CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Becky's POV
Me and Jenna bust through the doors of the emergency wing of the hospital and head straight for the front desk.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for Adam Torres. He was just brought in here recently." I say to the lady at the front desk as tears slowly roll down my cheeks
"Are you a family member?" She asks nicely
"No, but…" I begin to say
"I'm sorry ma'am but that information is only permitted for family members right now." She says as I clench my eyes shut and start to break down
"Look lady…I know you are doing your job and everything, but my friend here is in love with that boy and she never even got the chance to tell him. They have basically been through everything together so can you at least tell us if he is okay?" Jenna says as I'm wrapped in her arms crying
The lady hesitates, but scrolls through her computer to look for Adam's condition and information.
"It shows here that he is in critical condition and is getting prepped for emergency surgery, but that is all I can tell you." The lady at the front desk whispers
"Critical Condition?" How bad is that?" I choke out from my tears
"It's pretty bad. It is identified as life threatening and unstable. When the patient is unstable, it is more likely for complications and is more risky." She whispers as I begin to breakdown in Jenna's arms
Jenna runs her hand over my head and comforts me as she slowly walks me over to a chair in the waiting room. I sit down and continue to cry as we wait for more information on Adam.
After a few minutes, we see this middle-aged woman rush into the hospital crying and crashes up against the front desk asking where her son is. I hear her mention the name Adam Torres and I feel my body immediately shoot up.
I wipe most of my tears away and walk toward her.
"Are you Adam's mom?" I ask quietly
"Yes, have you heard anything about what happened? The only thing I know is that my son is in surgery and is in critical condition. " She says, sounding panicked
"I don't know anything more than you. I'm sorry." I say as more tears roll down my cheeks
"Are you good friends with my son?" She asks confused as to who I am
"I'm Becky Baker…" I begin to say
"So you're Becky. I've heard so much about you, Adam talks about you all the time." She says, giving me a huge hug
"It's nice to finally meet you Mrs. Torres." I say as she releases me from her embrace
"Please…call me Audra." She says as she shows me a half smile
Suddenly the lady at the front desk interrupts us.
"Excuse me Mrs. Torres, I have some more news on your son. It shows here that your son is all ready for surgery, so you will need to come with me to sign some hospital papers giving us permission to operate." She says, standing up from her chair and leading Mrs. Torres down the hall
As Mrs. Torres is walking away, she turns back towards me.
"I will keep you updated Becky." She says, then turns back around and walks through a pair of hospital doors
I stand there motionless for several seconds before I feel someone's hand on my back. I turn around and see Jenna.
"Come on Becky, let's sit down in the waiting area." She says, rubbing her hand on my back, trying to comfort me
"Thanks Jenna, but I'll be right back, I need a minute alone." I say as I head for the ladies room
As soon as I get into the ladies room, I make sure there is no one else in here with me. I go back to the door and lock it so no one comes in here and sees me. I have my back against the locked bathroom door and I just slide my back down it so I'm on the floor. I bring my knees up to my chin and just start sobbing. Crying harder than I ever have. I feel my mascara running down my cheeks, but I don't even care anymore; all I care about is knowing that Adam is alive. That he is going to be okay. I don't care about anything else. I just need to see him…I have to see him.
After several minutes of crying on the floor of the women's bathroom, I clean myself up a little bit and then unlock the door and walk back out into the waiting room where I see Jenna. I sit down next to her and she takes my hand in hers, obviously seeing that I was crying earlier. It makes me feel better knowing that she is there for me.
It's been 4 hours and Jenna and me still haven't heard from anyone about how Adam is doing.
"Something's wrong Jenna. It's been 4 hours and we still haven't heard anything. What if he didn't make it through the surgery? What if he is with god now? Oh my gosh Jenna, that's probably why we haven't heard anything, because he's dead Jenna. He can't die Jenna…he can't. I don't know what to do Jenna!" I choke out as I start sobbing while I'm pacing in the empty waiting room
Jenna gets out of her seat and just wraps me up in her arms as I cry again. I can't stop crying.
As I'm in Jenna's arms, I hear footsteps behind me. I turn to see Audra. Her face looks like she has been crying the whole 4 hours too. When I see the expression on her face, my tears turn into waterworks. Her expression makes me think that she is coming to tell me that Adam is dead.
"Please tell me he's alive!" I choke out
"How about we sit down." Mrs. Torres says shakily
I slowly sit down as she takes the seat next to me.
She grabs onto my hand.
"The good news is, Adam made it through the surgery, he's alive." She says shakily again
I sigh in relief but I can tell by her face that there is bad news.
"They told me that he's lucky to be alive. For how bad the internal bleeding was, there were some complications. He flat lined on the table for a few minutes, but they were able to bring him back. He's unconscious right now and they're not sure if he's ever going to wake up." She says as she starts crying again
What Audra just said sinks in and I turn to Jenna and cry into her arms. I turn toward Audra and hug her as we both cry.
Once our crying becomes less intense, Audra pulls out of our hug.
"The important thing is that he made it through the surgery. Now we just have to pray that he wakes up." She says unsteadily
"Can I see him?" I say wiping the tears from my cheeks
"Becky…I don't know if he would want you to him like this right now." She says
"Audra…I need to see him, I have to see him." I say as she just nods and gets up out of her chair to take me to Adam
I turn to Jenna and she just nods, reassuring me to go see Adam.
I walk with Audra through numerous hallways that all look the same; white walls, wood paneling, nurses and doctors passing us, patients being rolled through the halls.
She stops when we come to one of the hospital rooms.
"Are you sure you want to do this Becky?" She asks
I just nod and ask if I can have a couple minutes alone with Adam. She just nods and goes off to talk with one of Adam's nurses.
I take one big breath before walking into the hospital room. As soon as I round the slight corner, I see Adam.
He has all of these IV's and needles in his arm and looks like a tattered body that's been through hell and back, but he still looks beautiful to me. I slowly walk toward his hospital bed and take the seat next to him. I take his hand in mine as tears stream down my cheeks.
"You know, I think I heard somewhere that unconscious patients do better when they have someone that talks to them." I say, giving his lifeless hand a squeeze, "I'm here for you Adam." I say, starring at his limp body
"You have to wake up Adam! You have to, because I don't know what I would do without you." I say as my voice becomes squeaky from crying
"I know that you didn't cheat on me Adam. Annie told me. I'm so sorry for not believing you. I should have trusted you because I know you would never hurt me like that. I'm so sorry that I doubted you and caused you all of this pain. It's my fault that you're in this hospital bed right now. If I would have believed you when you said nothing was going on between you and Annie, Luke would've never beaten you up."
"I don't deserve you Adam and I know this is selfish, but you need to wake up for me. I need you here with me and you have to wake up. Let me see those beautiful blue eyes Adam. Please wake up. I would never forgive myself if you didn't pull through." I say
I squeeze his hand tighter and clench my eyes shut as I start crying harder. I get up from my seat and sit on the edge of his bed. I lean toward him and kiss his forehead and run my hands through his hair.
I stare at him, whispering for him to please wake up, but there is no response, no answer. He just remains lifeless, lying in his hospital bed.
I position myself so I'm lying with him in his hospital bed. Cuddling up against his body, but making sure not to hurt him. I slept in his hospital bed with him that night as I cried myself to sleep while he lied next to me.
I hope you guys liked this chapter. With christmas coming up, I'm not sure when I'll update next:( Please leave reviews or any suggestions you have for me. Thanks for reading:)