Taking What He Wants(12)

I had a cart full of crap, cereals and fruit, and snacks and about five pints of ice cream. Time to cash out and head back home, Chase should be home any minute and I hadn't called to tell him where I was going. He'd freak for sure.

I heard a high pitched screech and then felt pain in my lower back, I went down hard, and then......nothing.





CHASE





I was climbing into my car when my phone rang. It said babygirl on the screen.

I smiled before I answered, probably needed me to pick her up one of her craving fixes, I should've called before I left the office.

She was the cutest little mommy to be, with her crazy cravings, peanut butter and strawberries for one, I tried to make sure we were fully stocked but she ate the peanut butter by the spoonful these days so we might've run out.

"Hi sweetheart."

"Sir, I don't know who you are, we found your number on speed dial in this lady's phone, you need to get to the Cloisters Grocery as soon as possible, the police and ambulance are on their way."

"Where's my wife, what happened to her?"

To say my heart was going wild would be an understatement.

"There was a type of an accident here tonight sir, your wife was knocked over in the store and she's been out for about five minutes."

My wife, my kid; my blood ran cold.

I was driving before I even realized it, I'd hung up on the lady on the phone without saying anything else, all I could think about was getting to her as fast as I could.



I got there in ten minutes, in that time a lot ran through my mind, not the least was what in the hell she was doing out this time of night by herself, followed by what kind of condition I was gonna find her in when I got there.

I admit, I was scared out of my fucking mind, if anything happened to either of them I don't know what I would do.

She was my world, my heart beat, it still amazes me the way we met, how we came to be in each other’s lives, that something so ugly could've brought about the most beautiful thing in my life, and I would be forever thankful for it.

I saw the lights flashing coming towards me as I reached the door of the store.

There were about three or four people huddled over something on the ground.

I ran towards them and found Delia crumpled on the floor, an overturned cart lying scattered nearby.

What the hell happened, had she tripped over her feet again?

I felt cold fear clutch my heart.

"Excuse me, this is my wife, someone called me......" I got down next to her and felt for broken bones the whole time my heart beating out of control.

"That was me sir, I'm Justine Spooner."

"Could someone tell me what happened?" Was that me sounding so calm? I didn't feel calm.

"Yes sir, I saw the whole thing."

This came from an elderly lady who looked ready to do battle.

By now the EMTs had entered along with the cops, wait a minute cops? Since when were cops called for a simple slip and fall?

"Let us through."

I told them who I was and that I was a doctor and divulged the information that Delia was pregnant.

I'd checked her over and there was no sign of bleeding but you never now, she would have to go to the hospital either way.

The same elderly lady who said her name was Myrna Jones was telling the officers what happened.

"And then she just hauled off and hit her, then pushed her and ran."

Wait a minute "What?"

"Sir let us handle it please."

Uh huh, sure. I kept my mouth shut and my ears opened.

I was already coming to my own conclusions but I needed to hear this to be one hundred percent sure.

I felt my blood run from cold to hot, as anger like I've never felt pounded into me.

When she gave the description of the assailant I felt myself go into that place, it was a place that I steered away from as much as possible, it didn't do anyone any good when I went there, but every once in a while I visited it.

"Do you know who that is sir?"

What to tell them should I admit that I knew it was my sister in law and let them handle it, or should I deal with this on my own?

Either way I would be the one to make her pay, but if I got them involved that might put a limit on how far I could go with my retaliation. On the other hand it wouldn't take much for them to look into our background, find the key players and put two and two together.

I had to think.

"Sir we're ready to transport your wife if you're coming with us."

"You guys will have to question me later I have to see to my wife."

I headed out the door reminding myself to find the old lady and thank her, and the one who had made the phone call, what was her name again.....oh yes Justine.

Delia awakened in the ambulance, I'd already called mom and dad to let them know what was going on, of course thy said they would meet us there.