The sky was blue when a woman on her lab coat exited from the hospital building. As she returned with a cup of iced coffee, the bright sun was restrained to shine with the dark clouds emerging–as if it foreshadows the following events that will happen.
“That’s weird…” Doctor Georgia whispered and stopped as she stared at the darkening clouds through the glass. Bad premonition started to build up. She didn't know exactly where that feeling came from–it just emerged along with the dark clouds as if a warning sign.
Before she could dig into that feeling, a generated voice from the large screen distracted her.
“We have a new face in the top five public figures with the highest gross income!” It was an advertisement. Intrigued, Georgia squinted her eyes waiting to see this new face. In fact, this is news. For three consecutive years, five names were always found in the top five.
So, who could this new face be that chose to break the list?
“Let’s welcome, Primo Bonsignore, a businessman–the president of Prime Innova Corporation, a Global Recognition Award nominee–” before the generated voice could make endless list of this new man's achievements, a female nurse–that emerged out of nowhere–cut the doctor’s attention.
“Doc, we need you at the operating room–as soon as possible!” the nurse with a name on her tag, Lily, panicked as she called her. Georgia rushed toward her in a second, agitated by the sudden call.
“What happened?” worry etched on the face of the doctor. Consequently, the nurse answered and didn't leave any details behind. To put her words into short, the old man, who was just mended from cardiac arrest, was rushed to the operating room right after his doctor located a rupture in his heart when he collapsed. Considering the seriousness in his condition, the patient needs an immediate operation…
Whose job will be now onto Georgia, a surgeon. Run and run, they didn't waste a second, as a person's time gets closer to death. The iced coffee she bought ended up wasted, just not this life on the line.
“Scalpel.” Covered by medical uniform, Georgia raised her left hand.
Heart rupture. Georgia had encountered a lot of patients with the same condition that she operated already. But with time is of the essence, no matter how Georgia is good–or even an expert of it, every second is a critical time.
But then, thanks to the gift of the heaven, the operation ended smoothly. That was five hours and thirty-three minutes.
“You never fail to amaze me, Doc!” praise from the same nurse who called her earlier, ensued as they exited from the operating room disinfected and cleaned.
“I've been receiving the same praise since you started here last week, Nurse Lily.” Georgia chuckled. “You’ll get used to it soon.” Georgia casted a glance to her direction and saw her smiling timidly–which eventually turned into a look of tease when Lily’s eyes caught a man’s presence by the corner.
“Oops, I'm good to go from here! It’s your lovey-dovey time, Doc, I guess.” Giggling, Nurse Lily left, only then for her to notice the person that pressed the demeanor of the nurse.
“Sweetie…” The man called softly as he stretched his arms wide open. Like her, he's also on a lab coat, standing tall by the corner. Hearing that voice that Georgia fell in love with, the energy left in her body gradually diminished. With her face etched with a smile, Georgia ran toward his direction for an embrace, feeling the comfort and calmness from the touch.
“Ah, finally…rest.” Georgia rested on his fiancé's chest named, Lawrence Jordan, who’s also a surgeon like her. But then, Georgia quickly withdrew her head to look up to him when she was reminded by something.
“Didn't you also have operation today?” she asked, emerging the sweetness in her voice that wasn't revealed when she talked to the nurse. Georgia stared at his brown eyes with her hands still wrapped around his body.
“Just finished. I think we went in the separate operating room at the same time–I saw you rushing earlier.” Lawrence replied and smiled.
“You did?” surprised, the woman asked to which he nodded slowly.
“I even saw how the coffee was quickly discarded.” Lawrence teased and laughed, while Georgia just had the moment of realization about that coffee.
“Right, my coffee!” she exclaimed with her siren eyes circling, unwrapping her hands around him.
“It was all ice when I found it, Sweetie. Let's buy another one instead.” Lawrence initiated as he gently picked her thin fingers, plastering a wide smile on the face of his fiancee. With that, they have quickly decided to go to the nearby cafe that Georgia went to earlier, with her arm wrapped around his.
They were striding their way through the revolving glass, when Lawrence suddenly took a halt that cease Georgia from walking. A moment of realization hit the man as his hand cupped the pockets on his coat.
“I forgot my wallet…” Lawrence brushed his fingers through his hair at the thought. “I left it on my office…” While Lawrence felt agitated, Georgia just smiled at him and said,
“Don't worry, I have my wallet with me.” She assured him, but the man just shook his head in protest.
“No. I invited you, so it should be on me. You can wait for me, right?” Lawrence insisted, which Georgia found non-negotiable. With the same smile, she ended up nodding at him. “Alright. Just order the foods upon waiting, while I go back to my office. I’m gonna be quick.” Lawrence stated and winked at her before turning his back to sprint back to the building.
It was really just fine for her to take the bills–she got no issues with it, since she’s always ready to spend money for her man. On the other side, Georgia have known his fiance for three years already. And that was one of the things that she couldn't do anything with. If Lawrence initiates, he wouldn't let Georgia spend anything for him.
She understands that trait of him deeply. So now, she’s on her way to the cafe, although she had to take a stop on the pedestrian lane to avoid jaywalking. While waiting for the lights to turn red, Georgia enjoyed the time by humming. It was seconds left for her turn to walk through.
The sky was still a little dark. And the time on the traffic lights is getting exhausted to zero. Finally, it’s the turn for her two minutes. She started to walk through the white lines as her eyes fixated on the cafe at the opposite side. All of a sudden, her phone rang, halting her in the middle of the road in a second.
“Hmm?” she answered the call from Lawrence, and walked again.
