Blended Families

chapter 9

Violet's p.o.v

My sister Rose ended up being a 100% match for my bone marrow transplant so from now on things are going to move quickly. My condition is severe and I am just getting worse. I barely have any energy to do anything. I have to start chemo and I am not sure what is going to happen. Dad got 2 other Drs opinions because he just didn't want to believe my diagnosis, but they said the same thing. Mom hasn't been back to the bakery and I feel so guilty about it. She stays home with me, trying to make me feel better. Lily hasn't started her classes so she's aways here with mom and Rose comes home right after school. I am so happy to have my sisters and mom. They are my rock and speak nothing but positivity into me that makes me think that I will be okay.

Rose's p.o.v

There is so much going on in my life right now. The most important is my sister's health which seems to be rapidly declining and it is such a scary thing to watch. The Dr called to say that I am a 100% match for her bone marrow transplant so her transplant team has gotten to work. She began chemotherapy already and will have the transplant done. Next thing is that Jack has been acting crazy. He has been showing up here, the bakery, my school, anywhere that he thinks he will find me and he either attacks me verbally or brings me flowers, trying to win me back. He is like day and night, hold and cold, but it is giving stalker vibes, so now he has to go through dad now in order to see Nico. He messages me telling me that my sister's illness is an inconvinience to him because he can't see me and our son together. He is crazy. I reminded him that we are nothing and that we are only co parenting, but he can't accept it. He then tried to say that I am not properly taking care of my son because of all of these appointments that I have been having to go to since I am the only one who can do this for my sister. I had to set him straight and let him know that my son is perfectly taken care of and that my sister's health and what I do to help her is none of his concern. He really has some nerve. I wish I could block him permanently from my life. He doesn't realize that his actions and words affect me so much. Although I wear a happy face around everyone else, I cry when I am alone.

Today has been such a bad day. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. My car broke down and I got to class late so my professor didn't let me in. Then in my other class I forgot my assignment and I just sat in my car and cried after. Luckily my car turned on and I was able to get home. Now, I just got home and Lily is freaking out. "Rose, hurry we need to get to the hospital. Violet has an infection, dad called we need to get there as soon as possible." she says. I grab Nico and we head over there in her car though since I don't want to risk mine breaking down on us.

We get there and rush inside where dad greets us. You can tell he has been crying. Luke and Jas are here, sitting with mom. "Hey babygirls, they kicked us out of her room. They had to work on her. She got an infection and she is declining. We don't know what is going to happen." he tells us. I hug him, but he grabs Nico and hugs him close to him. "She will be okay, she has to." I whisper, not believeing that we can lose our little sister. This can't be happening. "Casey!" I hear mom yell. We all turn around and there stands my brother who I had no idea was coming. This is bad. If Casey was called then things are worse than I thought.

We all sit quietly waiting for someone to come out and tell us something. Any update on Violet. Out of nowhere we watch people run in and out frantrically. A man in blue scrubs walks out to inform us that Violet's heart stopped, but that they are working on her. The noise that came out of mom's mouth before she collapsed will haunt me forever. Dad tried his best to help mom while keeping us all together. Everyone is crying and freaking out. This is the worst news we could have been given. Violet was just fine yesterday. We aren't even being let into her room, a nurse just said that they are working on her and left us here with so many questions.

The Dr. finally walks out and tells us that her heart stopped for 20 minutes, "You should all prepare for the worst and begin saying your goodbyes." she says. I fall back into the chair and hold Nico, not believeing this. "Lucas, no, there has to be something that we can do." mom cries. "For now, all we can do is let her rest, monitor her and hope that we can still do the bone marrow transplant on time. That's all we can do for her right now we just have to wait and see, just be prepared." she says and walks away.

Casey's p.o.v

Getting a phone call from my father, telling me that my sister is in the hospital and could possibly be dying is not anything that I expected. I decided to come home and I got here to a horrific scene. My baby sister is fighting for her life. Her heart stopped, but they got her back and under control now. They claim that she is okay and now they just have to wait to be able to perform the transplant procedure. My whole family is here and no-one wants to leave. Only my parents can go inside of her room though. 2 people only. No-one wants to leave fearing the worse, but we take turns going home to shower and grabbing food for everyone and I also took over with taking Nico to visit with his piece of shìt father who only showed up the first day and after me informing him that he would have to meet with me to see his son, he stopped coming. He complained about Rose being an unfit mother who was not taking care of Nico. It took everything in me not to punch his face in, but I was holding Nico so I just told him to fùck off and that he did.

