Heaven and Earth by J.M. Benjamin

Author:J.M. Benjamin [Benjamin, J.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-09-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

As the hospital orderly wheeled Heaven toward the sliding doors, the closer she got to them, the faster her heart rate became. Heaven felt as if she was about to have an anxiety attack and knew the reason why. Almost three weeks had gone by since she had been cooped up in the hospital. Being confronted with the fear of leaving to return back to life, as she knew it, had her on edge. Although for the past few weeks she had longed to be discharged out of the hospital, Heaven was somewhat leery. She did not know what to expect once she was out, and this was unlike her. The incident that landed her in a hospital bed and her right hand in the grave still weighed heavy on her mind. Over and over, she had played the tapes and recapped the chain of events inside her head. When she was not thinking about it, she was having nightmares about it. Nightmares that involved her dead numerous times and caused her many sleepless nights. Nightmares that she knew would haunt her for the rest of her life, or at least until she laid them to rest herself, burying them deep—along with the perpetrators. Heaven knew that she couldn’t officially mourn her partner’s demise until she had gotten to the bottom of what all had happened to her and why. And that was exactly what she intended to do. She knew that in the game, death and imprisonment were two strong options, just as she knew that Earth had known the same, and they both respected any and all that came behind the lifestyles they willingly and voluntarily chose for themselves.

“Are you okay, Ms. Jacobs?” the white preppy-looking orderly asked, breaking Heaven’s chain of thought.

“I’m good,” she replied.

As they reached, the sliding doors, the first thing Heaven noticed was Sonya and Shell leaning up against the black Tahoe with smiles plastered across their faces. The orderly continued to push Heaven through the glass sliding doors.

“It’s OK, I’ll walk from here,” she announced to the orderly.

“Sorry, Ms. Jacobs, I can’t allow you to do that. It’s against hospital policy. We have to escort.”

“Nigga, I don’t give a shit what ya policy is. She said she good,” Sonya interrupted meeting Heaven and the orderly at the sliding doors. Instantly, the orderly’s eyes widened with fear as he released the arms of the wheelchair. Although he was no coward, something in the woman’s eyes and the tone of her voice made the orderly uneasy. Whatever the case, he did not want any problems.

“Sonya, chill. He a’ight,” Heaven calmly stated in defense of the orderly, at the same time feeling her soldiers concern for her. Ever since she had awaken out of her coma and gotten on their cases about handling their business in the streets and keeping their ears to the ground, Shell and Sonya had stepped their game up, and Heaven was proud of them both.

She was not at all surprised not to see Le Le waiting with Shell and Sonya, knowing the situation.

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