Chapter 278 - You had to be a hero, didnt you? (12) (1/2)

12 April, Military Base Hospital, City K

Lexi sat in the waiting room chair while staring off into the distance. As they wheeled Matthew off to surgery, another doctor took her away for a medical check. That was the last thing that she wanted to do was to be taken away far from where Matthew was. It was only when they promised to get her back here quickly that she agreed to cooperate.

Nothing penetrated her consciousness, until she felt a pair of little arms wrap around her neck, a kiss on the cheek and heard the words ”Mummy, I am here.”

Lexi turned and saw that Dominic had come in and was hugging her. She swept him over onto her lap and hugged him as hard as she could and started to cry.

Dominic started to struggle and said, ”Mummy you are squashing me.”

Lexi loosened her grip, and Dominic looked directly at Lexi and asked, ”Mummy why are you crying?”

”I am just happy to see you.” Pausing, Lexi quietly asked ”Why are you here?”

Dominic hung his head, knowing that he was about to get into trouble. He remembered what Daddy Matthew had told him, just yesterday, being honest when asked a question by his Mummy was the right thing.

”Mummy do not be mad. I heard Miss Monica and Miss Sarah talking and they said Daddy Matthew had been hurt, and said they were worried about you.” With that Dominic threw his arms back around Lexi's neck and continued to hug her as she started crying again.

Worried Dominic said, ”Mummy what is wrong?”

Hearing the underlying worry in Dominic's voice with his simple question, Lexi pulled back gently, and felt Dominic wiping the tears away from his face. How caring, so much like Matthew, and this set her off crying again. The man who gave her this wonderful child was in surgery from trying to keep her safe. At that moment she wanted to scream to everyone how alike father and son were, but Richard's threats and the impacts on all the hard work of Andrew and Chester kept her from acting.

Through her sob's all Lexi could say was ”Mummy is alright Dominic.”

”But Mummy you are crying. That means something is wrong.”

Lexi could not believe the logic of her child. Crying meant that something was wrong. While that was the case currently, there was times that it was not. ”Who told you that Dominic?”

”Mummy, you think I am silly. You cry when there is something wrong.” Dominic looked at her in the eyes and said, ”Is Daddy Matthew seriously hurt.”

Lexi knew that she could not get around telling Dominic what was happening. But, at the same time she was not going to tell him everything as he did not need to know that.

Taking a couple of steadying breaths, Lexi quietly said ”Dominic, you remember the discussion we had with Daddy Matthew about soldiers and what they do?”

”Do you think I forget everything that that you tell me mummy. I am not silly. Soldiers protect people.”