Ace: The Brimstone Kings MC (21 page)

“Would you like to know the status of your sister in law?” the doctor asks. I nod my head because I can’t even begin to form sentences as my mind keeps running over one word ‘Baby’.

“Tammy has lost a lot of blood. Her head hit the window pretty hard when the accident occurred. The impact of the hit has left some swelling on the brain. She’s is in an induced coma right now to help with her healing. At this moment, we are not sure when she will wake up, the seriousness of a head injury and the possibility that there will be some memory lost.”

The doctor leaves through the doors he came out of just as Viper walks up. I replay every word the doctor said about Alison and the baby and as soon as the word baby leaves my mouth, Viper has a shit eating grin on his face. But at the same time I can see he’s worried about Tammy, so I tell him about her head injury and that she’s in an induced coma.

He takes a seat beside Blaze, leans forward and puts his face in his hands, his shoulders slightly rising and falling. He’s never been one to show his emotions, but at this moment, my best friend is crying for the girl he loves and one that might not remember who he is. 

Chapter 15

It’s like it’s a dream repeating over and over in my head, I can’t believe this happened, I should have known better.

I push the door open, nothing could prepare me for what I’m about to see. Ace lying in bed with Porsche wrapped around him sleeping.

What the fuck? My eyes start to burn; my hand goes right to my stomach, I feel sick, knowing everything he has told me was a lie, what pisses me off is that Mark was right about him, he would get bored of me, and it seems like he already has.

I hear talking and a beeping noise around me. My eyelids are so heavy, I try to open them but they don’t budge. What the hell happened to me, I feel like I got hit by a cement wall?

I try to move my arm and legs, but my body doesn’t seem to want to move. My chest hurts. I try to open my eyes once more, I force with all my strength to open them; it takes a couple tries but I blink slowly, the bright lights, blinding me.

It looks to be as if I’m in a hospital, but I don’t remember coming here or being brought here. I try to think back, I groan as my head starts to pound.

My hand goes to my stomach, I feel as I’m going to be sick, trying to speak; my voice comes out low and scratchy. Where are the voices from earlier, they were just in the room a second ago.

Just as I try to move to sit up, the door opens.  Ace walks in, what is he doing here? We have nothing to do with each other anymore, he cheated on me.  I’m not sure what to say to him, there’s nothing left to say. I caught him in bed with her. I feel the emotions come bubbling up as flashbacks of seeing him in bed with Porsche hit me.

He comes up beside the bed; he reaches for my hand.  I move it just before he gets the chance to touch me, I don’t need his pity. I don’t need anything from him. If I’m here, my hand goes right to my stomach as my face falls, my baby. Please let my baby still be there.

As if he can read my mind, “Don’t worry, the baby is fine!” He says as he sits on the edge of the bed. What the hell did he just say, how does he know I’m pregnant?

“Ummm…How do you know I’m pregnant?” I ask my voice void of emotion as I lift my head high. I look at him closely; I can see the darkness around his eyes.

“The doctor wouldn’t let us know anything unless we were family, so I told them I’m your fiancée.” He mentions as he sighs running his hands over his face.

“You really scared me Peaches. When I got the call from Blaze saying there was an accident and you and Tammy were brought to the hospital. My whole life flashed before my eyes,” he says softly as he tries to reign in his emotions.

I close my eyes trying to remember the accident but nothing comes to me, I don’t remember what happened. Knowing that my baby is okay puts me at ease. I don’t know what I would do if I lost this little precious miracle inside of me, this is the only part of Ace I will ever have now. I might not be ready to be a mother but who is really ever ready?

“Alison, I want to explain what happened when you showed up at the clubhouse the other day,” he says as he looks at me, checking to see my reaction but you know what I won’t give him the satisfaction. I keep my emotions at bay, my face goes blank, and I don’t say anything.

