the pain made my words jerk out.
"BECAUSE OF YOU, MY DAD IS DEAD!" She screamed in my face. I sat bolt upright in shock.
"I couldn't have done, I've only just woken up!"
"Not you, your dictator of a dad! My dad was shot because Monroe thought he was plotting to kill him. You got in the way which made it look more suspicious. The stupid thing is my dad was innocent, killed due to paranoia."
"Caitlyn I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen!"
"Bitch please, I could be homeless now! One stupid act means me and my brother and I are homeless. Hope you feel happy now!"
"I feel terrible, is there anything I can do?"
"Take a knife to your throat because I never want to see you again!" She stormed out causing tears to fill up in my eyes. I couldn't hold it in anymore, I cried out loud and uncontrollably for about 10 minutes until dad ran in with a clean rag. He hugged me not realising why I was crying.
"Sweetheart what's wrong? Are you in pain because I can get you some medication!" He smiled.
"Why did you kill Captain Baker?" I sobbed into his chest.
"I thought he was untrustworthy and he meant to harm you. Honestly I feel awful about it and he is having an honorary funeral."
"What about Caitlyn and Jake?"
"Jake is still working for me and has been promoted to his fathers position. They will be fine. Trust me." I had finally calmed.
"Where is Jake now?"
"Guarding a jail, why?" He held me away and stared into my eyes. He was not controlling me now. I broke the strings.
"I need to ask him something."