CHAPTER 30
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Ellie
I fell asleep again, it was the second time in a row that this happened.
I got up, sweat stuck to the fabric on my body, I needed a shower to recover.
I left my room heading towards the kitchen, filled a glass with cold lemon juice and drank it, feeling the welcome freshness.
I grabbed a bottle of water and was about to go back to my room when I heard the garage opening. — Where would Lorenzo go at this hour? — but it wasn't him, Lorenzo walked out the door towards the garage almost knocking me down on the way.
— We will take you to the room, carefully.
I felt my legs go limp when Jullius came in carrying Riccardo with Lorenzo's help.
— How did that happen? — Asked Lorenzo.
— There were too many rats, many of them.
— Riccardo! My God, what have you done to him? He is fine?
— He will stay my angel, now he needs help and you can help him.
— Was he operated on? s**t, the wound is bleeding. Jullius, I'm just a nursing assistant, I'm not a doctor.
— He's already had an operation, he just needs care and you. — I couldn't dispute that, so I took responsibility asking them to help me.
— Help me remove this bandage, I need equipment and nursing supplies. I don't have any of this here. — Jullius left and came back with a box containing several antibiotics, anaesthetics, injectable painkillers, plus a ton of dressing supplies.
— Damn you robbed a hospital?
— No, I killed a guy who robbed hospitals.
— Well deserved — I stated without thinking.
After cleaning the wound and rewrapping the bandages, I prepared the medications according to the medical order that Jullius brought.
He was kept in the serum and always sedated because of the pain.
I wouldn't leave your side, I lay on the edge of the bed and dozed off for a few minutes. Riccardo was agitated, his legs and arms out of control. I shouted for Jullius, and he helped me to tell it.
— He has a fever this could be a sign of infection, I don't know how to deal with it Jullius he needs a doctor.
— No, he just needs you, girl, trust your instincts you will know what to do, follow your heart. — Jullius shook me by bringing me back from my panic zone. Follow my heart? Was he crazy?
I had no choice, I wouldn't let him die, so I took a deep breath, it wasn't time to freak out, Riccardo needed me and that was all that mattered. I took a new vein and applied medication to contain the fever. While Geena was putting cold compresses on her forehead I turned on my laptop and started researching, then I ran into the box that Jullius brought, found several types of antibiotics that I would try, as I saw them being used on a patient who had a car accident and answer had been good.
I adjusted the dosage and applied it on IV, it would cost my registration, but I had no time for scruples.
The fever subsided, the wound was no longer so ugly, I changed the bandages after cleaning his body with a soft sponge and a towel.
I had to scrub my nails with a brush to remove the traces of blood, and since I couldn't get to wear it myself, I just covered his body with the sheet.
Riccardo was so strong, authoritarian, lord of his world and scare most of the time. Now I saw him so fragile, all his size was so insignificant, his face had an expression of pain and his fingers were cold. My heart ached for him, I wanted him to wake up, I wanted to say that everything is fine.
I left Geena by her side, while I took a shower I would soon have to redo the dressings and make her medication.
When I finished applying the painkiller, I heard him babble a few words, most of them disconnected.
— Take me to her, Jullius takes me home! — my heart broke, but a bit, he didn't want to be there. And who was she? Was it a wife, a bride?
He doesn't wear a ring, just this strange ring on his finger. But that doesn't mean much, many men don't wear wedding rings even though they are married.
Suddenly I felt the urge to cry, I wanted to run away when he grunted again.
— Ellie, I'm so sorry for my angel, Ellie, I'm already dead.
— No my love, you are not. I am here I will take care of you, I will make you feel better.
The tears fell in waves on my face, I felt alive he called for me, it was not for those horrible women, it was for me that he came back. I woke up with his delusions, he moaned it was no longer a fever, nor was it pain, because he was medicated.
— I failed, I did not avenge the Venni blood, I did not honour my legacy, I am not worthy to be the keeper of the coin I am not the guardian of the guardians I am not worthy of you Ellie.
— What are you talking about, Riccardo? What are you not worthy of?
— Ellie? My angel are you here? Ah, what a good dream.
— It's not a dream Riccardo, I'm here for you, come back to me my love.
He no longer listened, he was oscillating between sleep and reality. Sometimes he seemed awake and soon then it erased.
For the next few days, he continued like this, in a semi-conscious state. The pain medications were changed so that he could wake up little by little, the probe that the doctor placed on him, wherever he went, showed that he had been well taken care of in some way.
Lorenzo, Geena and Jullius, were always around, but I didn't leave his side. After taking care of his wounds and medicating him, I lay down beside him, I did not want to, but sleep and tiredness due to the stress of the first days overcame me, I slept.
I don't know if I dreamed or if it was just my unconscious playing tricks on me, but I heard it was a conversation with someone.
— Why is she here? She is fine?
— She stayed by your side all the time, she saved your s**t life.
— I missed her, I'm crazy about her and almost ruined everything.
— So tell her that, don't let her escape son!
— I'll let her go if she wants to, but if she stays, I'll make every f*****g second worth it, godfather. I swear I will.
If it is one, then it was the most beautiful of my life when I woke up almost six hours later, I took a look to make sure he was fine and before leaving I kissed his forehead.
— Come back to me, please, if only to fight me like you always do. I just need to make sure you're okay, although I love the idea of healing you just to hurt you again because you hurt me before, I forget everything if you come back I promise! You don't deserve it, but I love you!
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