Chapter 42

From then on Bree knew that Rockford wasn't just his bodyguard, he was someone more than he lets everyone believe he was. Bree was going to reconfirm her thoughts but Cassidy hadn't come back from her coffee run yet.

"But he would want you to be by his side when he wakes up, Bree." Rockford put his hand on her shoulder while he also told her that he had called his family and they were going to arrive in the next couple of hours. Before Bree could think Rockford was gone then he came back moments later saying that he was going to take her to see Gage.

Her hands were cold, she was a nervous wreck, barely able to put one step over another but she followed Rockford anyway up until she saw him. Her visions blurred and her heart pained to see the love of her life bruised face and hooked up to machines and his veins pumped with IV fluids. Yes, Bree finally confessed to herself right there and then that she loves him, that she was glad that he was alive.

The guilt was weighing ov