“Alison, please say something,” he whispers softly as his eyes glaze over. I truly love Ace, but what he has done to me is unforgivable, my heart is broken in two, and he thinks he can just explain that it was a mistake, and he didn’t mean it. It’s like Mark all over again.

The hurt and betrayal is worse with Ace then it was with Mark; I thought I truly loved Mark, but I didn’t. Ace is the man who stolen my whole heart and he is the one to shattered it to pieces.

I sigh as he continues to speak but I sit there looking down at my hands, not trusting myself not to cave if I look into his eyes.

“That afternoon, I was at the clubhouse…I had a few drinks, then I went back to my room for a nap. Next thing I’m butt naked, which I don’t understand because I was too buzzed to even walk straight. I remember hitting the bed and passing right out.” He takes a moment, swallowing roughly.

“Next thing I know is that Porsche is in my room, and Viper is shouting at me. I never slept with Porsche, Alison. I swear it on Pop’s life, I didn’t even touch her,” he mutters out as he grabs my hand rubbing his thumb over the back of my hand.

I’m torn, even if he hasn’t slept with her. I could have lost the baby. Porsche will always be there no matter what. I don’t know if I can live with the fact that I have to worry every time I’m not with him. That’s not a relationship.

Ace leans forward and kisses my forehead, and I break, “Ace, please leave,” I stutter out as I try to stop myself from crying. He backs away and looks at me bewildered. I can’t deal with this right now, he needs to leave.

“What do you mean you want me to leave?” he asks as he reaches for me, I move away from his touch, I wince as my body is stiff from lying in this bed God knows how long. .He sighs as he gets up from the edge of the bed.

“Alison, I’m not sure what to do here. I’ve told you already what happened, which is nothing.” He paces in front of the bed shaking his head as he goes.

“Ace, I’m sorry…I really am, but I can’t do this right now. This is all too much,” I coax out hoping he will do as I say and leave for now before I have a full-out breakdown in front of him.

My monitor starts beeping wildly, Ace’s head snaps up to looking at my monitor to see what’s happening.

Then a nurse comes rushing in, and she looks between us both before walking over to the monitor.

“Alison, your heart rate is a little high, you need to calm down and relax,” she says as she checks my IV’s.

“Please ask him to leave,” I whisper out, hoping she can help me but as I look over at Ace, anguish written all over his face.

“Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave,” she tells him.

I close my eyes as I reopen them, looking at the same place where Ace was standing just seconds before, he’s gone. I’m not sure how to feel right now; did I want him to fight harder to stay? Of course, but I can’t beat this dread feeling in the pit of my stomach.

The nurse attending to me gives a sympatric smile as she leaves the room.  As soon as she shuts the door, I burst into tears. I can’t hold them back any longer.

Being alone in this room, I think about everything that has happened in the last few days and I’m terrified, wondering what will happen next. I’m not sure where to go from here.

I don’t know how long I cry for, but I’m snapped out of my crying fit when there’s a knock on the door. I wipe the tears from my eyes with my palms.

“Come in,” I say as I take a deep breath trying to sit up a little more. I place my hand back to push myself up; the pillow slides from underneath my hands, and I slip a little cursing at my sore body. Blaze sees I’m in distress and comes right to my side.

“Are you okay?” he asks as he grabs some tissues off the table that’s beside the bed.

“You want to tell me why you’re crying?” he stands in front of me, grabbing my hand giving me reassurance that everything will be okay.

“Ummm…” My voice cracks. 

“Ace stopped by and tried to tell me what happened between Porsche and him…But I couldn’t listen, with everything that has happened I can’t…I just can’t!” I exclaim as my voice gets lower, barely noticeable. 

Blaze sighs as he carefully sits on the edge of the bed, “I understand Alison, and don’t worry. I’m sure Ace understands perfectly,” he mentions. I’m not sure what else to say, so I nod my head.

