Page 63 of Under Their Watch
“Tell us about the dream,” Quinn says. “Your dad said you were not doing too well.”
“Well,” I say. “I got hit and kinda fell back but turned to find y’all. I ran into Theo first. He went to pull me behind him, but Marvin shot him in the head. I was trying to wake him up, but… he was gone. Marvin went to the care room and just mowed everyone down. I got in there right as he shot you. He then turned it on himself and basically said he wanted to take everything from me like I did to him. I pulled Theo into the room with everyone else and got us all into one area, then I laid down between you and Jace. When I shot myself, I woke up in the hospital. I had a bandage on my head, and I just freaked out. I thought everyone was dead and I survived.”
“That’s fucking pitiful,” Anika says. “I’m so sorry.”
“I’m just glad it was a dream,” I say.
“I won’t push it right now, but I do want us to talk about that,” Theo says.
“I know. I think it’s best I do talk about it. Just not right now,” I say.
“Right now, you need to rest,” Quinn says.
“Shower first, then rest,” I say. “I’m sorry the night was ruined.”
“Don’t apologize for things beyond your control,” Theo says. “We will be here no matter what.”
“I know,” I say.
“Go take a shower. We can all talk later,” he says, and he comes over and hugs me. “I love you, Rhea.”
“I love you too, Theo,” I say as he softly kisses me. Rowan and Max kiss me before joining Theo on the stairs. Anika, Mia, and Emma give me a hug and they all go upstairs.
I get up and we go to the bathroom before Quinn and Jace help me undress. “You guys okay?” I ask.
“Yeah,” Quinn smiles. “Once you got to the hospital and it was confirmed that you were okay, we all felt better. We knew you were okay because you were awake a few times, but they wanted to make sure you didn’t have a brain bleed.
“I woke up?” I ask.
“Yeah. You didn’t say much. You would just respond to the paramedics if they asked you something, but you were pretty out of it,” Jace explains.
“I’m glad Marvin is dead,” I remark as we step into the shower together.
“I wish he hadn’t shot himself so I could have killed him,” Quinn says.
“That’s why he shot himself,” I laugh. “He saw five big ass men coming at him and decided a bullet was better than getting beat to death.”
“You’ve got a point,” he laughs.
“I feel bad,” I say while they take to washing my body.
“Why?” Jace asks.
“You guys waited six weeks to have sex, and then I got knocked the fuck out by a psycho,” I say.
“It’s okay,” Jace says. “I promise.”
“How easy do I actually have to take it?” I ask with a grin.
“We are not the ones to ask, Little Star. You have pain meds, and I am horny as hell,” Quinn says.
“Then fuck me,” I say.
“Girl, don’t tempt me,” Jace says.
“Just don’t throw me around. Probably avoid throat fucking me for a while,” I say. “Oh, and no hitting me in the head.”
“Are you sure?" Quinn asks, shutting the water off.