chapter 2

CHAPTER 2

FREDA'S POV

I WONDER which was heavier the rain or my heart, I could feel both storming heavily as I walked out of the changing room dragging my awkwardly light legs as I went.

Today had been one of those days I wouldn't term as being Splendid it was the exact opposite

It Started right and then switched right in the middle to become one of the worst days of my life, and if there was anything I wanted at that moment it was certainly to forget about how everything had gone down so quickly including the fact that I had been suspended.

I walked down the hallway that had faulty lights blinking on and off due to the stormy weather.

Surprisingly enough it wasn't as busy as I had expected it to be with just a few people in the waiting room, shivering from the breezing wind while an intern walked in holding warm towels to pass around.

One thing was certain and that was the fact that I was going to miss this place for the meantime I was away working on the ground floor as an assistant, within myself I tried so much not to think about the humiliation it was going to have on me as even interns don't get their hands soiled doing such jobs.

I was so lost in thought, drowning in the moment of my misery, the trio to the parking lot took longer than expected as all I heard was the beeping ECG sound from a ward, the thudding sounds bid my heartbeats and the storming rain.

I got into my car and for a minute I rested my head on the steering wheel, igniting the car into life. Finally, I drove out of the parking lot into the rainy streets.

Adele's– someone like you played slowly through the car as I drove out, all I could do at that moment was to let myself drown in the song as it was a way of soothing myself from the worries I was having.

Suddenly the car started jerking and came to an abrupt stop with the hospital a distance back and the main road a while away.

"Damn! " I cussed under my breath hitting the steering wheel with my palms.

"Could today get any worse?" I muttered to myself as I got out of the car after getting my umbrella and struggling to open it.

A bit of the rain fell into the car as the wind pushed the door and umbrella against me, almost taking them off my hands.

I struggled and wrestled against the rainy wind and eventually, I was able to put the umbrella all out over my head though it still shook from the breezing wind.

"Now what?" I said aloud confused about what to do as I had no idea how to get a car fixed.

I tried hitting whatever it was that was hittable in the engine, paying more attention to the battery as I had seen a lot of people doing.

Walking back to the car I made a quick prayer hoping that in some ways the car would fucking start and I would get away from the cold rain.

The car zoomed into life, and with excitement, I went out to close the engine compartment before entering back into my car.

I was about to move when a man from nowhere stood right in front of the car.

"Who the hell is this?" I muttered, pressing the horn sound.

I froze when the man didn't move away but instead came to the side where I was banging against the glass and saying muffled words I could hear through the glass that was winded up to keep the rain away.

"If he thinks I am going to open the door then he is dumb." I thought to myself.

I would admit that I was scared, the smartest thing was for me to move and I was about to do that when the man fell to the ground leaving a trail of blood on my glass after muttering the words "Save me!"

"What the hell!" Came out of my lips as my hands shot to my mouth covering it in shock, it was the last thing I was expecting.

A part of me was screaming at me to drive off as that was what anyone with common sense would do but I was sworn to an oath and it would seem unethical for me to leave many dying by the roadside.

I got out of the car and stood under the heavy rain, my fingers trembling as I turned the man.

Two of my fingers reached for the side of his neck. "Good he is still breathing."

His breath was rasping and right there on his upper arm were two bullet wounds.

With rasped breaths and fluttering eyes the words "please save me…"

He couldn't complete the words before shutting his eyes again, as the rain poured against me leaving my body wet and hair matted. I thought of what I was going to do.

Going back to the hospital was not a very smart idea as they would ask for a report and I would be forced to write long statements coupled with the fact that I had a pending issue on the ground already it was a bad idea for me to make.

I had just one option and that was for me to take this stranger home. So Searching his pocket for anything that could give me a hint of who he was, I sighed to myself when I found nothing.

I had a hell of a time pulling him into the passenger seat.

"Don't worry you will be fine," I said looking back to take one good look at him before driving off.

It rained heavily on the glass as I drove as fast as I could.

He was losing blood profusely and I feared for his life.

I feared for this stranger's life…