The Agent and the PI (Sequel to Falling For the Undercover

Waking Elizabeth part 2

Michael's POV

Chad stayed back with me while the rest of the guys went with Brian to explain to the others what was going on.  I couldn't look at him I couldn't look at anyone.  All I could see was my sweet moondrop with her eyes closed willing her to wake up and smile at me with those big beautiful green eyes.  Letting me know she was going to be ok.  God I  would give anything to know she was ok.  I would give anything to have her look at me even if she hated me.  Who could blame her after all the crap I put her through. Chad just sat there quietly with me for what seemed to be an eternity.  He knew there was nothing he could say or do to make me feel better. Suddenly she screamed out in terror.  I knew immediately what she was dreaming about.  The moment she saw me being killed.  She didn't know it was a set up to look like they had accomplished that.  I wish I would have taken the time to explain to her that what she was about to see was not what it appeared to be and whatever she did not to leave. Told her no matter what she heard it was all fake and that as soon as the guys got there, she would know the full story.  That no matter what she heard or thought she saw I was ok and would live.  I should have known my woman wouldn't just sit and stay she wasn't a dog and didn't take orders very well.  I should have known she would fight to get to me and I should have known she was stronger than I was giving her credit for.  Look at all that she had endured while we were investigating.  She could have handled it all and handled it well but I didn’t take the time. 

Choking back the tears from the pain I was causing her even now in her sleep I looked at Chad and started to talk. "Did you know she basically gave her life to save our little girls?"  I asked Chad.  He shook his head and answered me "I don't know all the details of how she ended up here pal."  I looked up at him and told him how our amazing girl here had risked everything and hung on when paramedics would have counted all others out.  How she fought so hard to stay awake until she knew they were safe.  Chad smiled at me and said "you expected anything less?  Look what she did for the girls she worked with that she felt compassion for.  Of course, she would do more for her babies. She would do more for you and anyone that she cared for you know this.  And before you go kicking yourself for not doing enough in the first place you should know that I agree with you, you didn’t give her enough credit but in the same note you did exactly what you were trained to do.  This one is special."  I knew what he was saying was true.  Look at how hard she fought to protect those women that worked for her uncle.  She would do no less for her own flesh and blood.  For someone she loved. But still I couldn’t help the feelings of guilt that overwhelmed me looking at her lying in this bed.  "I just wish I would have told her the truth that day then she wouldn't have to be here like this.  She wouldn't have had to have our girls by herself.  Spent months on the run scared of her own shadow."  Chad looked at me with concern in his eyes and said "stop beating yourself up with would haves and should haves.  You know if you would have told her the truth, she would have stood in front of her uncle to take the bullet for you and where would that have left you."

Just then I heard her sweet voice.  "Michael?  Am I dead? I can see you sitting with me and I saw you die." Then she was back to sleep again.  I called the nurse and told her what had just happened, she in turn summoned the doctor.  After the doctor had taken a good look at her he told us that she was indeed starting to wake up.  That whatever we were doing it was working and getting to her subconscious. Chad looked at me and said "buddy you are the key to this beautiful woman coming to life more ways than one so don't waste it.  Now you should probably go tell her brothers the good news and I will sit right here beside her in case she wakes again.  I want her to see a familiar and friendly face just until you get back. You know make sure that she understands nobody will ever hurt her again."  Hesitantly I left the room and walked to a family waiting room where I could make the phone call.  Larry answered the phone at the house and I asked him to put it on speaker phone so I tell everyone at the same time the news the doctor just told me.