“I’ve heard about the new coffee on their menu, Sweetie. I would love to try it instead of my usual order!” Lawrence’ voice was vivid with excitement, curving her lips.
“Got it!” excited, Georgia ran the remaining distance from the lane, until something beyond the realm of her imaginations happened.
A black driving van from the right side appeared out of nowhere. The two minutes wasn’t yet done, but the black van was bold enough to pass through the pedestrian lane. As she turned her head to that direction, she saw the opened door in a split of a second, only to realize later what was about to happen.
Everything happened so quickly that she got no chance to think of ways to surviving–but to end up getting grabbed by the person inside the van, defenseless and clueless.
The next thing she knew that happened was her consciousness weakening. Perhaps, it was the dark clouds and her bad premonition were all about.
The police dazed at him at the remarks that sounded hilarious. The police had to fake a laugh, thinking that Primo was joking. That laugh, however, only lasted a few seconds when Primo didn’t laugh with him. Staring at him with his surprised face, the police ended up gaping his mouth open, expecting him to elaborate his remarks.“Wait… did you actually mean it, Sir?” The police stuttered in Primo’s presence who’s inches taller than him. He stared at Prio cluelessly, feeling as though his job was mocked and degraded by this man. Although he felt somehow insulted, he still couldn’t seem to bring himself to open his mouth and talk back to him. This man just has a different aura that he cannot figure out, but could completely feel it.The police tried to look at Primo in the eyes, only to be the first one to break off the gaze because of something unidentifiable emitting from his eyes–something that’s not ordinary. Though he cannot name it, the police just ended up listening to his instin
The next day, they were shocked with another news again–well, particularly, Primo who couldn’t believe what happened. Just like last night, he received a call from Samuel about the incident that happened in his company. Today, another incident happened. It was the news that they woke up to early in the morning that Primo had to leave earlier than he used to. “What is it again?” Primo asked Samuel with his stern face meeting the gazes of the shocked and scared employees. Instead of answering him, Samuel just directly led him to the scene, where a lot of morning employees gathering around instantly greeted him to which he didn’t give a damn to pay his attention.Noticing his presence, the gathering employees then made their way to let him see. Contrary to last night where he met the deceased at the hospital, this time, the corpse was still found lying on the cold floor with the eyes wide open and soaked in his own pool of blood. Primo’s eyes narrowed at the sight. He stared at the bloo
As Manuel was about to stop by the company, Primo suddenly commanded him to go straight to the hospital where the person who died at his company was instantly brought to—which is the same as to where Lily is now. They were then greeted with his employees who were primary witnesses of his death. Georgia and Primo instantly separated ways when Georgia heard someone sobbing behind the curtain of one of the beds. Slowly, she walked to that and eventually found her guts to sway it open, just to see Lily holding on to her unconscious uncle."Lily..." Georgia gasped upon seeing the situation as her eyes slightly widened at the unconscious old man. Hearing her voice, Lily bent upward to meet her worried face, while Georgia saw hers coated with tears. She immediately opened her arm wide open to embrace her.She had never seen this vulnerable side of this woman. She knew her as lively and easy-going. But to see her this so emotional, it feels like Georgia has found her younger sibling that nev
For her long dead father, Georgia didn’t expect any of these. Her late father who was already resting in paradise… Her father who has long been dead. How can such two connections collide in the present? How can her late father’s name be brought up in this present time? Georgia’s mind was already a wreck. Though, there was no definite proof to conclude the involvement of her father. The fact that the name of the supposedly resting soul is now brought up from the grave just bothers her.In the end, Georgia breathed in sharply, and affirmed herself. “I hope it’s nothing serious.” She whispered through her teeth as her eyes gazed at the landscape of the night view through the glass wall.“Right. Another thing, Mi Amore,” Primo’s voice budged her from staring blankly at the breathtaking view. She turned her head to his direction, only to see him walking toward her with another paper in his hand. “This is what I told you about.” Primo then handed her the papers that contained the activities
Herald stared at Emilio with his deep eyes. By the looks of this man, it seemed as though he was anticipating his presence. It looked like he knew he was coming here. Herald looked at him sitting on his lovely chair with his legs crossed. And it felt weird for some reason, because another person snapped his mind who also did the same thing–except that person had the smile to welcome him, not this mischievous smile.“How bold of you to think that way.” Sarcastically, Herald responded. Well, Emilio indeed had been trying to invite him back to the company. Even though Emilio made it sound kind and considerate, Herald doesn’t just fall for it. He already had the taste of what it was like working here–he doesn’t want to experience the same shit again. “I just want to visit an old acquaintance, what do you think?” Herald and then, lifting one end of his lips. Then, his eyes averted to the interior of his office that changed a lot since he was here. It just looked like the old building of F
“Herald Juancho, he was once one of the Freegal ten years ago. He was the manager of the financial team. According to what we found out, he was close to the unnamed CEO back then.” Primo stated as his eyes occasionally glanced at the warm paper that just released out of the printer. The moment Georgia asked him about the old man, he immediately clicked on Manuel to find out as much information about him as possible.He didn’t know about these things when he first met him back then. Primo only knew the surface level such as to when he first met him such as being associated with Emilio.“There wasn’t much information about him in the past, but there’s a current one that would surely surprise you–or not. Herald knows Emilio Granger. He knows him more than anyone else.” He added. Primo didn’t exactly know how deeply the old man knew the Freegal’s chairman, but his encounter with him in the past had already said so.After all, it was Herald who signalled Freegal–despite him already quittin