Aviana, Hayden and Joanna were getting ready to leave the hospital. After Hayden woke up, they remained in the hospital for a few days because Hayden needed to be examined to ascertain he had no other underlying health problem. After a few days, Hayden was fully recovered. He could walk, run and even eat on his own. Given that Joanna cared too much for her son, she didn't allow him to take walk outside the hospital and if she did, she had to be there to supervise.
After they were done with signing of papers, and had packed their belongings, they exited the hospital. An ear-to-ear smile played on their faces. It displayed how happy they were. As they walked out, Aviana looked back and heaved a sigh of relief. The past few days had not been easy for her. Waking up every morning with the hope of finding Hayden awake only to get disappointed, wasn't easy for her. She had been worried and gloomy all through. But now, he was at their side, and they could be a happy family once again. They held hands as they walked out of the hospital premises.
Devin stood outside the hospital, leaning on his car. As soon as he saw them, he approached them. He had been informed earlier of their discharge and came as soon as possible. Aviana recognized him as soon as she saw him walk towards them.
"Ma'am, this is for you," said Devin as he handed to her some document. Aviana, surprised, held the document and read through it, one word at a time, careful not to miss any important information. She tilted her head quizzically, a look of puzzlement crossing her face. The more she read, the more confused she became. On seeing how much she struggled to understand what the document entailed, he explained briefly,
"As you can see, the document entails details of an apartment bought under your name. It's yours,"
"What do you mean? I don't get you?"
"The new apartment has been given to you by our company as compensation for the damages caused during the accident. It now belongs to you and your family. If you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way," he said as he got ready to leave.
Aviana stood there, still trying to process the information. Her mind flashed back to that day when the accident happened, the young man whom she met that day. She had been engulfed in the situation that she forgot to ask for his name. Suddenly recalling, before he could get into the car, she shouted as she ran towards him,
"Sir! Sir! Sir! Wait! Wait!" Devin didn't expect to see her run towards him.
"Tell me, who sent you, who's your boss? Is it the young man at the accident scene? If so, what's his name?" she asked rhythmically, without a single breath, panting heavily.
Devin still dumbfounded, responded, "Ethan Urkel is his name, ma'am. If you need anything, you can ask." Reaching out to his pocket, he handed over to her a card, with the office phone number and left. Aviana watched him get into the car and drove away.
Joanna and Hayden were still trying to process what they had heard.
"New apartment?" Joana asked, unable to understand what just happened, breaking the silence.
"Aviana, what's going on here? What did he mean by new apartment?" Aviana glanced at the card and then at her mother. She didn't know where to start.
"Mother, do you recall the young man I told you about?" Joanna tilted her head quizzically trying to recall the young man. Seeing that her mother struggled to remember, she continued, "The young man I told you took Hayden to the hospital and paid the hospital bill,"
Finally remembering, she responded, "Oh, that young man. What about him?" she asked, still puzzled, trying to understand where her daughter was heading to.
"He's the one who gave us the apartment," said Aviana as she handed the document to her to see things for herself.
"What? But why did he give it to us?" she asked still unable to understand.
"Mother, you were here when the young man said everything. Well....the man said, the apartment is compensation from their company for the damages caused during the accident," she explained.
"Who is he?" asked Joanna.
"If you ask me, who will I ask?Maybe we should go and have a look, who knows, it might be better than ours.
The taxi screeched to a halt in front of the apartment. As soon as they set their foot on the pavement, they froze.
