Page 71 of Parrish

For a second my legs feel like they might give out and subconsciously, I reach out and grab Wolf’s forearm to steady myself.

“As soon as she opened her eyes, I ran to get a doctor—well, I didn’t run. I don’t run anywhere anymore, but you know what I mean,” she says, rubbing her stomach as she smiles at me some more. “The doctor is in there with her now removing the breathing tube.”

“She’s really awake,” I rasp.

Wolf slaps me on the back and I remember that I’m holding onto him. I drop my hand and turn my head.

“She came back to me,” I tell him.

He smiles.

Brother to brother.

Man to man.

“Go get your, sunshine, Parrish,” he says.

My feet start to move and before I realize it, I’m hurrying down the hallway. I pause midway and glance back at the three of them.

“Call Lacey, tell her to grab Danny from school and bring him to see his mom.”

“We’re on it,” Pipe calls, draping an arm around his woman. “Go!”

That’s something I don’t need to be told twice. Spinning around, I charge down the hallway and make my way to the intensive care unit. For a man who doesn’t smile often, I feel a shit-eating grin spread across my face as I bypass the nurses’ station, desperate to stare into the eyes of the woman I call home.

To hear her sweet voice, call my name.

To finally bask in her light.

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