Page 29 of Love Me Again

"Sir?"

"Husband...I'm her husband," I whisper, and she nods in understanding.

"Your wife was brought in not too long ago with cramps and bleeding. She's being examined right now. If you would like to go to the waiting room on the left, the doctor will take you to her when they're done with the examination." She explains. I nod and walk toward the waiting room, where I see Josh anxiously pacing back and forth.

He stops pacing when he sees me standing at the door. "Josh is she..." Josh walks over to me, grabs me by the shirt, and slams me hard into the wall.

"Shut the fuck up." Josh snaps hotly. "What the fuck is wrong with you?! I have never in all the years of my friendship with you felt so fucking disgusted," Josh states, his eyes angrily glaring into mine. "You should have got a knife and plunged it straight into her heart and finished her off, man. You've fucking wrecked her good this time." He hisses furiously, letting go of me and stepping back. "I was envious of you, bro. You had it all. The beautiful wife who loved you, a baby on the way, you were so in love and happy." Josh declares, shaking his head. "And you threw it all away for what? Fucking Sophie? If she's all you want, why the fuck are you here, Cole?! Go on, fuck off to her. Get the fuck out of here!"

I shake my head and stare at the ground, unable to hold his gaze. "Josh. When I saw the state of her, my heart wouldn't...”

"Your heart what?! It hurt, did it?" Josh hisses through clenched teeth, grabbing me, he slams me hard against the wall again. "Imagine what she's feeling right now, you fucking prick!" He shouts, and I lift my gaze to his stormy ones.

"I don't know what the fuck happened to you inthataccident, but this version of you is truly despicable. This isn't you, Cole. You woke up a different fucking person because my best mate would die before heeverthought about uttering those words tothatgirl in there. You were willing to die for her, Cole. When you found out she was dating me, you thought you lost her; you fucking flipped and wanted to die. That'show crazy you were aboutthatgirl in there. What the hell happened to you?"

My vision blurs, and I feel my chest constrict painfully. "I pray you don't get your memory back because if you do, you're going to want to die when you realise what you've fucked up," Josh utters icily and moves away from me. "She's never going to forgive you for this, especially if she loses..." He stops and exhales slowly, shaking his head. "Christ.."

"I don't know what came over me. I was angry and frustrated. I didn't think—"

"No, you fucking didn't. I told you how much you've hurt her in the past, and what do you do? You go and hurt her all over again! You better pray nothing happens to them because when Sam finds out what you've done, he's going to kill you and I'll be right there helping him." Josh angrily mutters as he continues to pace back and forth.

"Have the doctors said anything?" I ask, and Josh glares at me darkly.

"No! They rushed her straight in. Aimee's gone in with her because she was hysterical. It should be you in there with her!" He shakes his head irately.

I close my eyes. I did want to be in there, but how could I possibly face her after what Idid. I'm the reason she's in there. I don't know what the hell came over me. I wince and rub my temples when I feel a sharp, penetrating pain in my head.

"Daddy will be back before you know it. I love you, baby girl."

Josh looks over at me and frowns when I groan and slide down the wall with my head in my hands. "Cole?"

"I love you, you silly girl."

I shake my head and rock back and forth, my heart racing in my chest like it was about to stop. I couldn't catch my breath. "Cole? Hey."

"I can't breathe...Josh...I can't..." I pant, wincing through the pain in my head.

"The fuck? Hey, can we get a doctor in here!" Josh shouts and looks at me worriedly. "Cole, your nose is bleeding. Jesus man, justbreathe." He utters and looks up at the doctor, who comes rushing in.

"What's going on here?" The doctor perches in front of me and lifts my head.

"He says he can't breathe, and his nosejuststarted bleeding," Josh explains and moves aside to give the doctor space.

"What's his name?"

"Cole," Josh answers, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Hey, Cole, I'm Doctor Davies. I need you to try and calm down and take some deep breaths for me, okay." I hear him say through the rapid thumping of my heart in my ears. He shines a torch in my eye, and I grimace when it sends a ripple of pain through my head.

"Stop, stop, it hurts. Fuck, it hurts." I pant through clenched teeth as Ibracemy head in my hands.

Shay's sobs echos in my head, and I groan.

"Cole, what hurts? I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong?" Dr Davies asks, pulling my hands away from my head while I pant, gasping for air.

"Ahhh God. My head..."

"Has he suffered any head injuries recently?" He asks Josh, who nods, watching me.

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