Austin walked into the room and was surprised to se EJ sitting by Sami's side. The noises of the hospital equipment muted the slight whimperings noises Sami seemed to make as she slept.
"She seemed to be calling for Lucas..I suppose she was worried about Will..I hope you understand, I just didn't want her to be alone when she wakes up"..EJ looked at Austin as if defying him to say anything. The unspoken truth of EJ's knowledge of Austin and Carrie's betrayal of both Sami and Lucas loomed between them. It had been less than a week that EJ had found them together, and tonight when he called to tell of the accident and have Austin call the hospital Carries voice had carried over the line.
"it's ok, EJ. But I'll take it from here. " Austin knew he had to take some responsibility, but EJ was not the one he wanted to see right now.
"Ok, Austin, but if she wakes, tell her I will be by tomorrow to see after her."
Austin resented the tone EJ gave him, but now was not the time to bring it up. Now, he had to take care of Sami, after all she was his wife. A wife he cared about, but Austin knew in his heart he did not love as he should. Now, because he had been too stupid to admit it earlier, when he could have done something about it..she was lying here, and when she woke he would have to tell her she had lost a baby. He tried not to feel relief, but it was hard. If there had been a baby he knew he would not be able to do what he was going to have to do!
"Austin, is she doing ok"..Carries voice brought him out of his thoughts, and he walked over to her and hugged her to him tight.
"I think so..Lexie said none of the injuries were life threatening..listen, you go home and get some rest. I am going to stay here til she wakes up. Lexie said it should be in an hour or so..Carrie..I'm going to tell her the truth..I can't go on like this anymore. I love you..I will take care of her until she is well, but then I have to move on with you, and you have to move on with me. If we had only been honest with ourselves before none of this would have happened!"
"Austin, be honest yourself! if you had known about Samis pregnancy do you really think you would have moved on? You made love to her, and you made a baby together..could you have walked away from that? I don't think so, and if you could have you are not the man I think you are. Maybe this is Gods way of telling us that our actions have consequences, and we need to honor the commitments we have already made..no Austin, I am not moving on with you now...this has been a wake up call to me, and I hope to you also. Lucas is my husband, and I do love him. When I can, I am going to beg Sami to forgive me, and you....maybe we can make something out of this mess!"...She turned, and left him, as Sami opened her eyes.
Thanks for the update. :)