Forgive us

Asher had gone to shower and change once Macey had gone back to sleep. Johan refused to leave her side and fell asleep in the seat next to the bed. He felt like shit that Macey thought he had been with someone else when she called him. He hoped she would let him explain when she wasn't out of it. He realised he loved Macey the minute he nearly lost her. He knew they hadn't been together long but that didn't mean anything. When she was coughing up blood he couldn't picture his life without her in it. He would give anything to take her place and be in pain instead of her.

When Asher had come back to the hospital after being dropped at his car by Raph, he quietly sat down on the other side of Macey resting his head on her hand and dozed off. He, like Johan, hadn't slept at all not wanting to miss Macey waking up. Now he knew she was ok to a certain degree he let sleep take over him promising it would only be for a few minutes.

Close to 6 pm, Asher and Johan were woken up by a phone ringing. Asher sat up quickly looking for the phone that was ringing. He didn't want it to wake Macey up at all. Johan too was looking for the phone. Asher pulled out his phone to see it was the prison ringing.

Asher quickly answered the phone hearing the usual recording. Diesel had called him several times asking for money to be put into his prison account and each time Asher had refused to do it. He wanted nothing to do with Diesel. After the recording, Asher heard Diesel. "Is it true? Is Tyler dead?" Diesel bit out.

Asher stood up hearing the hurt in Diesel's voice. He looked towards Macey who was now looking at him. "Yes" was all that Asher stated. "She fucken killed him? Asher make the bitch pay. She killed our brother" Diesel spat out. "Diesel he was in a car accident. He was running after beating Macey almost to death. He called me to tell me he fucked up. She had nothing to do with him dying" Asher stated firmly.

Macey was watching on. Was Tyler really dead? Had she killed him? She still couldn't remember what happened at all besides the call to Johan. Johan squeezed Macey's hand to get her attention away from the call but she ignored him. She needed to know if she had killed her brother.

"It was her fucken fault Asher can't you see?" Diesel spat. "She is innocent Diesel. She was unconscious and nowhere near the accident. Stop blaming her for his choices. Just like your choices put you where you are. You have no one to blame but you. Don't call me again" Asher fumed before hanging up on his brother and turning around to see Macey watching him.

"What happened?" Macey asked with a scratchy throat. Johan grabbed a cup of water and attempted to help Macey sit up. Macey tried to resist the help, she still thought Johan was with another girl when she called. "Let me help you" Johan whispered to Macey. "Don't you have a chick to be with?" Macey asked. She was genuinely curious why he was with her now.

"Macey, I wasn't with anyone else. I swear to you, Renee stole my phone when she told you someone was looking for you at the bar" Johan stated. He was upset she thought he would do that but he also knew she had hit her head pretty bad. "Who is Renee and who was looking for me?" Macey asked. She couldn't remember a Renee even working at the bar. She couldn't even remember what day it was.

"Last night we were on break. The new girl Renee came in to tell you someone was looking for you. You went out to see who it was and she cornered me. She took my phone and then when Jeff and I came out to look for you, you were gone. Turns out she was with Tyler. We looked for you for hours" Johan said tearing up as he told Macey. He had been so scared for a couple of hours that he couldn't find Macey.

"Tyler called me and told me he fucked up. He then screamed your name. I thought he was telling me he had you but he was calling out for you. From what the police found he beat you in one area and while on the phone to me, you managed to get away. He almost killed you, Macey. He and Renee took off in her car and ran into a tree turning onto the highway. Both were killed on impact" Asher added.

Macey nodded her head. That was a lot to take in and her head was hurting again. "Macey, it wasn't your fault" Johan whispered. "I should have protected you, I am so sorry" Johan added. "I should have known he would do something like that. It's my fault" Asher added. Macey squeezed Johan's hand attempting to smile at him to reassure him she was ok. "It's not your fault or your fault" Macey replied. The only person at fault was Tyler and he was dead.

"I'm sorry. You think I was with someone else and I didn't protect you like I said I would" Johan added. "Johan come lay with me" Macey stated trying to scoot over on the bed. She was tired and wasn't going to argue about who was at fault. "I'm not getting in there with you. You have tubes everywhere and you are hurt" Johan replied. "Then don't argue with me" Macey replied causing Johan to laugh.

The nurse came into the room to administer more painkillers and everyone was quiet. The nurse took Macey's stats and looked at Asher a little too long. Johan was too busy watching Macey to notice anything else. He felt responsible for everything. Asher cleared his throat when the nurse just kept staring at him and wouldn't leave. He had to apologise to his sister. The nurse left the room quickly after seeing the look in Asher's eyes. Macey patted the bed next to her for Johan but he shook his head no smiling down at her.

Macey pouted, she liked laying with Johan in bed. He made her feel safe and the painkillers were kicking in again. "You don't like me anymore" Macey whined. "Macey I fucken love you. I would love to lay in bed with you but you are hurt" Johan replied causing Macey to smile at his words. Johan watched as she smiled and realised what he had said before Macey closed her eyes and went back to sleep.