Raging Love(74)

I tried to sleep while my family slept, but I think my adrenaline was still in full force playing out every moment in my head. When all this was done and we were home safe, I was determined to get to the bottom of why my son thought it was okay to sneak on a horse he wasn’t familiar with. I never wanted to bust his little butt until this stunt he pulled. That boy had put not only his life, but his cousin Bella’s life, in danger.

The thoughts of punishing my son were interrupted when I heard Savanna’s voice.

“Hey Baby.”

“How you feelin’ Darlin’?”

“My legs are killing me, but I feel better now that I know everyone is okay. Colt, I’m so sorry that I went out into the storm. I couldn’t sit at home just waiting. I had to go out and look for them.”

I shook my head. “I’m not goin’ to say I’m not angry with you. What you did was reckless and you put not only yourself but our baby in danger. If something would have happened to you I couldn’t live with myself.”

“Nothing happened. Well, nothing terrible. We are all okay Colt.” Savanna knew things had happened and she could have lost that baby. I was pissed and she needed to know it, but at the same time, I was so damn happy that they were safe now.

“Savanna, what you did was careless, but you are the reason the kids are safe now. I don’t know how to feel about it when you’re the only reason for that. I love you Darlin’, but please be more careful.”

She started to cry. I watched her look over at Noah and caress his little hand with hers. “I just love him so much, Colt. I couldn’t spend one more second not knowing he was safe. I’m not sorry for what I did and if I had to make the choice again, it would be the same. I’m his mother and it is my job to protect, even if it means risking my own safety.”

I figured that it was best if I just dropped the conversation all together. Savanna was pretty clear about her feelings. None of us could get much sleep at the hospital, so when it came time for them both to be released, we rushed out of there to get home to our comfortable bed. Of course Savanna wasn’t ready to let Noah anywhere out of our sight. She put the boy right between us in bed and had her arm around him immediately.

She loved that boy so much, it brought tears to my eyes.

The family started showing up some time after lunch. My mother and Lucy brought a whole spread over to feed everyone. Bella was attached to Ty and she and Noah hadn’t really said much to each other.

Savanna put a show on for Noah and Bella to watch and they sat there together not saying much to one another. We all just kept watching them, wondering why they couldn’t talk to each other. Finally Miranda went over and squatted in front of them. “Hey, you two. What’s goin’ on? How come you aren’t sayin’ much to each other?”

They both shrugged but refused to look toward the other.

“I think we would all like to know what exactly happened yesterday. Who had the idea to get on those horses?”

They finally looked at each other before looking back at Miranda. Savanna had sat down across from them, while the rest of us stood behind the couch. I leaned down and patted Noah on the shoulder. “Buddy, you need to tell us all what happened. I know last night was scary, but we need to know what happened.”

“I don’t want to get in trouble,” he said sadly.

Miranda grabbed his knee. “Noah, Sweetie, we aren’t askin’ because we want to yell at you. We just want to know so it never happens again.”

The little guy put his head down and stared at his knees. “Bella wanted to. She said she knew how.”

Bella started crying and we all turned in her direction. “Bella, did you tell Noah you knew how to ride?”

“I’m sorry, Mommy.” Bella cried harder and Miranda put her hand over her mouth in shock. Ty came up beside her and lifted his daughter’s face.

“Izzy, Honey, why would you do something like that? You know better than to do something like that.”

“I know, Daddy. Please don’t be mad.” The little four year old leaned forward against her father’s chest. He wrapped his arms tightly around her and kissed her head.

“Iz, you can’t do anything like that ever again.” He pushed her away to be able to look her in the eyes. He took his thumbs and wiped them away. “Do you understand me?”

“Yes, sir.” She put her head down again and continued to cry.

“You need to apologize to your cousin.”

It seemed like Bella found it to be hard to look over at Noah. I suppose it was the first time she had ever lied to him and it made her feel awful. “Sorry, Noah.”