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Twenty: KAYDEN
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Bestfriends and Butterflies Twenty One: LISA
I feel like I am in a weird dark unconscious dream. A nightmare with devious cobwebs and dirty walls and an arid smell that just twists my stomach into painful knots. My eyes feel like they are open, but also feel shut at the same time.The grizzling sensation of something crawling over my leg has me opening my eyes and trying to adjust my tools of vision to see what is happening to my leg. It takes a while before my blurry vision clears, and when it does, I scream at the sight of the huge rat on my leg scratching my skin with its claws. The tremors the scratching sends down my spine nearly paralyses me with fear, yet at the same time, shooting up the adrenaline in my body so high that I fling my leg in the air, watching the black animal fly over to the far end of the dark room. I hear it give out a low squeak as it lands on the floor with a low thud. For a moment, I begin to think that it is dead, but then I watch it move on the floor and within seconds, the animal disappears through
Bestfriends and Butterflies Twenty Two: KAYDEN
Fear.Helplessness.Agony.These three words are but the few words I can use in describing the horror written all over Lisa's face. My heart rips at the sight of Tyler's hand gripping her bloodied face, the pain of what he has done to her body filling my head with millions of gut wrenching ways to kill this bastard."Tyler!"I scream, trying to rush over to him, but he is as fast as a snake. Within a couple of seconds, I find myself lifting my hands in the air and staring wide eyed at a gun pointing directly to my head."Don't be so quick Kayden, or this place will be filled with two corpses instead of one."I gulp in a breath. My heart is banging so loud and hard, my arms trembling slightly at the sight of the black revolver trained at me. I have never been pointed a gun before in my entire life. The fear that I could die any minute zaps through me like a mighty electrocution, but the fear that I could die in the presence of the woman I love and also without the chance to tell her ho
Bestfriends and Butterflies Twenty Three: LISA
When my mum was alive, she would always tell me that 'Life is too short to not live it with the people I love'. She was always fierce in showing how much she loved me. So fierce that on the day she died, I nearly lost my mind to the truth that I have lost the only one person in the entire world who loved me more than life itself. The doctors had to shackle me and had me placed in a psychiatric ward for more than a week. Well, I wasn't counting. My aunt Kate took the liberty to count the fucking days for me.However, on the day I began to regain back pieces of my sanity, I prayed to God to never allow me go through that pain again. I was afraid that if I ever went through it again, I may not survive.Never could I have imagined that a pain worse than that was waiting patiently for me nine years later.The nurses are screaming. I can hear Sandra crying. Ethan is cursing. That sharp signature scent that can only be found in hospitals is hitting my nose so badly that it makes me want to p
Bestfriends and Butterflies Twenty Four: LISA
I blink my eyes open, feeling the release and the comfort of the air around me as it envelops me in a tenderness so calm and tranquil. The air carries with it a soothing kind of peace that cradles me, rocking me like a child in a mother’s arms."Melissa."The voice is as smooth as silk, and as soft as velvet. It seeps into me, its familiar warmth wrapping around me like a blanket shielding me from the cold.I know this voice. It is the only voice that calls me by my full name. The only voice that is a bittersweet reminder of the person that loved me like I was the only treasure in the whole world.I turn around to the direction of the voice.And I see her."Mum?"She smiles. It can’t be.My mother is dead. She is in the afterlife.Wait, am I already in the afterlife?My confusion melts away when she saunters towards me, her beautiful face now glowing with the most brightest, mesmerizing smile. She stops in front of me, her deep blue eyes reflecting my carbon image of her, blue eyes sh
Bestfriends and Butterflies Twenty Five: LISA
When I open my eyes, it is to the harsh intensity of the white bulb blazing down on me.No. I want to see my mother. I want to go back. To be with her. To be wrapped in the warmth of her embrace. To feel her love. Even if it is just for a few minutes.I don't want to be gazing up at a light bulb reminding me that I am back in the real world.The air is fresh, but still retains that streak of a scent I detest about hospitals. As nerval realization slowly begins to kick into my bones, I start to feel a lethal twisting ache inside my left leg.The pain is evil. It bites and twists, then stops, only to begin another twisting torture more painful than the former.I grip the sheets. A wince escapes my lips and I stir on the bed."She is awake!"Footsteps pound into my ears, and in a flash, Sandra's worried face fills my vision."Hey." She whispers softly, brushing my hair back, her other hand soothing my exposed forearm."Hey." I whisper back, managing to give her a light smile. Even smilin
Bestfriends and Butterflies Twenty Six: LISA
Since the moment I regained my consciousness, hours rolled into days and days rolled into weeks.Two weeks to be precise. Two whole solid weeks of lying in bed and watching TV and having Sandra feed me breakfast, sometimes lunch and dinner inclusive. During times when she wheels me around the hospital's corridors and outside the hospital to get some fresh air, I would tease her non-stop about how she cried and promised never to offend me ever again if I survived my gunshot surgery.She would laugh at my taunts and poke my sides. And then, she would hug me in her arms and tell me again and again how much she loves me. My work colleagues also brought me lots of flowers and 'Get Well' cards and chocolates during the past week of my stay in this hospital. Sandra did me the honors of devouring most of the chocolates.Ethan is always in the hospital as well, spending most of his time on the couch in Kayden's ward. He comes to see me during times when I am not getting choked up with Sandra,
Bestfriends and Butterflies Twenty Seven: LISA
I look over at Kayden, staring at the face of the man that I love with all my heart.He is lying here, fighting for his life, and I feel so guilty and utterly helpless in doing anything about it."Kayden," I whisper, holding his hand tight. "Please come back to me. I am begging you. Please open your eyes."Tears roll down my face at the cruelty of his pale unresponsive body. Unable to bear the pain any longer, I bend my head on the bed, hiding my face, feeling so ashamed and guilty. I allow my tears to flow and soak into the sheets.Dear God, please have mercy. This is all my fault. Not Kayden's. Please bring him back to me. Please, I am begging you.Guilt rips through me. Raw and unforgiving. I sob silently, feeling as though the steady beeping of the heart monitor is mocking me, despite the fact that it is the only thing in this room still showing me that Kayden still has a chance to be alive.This is all my fault. If I could only—"Lisa."I hear my name, and for a moment, my painfu
Bestfriends and Butterflies Twenty Eight: LISA
True to the doctor's words, Kayden's healing process was fast, although I beat him to it when I got to the finish line first. His recovery felt like this immense reward he got for sticking it out throughout the longevity of his coma.For sticking it out for me. For saving my life.Sometimes, I wonder what would have happened to me if Kayden had not interrupted my kidnap situation with Tyler. Sure I may have had whatever stupid conversation that Tyler wanted us to have, but what next? Would Tyler have left me alive? Or dead?Well, my mind tells me that it would have been the latter.After a duration of complete three weeks in the hospital, the doctor finally certified that Kayden could go home and continue the rest of his treatment in the comfort of his home. Although I was the first to be discharged a week earlier, I still visited the hospital frequently to look after Kayden. I felt like leaving his side was like staying away from my air source, so I stayed with him. All the time.Dur
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