Inferno：A Devil Chaser’s MC Romance(46)

Tessa’s doctor entered the waiting room with a serious look on his face. “Are you a relative of Mrs. Tessa Campbell?”

“I’m her husband.” Bishop lied, knowing they wouldn’t tell him anything if he wasn’t a relative. “How is she? Is she going to be okay?”

“She lost a great deal of blood, but I think she’s going to be fine. We were lucky that the bullet didn’t hit any of her organs. We hoped to reduce some of the scarring by having a plastic surgeon come in to close the wound. She’s going to need a lot of rest and someone to take care of the bandages while she heals. Is it true that she just lost her house in a fire?”

“Yes, but she’s going to be moving in with me. I’m going to take care of her.”

“Good. She’ll need to stay the night in the hospital so we can monitor her and check for infection. If she does well tonight, we should be able to release her late tomorrow afternoon.”

“Thank you, Doctor. When can I see her?” Bishop pleaded.

“She’s still heavily sedated, but you can see her now. I’ll show you to her room.”

Tessa was sleeping soundly when Bishop entered the room. She looked so peaceful lying in the hospital bed. It was like the whole thing had never happened. Bishop pulled a chair close to her bed and took her hand in his. He brought her hand to his mouth, lightly kissing her as she continued to sleep. He sat with her for several hours until he dozed off in his chair.

Bishop lifted his head when Courtney stormed into the room with Bobby following behind. “What the hell happened? Is she okay?” She yelled with tears in her eyes. “I should have never told her to go out with you. How could you let something like this happen to her?”

Bobby put his hand on her shoulder and said, “This wasn’t his fault, Court. No one thought Duce would do something like this.”

“It never would’ve happened if she wasn’t involved with him. Now she’s laid up here sliced and diced like a fucking tomato, and it’s all his fault!”

Bishop stood facing her, “You’re right. It’s all my fault. I should’ve been there with her. I shouldn’t have left this morning. I knew he was fucked up, and I should’ve kept her safe. I gotta live with that. I just hope she can forgive me for not being there when he showed up.”

“Would you both stop please?” Tessa muttered. She reached out and took Bishop’s hand. Her voice was weak as she said, “I’m fine, Courtney. Things would’ve been a lot worse if he didn’t get there when he did. Bishop saved my life, and I don’t blame him for any of this. Bobby’s right. There was no way he could have known Sam would come after me like that.”

“Who’s Sam? I thought Duce kidnapped her,” Bobby asked.

“We don’t have to talk about that right now. Duce is gone. It’s over, and you’re safe,” Bishop began.

“Duce was my brother. His real name was Sam. I’m so sorry he did all that to your club and Bishop’s bike. I can’t believe he would do all that to you…or me,” Tessa told Bobby.

Bishop squeezed her hand and bent over to kiss her on her forehead. “Stop. None of that matters right now. I know you feel bad about your brother, and I’m sorry how things turned out for him. But you have to focus on getting better now. How ya feeling?”

“I feel kinda drunk or something, but I’m doing pretty good I think. They must have me on some pretty good pain medicine,” Tessa said with a smile. “Have you checked on the kids? I’m sure they’re wondering why I haven’t called.”

“They’re fine. I talked to your mom a few hours ago. She’s going to come by later today to check on you. You need to get some rest.”

He turned to Courtney and said, “I’m going to need your help today. I want you to get with some of the girls from the club and go get some things for Tessa and the kids. She’s gonna need some clothes and things when we get home. You’ll need to get enough to last a couple of weeks. Just bring them over to my house when you’re done.”

“What are you talking about, Cole? Why would she take them to your house?” Tessa asked.

“You and the kids are moving in with me,” Bishop said firmly.

“No. We. Are. Not! I’ll have to find a place or go stay with my mother for a while. We can’t just up and move in with you!”

“Yes, you can, and you will. There’s no way I’m letting you out of my sight after all of this. I’ve already had the girls from the club working on the house to get things ready for you to move in. Myles and Drake will have to share a room for a little while, but Izzie will have her own room. They should have everything ready by the time we leave here tomorrow.”