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(#Gaelic Cause I don't want to keep doing translations LOL#)
Mark came out of the room Patty was moved to while Adam stayed in with her. He didn't care if he couldn't understand her or not when she was awake. For now she was asleep. Mark was throwing scrubs in a bin before seeing who was in the waiting room. Eve & Matt, Jason & his wife. His own date for the night was not in sight, not that he overly expected her to be. He only brought her cause he felt odd attending the event alone. What caught his attention was the short mop of red hair sitting by himself with his head lowered to clasped hand. Mark walked past the others towards Stephen looking down at him. "We need to talk."
Stephen slowly raised his head looking up into the cold glare of Undertaker. He slowly nodded. #I don't know everything & it best I think for now I don't.# Taker spoke moving into a seat by Stephen. #If you came to hurt her again…#
#I haven't…I wish to make it up to her. I know I have been unkind to my own blood, while unforgivable I pray she can.#
#While I may not, she has a good heart. There must be reason why she endured as long as she did.#
Stephen lowered his head again with a sigh. "She & I only had each other for the last six years…" He turns his head looking at Mark. "How are you so fluid in Gaelic? Even a lot on the isles don't even speak it anymore. Patty & I know it because our father drilled in us to never forget our roots."
"Studying Celtic lore & druid rites."
"You really studied the rituals of the druids."
"Yes…one day I would like to stand before Stonehenge."
"So my sister calls you her true protector?"
"Yes…I told her once I would look after her, offer her help…she only needed to ask." He turned his gaze as Stephen. #Oddly she never did in regards to you. You piled the weight of the world on her shoulders yet she kept fighting it alone.#
Stephen cringed at his words knowing how true they were now. "I am not sure what came over me shortly after our parents were killed…I rushed home after hearing the news…so worried she was going to die as well. It is dumb, but after I knew she was going to be ok I was so…"
"Your dreams had to be placed on hold for her…you were forced to become her parents…"
"I guess…still does not excused It."
"True…she makes that call once she gets better."
"How bad is it?"
"Bad enough that anyone that goes to see her must wear protective gear. For her safety & the visitors. They don't know if she is contagious or not. So where the swine?"
"Jail…at least for tonight…Alleged assault when I am guessing you told Hunter about Patty having an infected cut?"
"Yeah…two actually…One on the torso, the other her abs. They are minor in the manner of the cut themselves…not even stitches. Both were inflamed with infection though."
#My poor sister…the monster…I was not much better.#
#I am not condoning it at all…but at least the time you both been in the company she was never sent to a hospital over your actions had she?#
#Ever since it started it was never that bad…as far as I know…I can not beg for forgiveness enough.#
"Well pardon if I am not suggesting you going in to see her."
"I understand…before she married him she cursed me saying she was glad to be free of me & the name…the only thing she would be thankful for out of that cursed wedding. Once she wakes & listens to my apology if she still wished nothing to do with me I will respect that. I just wish her to know I truly wish to repent for what I had put her through."
"I feel that true…we shall see."
"Thank ye…now tell me of Adam & her?"
"There isn't much to tell, he loves her…she loves him back, but knew they could not be."
"So he never tried to talk her out of it?"
"He knew what her belief means to her, he respected it even if it broke both their hearts to do so. They talked of it, regretted it was to happen, also knew nothing could stop it except your word."
Stephen nodded again cursing in his head at his blind eye & blind rage he had for his sister for so long. She had someone, but she was too scared to tell him. "I best head back in, in case she wakes. The infection was affecting her mind & was only speaking in the old tongue." Mark tell him as he stand.
"Thank ye Taker." Mark just nods heading back for the ward not looking forward to getting back into the protective gear again. He personally did not thing she was contagious as long as they didn't touch the cuts themselves, but he was not a doctor.
Patty was still out of it the next day & quite a few guys were furious to hear Drew was out of jail. Without Patty's word they had nothing to hold him on, he actually said the cuts were accidents of….as he called it 'rough play'. Now why he may have been a free man for now he had already been told by Tiffany she was filing divorce papers the moment she get back to Florida. He was placed on suspension pending WWE's own investigation into the allegations of Drew's abusive behavior.
