Chapter 20: The Promise
(Robs POV…still)
Cecilia woke up confused as to wear she was at. "Where am I?" Chloe heard her voice and jumped up immediately and hugged her intensely. "I…I thought I was dead."
"We had you pronounced dead but than your heart rate was increasing. We thought we lost you Ms. Greene. You are a very lucky woman" the paramedics said to Cecilia.
"Lucky indeed" she agreed with them.
"Ma'am if you don't mind us asking…but what made you come back" another paramedic asked?
"No…I can tell you. I was at this place…a place I dreamed of once. It was nighttime and you could see every star in the sky. I felt like I was there forever…than someone appeared by the lake and I was suddenly next to them. She told me to go back…I needed to be with him." Cecilia looked over at me. "She said since she couldn't love him the way he had once loved her that I was sent to be his one true love. The one I was destined to be with…forever and ever. The last thing she told me was…To Love Another Person is to see the Face of God. I now know what Victor Hugo meant when he wrote Les Miserables."
Everyone sat there still as can be taking everything in. I knew who met Cecilia at that place…Lily…she did. Everyone left…including Chloe. We were alone again. I was able to be with her now. Just me and Cecilia.
"Can I tell you something?" I had asked her.
"Sure." She sat up slowly. I could tell it was a struggle for her to get up.
"You can lay back down. Please I don't want you hurting yourself." She listened and laid back down on the bed. "Sometimes I see…past the horizon…sure of my ways, where I am going. With you I never know what is going to happen. When despair tears me in two I know that I turn to you. If you had left me alone I don't know how I would have gone on living. Love is our only danger now. Love needing me. Love needing you. We can make that one dream come true. You are what I love for now and forever. I promise you that with everything that I am until death do us apart and even than…you are what I live for forever."
She started to cry and she put her head on my lap. I stroked her hair and she fell asleep rather fast. I fell asleep shortly after her. It was so great to feel her in my arms again. I could never imagine living without her. She was who I got up for everyday.
I wished that she could forget what had happened. I hated to see her in so much pain. I was able to read her dreams. She dreamed of the knife in her side…she would groan anytime the knife was thrusted into her side. I don't know what to do. I guess I should text Peter and ask him what he would do in this situation. So I did. I reached over for my phone that was still laying on the end table and scrolled down to Peter Greene.
(Texts between Rob and Peter)
-Hi Peter. Cecilia is asleep and okay. I just had one question for you if you didn't mind.
-Hello Rob. That's good that she is asleep. I'll be over in the morning. And of course what is the question?
-I can tell she is having nightmares about getting stabbed by Emmett. What should I do? Do I take her back to London or do we stay here a little bit longer? I don't want to take her away from you but I just don't know what I should be doing.
-Hmm. Well fortunately for you…We just bought a house in London. I transferred everything to there. We are still keeping the houses here in Gold Coast but we are moving to be closer to Cecilia and you. I cannot be living on two different sides of the world and not being with my daughter. When she gets up ask her. Ask her what she wants to do. I know it's hard to see her have nightmares that might as well be incubus attacks but she has to deal with it herself. She studied psychology at university and she knows what to do in this situation. Stay strong son.
-Thanks Peter. That's great that you guys are moving to London. Haley and Andy too?
-Yes. Haley asked Andy if they could and since Andy IS a model he can basically move wherever he so pleases and have a job. Alisa is so upset by the way she treated you. After I told her about Emmett and not only hitting her daughter but stabbing her she was embarrassed. She actually told me that she wants to take you out to dinner to beg you for a second chance and to get to know you.
-That's…great. I mean not that she likes me now because of what Emmett did I mean that's not great if he didn't do that she'd probably still hate me right?
-It IS possible. I think she knows what and who is best for her daughters and she would have eventually came around.
-I guess you are right. When did you buy a house in London?
-The day the three of you arrived. I didn't want my daughter to leave again. So I talked to Alisa and we both agreed to move to London.
-Oh! Wow that's great Peter. I bet you can't wait to tell Cecilia. I'm sure she'll be so happy!
-Yes well my son I have to get to sleep and so should you. It has been a long day and you will need to be taking care of Cecilia. I'll have to check her out when I get over there first thing in the morning. Goodnight Robert.
-Yes it has been a long day. Goodnight Peter. Thank you for everything…especially allowing me to love your daughter. She is everything I live for.
The texts stopped after that last one. I moved down slowly so I didn't wake her. I rested my head on hers with both my arms around her. I fell asleep quickly and prayed she did not wake up.