"Sis, are we still in LA?" As Hayden voiced the question that all of them were asking themselves in their mind, Aviana shook her head and said,
"I don't know. It doesn't seem like it, atleast." Of course they had good reasons for being so shocked. LA was a city of sprawling high-rise buildings and crowded buildings. With one of the highest average rent amount in the world, the whole city was filled with multi-storeyed buildings which emphasized quantity of houses over quality. Atleast, they thought so until they drove here. It was a sheltered copse packed away in the middle of the city that has somehow avoided the fate of being in the shadow of a skyscraper. Although there were buildings present around, they were only 2 or 3 storey making it so, that no one got the feel of living in a packed megalopolis. It looked like a two-storey building at first glance. But the wide, open balcony on the second floor established the fact that it was a villa, not an apartment. The area was atleast 700sq yards, with the house occupying three-quarters of the plot. On the sides, beautiful gardens had been planted.
"There's a swimming pool!!!" As Hayden let out a scream of excitement, running inside as soon as he saw a hint of blue water to one side, the spell was broken on the other two.
"Aviana, are you sure we are at the right address?"
"I think so, mother,"
"But you said it was an apartment! What did you do that made him give us such a valuable villa?" This question stymied Aviana too, who was thinking along the same lines. Shaking her head, she said,
"I don't know, mother, but I think I'll find out,". They walked inside. They became more surprised. Everything was well arranged and decorated. It was as if everything was prepared earlier. The house was like what she had seen in movies. It was beautiful.
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Aviana and Hayden sat on the sofa, making fun as they recalled their funniest childhood memories, while Joana busied herself in the kitchen. "Sis, do you recall the day when you farted in public? And when you realized people were looking at you, you covered your face with your hands to hide your embarrassment. It was hilarious," said Hayden, trying so hard not to laugh. In the end, he couldn't hold his laughter any longer. He laughed uncontrollably. Recalling that day, Aviana laughed too. It was one of her most embarrassing moments. "That day I really didn't mean to. I had stomach upset and you know it," she said trying to defend herself. As Hayden continued to laugh, Aviana got annoyed. Seeing her roll up her sleeves threateningly, Hayden was just about to stop laughing when she suddenly launched forward and started tickling him under his little armpits. "You mess with your sister, you get the tickster! The infamous killer who kills cute little kids like you
Chloe's phone's ringing, picking up, she answers, "Hello Ann." On the other side of the phone, Ann's voice is heard, speaking. "Chloe, you were right. Indeed something happened that day. On that day, Ethan was involved in an accident....." Before she could finish her statement, she was interrupted by chloe's panicked voice, "What! An accident! How! Where! But I didn't notice any injury on any part of his body! Oh Ann, I'm so stupid! How could I have judged him so quickly! How could I jump into conclusion! I f**cked up Ann! And to think that he has another woman! Ann, I really think I should apologize! I don't even know if he'll forgive me! I messed up, big time!" Ann was speechless. She didn't even allow her to finish whatever she was saying, she just jumped into conclusions. After a long pause, Ann finally spoke,"Chloe, calm down! Nothing happened to Ethan. He's fine. Yes, he was involved in an accident, but he isn't the one who got hur
Aviana woken up by the smell of freshly baked cupcakes, without even opening her eyes, her head rose automatically from her bed, while her nose sniffed along the direction in which the smell was coming from. A moment later, she stopped at the entrance of the kitchen. Her nose was buried in a soft and warm substance. Still groggy, Aviana moved up and immediately started munching on the substance after realizing that it was actually the vanilla chocolate-flavored cupcakes she loved since childhood. "Hey, drool face! Why don't you wake up first and then you can continue eating? I pinky swear I won't disturb your nose's impression in the cupcake!" Hearing those words and the chuckle that came along with the words, Aviana suddenly opened her eyes to see Hayden standing in front of her who was holding the cupcakes she were messily eating to her face. He was wearing a chef's apron, small in size, and which had stains of flour on it, and his black hair was an organized mess. His fai
