Chapter 40

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The following morning I woke in pain, instantly I was reminded of the previous night and knew that I would no longer be able put off talking with Lorna and Sid.

I got up from bed leaving Tyler to sleep, washed the best I could, dressed and headed down to get some breakfast and face the inevitable phone calls.

I knew that Sid would be at the rink so I phoned him first having no idea what he had told Lorna.

“Gill, are you ok? I tried to call you last night but you didn’t answer.” His voice was panicked and he sounded genuinely worried.

“I didn’t answer your call because I was at the hospital getting my foot put in plaster so that the 4 broken bones and 2 fractured bones can heel…

“I am so sorry if I missed your call, stupid me not making you a priority.” My voice came out a lot angrier than I had intended on.

“I… I am sorry.” He stuttered.

“Do you think saying your sorry is going to make this go away, you are lucky that I have good powers of persuasion, I had to convince most of the team not to beat you to death. That is twice now you have hurt me, well I am not lying to Lorna this time, you pushed me in public and broke my foot. You are extremely lucky that I am not going to press charges, I could quite easily give you a criminal record.”

“Gill” he interrupted. “I know you’re angry, you have every right to be. Lorna knows that I hurt you because I was angry with her, we are going to work through this and I have decided not to drink again because it is apparent that I cannot control my anger, especially around you. I promise you Gill, this will not happen again. I hope you will let me make this up to you somehow.”

“Just don’t let this happen again and make sure that you never lay a finger on Lorna.”

I ended the conversation and phoned Lorna.

“Hey sweetie, how are you?” She asks in a soft voice.

“I am ok, in quite a lot of pain but I have been given strong pain killers, hopefully they will kick in soon. How are you?” My voice was still quite harsh but Lorna knew my anger was not directed at her.

“How bad is it Gill?”

“My foot has 4 breaks and 2 fractures, the doctor thinks it will be in plaster for at least 6 months. I have to go back and see him next week.” I answer, my voice slowly getting back to normal.

“Gill, I am so sorry. I am so annoyed with Sidney for hurting you but he is even angrier with himself, he is beating himself up over this and I couldn’t believe that I blamed Tyler for hurting you before when it was really Sidney that had done it. He is not going to drink again Gill so he will not hurt you. I am so very sorry and we will make it up to you. I know I should be scared of him but I love him to much and I don’t want to be without him. Please understand.” She was talking quickly, her softness disappearing and the panic taking over.

“I don’t expect you to finish with him because of this, I have managed to calm the guys down and they have agreed not to get involved, please just promise me that you will be careful, if he ever lays a hand on you Lorna…” My voice was becoming angry again and I knew I had to end the call.

“Gill, he won’t hurt me but if he does…” Her voice was soft again and I knew she was close to tears.

“Look, this is not going to come between us Lorna, you have been my best friend for far too long, you are like the sister I never had, please don’t let this cause a rift between us.

“I have to go Lorna. Can you give me a lift to work on Monday please?”

“We will be fine Gill nothing will cause a rift between us. Yeah, I will get you at about 0830 on Monday, take care. Bye Gill.”

“Bye Lorna.” I hung up and made my way back to the kitchen just as Tyler made his way down the stairs.

We talked for a while before he left to go and see the team doctor so I took the laptop from the office and sat out in the conservatory with a nice glass of wine after having a quick lunch.

I checked my emails and suddenly it occurred to me that my family were arriving on Sunday and I could no longer drive to the airport to get them. I decided to phone around the guys to see if anyone could help me out, just as I picked up my phone Tyler came back in without his crutches and it occurred to me that I had been sitting there for hours, I just don’t know how time can go so fast without me noticing.

“Hey hunny, it is not as bad as they first thought, I can walk normally and can drive my car but it will still be a couple of weeks before I can play again.” He was really chipper, I was pleased for him.

“That is good gorgeous, the weeks will pass very quickly and you will be back on the ice before you know it. Since you are allowed to drive can you do me a big favour?” I smiled mischievously at him.

“Where do you want to go?” He answered sitting down beside me.

“I don’t want to go anywhere but I have to collect my parents from the airport on Sunday and I can’t drive at the moment, there are too many people for one car but if you can take some in your car I will phone Jordan and see if he will help us out?” I ask as I cuddle into him.

“Of course Gill, that goes without being said.”

I phoned Jordan and he agreed to help us so we arranged a time etc. and said our goodbyes.

I was very anxious about them arriving so I decided that we would watch a movie to take my mind of my aching foot and the fact that my family would be here in a few days.