When I was done explaining to the guys what the doctor had just said they all let out a sigh of relief.  "So, she's waking up and all it took was the man she is in love with."  I wasn't sure which of the guys said that but then Brian said "it's settled then Michael you spend as much time with her as you can. Talk to her hold her, remind her of all the reasons she has to wake up."  I couldn't believe my ears.  I had failed their sister in every way and yet they still wanted me near her.  I would have thought they would want me as far away as possible.  As if reading my mind Larry spoke up and said "I know you think you failed her, hell if the truth be told we all feel that way."  I could hear grumbles of agreement from the others.  "The fact of the matter is that we have all heard you talk about her before we ever knew you were talking about our sister and we all wished our sister would find someone like you to love and protect as much as you tried. So, you go back to that room and you hold her and talk to her and you bring her back to us all so that we can all make sure that the rest of her life makes up for the last six years."  I promised them all that I would do whatever I could to bring their sister back to them.  

When I composed myself and got back to the room, I looked at Chad and he just shook his head.  "There has been nothing since you left the room."  I looked at my good friend and just burst out crying.  "I just want to hug and kiss her Chad.  I want to tell her that everything will be ok and that she never has to worry about anyone hurting her ever again.  I want to tell her how beautiful our girls are and how I regret not being there every second of every day that she was pregnant with them.  I want to tell her how I'll never leave her again and if I could do it all over again, I would never let her go. God Chad, I want to make her my wife and live the rest of my life with her.  I want to make more babies with her so that I can watch them grow inside of her like our daughters did.  I want to kiss her face so sweet and tenderly that she knows how much I care."  The tears were spilling out of my eyes by this time.  I couldn't control the sobs coming from my throat.  "Damn its Chad I just want to kiss her for all eternity." Just when I thought the emotion would overtake me, I heard a voice.  A voice that I longed to hear so much over the last several months.

"Why are you crying?  Why aren't you kissing me then?"  I looked up in amazement.  Chad was looking at the woman in the bed in amazement as well.  She was awake.  My moondrop was awake.  I ran to her bedside.  I gently cradled her up in my arms and started planting kisses all over her sweet face.  She came back to me. My baby came back to me.  She was crying as well by this time and Chad quietly excused himself from the room to leave the two of us alone with one another after such a long separation.  I would have to thank him later but for now all I could think about was holding her.  "Why did you come out of hiding before the guys found you like I told you?"  She looked at me and said she didn't remember what happened.  She didn't remember anything after finding out about the case coming to an end.  She couldn't remember the last eight and a half months.  She asked what I was talking about when I was telling Chad about our babies.  Oh my God my woman doesn't remember all the tragedy of the last several months. What in the hell am I going to do about that?

David’s POV

After listening to everything from these agents that had come into our home with Brian I realized why I had such a hard time actually making the investigation work.  Where in the hell did our uncle get off doing something like to family.  I was certain just as the agents were that our uncle was behind this attack.  I had known it was to brutal to be random.  The agents looked at us all and vowed they would find the men that hurt our sister and I couldn’t keep the information I had learned today to myself.  “They have been captured and are in jail.  I was waiting a few days before I went to talk to them but since you are on the case I will back off.”  One of the guys said “we will take all the help we can get especially when it’s experienced like you are.  Michael is officially being taken off the case and off the squad he just doesn’t know it yet.  We have a new guy going to be joining us soon and he will be assigned to protect Elizabeth when she wakes up but until then we need the extra set of eyes and the extra help if your willing that is.”  Of course I was willing to help out in any way that I could.  This was my little sister and my nieces.  I would do what I could to ensure their future and their safety.  “I’m in for as long as you need me.  How about if my first task would be to try and interview those thugs that beat up our little sister?  Since I’m not official and just a private investigator they may be more inclined to open up to me more than they would actual agents.  Even if they don’t come right out and say anything they just may let their guards down enough to slip out even a bit of information that we can use.”  Everyone nodded their heads and said that was a great idea and that I was on the right track with my thinking.  I would do anything to help and I just had a gut feeling that I would be able to get more out of them than any of these guys could ever imagine.  I would make Lizzy, my brothers and my parent proud.  I would lay it all down for them after everything they had ever given to me it was nothing.  Lizzy had a great guy in Michael and a bright future with their little angels.  Being a gay man it was improbable that I would ever have children. Hell I was already thirty four years old.