Page 90 of Saved By A Dark Billionaire
"Get in," Davis told me, sounding furious. "We need to talk." That tone told me I was in trouble, but I couldn't tell you why. I opened the backseat door and climbed in. Doors slammed as they too got in. Davis turned in his chair to face me. His lip was busted and his nose had clearly been bleeding.
"You are going to tell Liv about her dad today. You aren't going to keep his secrets. She deserves to know. You have no right to make that decision for her. Don't you dare send him money! He's leaving tomorrow without a penny. I told him so already."
"How dare you try to solve this with money?" Carter added, equally upset. I had nothing to say. My throat felt tight with my voice non existent. I thought I was doing what was right, but according to them, I had done nothing but wrong. I shook my head, trying to shake off the shock as I was caught so off guard.
"I was-" I stumbled as I tried to find my words. "She'll leave to help. She's worked so hard to graduate, going through years of hell in high school to make it to this school. If I tell her that her father is having a baby, she'll run home. She can't go back there. He's already proven he'll hit her."
"Doesn't matter. You tell her the truth and then you remind her of everything you just said. You propose solutions and you solve this together, but under no circumstances do you keep this from her. Don't ever try to buy her problems away again. She'd hate you for it."
Davis' words were strongly ringing in my head well after he finished speaking. She'd hate me for it. My intentions were good, but miscalculated. Davis is right. If Olive found out I had kept it from her, and paid off her dad to leave, she'd kill me herself. I nodded my head at Davis, unable to say anything more as his words registered what my mind failed to do on its own. Davis drove us back to our meeting point in silence. Their bloodied knuckles were clearly on display, but they didn't mind it. Maybe they didn't even feel the sting of it anymore. We arrived at the gas station we had met up at a couple hours before, allowing me to get into my own car and race towards my Rose.
I was upset it had taken us so long to get to the motel. It caused me to miss picking up Rose from her class. I am sure she wasn't exactly pleased. I hope Leo has been keeping her good company. I had told him to give her the extra key I keep in my plant jar. Rose needs her own key to my place.
I drove quickly towards my apartment, ready to see her. I waited at the red light a couple blocks away from the apartment now. The moment the light turned green, I raced forward, forgetting my own rule. I was met by a blaring horn of a pickup truck that decided to run a red light. It hit the side of my car so hard. I saw everything spin around me before it dropped onto the roof of the car, letting me know I had flipped multiple times and landed on the roof of the car. I felt my head getting dizzy as warm liquid ran through my hair and dripped onto the roof of the car, showing me its dark red. I was bleeding and my head was spinning more until my vision tunneled and gave way to the darkness.
Chapter 32
Olive's P.O.V.
"He should have been here by now." Leo sighed, playing anxiously with his lip piercings. We had both tried calling him but hadn't received a response. There was no text or call back. Anytime we tried to call, it went straight to voicemail. From there, we started to worry.
"His phone is probably dead," I said, knowing that wasn't the case. I don't know what it is, but I have this sinking feeling in my stomach that something is wrong. I couldn't tell you what it was, however; having Lucas not answering the phone was only making the feeling worse. My mind kept coming up with worse case scenarios to torture me further.
"Yeah probably," he sighed, not convinced.
"What should we do? Want to try to see if anyone else has heard from him?,” I asked, hoping he would say yes, because I don't have Lisa or Rachel's number.
"Shit." I heard Leo curse under his breath before he answered his phone. "Hello?" His voice sounded so scared, like he was bracing himself for the worst news. He stood up immediately, as if the couch had caught fire beneath him. "Is he okay?....What hospital?....We're on our way."
"What is it?" I asked, feeling my heart race with worry. I felt myself taking panicked breaths and tried to calm myself until he answered.
"Lucas has been in an accident. We need to go to the hospital. Grab your stuff, let's go." Leo didn't give me a chance to ask anything more, as we practically ran to his car. He sped through the streets, straight to the hospital with a look of determination. I chewed at the side of my nail the entire time from the anxiety festering inside of me. I'm scared as hell right now. My worry and anxiety only rose more with each step I took towards the hospital.
When the double doors slid open to the emergency room, we were met by a crying Sarah and Lisa. Rachel was off in the corner, looking tortured as hell as she stared at the ground like a comatose patient. Kane was beside his daughter in a lab coat, holding her hand for comfort.
"What happened?" Leo asked before I could even find my voice.
"Thatasshole ran a red light and hit his car!" Rachel seethed, pointing at a teenage boy with a baseball cap and a look of utter horrification. He saw her finger pointed at him and he physically paled. It was obvious the kid was full of remorse and deep regret.
"He's got a bad head wound and a broken arm. They are stitching him up and taking an MRI. He's currently unconscious, but they said they would come get us when he woke," Lisa added, holding Sarah in her arms.
Leo seemed so scared, probably having a lot of trauma brought up. I can't imagine what it must be like to hear someone you love is in a car accident after you've lost people in a wreck. I am starting to understand the whole 'celebrate the good when you can' thing now. I felt so sick to my stomach thinking of Lucas being hurt. I felt like I was going to throw up.
"He's okay." Rachel looked at Leo as she spoke. "He's going to be okay."
"Rachel's right. It could have been so much worse. Lucas is going to be okay, and in a little while, we'll all be with him." Kane added, trying to persuade us all since he's the doctor of the group. We all sat in the lobby for what felt like eons before a nurse came out. We all stood up and rushed towards her. I am sure we scared her as her eyes widened and her voice shook.
"He's awake now. You're welcome to visit him two at a time. We don't want to strain him too much at once. He's got a concussion with a large laceration to the forehead. His arm is currently pinned until we can go in tomorrow and surgically fix its fragments. Be careful not to move his arm when you go in," she explained. "Who would like to go first?"
"I would. I'm his mother." Sarah stepped up, tears in her eyes. "Lisa and I shall go first."
"Follow me."
The nurse took them down the hall past the double doors and to his room. I stood planted to my spot like the roots of a tree. I didn't want to move. Leo stood beside me, taking my hand and squeezing it as we both stared at those double doors, waiting for them to open again. Nothing needed to be said, we knew exactly how the other was feeling. Eventually, Lisa and Sarah came back out. They seemed in better spirits than before, but there was still a look of concern on their faces.
"Rachel, Leo, you guys go next." Sarah called to them. Leo gave me an apologetic look as he stepped forward. I shook my head motioning for him to go. He was his best friend and Rachel was his family, of course, they would all go before me. I'm just the girlfriend…the very new girlfriend. Sarah and Lisa had left, feeling their presence was no longer warranted now that they knew Lucas would be okay. It was just Kane and I as he waited for Rachel to emerge.
"Olive, right?" Kane asked me as he sat on the chair. I had remained in my spot this entire time, unable to move or sit. It was like my legs refused to move unless it was towards him. I turned my head to look at Kane for a moment before looking back at the double doors.
