The Shark Mafia Boss novel Chapter 89

Raphael POV

I open my eyes and I immediately close them. The light is too bright and I can feel a shooting pain up my right arm.

What did the hell happen? Why am I so uncomfortable.

I can hear sirens and people talking.

“Mr Lockwood” - I hear someone whisper but I ignore them, I am tired. I allow the darkness to take me again.

I open my eyes and I try to move but I can’t. I start looking around and I see buttons all around me. Someone looking down at me. What the fuck?

“Welcome back Mr Lockwood” - I hear and I turn my head to see a young guy looking down at me.

“What happened? Where am I? Olivia, where’s Olivia?” - I start to get agitated trying to stand up.

“Mr Lockwood please calm down”

“Where’s Olivia?” - I say trying to stand up again but I can’t. I feel my body restricted and that’s when I realise I’m in an ambulance and I am tied down to the stretcher.

“Sir, please calm down”

“Where is she?” - I ask again pleading for them to answer me.

I keep moving and then I start to feel my eyes got heavy again.

“I’m sorry sir” - the young guy said and my eyes close. I am taken by darkness again.

I wake up and as I open my eyes the bright light hurts then so I close them again immediately. My head is pounding and my arm is aching. Slowly I open my eyes to realise I am in the hospital. For fuck sake, what happened now?

I look around and I find my mother sitting on a chair. She’s asleep and I smile looking at her.

“Mum” - I say

She doesn’t move.

“Mum” - I repeat a little louder and she opens her beautiful eyes looking at me.

“Oh thank God Raphael, you scared the shit out of me” - she says.

“What happened?”

“I will get the doctor and we will answer your questions after he examined you” - she says turning on her heels to walk out of the bedroom.

“Mum, where is she?” - I ask her

Mum stops still with her back turned to me. I can see she took a deep breath as if getting the courage to turn to face me.

“She is here, she is next door” - she says turning to look at me. I can see her sad eyes.

“How is she?” - I ask afraid of what she might say. Afraid for my daughter’s life.

“She is asleep” - mum says - “I don’t know a lot more because I am not family” - she whispers afraid of my reaction.

I close my eyes and I can feel tears burning them.

Mum leaves the bedroom and not long after the doctor walks in with nurses and god knows who else. He examines me but I don’t pay attention to what he is saying. I can’t stop thinking about Olivia.

Olivia’s mum is sitting on a chair on the other side of the bed. She looks like she aged 10 years in a few weeks. Ever since I met Olivia she has been what? Three times in hospital? Her mum is probably hating me right now.

But what the fuck happened? One minute we were loving each other and the next I am here.

“What happened?” - I look at mum

“You were in a car accident” - mum says and that’s when I remember everything. I remember hearing the breaks and then a car heating my side of the car. That was no accident. That was attempting murder. I hope my men are looking into this.

My bed is brought in and I lay down. I place my hand on top of Olivia’s and I allow my body to relax. We are together now.

I fall asleep to dream about my small happy family.

I hear the noise surrounding me and I force my eyes to open. I am really tired but this noise is driving me crazy. I shot my eyes opened and I notice it is the machines that Olivia is attached to. They are beeping and doctors and nurses are surrounding her. Checking her to see what is wrong.

I sit on the bed and I can feel someone wheeling my bed out.

“No, no stop” - I say

“Sorry sir, we need to take care of Olivia” - the voice comes from behind me.

I lay back down trying to calm myself down. I don’t like this. I’m hating this thing. I have a broken arm. I am no invalid. I can do things by myself.

I start looking around and I am in another bedroom now. I can’t deal with this. As soon as I am alone in the bedroom I stand up feeling lightheaded again. I ignore it and start looking around for my clothes. I find one of my travel bags inside the cupboard and I take a pair of jeans out. I struggle to get dressed with only one hand but I manage to do it. I get a T-shirt as well and I throw it on. I find a pair of shoes and I smile. Whoever brought this is a star.

I walk out of the bedroom and I look both sides to find both my mum and Olivia’s mum hugging. They are both crying and I feel like I’ve been hit by a bus.

Why the fuck are they both crying?