Jenny, the receptionist, sat on the armchair, twisting her head quizzically, thinking of what next to do. Suddenly, as if she recalled something, she jerked forward, picking her phone and made a call. As soon as the call went through, Jenny spoke immediately, "Hello ma'am, are you kind of busy? You see, there is something that you need to know. Could you please go somewhere private? I really don't want any other person to hear what I'm about to say. I could get into big trouble if it goes around." She had heard from the other side, people shouting. It seemed the woman was in a bar. When she heard the woman's footsteps and the noise fading off, Jenny relaxed. "Okay, I'm already outside, away from the others. Say what you have to say, Jenny and allow me get back to having fun with my friends." After a prolonged silence, Jenny finally spoke, "Ma'am, a certain woman went into boss Ethan's office just now! And with the way she is dressed, she doesn't have class at all! I
Beverly hills The area around the sofa was crammed with bottles, cans and more bottles of alcohol. Small green flasks of gin, large clear bottles of absolut vodka, broken maroon bottles of whisky, assorted cans of bitter beer, a few saffron colored bottles of white wine and empty-handed bottles of intoxicating red wine. They formed a small structure around the sofa. Jayden stepped inside the living room. The first thing that hit him was that overpowering scent of alcohol, and the scent had already clung into his nosestrils. Had she been drinking? Again? Jayden had feared that this would happen, but now, anger had replaced his fear. He was angry because his sister had succumbed to the powerful attraction of alcohol. Angry because she had completely become an alcoholic. Angry because she had ignored the fact that she wasn't an ordinary person, but an Anderson for that matter. Drinking wasn't allowed. And here she was, sitting on the floor, drinking herself to dea
Stanley ordered the servants to serve the dishes. The urkel's sat on the table and began to enjoy the meal. It was a sumptuous feast on the family day. The Urkel's cook had served as an executive chef at the Michelin three-star restaurant in Spain and was hired by Old Urkel when he returned home. On the table, Mr Urkel asked, glancing at Ethan, "Why didn't you bring Chloe with you?" Ethan remained quiet. Susan, who had been quiet spoke, at this time. "Ethan, I heard that you broke up with Chloe because of another woman, is it true?" As she pushed out these words, she glanced at Mr Urkel to see his reaction, an evil grin appearing across her face. She had brought up the question knowing fully well that Old Urkel, her husband, would immediately be angry. She did it intentionally. As soon as he heard what Susan said, he roared, his voice trembling due to anger, "Is it true?" Ethan still remained silent and continued to eat as if he hadn't heard the questio
Seeing the confusion in his eyes, she speaks up, "Actually, I cleaned up your room earlier when you weren't at home, and may have re-arranged everything," As she pushes out the last words, her voice starts trailing off, as she feels guilty about it. "I placed them on your desk," she continues as she points to the direction where she placed them. Jayden isn't angry at all, instead he responds by forming an 'O' shape with his lips.He heads to the door and before he closes it, he says to Chloe, "I won't be back this night! Be a good girl as always!" He blows her a kiss. With a wide smile across her face, she responds, "Okay, I will. Take care of yourself."After she is sure he has gone, she picks up her phone and dials Ann's number. "Can we meet up? Yes! Yes! Yes! I know! I will explain everything to you at the coffee shop, 59th street! Okay, see you there!" She takes this opportunity to meet up with Ann. Opportunities like this are hard to come by, and if they do, it's
7:00am Aviana wakes up to the alarm snoozing. Without even opening her eyes, she heads to the bathroom and bangs the door closed. A moment later, she walks out of the bathroom dressed only in a bathrobe while combing her hair and at the same time brushing her teeth. Today, she wore a cream-colored blouse over a similar pencil skirt which is brown and matches with her cream high-heeled shoes. She ties her hair into a sleek pony tail, although her hair isn't considerably less glossy than before because she hadn't had the time to do it up. Walking to the entrance of the dining room, a pleasant smell of freshly baked pancakes hits her nose. On the table, there were fried eggs, pancakes, hot cereal and some warm milk. Her mother had really weighed in on the choice of food here. These were the healthiest meals for breakfast,as the protein in eggs helped maintain and repair body tissues, also necessary for brain and nervous system to function effectively while milk, still a protein