LOGINDREWS POVI chuckled hesitantly, placing one step ahead of the other.“What do you mean, ‘have we met before?’” I asked dreadfully.My voice sounded unfamiliar to my own ears, tight, brittle, as though it could snap at any second.She heaved in a deep sigh, her chest rising sharply, a glint of fear flickering in her eyes.Real fear.Not confusion.“Don't come any closer!” she charged.Her voice cracked through the room like a whip.Her eyes darted wildly around the environment, scanning everything, the walls, the machines, the beeping monitors, as if she had just been dropped into a foreign world.Her breaths grew shorter and rapid.Like a trapped animal.“Where am I?” she demanded.Her fingers clutched the bedsheets so tightly that her knuckles turned pale.“Rebecca… um… I… uh…”The words refused to form.My throat felt dry.My chest tightened.This wasn't happening.This cannot be happening, I said to myself as suddenly the room felt twice as hot as ever. The sterile hospital air n
DREWS POV If there were an award for the most clueless and quite dumb person, id save it for Dr Felix. And watch him swallow the award whole. Right after he announced my ownership of the hospital, of course he was pleased to finally leave. “ listen i can explain.” I said to Rebecca, whose eyebrows were tilted up in surprise, astonishments, questions and so much unreadable expressions. “I bet you can.” She said as she helped herself out of my arm. “Rebecca wait….” “I need to see my dad, any other trail of secrets can wait. Im officially no more surprised.” She rolled her eyes as her every word counted with sarcasm. The private ward was awfully quiet, except from the indicator beeping that he was not dead yet. “What is wrong with him?” Rebecca asked, barely inaudibly. I looked away, But she hovered around me searching for my eyes. “If there is something you want to say, maybe right now should be a good idea.” Her arms fell on her sides. “He is in an induced com
RYANS POV “Anna….” I said in-between confused breaths, “Is…is it really.. you?” I asked, picking up the ring i tossed into a tiny space. “I …thought you were dead…i” i stammered in my confusion.“ …I'm sorry,” she swallowed saying. “I didn't mean to leave just like that..but i had to.” She trailed off. “No…listen Anna, where are you, thats all that matters to me, you are all that matter to me.”“Its…its….mmpphmm” she groaned. “Are you okay?, i asked greatly worried. “Its…its still bleeding profusely….” her voice kept growing feint. “Okay baby…okay….what i need you to do is to hold on to the spot. Hold on to it and tell me where exactly you are”I could imagine her nodding her head as she mustered the strength to speak again. “Im not sure but,” she suddenly lowered her voice. “Theres someone here with me, and i think he’s coming back.” Her voice shook. “Anna,” i kissed my teeth. “Don't end this phone without telling me where you are..” i pleaded with iota of audacity.“A di
RYANS POV. I stood stuck in the pool of blood, my legs too paralyzed to move an inch. But as distraught as i was, soon, something caught my eyes, One that glued my eyes and tied my tongue. On the spot, i went down in a squat and stroked my two fingers across the blood. Picking up the diamond ring i adorned specially for her on our first anniversary. “Anna…?” My voice cracked. But it had sounded like an apology, For being useless to my own self sleeping while she was sent on a mission meant for me. My fingers were shaking, My lips trembling, My heart pounding. Was she killed the moment she stepped foot in here? What have i done?” I whispered to myself, folding the piece of jewelry in my palms. “What have i done?!!!!!!” I roared this time around. Rage sinking through my every cell, i pulled the door open forcefully and galloped in. Not Fiona, not an army of the people who did this, not the entire world could contain the hell i was about to rain down. No
RYANS POV “Anna?” I said, rubbing off the sleep patches in my eyes. I rose up from the bed lazily, as the rays of lights fumbled with my sight. Where was she? “Anna….” I called. “Anna?” I lifted my voice as i walked down the stairs, feeling a slight breeze of panic rush through me. But still there was no sign of her anywhere. And as my eyes swept around the sitting room impatiently, They landed on my phone which was tossed at the corner of the couch. Slowly, the tension within me grew, for so many reasons but the most was that, I never keep my phone away from me. Why? Secrecy purposes. Could she have read or seen something that made her leave so early? Then i picked up the phone. My jaws dropped. My heartbeat moving in a rhythm that no words can form. “Fuckkkkk” i cursed out loud. “Ten minutes on the phone with Fiona,?????” What possible conversation were they having?? What could she have said to her? I slammed my hand against the table. My he
DREWS POV.“You know when you say it like that…it sounds like its not the same me,” i adjusted, moving closer to her. But her face had no emotions in them,it looked like all the patience she had in her was threading on only a thin space for explanation. “Rebecca, look at me…,”“Please” Then she reluctantly motioned her eyes to me.“Allow me open up to you when the time is right …”i beckoned.“Then i guess its the right time for you to leave.” She said with annoyance.“You don't get it,” i countered her immediately. “Its not about me, it has nothing to do about me.” “Then whom is it about?!” She raised her voice, if that counts.“Its about you….” She stared at me unbelievably. “I became your driver, because of you. …” my tone faltered. “Still doesn't make any sense.” She flicked her teeth saying. “Its the only way i could get closer to you, to protect you.”“Protect me from wha….”She cut in Impatiently.I stared into her eyes hesitantly, Rehearsing the words to say to her b