It's been a couple of weeks since my sister nearly lost her life. She has been stable and for that we are thankful. I asked for a transfer of my position somewhere closer to home so in a couple of days I have to go back to get everything settled to come back home. There's a base about 30 minutes away and I will report there. Things are finally looking up. Luke and I brought the kids to the bakery to grab some food before we head back. Today they are doing the bone marrow transplant. We walk in to the bakery and aunt Courtney is here, talking to some guys. When the taller, bigger one turns around I realize that he looks familiar. Oh shìt, it is Brody, Liam's cousin. I know them because I used to go with mom when she would visit with Liam's mom for their book club which I do not think there was ever any reading of books involved. Liam and Brody are older than me by a couple of years. They would always be training for who knows what. I always thought it was cool because I thought they were going to become wrestlers with how much they trained and how big they got. "Casey" he says and comes to shake my hand. "Hey little Nico." The guy who is with him says. "How have you been man? It's been years since I last saw you. What are you doing here?" Brody asks me all of these questions. "I joined the marines. I don't live here, well I am moving back I should say. This is my mother's bakery." I tell him. He looks surprised. "Lily is your sister?" he asks and I nod.

Growing up, only I used to go with mom to visit her friend. My siblings liked going to our grandma's house or go with grandpa because he was always doing something at a new restaurant and would always give us fancy desserts, but I always felt like I had to go and take care of mom so Liam and his family mostly only know me, they might know Luke. When Liam's family would come to our house, Liam never came. They always said he was training. Again for what, who knows. "Where is she?" he asks. "Who Lily?" I ask with a frown on my face. Why does he want to know where my little sister is? "Yeah, we met her and Rose and this little guy a couple of weeks ago. We have came here every day since, but we haven't ran into them again." the other guy says. "Who are you?" I ask. "Ryan" he says and reaches to shake my hand. "This is my brother Luke." I say. They all shake hands. "Our sister Violet got sick and we have all been in the hospital. As a matter of fact, we are just grabbing some food and heading back now." Luke says. "Oh okay, I hope everything is alright. Can you please ask Lily to call or text me." Brody asks me. "Why the hèll would I do that Brody?" I ask and walk away laughing. He better not have his eyes on my baby sister. She's barely like 10. Well, not really but she is a baby in my eyes. We grab what we need and head back to the hospital, hoping that we get some good news for once.

Jack's p.o.v

I haven't seen Rose in months. Those damn Lacey's have been keeping her away. She didn't even show her face when I basically accused her of being a bad mother. I know she isn't but I thought this would make her snap and want to confront me. I realized that I want Rose. Camila is a mistake. She can't keep her legs closed. All of these years. All she says is that she has needs that I can't fufill. Every single time after I feel the pains of betrayal, I have to fùck her to make her understand. My wolf thinks that we can fùck her into submission, but it isn't working. Why can't she keep her legs closed? She also sùcks as a mother. She basically left little Jack with my mom for her to raise while she whòres around. If only my mother knew who she is having sèx with I doubt she would keep Jack for her. I made up my mind though. I snort the rest of my drugs. I need to make sure I get more by tonight. I grab the brand new bottle of vodka and start chugging it. These two things together give me the perfect high to be able to relax and think clearly......I am going to force Rose to see me and be with me. I will take my son and make her be with me if she wants him back. I jump up and down excited. I need to plan this out to be perfect but by this weekend, I will have my family with me and I will kick Camila to the curb. Rose can raise little Jack. She is so sweet and caring and compassionate. She won't say no to a pup with no mother.

Rose's p.o.v

It's been 2 days since the bone marrow transplant. They kept me here to monitor me and make sure I am okay and today I am released. From what Lily told me, they did the bone marrow transplant on time, but Violet kept losing a lot of blood. Her hair is also falling out too. They want to just shave her head and I can't stop crying since I heard this. My sister loves her hair. She has had fevers of 104 and low blood pressure. Life is so unfair sometimes. My sister is a fighter and keeps fighting for her life though. I want to go see her, but they are only allowing my parents in her room. Mom promised to face time us each later tonight, but right now all I want to do is go home and shower and get some real food and proper rest. I decide that I am going to take Nico home and sleep on our beds tonight. My body is so tired. I will put my phone on speaker so they can call me if anything happens. We get home and we play in the backyard for a bit, then I give Nico a bath and then I shower myself while he plays off to the side of the restroom. I then feed us dinner and I read him a book and put him to sleep. Luckily he falls asleep quickly. He must be just as tired as I am. I make sure my phone is next to me incase it rings and I fall asleep.

I can't breathe. Am I dead? Am I Dying? I'm either dying or dreaming. Something is holding my throat. I open my eyes and Jack is standing over me, both of his hands are around my throat. He is choking me.