Once she was cleared of being a health risk Patty was moved to a normal room, Adam only left her side when Mark forced him to go eat. Stephen would watch from the hall way but never enter the room itself. He knew he did not earn that right. It was heading into night when she began to move feeling someone touch her she tried to fight. "NO…NO…GET OF ME!" Her eyes were still closed.
"Mo chroí." Adam spoke softly not going for her hand again. "Can you hear me…can you understand me?" He figured he would try since she just yelled in English.
She pushed to opening her eyes looking in the direction of the voice. "Mo chroí? I…I didn't dream you?"
Adam had to fight the tears he knew wanted to flow. "No…I been here as long as I could until Mark forced me to go eat & stuff." He saw her move her head taking in the room.
"Hospital?"
"Yeah…we got you here last night." He saw fear flash in her green eyes. "Relax…We won't let him hurt you."
"Just say the words." She heard Mark's voice she tried to move her head to see him, but he was masked in a shadowed part of the room. She lightly gulped laying her head back.
"I fear it will make me weak."
"Mo chroí it takes more strength to know & admit when you need help." Adam told her lightly taking her hand again glad when she squeezed it instead of pulling away.
She sighed closing her eyes. "Please…help me."
"And it shall be given." Was Mark's reply a small dark grin on his lips as he waited months for her to say it…there was so much he wanted to do to offer aid, but for whatever reason he could not until asked & she had to be the one to ask it of him. He walked over to her touching her shoulder opposite of where Adam sat. She turned her head looking up at him. #May the fire of Bridget heal & protect you.# She gave a smile before she thanked him. Her eyes dropped a bit using her free hand to touch her ears. "Yes was wondering when you would be asking for those…they are safe. May be best you try not to put them back in until you get out of here."
"Any clue when that will be?"
"Well since you are awake…hopefully tomorrow maybe."
"Not sure where I will go though…I can not fly for a while. I am sure."
"On my bus" Adam informed her. "Before you think anything there are bunks you or I can sleep on."
"Now the next question…not to put a lot on you, but you need to think about…What of your dear husband?" Mark inquired.
"What can I do…"
"Report his ass." Adam told her trying not to snap. "He hurt you, got you paced in a hospital cause of it."
"He is my family now though."
"He nay ever shoul be though." Came Stephen's voice from the door. "I sorry but I nay coul just stan there earing her begin to may the same mistakes again."
"What the hell you want here Stephen?" She bit angrily at him. Adam lightly rubbed her hand between his trying to calm her down even though she had full right to be angry at her brother.
"I wish to make amends."
She turned to look at Mark who just lightly offered a nod. "I do not know why ye deserve my time…but come in."
Stephen lowered his head as he entered the room moving next to her bed as Mark actually back up a little. "My eyes were opened too late…Ye words the day of the wedding started to break thee walls I placed round meself. They shattered too late to stop him, I am sorry sistar, please I ask forgiveness when I know I do not deserve it."
She closed her eyes in thought. "Maybe in time, but not yet…I can not…not yet."
"Just ye saying there is hope…I will show ye sister, I will show I am a changed man for thee better. Why I know I should be in a cell with that swine…you can not give Drew the same liberties you did to me over the years."
"He is now my family…"
"NO…Patty…please…not even a week & he placed ye in a hospital…where will ya be next? What is Mark & Adam didn't find ya where might ya be now? He married ya unlawfully…that there should break the ties of family he would claim to ya. Ye were right, he was already wed before ya…ya would only offer protecting to him if ye luved him , which ye clearly stated ye do not."
"I would wish it back in Scotland…that is where he created the sham of a union…also the bulk if his assaults to me. Before ye do…please don't ask, just know twas more then once. I know I can not fly back right away…but being in New York there should be a British Consulate."
"Being ye family I'll check into it for ya…Being one of their citizens I may have better luck finding out anything."
"How long was I out?"
"About one day." Adam told her.
"So still new years?"
"Yes."
"Well then I am sure they are closed today anyways."
"Well first in the morning." Stephen told her.
"I'll call Vince see if he will give us a few extra days…And as for Patty I guess that depends on how fast the doctors clear her. For now though I think she needs her rest." Mark instructed them. Stephen bid her good bye before he walked out. Mark the same, he waited for Adam in the waiting area telling her good night & softly gave her a parting kiss before he walked out leaving with Mark to the hotel.