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Quinn barely parked the car before getting out and rushing into the hospital, his heart hammering in his chest as his brain thought up several worst case scenarios.
“I got a call saying my children were in an accident, I need to see them.” He demanded, almost in tears as his Omega screamed at him for not being a good mother, for not protecting his kids.
“They’ll be in the children's ward, it’s upstairs and through the large double doors, you’ll know it when you see it.” The receptionist said softly, sympathy in her eyes as she watched the upset Omega run up the stairs to the children’s ward, not even bothering to wait for the elevator. As an Omega herself, she understood his pain.
The receptionist was right, Quinn knew the children’s ward as soon as he got there, large colourful stickers and paintings decorated the walls and mobiles of different cartoon characters hung down from the ceiling, the nurses were wearing brightly coloured scrubs and there were toys and play areas spread all over the reception area.
He went up to the receptionist and asked for his children, absent-mindedly answering all her questions, he fiercely dispelled every thought of one or both of his kids being dead, it was not something he would allow himself to think about.
A nurse came to lead him to the sea-themed room and to two beds that had been hidden behind a curtain.
The nurse left him after reminding him when the visiting hours would end. Quinn didn’t pay her any attention and instead looked at his two boys. Tyler’s right arm was in a cast and Harvey’s head was wrapped in a bandage.
Quinn quietly sat on the chair in between both beds and gently ran his fingers through his twins’ auburn hair, he longed to see their bright blue eyes staring at him but they were fast asleep.
They looked fine, apart from the cast and bandage they looked fine, no bruises or cuts. That calmed him down a little; his sons were not in danger of losing their lives, the doctor had taken care of them.
After about an hour, a beta doctor came to check on the boys and see if they were okay. Quinn stood up when he saw the doctor and was about to start questioning him when the man spoke.
“You’re their mother I presume. I’m Dr James. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to get to you sooner, I had an emergency to see to.” The man said gently. He was a middle-aged man with greying black hair and warm brown eyes, he spoke softly but respectfully to Quinn, didn’t talk down to him.
Quinn nodded, wiping tears from his eyes. “I am, I got the call and I came as soon as I could. What happened?”
“Your husband was driving while intoxicated and collided with another car, your family is very lucky to have come out of the accident with relatively little injuries, the people in the other car hadn’t been so lucky and the driver's in a coma.”
Quinn didn’t know what to say, Mason might have just cost someone their life and severely injured others not to mention endangering his kids.
“Your boys are fine, Tyler here broke his wrist and Harvey got a bump to the head. They’ve been given very mild sedatives to calm them down, they were panicked and were calling for you.” Doctor James smiled at the boys.
Quinn looked at his boys and kissed their foreheads, incredibly grateful that it wasn’t any of his children that was in a coma. Then he looked at the Doctor. “Do you, by any chance, know what happened to their father?”
“He’s fine, just a mild concussion and minor bruising.” Doctor James said. “If you wish to see him you can head back downstairs and ask a nurse for directions.”
“Thank you.” Quinn said, turning his full attention to his kids as the doctor checked them over and deemed them ready to return home. Quinn would have used this opportunity to take his boys back to Jasper’s place but he needed the signature or at the very least verbal permission from an Alpha or beta related to the kids in order to check them out of the hospital.
Quinn was standing at the edge of Mason’s hospital bed, contemplating whether or not he wanted to wake up the Alpha. He needed the Alpha’s signature but he wasn’t sure he wanted to face a possible beating for disturbing the man’s sleep.
Luckily, the Alpha woke with a groan and opened his eyes slowly. To Quinn’s surprise, the Alpha smiled at him. “Hey.”
“Hi,” Quinn replied quietly. “I need you to sign this.” He didn’t want to admit that being near Mason was bringing up distant feelings. The sooner he got what he wanted and left the better.
Mason’s smile was replaced with a frown. “You’re not even going to ask how I’m doing? I haven’t seen you in six months Quinny. I missed you.”
“Can you sign this please?” Quinn asked again, he wasn’t going to even point out that it was Mason who had kicked him out.
Mason sighed and took the pen and paper out of Quinn’s hand to sign his permission for the children’s discharge.
“Thanks.” Quinn left quickly before Mason could say anything else. He went back up to the twins’ ward and was surprised to see his sister sitting on the chair he’s previously vacated, she was running her fingers through their hair like he had been doing previously.
Sapphire looked up when she heard Quinn’s surprised gasp. The guilt and shame of what she did came flooding back and she stood up and approached her brother slowly.
Quinn took a step back. “What are you doing here?” He asked quietly, he didn’t want to wake his sleeping children, the last thing he needed was to have his children bear witness to the confrontation he knew was about to occur.
“The hospital called me and informed me I might be needed to sign some documents for my Omega brother” She explained, then she bit her lip and moved closer to Quinn. “I’m sorry Quinn, you don’t even know how guilty I feel.” Sapphire couldn’t meet her brother’s eyes.
“Really? After six months you finally feel guilty.” Quinn stated. He looked at his sister and knew he already forgave her. How could he not, she had done so much for him. He owed her his life. Sleeping with his husband was not enough to counter the good things she had done for him. But he wasn’t about to let her know he had forgiven her.
“Quinn, I honestly feel like shit for what I did to you. You know Mason and I dated previously before he left me for you. I guess when I was alone with him past feelings resurfaced.” Sapphire explained, she knew this didn’t make it better but she could only hope her brother would someday forgive her.
“Really? Feelings you had when you were a teenager? How many years has that been Sapphire? Over nine years and then you suddenly realized you still had feelings for him and promptly jumped into bed with him.” Quinn scoffed and shook his head. “I’m done with this conversation Sapphire. I need to be with my kids when they wake up, so I’d very much appreciate it if you please leave.”
Sapphire tried to say something else but she sighed and left, knowing her brother won’t speak a word to her if she refused to leave. She had brought this on herself, she had let Mason seduce her. Not only did she break her little brother’s heart, she also broke her Alpha’s heart and caused both her and her brother to lose their Alphas.