“You will be okay, right?” Faith asked Kai while they stood on the deck. Kai, Piper, Benji, Levi. Ethan and Noel were about to get on the boat to get back to the city. Kai was yet to get on the boat, while they have already taken Piper and Benji in there. Piper was still unconscious and Benji was sleeping. Faith hoped that Benji doesn’t wake up until they reach the city. Ethan walked past them, offering Faith a soft smile where Levi was in deep conversation with Mateo behind them. Kai heaved a sigh and nodded his head. The sky was getting brighter as they talked. Kai had bags under his eyes. His eyes were red from crying. “I will be okay as long as she will is okay.” He bobbed his head towards the boat. Faith smiled and put her hand on Kai’s shoulder. He was still letting her touch him, which was a wonder. Kai had his shoulders sink, “You will be returning back home, right?” He asked.The way Kai asked her made her heart squeeze in her chest. She knew that she was the only family lef
It took them a little over two hours to reach the city. When their boat arrived, there were already two ambulances waiting for them. Mateo had made sure that the ambulances were there before the rest of the arrived. As soon as they get off the boat, Noel was put in one hospital and Piper and Benji were put in another one. Benji was just put to sleep, but since he has been having panic attacks whenever he wakes up, so he needed treatment as well. This entire trip has been extremely traumatic for him. Kai wasn’t allowed to ride to the hospital with them, so he followed it to the hospital. Levi asked Kai to get back home and rest while he and Ethan will update him on Piper’s condition, but Kai didn’t agree to it and insisted on going along with them. “Levi, don’t bother. Can’t you see his face? He is very worried for her. Let him come with us,” Ethan said to Levi. Lev sighed and agreed. The three of them ride to the hospital in a separate car. When they reached, Piper was immediately ta
Faith and Mateo met the elders of the village that included Faith’s grandmother. They all called her Mila and she didn’t mind it. She didn’t think that she would like being called by her real name, but now that the kind and sweet villagers were calling her by that name, it was growing on her. She didn’t correct them once and always responded to that name. They were very welcoming toward her. Some children gathered around to see who was Karina’s daughter. Turns out, Karina was a very well-loved person in the village that the kids who were born after her death knew about. Faith met a lot of people. It was a very overwhelming experience for her. Since most of the villagers didn’t speak or understand English, Kami, his sister, and a few more translators were brought into the meeting. Mateo was discussing something with the elders. It was probably about security and everything that happened in a few days, while Faith was sitting outside with a few young villagers, one of them was Kami. “I
Three days later, Piper finally woke up. It was all a haze for her. She took a few minutes to register what truly happened. She wasn’t allowed to meet anyone until the doctors check on her. It took her a little time to process everything that she had to go through. She remembered hearing the footsteps. She remembered asking Benji to run. She remembered being dragged and beaten in the forest. She remembered seeing Jeremy’s face. She remembered his goons slamming his head on the tree. She remembered nothing after that. She roamed her gaze around the hospital room and when she couldn’t find Benji’s face among them, she started to get panicked. “Benji? My – my brother?” She choked on her words. Her throat was dry and prickly. “Ms. Clarke, your brother is completely fine. He is not even injured. Mr. Bianchi has taken him home. Benjamin lives here with you in this room,” The young doctor pointed at the bed, Piper didn’t notice was beside her. “He refused to leave your side. Mr. Bianchi t
Piper didn’t ask for Kai to come back. She knows that he saved her, but what he said to her the last time, really hurt her. She is still in a lot of pain. She doesn’t feel right and she doesn’t believe that she has the energy to deal with anything else. She didn’t ask anyone to bring in Kai. She didn’t even ask anyone about him. She didn’t even go into details about what happened back on the island. She just liked how everyone she likes to be around was there – sure, something was missing. Sure, she wasn’t feeling fully contented, but she was trying. She was really trying. What Piper didn’t know was that Kai never left the hospital. He wanted to. He even thought about it, but he couldn’t. He knows he will be relentless if get back to his empty penthouse. Faith was staying with Mateo since she returned, he doesn’t know when or if she will even return. There was no one at home. He was all alone. He doesn’t want to back to his place only to feel suffocated by loneliness. He didn’t want t
Ethan was sitting in the living room of Levi’s apartment. He still addresses it as Levi’s apartment when they both live there. Levi has corrected him numerous times, but he doesn’t feel right calling it his as well when Levi is the one that owns it. Since it is Levi’s own apartment, Ethan can’t even ask him to spilt the rent. He doesn’t feel right calling a place his own when he doesn’t own it – not even half of it. He was currently reading a book. Ethan is not much of a reader, but right now he is willing to do anything to keep himself busy. Why? He doesn’t want to interact with Levi, who was currently in the kitchen with his AirPods on – making dinner. Levi did ask Ethan to come to help him in the kitchen, but he lied and said that he was on a very good part of the book and he wants to read a few chapters before dinner. Of course, it is not true. He is just ignoring Levi.Here is the funny bit, Ethan is not ignoring Levi because he is mad at him. He is ignoring him because he is mad
“Um, I don’t have a table.” Noel awkwardly scratched his head when Levi asked where he can put the food. He felt weird to have company. He usually never has anyone over. He doesn’t have any friends or family to entertain. He was nervous and anxious to have company over, especially when it was two people he was bound to ignore. “Umm, I hardly ever eat at home, but when I do – umm, I eat here.” He pointed at his small couch. “I – I don’t have a table. Sorry,” he muttered. Levi chuckled and shook his head, “Don’t worry. It doesn’t matter to us. This one doesn’t like to use a table anyway.” Levi rolled his eyes, “He likes to eat in bed.” He complained, making Ethan protest. “Hey! There is nothing wrong with wanting to feel comfortable when I am eating.” He griped and rolled his eyes. Noel couldn’t help but chuckle. He feels Ethan is very cute. He is deadly but cute. He doesn’t know on which scale can he measure this man, because he has everything and nothing he looks for in a person. No
“What happened? Why are you two so surprised?” Levi spoke calmly as he scoops the last bits of rice from his plate and put them in his mouth. Noel and Ethan watched him with widened eyes. They felt like their souls could leave their bodies. It was alarming how calm Levi was. The two of them watched him chew the last of the rice and wipe the corner of her mouth with a napkin and put the empty plate on the floor. He sniggered and shook his head, “You two are something,” there was something extremely bitter in his tone. Noel and Ethan shared a worried glance. It was Ethan who tried to speak, “Levi…” “No,” Levi chuckled lowly and shook his head. He jumps on his feet and for a moment, Noel felt like Levi was going to come to him and beat him and then leave him to die, but Levi picked the plate from the floor and walked to the kitchen. Noel flinched when Levi walked past him, but he didn’t even spare him a glance. He put the plate in the sink and stood there for a few seconds – his back w