I ask Blaze what happened. He replays everything to me about the accident, I shiver when he tells me about the piece of glass in my chest… Tammy’s head smashed the window on the driver’s side. We were upside down for a few minutes before the ambulance showed up.

Blaze was there the entire time, hearing him re-play the events of the accident; a soft whimper leaves my throat.

Blaze brings me against him for a friendly hug, whispering softly into my ear telling me everything will be okay. Just as I calm down, Blaze leans away from me a bit.

“Ace has been here since he found out about the accident; he really loves you, Alison,” he mentions, and my heart tightens.

Knowing that Ace has been here, and I couldn’t even bare to talk to him, I should of tried to talk to him.

“You should give Ace a chance Alison. I know what you walked in on hurt you, but from my understanding nothing happened and that bitch Porsche has been thrown out of the club because of it,” he says as he stares at me, gauging my reaction.

“Porsche has been thrown out of the clubhouse?” I ask, I’m praying I heard him right. He nods his head. I’m torn as to what I should do, should I forget the whole thing and take him back no questions asked? I sigh leaning my head back on the pillow.

“I will think about it,” I utter out.

“How is Viper holding up? I know they aren’t together anymore, but I just want to know…Has he been here to see her,” I ask as I look up at Blaze.

He clears his throat, rubbing his hands on his pants “Well Viper has taken a pretty hard hit with all this,” he mentions.

“He hasn’t left Tammy’s side unless it was to go to the washroom which is only a few feet away,” he adds giving a small laugh shaking his head.

“He must really love her,” I say as I groan from moving as I try to sit up a little higher.

“Are you ready? Are you in any pain? Do you need the nurse?” he shoots out quick looking wide-eyed as he panics, I shake my head.

“No. I don’t want pain meds because of the baby. I’m fine Blaze don’t worry.” I exclaim. I narrow my eyes daring him to say something; he opens his mouth but snaps it shut, deciding not to say any more on it. 
Good boy!

My parents pop up in my mind,
shit
I need to call them and let them know what happened. I look at the phone and back to Blaze.

“Ummm…Blaze can you pass the phone please. I need to call my parents to let them know what happened,” I utter as I getting emotional as I figure out how to tell them Tammy, and I are in the hospital. That Tammy is in a coma, and I’m pregnant… This is not going to go over well.

Blaze shakes his head, “Your parents were already contacted when you were brought in,” he mentions.

“Well I have to get going, your parents are here actually they were in earlier, but you were still out of it. Let’s just say your parents are going to have questions about your relationship with Ace,” he says as he stares at me with a raised brow.

“Your father didn’t seem too pleased finding out that Ace; the VP of a motorcycle club is the father… But seeing the tattoo on your father's arm, I must say he's a bit of a hypocrite if you ask me,” he mentions as I cock my head to the side, looking at him like he’s grown another head.
What the hell does he mean he’s being a hypocrite?

“What do you mean he's a hypocrite?” I ask him as I stare at him, confused by his comment. He shifts from foot to foot looking anywhere but me.

“Ummm…Your father should be the one to tell you, but I know if I don’t you will never leave it alone,” he sighs as he runs his hand through his hair.

“Alison, your father was in an MC before you were born.”  Just hearing those words, my eyes widen. No, there’s no way my father was in an MC before I was born. He doesn’t have a mean bone in his body.

“What?” I snap out as I grab my head and groan.

There’s a knock on the door, Blaze turns and looks at the door waiting to see who it is, “Come in” I say softly.

The door opens, and my parents are in the doorway my mother’s eyes are red and puffy from crying, as soon as she looks at me she starts to cry. My father’s eyes are red and glossy; you can tell this has been hard on him. I don’t ever recall seeing my father cry, seeing his eyes glossy as he tries to hold back his tears, makes my break down.

“Oh daddy,” I sob out as he walks over to me and places his arms around me.

“Daddy’s here, baby girl…Shhh…Everything’s going to be fine,” he whispers as he holds me close.