Back in Love and Back in Pink - Chapter 8 / Guess Who's Back
Tommy's POV
Telling Ciaran was probably one of the hardest things I have ever done it was hard explaining to him that she had been inn car crash and was hurt but was OK, he was confused as to how she could be hurt but OK it didn't make sense to him and I'm not surprised he is only four years old but he understood finally that when we went to see her he had to be careful because he might accidentally hurt him which I knew he wouldn't want so he promised he would be good and careful when we went to see her.
When we got to the hospital he managed to climb onto her bed and I seen her wince as she hugged him so I went to get him but she saw me coming and shook her head, I understood she just wanted to hug her baby for a little while, I gave them some privacy and went into Hayley's room to check on her. She was awake and watching TV "Hey, how you feeling?" I asked sitting in the chair next to her bed.
"Better, my head really hurts and they keep doping me up on these drugs that make me feel sick. Is it clear what happened? No one has told me anything" She explained.
"You were hit by a drunk driver, I'm not sure if they have been arrested or not yet or even if they know who was driving the other car but when if I hear anything I'll let you know" I said.
We spoke for about forty five minutes then I said I was going to go and check on Kim and Ciaran and make sure that he wasn't hurting her or anything but I assured her that Connor was supposed to be coming to visit, we said our goodbyes and I left to go and see Kim.
Going into Kim's room I seen Ciaran sitting in the chair next to her bed colouring something in, she was just watching him with a smile on her face "How's Hayley?" She asked me.
"Yeah she said she feels better but has a sore head. What about you? How do you feel today?" I asked and kissed her.
"The same really, I have a headache and my stomach hurts but other then that I'm OK... Great news the doctor said I can go home in a couple of days. Are you going to be OK looking after him for a couple of days?" She asked.
"We'll be OK won't be buddy" I said to Ciaran.
"Yeah we'll be OK mummy" He told her.
When me and Ciaran got home he went up to his room to play and I was worried about him, since we left the hospital he has been really quiet and not acting himself so I went up to his room and seen him sitting on his bed not doing anything "Hey buddy, what's up?" I sat down next to him and put my arm around him.
"I want my mummy home" He said and started crying. I hugged him and told him I wanted Kim home too as I missed her but it didn't seem to make him feel better. This parenting stuff was hard work I had no idea how Kim did this on her own everyday "Is she coming home soon?" He asked.
"Yeah she'll be home in a couple of days. Till then it's just me and you and you know what... We're going to have fun. How about I call Connor over?" I questioned.
Connor came over an hour later and took Ciaran in the garden to play soccer which gave me a chance to clean the place up and put some dinner on, I asked Connor if he wanted to stay but he said he had a date tonight. Connor's a good kid he stayed later then he needed to, he was late for his date which he didn't have to do but he did.
It was just me and Ciaran for dinner and it was surprisingly good. We talked and got to know each other a little better and he ate all of his dinner then when dinner was finished with we got a bowl of ice cream and watched Finding Nemo then it was bed time, it was late and it was tired so I was going to bath him tomorrow, I read him a story and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep.
When I was sure Ciaran was OK I went downstairs and cleaned up the plates and bowls used at dinner and cleaned up any other mess that I didn't get to do earlier then when that was done I flopped onto the sofa and watched TV.
I went and checked on Ciaran on my way to bed and his cover wasn't over him but I went to check him and make sure he wasn't cold, his hands were freezing so I put his covers back over him and he stirred but didn't wake up. I went to my bed and laid down on my side after stripping down to my boxers and all I could think about was Kim, the bed sure felt empty without her in it.
Kim's POV
I was awoken by light, I flickered my eyes open and when I finally adjusted my eyes I seen Eric standing over me "What are you doing here? How did you know I was here?" I questioned.
He smirked and sat down in the chair "Looks like a nasty crash Kim, how are feeling?" He asked.
"It was you, you crashed into us. You could of killed me!" I shouted.
"Where's Ciaran? With him? How about I take him till you get better then you can come and get him" He said.
"Over my dead body" I hissed at him. I could see my phone on the table next to my bed but Eric was sitting between me and my phone.
"Well that can be arranged" He stood over me and put his hand over my throat but I reached my hand out and managed to grab my phone and I just pressed the number 1 and the call button which was Tommy's number "Tommy... Help" I said as loud as I could when I seen that he had answered.
The line went dead and my eyes were closing too.
Tommy's POV
I heard Kim calling for help then the line went dead, I couldn't take Ciaran with me togo help her and Kira lives the closest to the hospital, no one is going to stop a power ranger so I called her straight away "Dr O do you know what time it is?" She asked.
"Yeah I know and I'm really sorry but I need your help. Kim just phoned from the hospital and called for he but I've got Ciaran here I can't leave him and I can't take him into a bad situation like that and you live closest to the hospital... Could you go and check it out, no one is going to stop a power ranger in the hospital" I explained to her.
"Don't worry Dr O, I'm on my way there now... I'll keep you updated" She said and hung up the phone.
An hour later the phone rang and I answered it immediately "Well, what happened? Is she OK?" I questioned.
"Dr O, I think I'm too late there are doctors in her room resuscitating her and hospital security is in there with some guy I don't know who he is" She said.
"OK well I'm going to phone Trent or someone to come and stay here with Ciaran so I can come to the hospital" I told her.
"No you can't. They will want to know how you knew before they phoned you and it will leave a lot of answered questions" She explained.
Another thirty minutes went by before my landline rang and I answered it before Ciaran woke up "Hello?" I said trying to sound as normal as possible.
"Hello Mr Oliver this is Dr Marshall calling. Now I don't want you to panic but someone managed to get into Kimberley's room this evening and he tried to kill her but we managed to resuscitate her and she is stable. We have this man with hospital security awaiting the police, he said his name is Eric... Does that ring a bell?" He asked.
"Er yeah that's her ex boyfriend, her sons father. I cannot believe this happened, how the hell did he get in? Do you not question people who just wonder into the hospital this time of night? How did he do it?" I was so mad this had happened it was unbelievable.
"He tried to strangle her but a nurse doing her round disturbed him and called out for security who arrived seconds later and caught him before he could leave. I assure you Mr Oliver I have no idea how this happened but when I do find out there will be punishments given to the appropriate parties, she is fine I promise Mr Oliver and I can assure you that this will never happen again" Doctor Marshall stated.
"You're damn right it won't. I will be in first thing tomorrow morning" I hung up the phone and sighed in relief that she was stable, Kira left the hospital when she heard the police being called she didn't want to get caught.
How did Eric know she was there? Was it him driving the car that crashed into Kim and Hayley? Why did he do it? Why did he want Kim dead? Why did he hate her so much? What happened? I was so confused as to why he would want Kim dead, there were so much many questions that needed answers and I was going to get them!