*Melian POV*
After my shift I was exhausted. When Liam suggested I rest, there was no way I was going to argue. I laid back on the pillow and closed my eyes. I listened to the guys leave and tried to doze off. The memory of Lisa screeching at us after my shift haunted me. How did she find us? This couldn't be good at all. Thankfully, Loki and Liam had her put in a holding cell until they could handle the situation. Sleep was finally taking over when I heard a knock on the door before it opened.
"Miss Carter? I need to check your vitals and do a checkup since you shifted with broken bones," I heard Dr. Flores say. I opened my eyes and sat up. "I'm sorry I woke you," he said. I shook my head and explained I had just closed my eyes and he continued with the examination. The shift hadn't worsened my injuries, but surgery would have to been sooner than expected.
Instead of tomorrow morning, I would be taken into surgery within the next hour. Fear started to fill my body and I started to panic. I called my brother but he didn't answer, so I called Rebecca. The phone rang and rang before going to voicemail. As I was leaving her a message, she walked through the door. I burst out in tears because of the panic and she rushed to my side.
"Melly, what's wrong?" she asked and pulled me into a bear hug. I explained about the surgery and how scared I was. I had never experienced anything like this, and was terrified. She took out her phone and called Liam. It went to voicemail just as Jason's and Loki's had. She smiled at me and said that they were probably busy with Lisa, and would be there shortly. I gave a slight smile and then the smell of apple cinnamon muffins hit my nose. "Is that your famous apple muffins I smell?" I asked.
She burst out laughing and nodded her head. "I thought I would surprise you with some. Kind of a happy first shift surprise," she said. I got excited as she pulled them out of her bag. I took a big bite of one and was instantly in heaven. "Thank you so much. These are amazing, Becca,"I told her with my mouth full. She just smiled and told me that it was no bother and she was thankful I liked them. That was one thing about Rebecca: she has never ever looked at me like I was less than a person.
Even when Jason was still in the mix of my abuse. She never looked down on me. She would even argue with Jason over his mistreatment of me, and had even threatened to leave him if his part didn't stop. She was the big sister I always wanted, and the friend I always needed.
As we were sitting on my bed chit chatting and watching the movie, Silence of the Lambs, my brother and mates came into the room. All three came and kissed me on the forehead and then sat on the couch and chairs in my room and started to watch the movie too. Not one of them spoke a word to me or Rebecca.
Finally, after staring at the three of them for almost 5 minutes, I spoke up. "Hi guys, nice to see you too. How was your evening? Have you eaten? Did you do anything fun?...'Sure Mel, we had lots of fun. We sure did miss you and Rebecca. Did you have a good day too? ' I spoke while mocking them. All three looked at me like I was nuts, and then looked at each other. Loki started to chuckle and said, "Damn babe, you do a great impression of Liam. Can you do anyone else?" I just glared at them and turned my attention back to the movie. If they can't speak to me and acknowledge that I needed them, then I could play that game too.
Loki came over and crawled into bed with me and whispered in my ear, "Come on babe, we aren't ignoring you. We are just trying to decompress before telling you what happened to Lisa. It's a lot to process and take in honestly. Please don't be mad at us." He then looked at me with his big light brown puppy dog eyes. I melted like butter. "Hmpf...You know I have news too, ya know. I have surgery anytime now. Dr. Flores said within the hour, and that was a little over an hour ago." I grumbled.
He pulled me in close and kissed me on the temple. "I'm sorry babe, I didn't realize that it would be tonight. I thought it was already scheduled for tomorrow, or we would've been here sooner." He apologized. Liam and Jason walked over to us and started asking questions about the surgery. I told them all what the doctor said, and then asked them to tell me what happened to Lisa. Jason tried to get me to wait until after surgery so that I didn't go in under duress.
I protested and they gave in and told me all about what she said, and things that she had admitted to. Liam took my hand and started to rub it. "Baby, I wish we would have found you sooner, or at least knew what was happening to you. Rebecca has been in your family and pack now for awhile and never said anything much other than your family were bullying and mean to you. The things that bitch told us were sickening, and I can't believe no one knew what she had done. I will tell you one thing, NO ONE will ever hurt you again. Not as long as there is breath in my body." He reassured me. Jason and Loki agreed with Liam and both promised to protect me at all costs. I nodded my head and looked at him with a straight face and said, "That doesn't tell me what you guys ended up doing to her. I want to know."