Oceans Submerged: Book Two, the Oceans Series Read Online Free Page A

must have been a while since he smiled last because it seemed to hurt his face when he did.
    “Stop Liv, I’m not leaving. I’ll be here where I’ve always been.”
    He let go of my hand and the calm he was providing me left. I felt my body begin to slip back into the dark corner in my mind. I let it because he said he would not leave me and I believed him.
    ***
    “Honey, wake up. It’s Layla. Livie I need you to wake up now.”  
    This time when I opened my eyes, I didn’t feel so dazed and drugged; I did however still feel the elephant sitting on the left side of my body.
    I looked up at Layla’s face to see Ocean on her left and Law to her right. Behind them, I saw Ocean’s dad. I looked around and I was definitely in a hospital room. The white walls and smell of sanitizing chemicals burned my nose.
    When I finally looked down at myself, I confirmed I was lying in a hospital bed with a robe on. What made my head spin for a minute was the huge bandage wrapped around my left hand going all the way up to my shoulder.
    The pounding throb became more prominent and I winced as I took in a deep breath. I felt Ocean shift as he stood by his aunt, but she held out her hand to stop him from moving forward.
    Oh boy this can’t be good.
    At least this time when I looked at Ocean, he was freshly shaven and seemed to have gotten back to his sexy brooding demeanor.
    Layla stepped forward with a smile on her face that had hidden behind it bad news. She sat down on the end of my bed, I cleared my throat to say ‘hi’ but what came out sounded more like a duck quack.
    Law laughed a little and that resulted in Ocean smacking the back of his head so hard he nearly tripped forward. Law held up is hands towards him while mouthing ‘sorry’ to me. I just shook my head at them and turned my attention back to Layla.
    Chapter Five
    Livie
    “Livie, I’m sure you have a million questions to ask, but if you don’t mind, I want to do most of the talking before you do.”
    I looked down nervously at my arm, then into Ocean’s eyes. He gave me a slight nod so I looked back at Layla and nodded for her to continue.
    “Okay, I don’t want you to start talking just yet. You had a breathing tube in your throat for about a week and a half so it will not do you any good trying to speak. If I ask you a question just blink once for yes and twice for no. Okay?”
    I blinked once for yes and she smiled at me. “Great! Let’s start out with the heavy. Honey, you are here because two and half weeks ago you tried to kill yourself. Ocean and Law found you in your condo bleeding to death, literally. You used a rather large piece of glass from your office table to slice your arm open from your wrist all the way up to your elbow.”
    She paused, taking in my expression which probably resembled a deranged person with memory loss being told they had just murdered someone and had no memory of it.
    I looked around the cold and intimidating room, trying to find the memory that fit with me doing this to myself but I was coming up blank. I ran my free hand through my hair pulling at the ends trying to remember.
    “Livie, do you remember doing this to yourself?” I looked at Layla and blinked twice as I continued to panic.
    Ocean walked by Law who tried to stop him, but only got shoved back forcefully. Ocean grabbed the free chair and dragged it to my bedside sitting down bracing his arms on the bed. He laid his forehead on my right leg.
    My good hand immediately moved to run through his hair, which provided me the comfort I needed to stay calm.
    I looked back at Layla whose eyes were starting to tear up. Oh shit here comes the bad news. “Sweetheart, I’m not one hundred percent sure why you did this but from the exam I had to do on you, you’ve been cutting yourself for some time.”
    I blinked once remembering that much about myself.
    “You received a call from your father’s accountant on the night you did this Livie. Honey, your father passed