Broken

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When she opened her eyes, she was surprised to find herself within white four walls, with tubes connected to her wrist and the other end to the IV stand. Some other machines beeping, the sound of it echoing in the whole quiet room.

I'm at the hospital? She said internally and tried to sit up, her head buzzed with pain making her groan "Goodness" she murmured pressing her forehead.

Just when she was able to sit up, the door was pushed. Her mother was the first one to walk in followed by the nurse. "Mom" She muttered, her mother enveloped her to her arms with soft sobs.

"Oh my dear, you are finally awake. Thank you God" she said, rubbing her daughter's back who was crying in her arms.

"I'll go get the doctor," said the doctor after examining the IV stand,leaving the mother and daughter to unite.

"Mom, why are you crying? What happened to me?" She asked curious because from what she remembered was the accident at Alan's studio, but about how she ended up in the hospital she doesn't recall much.

Sharon pulled away wiping her tears "You don't remember?" She asked. Aileen shook her head in response.

"Oh honey," said her mother sitting down on the bed just right beside her, she held both of her hands worried. When would the doctor arrive because even she doesn't know yet.

What she was told is that she had an heart attack, as a mother she was scared of telling her and cause another problem.

Suddenly the doctor came in with the nurse "Check her IV and heart rates now" he ordered.

"Doctor, she just woke up" said Sharon and stood up facing the middle aged Doctor with a grateful impression.

The doctor smiled looking at the dumbfounded little girl on the bed. "Thankfully, now ….." he moved closer to Aileen while the nurse was doing her own task.

He checked her eyes which made her uncomfortable but sat quietly.

"How do you feel young lady?" He asked. Aileen looked at her mother, Sharon assured her with a smile.

"Fine," she murmured. "That's great" he gave her a thumbs up. The doctor was weirdly nice to her not knowing he was Sharon's schoolmate.

"Doc, everything is stable" said the nurse and stood aside. "Okay Sharon, I'd like to talk to you in my office please" he said getting up. "Of course yes, honey I'll be back" she kissed Aileen on her forehead, she nodded and watched the three of them leaving the room.

She couldn't wait to know what's wrong with her because something was definitely missing with her mother's behaviour.

She laid back down on the bed giving out a deep breath, her eyes lost on the ceilings. Suddenly her memories started to float back to the accident, she set up abruptly "Alan!" she screamed, throwing the pillows and everything near her across the room.

She clenched onto her hospital gown feeling suffocated and her heart was in so much pain, so much that she might go insane.

"How could you do this to me Alan? How?" She pulled out the needle on her wrist not even caring the pain and blood dripping out to her palm. She got off the bed and fell down in the process, a nurse came in after hearing the commotion.

"Miss what are you doing? You're going to hurt yourself!" She tried to approach her but a pillow flew across her making her stagger back. "Leave me alone! I want to die!" She shouted with painful sobs.

Has she gone crazy? Thought the nurse and quickly dashed out of the room to call for help after locking the room so that the patient wouldn't escape and kill herself as she said.

"So what is wrong with her now?" Asked Sharon, concerned about her daughter. The doctor wrote down something on a prescription, taking his time before taking off his glasses and joining his hands together.

"Well, she had a mild heart attack" he paused to see the woman holding her breath in shock.

"My theory says, something very serious might have happened which caused her to have a heart attack. Thank God, she was brought here on time or else something worse might have happened to her. But you don't have to worry Sharon, we're examining her closely and apart from catching a cold she is fine now, just give her the medicines on time and watch her for the time being" he flushed her a smile.

Aileen let out a sigh of relief wondering what she would've done if anything had happened to her one and only child. She would've probably died of Blood pressure because she only has Aileen and her husband in her life.

"Thank you so much Alfred '' she said, shaking hands with him with a smile. The door opened all of a sudden, the nurse entered, panting heavily, making both of them surprised "The lady! She … she!" She couldn't even finish her words and Sharon was already running out like a mad woman "My baby!" She yelled running along with Alfred, the people by the corridors were staring at them.

