Kevin watches the exchanges, but he says nothing. Melanie gives Kaden another smile before the door closes behind him. "No," he tells him when he asks about Karen. "Do you think it's wise to leave them alone? Mel was ready to beat Aliya before. I think that might be a bigger threat than Karen."
Aliya looks up at Mel, who is glaring at her. "I didn't mean to hurt him that bad. I promise."
"But you did. We're a family here. We look after each other, we take care of each other, we fuck each other, but we do not hurt each other."
"Yeah. Too bad you weren't following that same code when you left Mason for M'lord." Melanie's face reddened. "You have no idea what was going on then. How dare you even say that."
"How dare I say that? How dare you say it's okay for you to rip a man's heart, drive him to drinking, nearly get him killed in a car crash, but you look at me like I'm scum because I whacked Master over the head with a lamp. Way I see it, you're far worse than I ever thought about being."
"I hope Karen does wake up. Maybe then I can get her to boil your blood."
"Great," Aliya grins. "Now you're hoping your husband's daughter wakes up. You do realize that would probably kill her. Yeah. You're such a good person Melanie. You're going to make a lousy mother." Aliya pushes past her leaving Melanie seething.
"Yeah," he blinks looking up at the ceiling. "I know all about getting a good scare." He begins to remember finding Kaden in the bathroom. The fear that ran through him felt like a knife piercing his heart. He remembered how cold his skin was and how lifeless he was. Even now his heart began to race remembering it. The numbers on the monitor began to climb.