Luis was back in town after David, Derry's private investigator engaged him on a case. Derry, David and Luis met and discussed the case further. Luis tried to reach out to Derrick and Lily but found out Lily was in the hospital. Upon arrival at the hospital, he could not find Derrick and he found that strange. He dialled Marcus's number and waited for him to pick up since Derrick was not at home either so he could confirm the whereabouts of Derrick."Hello Marcus, how are you?" Luis greeted when Marcus answered the call after two rings."Hello, I am good. How are you doing?" Marcus replied."Good, do you know where I can find Derrick, he is not at home?" Luis inquired."Last I spoke with him, he said he was going home. He might probably be home now," replied Marcus."How long ago did you speak with him?" Luis questioned."Arh, that was like three hours ago," Marcus replied."Okay, thanks, Marcus. I will go to his apartment then," Luis said, and the call ended.Luis stood at the entranc
Lily soon realized she heard right in her sleep; Derrick had left her. Her heart was broken for being dumped at her worst moment and she quickly went into depression.It was 6 in the morning when Luis opened his eyes, still lying on the bed. He turned to look at Rose who was still sleeping with her head on his shoulder. He smiled and kissed the top of her head before quietly getting out of bed. He went to the washroom and got himself ready for the day. He stepped out of the washroom, opened the wardrobe, and picked up a pair of black trousers, a black shirt, and a grey blazer.He quickly put them on. He picked a comb and styled his hair. When he was done, he stood in front of the mirror and admired himself."The best way to do this is to let someone else admire you," came Rose's voice making Luis turn to look at her.Rose was awake and was still lying in bed admiring Luis resting her hand on her hand while supporting her weight on elbow. Luis smiled and walked to the bed, placing both
Luis and Rose glanced at each other very sad after reading what Lily had written inside the tray. Rose's eyes were quickly filled with tears which she struggled to hold back. Luis hugged her to console her."Derrick, how could you do this to Lily?" Luis thought "If you don't love her anymore, you don't care about your baby?" he thought while hugging Rose and staring at Lily at the same time.Luis's heart was equally in pain but he fought back his tears so he could console Rose. The nurse cleaned the food tray and pushed it back. Lily was given a sedative to make her sleep after the IV was fixed with a new cannula.The servant arrived a few minutes after with food. She placed the food on the table and sat on the chair beside Lily. Luis gave his contact to the servant to call him in case of anything and decided to take Rose home. She was not helping in any way crying like Lily had crossed over to the other side.A couple of days passed and Lily's situation had not changed. She was still
Derry felt guilty and responsible for what Lily was going through. He wished he had handled the whole situation better. Now Lily is in this situation all because of him. He stayed in the doctor's office, and they spoke for a while before he left for Lily's ward. He entered Lily's ward, and she was still sleeping. She looked so peaceful in her sleep. He stood there and stared at Lily for a while. After staring at her for a while he wondered what kind of heart Derrick had to leave her in such a condition. She was pregnant too. Carrying Derrick's child.With Derry in the ward, the servant collected the empty bowls and put them in the basket and informed Derry she was going to get some food for Lily. Derry nodded and stayed with Lily.It was 5.30 pm when Lily woke up from her afternoon nap. The first thing she did was look around as if searching for someone. Her gaze fell on Derry who was standing at the window. Derry was leaning against the window staring at Lily on the bed when she woke.
It was 10 pm when Luis's phone vibrated with a notification. He quickly pulled it out of his pocket. Looking at the phone's lit-up screen, he smiled and whispered under his breath. "Catchya"Luis, who was earlier heading towards the bedroom carrying the cup of tea Rose had prepared for him, immediately proceeded to his study instead. He quickly put on his laptop and opened the software. He walked out of his study hurriedly leaving the cup of tea on the table in his study. He quickly opened the door to his basement and lit up the place. He pulled a chair and sat down. He connected the headset and put on all the gadgets he needed. Tapping into the Washington Rehab Center phone line, he was able to listen in on their conversation."Things have quieted down now that Lily is in the hospital. Derry has relaxed on finding who filed the complaint against Lily....so," said the general but before he could complete his statement Sheila cuts in."You fool, why do you call me on a landline to disc
The nurse entered the ward again to check up on Lily. It was now sunrise. Derry was still rooted to the spot where he stood by the window. For three hours he was rooted to his spot. Occasionally, he moved to one end of the window and then back to the other end of the same window. Occasionally, he also turns to look out the window and returns his gaze to Lily. He felt responsible for Lily's current state. In his mind, he only prayed for situations to turn around. He cursed himself a thousand times over for acting so stupid by leaving Lily by herself.Luis and Rose arrived at the hospital at 7 a.m. and were both shocked to see Lily's current state. She looked better the previous day so what happened? Why is she looking pale now? She was still sleeping and now has an IV on.Luis walked up to Derry who had remained mute and would not move from his spot since they arrived. Rose just went to sit on the chair next to Lily and took Lily's hand in hers."Mr McClean, what happened?" Luis asked D
"What did I do?" Luis thought trying to understand why Rose was angry with him.The elevator doorbell rang, and the door opened. Luis was looking at Rose with a confused expression rooted to his spot. Rose just entered the elevator and pressed for the ground floor ignoring Luis.Luis snapped back into reality when the elevator door was about to close. He stretched his hand out, opened the elevator door and stepped in. He stood there staring at Rose who just stood there with a frown plastered on her face. They both remained silent as the elevator journeyed to the ground floor. The door opened on the ground floor and they both stepped out. Luis tried to hold Rose's hand, but she moved quickly, preventing him from touching her and promptly walked out of the hospital premises. Luis followed and saw her walking towards the roadside to hail a cab."Seriously, she is getting a cab?" Luis said on his lips as he walked to the car they had come in.Luis called Rose but she ignored him. He sat in
Rose cried her heart out all through but her cries had no impact on Luis's drunken state. He could hear her cry all right, but he had his motive and that was to have her and satisfy his inner desire. He only let go when he was done. He was drunk but not too drunk that he didn't know what he was doing. He wanted something to pin her to himself forever. Luis turned and lay on the side with a smile of achievement plastered on his face. If his calculation of her cycle was right, she would get pregnant and she would not leave him. She would not dream of leaving him again.Rose left the bed in tears and went to the bathroom pulling the blanket with her. She curled herself up like a shrimp sitting on the floor. Her back was completely exposed, but from her lower back down she had covered it with the blanket. She was hugging hugs and sobbing.Luis had slept off enjoying the quietness of the room. The other blanket was covering his lower half. His feet were completely exposed and so was his up