The doors flew open, they found her curled up at the corner, her legs brought up to her chest and her head was buried there. Sobbing loudly, blood stained her costume.

"Honey! Aileen" Sharon was dejected as she looked at the mess around the room. "Mommy" called out Aileen with her red eyes and snorts.

Sharon crouched down and pulled her to her arms, holding her close sobbing along with her. She just couldn't stop her own tears from falling.

Her always composed and strong daughter looks like a hot mess right now, it hurts her so much to see her in that state. "Shh…. Calm down baby" she tried to coax her but the girl just cried even more.

"Mom, I hate Alan! I hate him!" She shouted in between her sobs. Knowing that it had something to do with Alan she could only give in to her daughter at the moment "Yes Honey, he is bad, I hate him too now" maybe then she would stop crying.

Just what did that boy do to my daughter? My precious daughter! She thought.

The doctor and the nurse could only look at them and then at the mess around the room.

Some few minutes later Aileen was moved to a VIP room.She was lying unconscious after being sedated so she could have some rest.

Her mother looked down at her daughter and sighed. "Just when did my sparkling star daughter became such a lovesick girl?" She uttered, wondering what Alan have done to her.

Her phone rang, she picked it up "Honey, how is it going? How is our daughter?" She was warmed to hear her husband's voice, just from the tone she could tell the man was worried sick and wished he could just be here with them.

"Hon calm down, Aileen is fine now, the doctor said she had a mild heart attack" she broke the news. "What?"asked the man over the phone in utter shock. Sharon couldn't hold in her tears any longer "We need you back here now, I can't stand this alone hon, our daughter is in so much pain" she sobbed.

There was a short silence on the other side, the man was composing himself so as to not break down too. " Honey, I'm already at the airport now, I'm coming back to you so please be strong and look after our baby until then" he said. "Okay" Sharon wiped her tears and nodded in agreement as if the man was before her.

"Don't cry anymore okay? I love you my wife" the man was worried too but she just hoped his wife would stay strong because she is a very emotional person.

"Okay, I love you too," she said and hung up.

She looked down at her daughter, pulled the strands of her hairs away from her peaceful sleeping face, she was a carbon copy of herself. "My pretty princess, daddy is coming for us baby, let's stay strong, mmh?" She kissed her forehead and slowly went to lay on the coach.

A lot has happened since last night and she didn't have a minute to rest until now. God! Just how much her back was hurting, she pressed on her waist groaning softly.

On the other hand, Aileen's father placed the phone down with a deep frown. "What happened to my baby?" He stared at his secretary who accompanied him on his private jet.

"Sir I haven't received the whole news but it has something to do with her boyfriend, Alan Holmes. Our informants said she went to his studio and came out crying". Reported the secretary.

Aileen's father's forehead deepened with a frown. "Alan, the Holme's boy" he hummed as he glared at his front. Nothing like this has ever happened before so why now? The boy has been a good boyfriend up until now, what truly happened?.

"Get me a clear picture" he ordered and the secretary bowed to him "Yes sir!".

Their private jet took off, he was out of the country a little bit for a business trip.

Alan woke up the next day, shocked to find Celine in his arms, what rendered him speechless was the fact that they were laying on hi bed, naked. There was no way he made love with her! right? . Out of anger he pushed her away from his body resulting her to fall to the floor with a whimper "Ouch! What the hell Alan?" She shouted. "No! What the fuck have you done Celine? Why are we like this?" He said picking up his trousers from the floor and pulled them up.

"We made love, isn't it obvious honey?" Said Celine

smirking at him. Alan was so enraged to hear her stupid words and so he held her throat, squeezing it a little so as to make her talk "I would die before I do that Celine! What is all this?" He shouted at her, Celine laughed instead "It's too late, Aileen, that bitch of yours have already seen everything!" She said in satisfaction.

"What?" Alan blurted, agitated he threw her down on the bed, her sinister laughter confusing him even more.

"No! no! NO!!!" Screamed Alan punching the walls.