MC Presidents Broken Angel

Chapter6

***Piper***

My body felt heavy, like a weight covered me; I felt stiff, and my muscles ached. My limbs were heavy, as if bricks were tied to them. I felt as if something was tickling my nose.

A faint beeping noise filtered through my head. As my eyelids slid open, I slammed them shut as the bright light hurt. Taking a second, I tried again, but slower this time. It was blurry at first, but it cleared as I blinked a few times. A white ceiling came into sight first, then white walls, and then a white board with writing on it. I could make out my name.

God, where was I?

"Piper." I heard a soft voice; I froze. It was a voice I had not heard in years. Letting my head roll to the side, she came into sight.

My heart picked up, and a loud beeping came, making me wince as the sound was like a drum thumping in my head.

"Shh, Piper, it's okay. Calm down; let me get the nurse."

She pushed a button on the side of the bed.

Blinking a few more times, I was afraid this was a dream—that if I blinked again, she would disappear.

"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere." It was like she could read my face; she was always good at reading me, though.

"Mol," I tried to call her, but my throat was so dry that I coughed a few times; pain tore through my side, and I wanted to curl into a ball.

"No, Piper, don't try to talk."

I heard movement, and then an older man appeared next to me. Startled, I flinched away.

"It's okay, Piper. This is Dr. Arnold. He's been treating you; he won't hurt you," Molly said calmly as she touched my hand. I flinched again, not that I meant to. It took me by surprise. I know she would never hurt me.

"Ms. Reed, I'm happy to see you are awake. Your throat will be sore, as we just removed the tube yesterday. So nod for yes, or blink for no." I did a small nod/

'Okay. Now, does moving your head cause pain?"

I gave a slight nod.

"Okay. Now, do you have a more painful area than your head?"

My ribs hurt, and so did my head, but right now, it was my arm and cheek. I nodded to him.

"Okay, can you use your hand to point?"

With a nod, I lifted my arm, which felt too heavy. Still, I was able to point to my other arm, then my cheek.

"I assumed as much. Alright, my dear, you have a broken arm and a fractured cheek; those will be sore and painful the longest. You also have broken ribs."

I waved him off at that. It was nothing I wasn't used to dealing with.

He frowned but continued.

"You have a lot of bruising on your back and side, as well as your legs; you have a ruptured eye socket. Are you able to see clearly?"

I tipped my hand side to side, then pointed to one eye and gave a thumbs-up, then did the so-so gesture with my hand for the other.

"I will have it checked; it should clear up. If not, we can give you some drops to help the healing along."

Another lady came in and went to the pole with bags hanging. She started to hang another as she hooked it to the small hose.

"I'm hooking you up to a morphine drip. You will be able to push the button as you need it."

"I will also have ice cubes brought in. You can suck on them. It will help with the irritation in your throat."

He glanced over at Molly, then back down at me.

"There will be other questions that will need answering, but for now, rest. You have a long road to recovery."

He tapped my shoulder. I tried to scoot away from his touch.

Moving my eyes, I looked back up at the ceiling. I could feel tears building, but I didn't want them to fall as the memories came crashing back: how they hurt me, their laughs, their hands grabbing and touching every part of me.

The pain I felt between my legs, and knowing what they had done to me... I couldn't bring myself to tell the doctor. I was so ashamed.

"Piper," Molly called me. I just shut my eyes; I was too embarrassed to face her. She will know who put me here. I mean, Peter didn't physically do the damage, but he is to blame. He left me there. He walked out that door, leaving me with those men.

"Piper, please, can you open your eyes? Please, sweetie."

The pain in her voice made me open them. As I looked over at her, I could see tears rolling down her face.

"Piper, I'm so sorry," she sobbed out.

"How..." I paused for a second. "How did you...?" My voice gave out as I cringed at the scratchy, burning feeling.

"You never changed your emergency contact. I work here. They paged me the night you came in when they saw my name."

So she finally made it and was a nurse, like she always dreamed of being.

"How long?" I circled my finger around the room.

"Oh, a week."

Holy sheep s**t.

"Peter."

I saw anger flash in her eyes before they softened again.

"Hasn't shown up, but he was the one who dropped you at the ER doors; they have him on the security cameras."

I nodded.

"Piper, did he do this?"

I shook my head no.

"Honey, you don't have to cover for him."

Shaking my head again, I said, "Not him." I took a breath. "His friends," I managed to get out.

"What do you mean, his friends? What did they do, Piper?"

I couldn't help the tears that fell this time. A sob escaped me as I shook my head.

"Oh, dear god." She stood, hugging me the best she could without hurting me. "God, I'm so sorry, Piper."

"Excuse me," a woman's voice broke us apart. "I have some ice cubes for the patient." She set them down on the table at the foot of the bed.

Molly reached out to take the cup. She fished one out and placed it to my lips. "Here, they are pretty small. You can hold it in your mouth. Believe me, the cold will feel great."

Opening my mouth, I winced; I couldn't open it far before the pain was too much.

"Easy. Your cheek is going to hurt the more you open your mouth, so try to keep the movements small."

I nodded at her.

The cold from the cube ran down my throat, and I felt a small amount of relief.

"Feels good, huh?"

I gave her a nod, as I didn't want to choke on the cube.

"Piper, I want you to come stay with me when you can be released."

I looked at her.

"We have a lot to catch up on, and I have a lot to make up to you. I shouldn't have walked away from you like I did, and I want to tell you the truth as to why I did. I messed up, Piper, and I missed you. But when you showed up here in the condition you did, I promised I would never turn my back on you again. And I do not care what Peter says or does. I will kill him where he stands."

I blinked a few times. I was hurt she had done that to me, but after a few years, I figured Peter must have had something to do with it, as he kept everyone away from me. But now she was here with me, and I didn't want her to leave me again.

"Okay," I rasped out.