Randy woke up in a dark hospital room he looked down at his wrist and looked at the bracelet Ashley had slipped onto his arm while he was out of it she had bought one for everyone. Randy was surprised Lance Armstrong hadn't come to her house and thank her personally for bringing so much money into caner research. It amazed him that just a little yellow bracelet could become such a big thing. He traced his finger over the lettering. LIVESTRONG. He smiled it was weak but it was a smile all the same. Ashley had been in his room a couple of days ago going on and on about finding him a donor. Randy knew if anyone could do it she would. He wondered if she ever realized how important she was to his family. She saved his life Randy laid his head back against his pillow and remembered the day he had told Trish he was leaving.
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Trish had gone out shopping and Randy thought that was the perfect time to get out. He started to pack his things it killed him inside to know that he was leaving but he wanted to save his family the pain of seeing him slowly die. He hadn't planned on Trish coming home early and catching him but that is what happened.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Leaving" he replied not looking. He knew if he did he would see the tears in her eyes and he wouldn't be able to do what he needed to do.
"But you are on injury I don't understand" she said.
"I'm not leaving for work I'm leaving you" he said simply.
"I still don't understand,you asked me to marry you, and I did. You wanted a family, and I gave you two boys. And now you just want me to watch you walk away?" she said.
"Trish it's not that simple" Randy said.
" Then make it simple" she replied.
"I was fooling myself into thinking that I was what you needed but I'm not you are too good for me and you need someone who can take care of you and the boys I can't be that and I never will". Each word he uttered was like a dagger plunging into his heart. He was lying to the woman he loved but it would save her so much misery in the long run.
With that he grabbed his bag and walked out of the house and out of her life for what he thought would be forever.
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Randy wasn't sure how it happened but when he woke up he was in a hospital bed and Trish was sleeping next to him. He moved a little and she woke up.
"Hey" she said.
"How long have I been asleep?" he asked.
His throat hurt and he couldn't talk above a whisper.
"You've been sleeping for 2 days now" she replied "Ashley called me from her cell phone and told me why you left but I don't understand why wouldn't you tell us?"
"I didn't want you or the kids to see me suffer" he replied.
"So you left and were going to die alone" she spat. "sometimes you can be so stupid we all love you and want to help you would have died if Ashley hadn't got you here you were close to it".
"I need a bone marrow transplant and I have a rare blood type" he explained.
"That is a cop out excuse and you know it" she said. "they will find you a donor and you will get better, try thinking positively"
"I don't know if I can" he replied not looking at her. For the first time he felt ashamed of what he had done.
"It's killing Ashley to see you like this I think she keeps seeing her grandfather" Trish admitted.
"He died of cancer didn't he?" Randy asked.
"Yeah he did and that is why she is so focused on saving you because she couldn't help him" Trish answered.
"Where is she now?" he asked.
"We finally got her to go home" she said.
"She does so much" he said.
"Yeah she does but she never complains sometimes I think we take her for granted" Trish said.
"You should get her a present" Randy said.
"Why?" Trish asked.
"Because she verbally kicked my ass and made me come here" he said.
"I was so mad at you when you left and then when Ashley called me I was so scared now I'm both" she said.
"I'm sorry" he said.
"I know you are and I know why you did what you did" she said "it was stupid and foolish but I know why you did it".
"So am I forgiven?" he asked.
"Not even close when you get better we'll talk about it" she said.
That had been about 2 weeks ago it's funny how things work or that is what Randy thought. A doctor walked into his room and looked at his chart.
"Good news we've found you a donor" he said.
Randy got annoyed the doctor wasn't even looking at him but he wasn't about to voice his opinions.
"Who?" he asked.
"Mr Brandon Margera" the doctor replied this time looking at him.
'So that is what Ashley was up to she got Bam to donate so of his bone marrow but what does she owe him now' Randy thought.
"Is this procedure going to hurt?" Randy asked.
"To be honest yes it is going to be very painful for both you and Mr. Margera" he said.
Randy gulped he had always been afraid of operations even now after a few of them it still scared him.
"God please let me get better" he silently prayed. "I want to see my sons grow up"
Randy called Trish a little while later to tell her the good news but he knew this battle wasn't over yet he still had to go through chemotherapy but he was hopeful that he would recover and he had one person to thank Ashley truly was his guardian angel.
A/N: Ok guys I won't be able to update until this weekend I have school starting tomorrow so hopefully it will go well and still be able to update as often as I have been doing.