Everywhere went dead silent to Matilda, it felt like the world came to a pause and she couldn't feel anything. She was choking from lack of air, her lungs felt tight.Matilda held the chair for support, Diane ran over to her side and at the same time Tiana also got up to assist her.Jaden was moved to help her, he already stretched out his hand to hold her but Diane got there first.The nurse came running out with blood on her scrub, the sight made Matilda feel more choked. She held onto Diane's hands tightly, tears were already gathering up in her eyes.Diane hugged her and patted her hair.“Matilda, everything will be alright”For a couple of minutes, they were all quiet, everyone went mute. Diane still held Matilda in her arms, cuddling her.Matilda got up immediately when the nurse from earlier came out again, this time she was not running or anything like that.“Where's my brother? What happened to my brother?”She held the nurse's scrub so tight, the nurse held her hand gently a
Jaden paused as he opened the door, it took him a while before he turned back around to look at Tiana.She still stood there with her arms folded, pouting her mouth with a slight grin on her face. Jaden slammed the door and walked towards.She moved few steps backwards as he was in her face, his stare was so intense that she was already getting scared.Tiana tried not to show how scared she was, she flipped her hair in dramatic style moving away from him. Jaden tightened his fist by his side, his knuckles were getting red from the force with which he tightened his fist.“What did you just say? When did you start to spread fake rumors about me, huh?”His voice resounded like thunder in the thick darkness of the night. The hospital’s security light made it possible for Tiana to see how furious Jaden already became.His jaw was twitching, his hair fell in his face but his eyes was still visible. He arched his eyebrows as he moved closer to her.Tiana looked around to see if anyone was t
Tiana threw the pillow on the floor, she climbed up into the bed. She carried her father's hands and yanked it.“Dad, dad please wake up!”Mr Tom squinted his eyes, he used the back of his hands to rub his face. He looked at his daughter, he groaned as he sat up in the bed.Tiana placed her hand on her chest and sighed, she closed her eyes and wept so loud.Mr Tom was confused, he didn't know what to do. He moved closer and held her hands, he wiped her tears but she didn't stop crying.“Tiana, what's wrong? Did you just get back? Why are you crying?”She sniffled so hard, she opened her purse and brought her a small tissue. Her eyes were already bloodshot, she tried to speak and developed a hiccup.“Dad…dad I thought something happened to you. You were not responding when I called you”.Mr Tom chuckled and yawned at the same time. The yawn turned into laughter, Tiana folded her arms and pouted. He was making fun of the whole situation.“Princess, nothing happened to me. I was just tir
The nurse pushed the trolley away and dashed over to Niki's side. She pressed a button on the machine, but nothing was happening.She brought out the resuscitator bag and put it over Niki's face. She kept pumping air into his lungs, but nothing was still happening.“Open this door!”Diane was still battling with opening the door, she kept banging on it but the nurse was concentrating on Niki and did not respond to her.The nurse threw the resuscitator bag on the floor, she pushed the emergency alert button and ran towards the door, it was already out of her capacity.She opened the door to leave and Diane was still there. As she was about to go outside, Diane tried to enter but the nurse held her.“You can't go in, ma'am. Please”“Leave me alone! What do you mean by that? My brother is dying!”The nurse's hands were around Diane, pulling her back and preventing her from going in. Diane put her leg to the back and used all her strength to pull the nurse's hands away from her body. The
Jaden squeezed the bag in his hand, he stood there transfixed looking at them both. He took two steps backwards and ran his hands through his hair.The guy stood up and Matilda followed suit, he hugged her again and she was about to walk him to the door, when she suddenly stopped.Jaden looked back, he knew he couldn't leave now. They all just stood there, staring at each other.The man with Matilda tapped her, she was lost looking at Jaden. She jerked and looked at him and smiled, then her gaze returned to Jaden.Jaden looked at his feet and cleared his throat lightly. He scratched his head with the tip of the flower bouquet and bit his lip.Matilda walked up to him and smiled, she rubbed her palms together and was moving on her feet.“Good morning, sir. You're here”He put the flowers in her left arm, took her other arm and put the bag through her fingers.Matilda gasped and staggered, she almost fell from the weight of the bag. The young man that was with Matilda all through, went
Mr Brooks got up from his chair and was walking towards Jaden. He got to the end of the table and sat on the edge, facing his son.Jaden shook his head and smirked, he looked down at his feet and was tapping his shoe on the hard floor trying to contain his anger.The study was cold, the air conditioning was doing its proper work. But Jaden could feel trickles of sweat dripping down from his underarm area.He stared at his father, with so much disappointment written all over his face. His father had always looked down on him, and he was still doing it.Jaden clenched his fist by his side and spoke through gritted teeth.“Why wouldn you ask such a question, father?”Mr Brooks shrugged and stroked his beards, he could feel the anger in his son getting more intense, but he had a goal.“I don't know, maybe because you've been out late nowadays. Smelling of alcohol sometimes”Jaden moved closer to his father, he bent slightly to get to his eye level. It felt like a staring contest, but Mr B
Matilda pushed the emergency button next to Niki's bed stand, with her shaky hands. The remote control fell from her hands and went underneath the bed.She was so unstable as she bent down to pick up the remote. Niki kept gasping for breath, pulling the sheet with all of his little fingers.Matilda came from beneath the bed and went over to Niki. She was not even crying, nervousness had taken control of her entire being.She could not think at the point, her mind and her brain had gone blank. She carried Niki's head and put a pillow underneath his head.Diane came in at that moment, with a stick of ice cream in her mouth and one in her hand. The sight before her made the ice cream fall out from her mouth.She threw the other one she was holding in her hands at the back of the door, which splashed everywhere.“Matilda, what happened?!”Diane dashed towards them, she took Niki from Matilda and started to pat his face gently, trying to revive him.Matilda stood there watching Diane, her
Tiana’s phone slipped out of her hand and luckily, it fell on the couch close to her. She had a jump scare which was caused by her father's sudden entry.She looked back and figured it was her father. Tiana sighed and sank into the chair, holding her chest with her hand.Mr Tom walked towards her and sat close to her, pushing some strands of hair away from her face.“Princess, why did you get so scared like that?”“Dad, I was on the phone and you just came in unexpectedly!”Tiana threw her hands in the air as she tried to explain to her father. Her racing heart already stopped, and she was breathing normally now.Her father patted her back as he apologized for startling her. She picked her phone from the couch, at the sound of message coming in.She got up from the couch heading to her room as she was typing on her phone. Mr Tom waved his hand in front of her, to get her attention.Tiana's focus was just on who she was texting, not minding her father or listening to what he was saying
Jaden dropped his phone on the bed and walked to where she stood. He took the dress from her and looked at it.He shook his head and threw the dress on the bed, he picked up his phone and started to punch some letters.Matilda just stood there, folded her arms and was looking at him. She removed the hairband from her hair and tied her hair again.“Yes, that's the room”He said that and dropped his phone on the bed again, put his hands in his pocket and stared at the dresses that were scattered on the bed.“Pack those, they are coming to try new dresses on you”Matilda squinted her eyes, she paused her lips and untangled her hands. “They? Who are those?”Jaden blew dust off the portrait that was standing next to him, and used his thumb to wipe it. He looked at Matilda and smirked, as he blew the dust off his fingers.“You will see when they get here”He walked to the dressing table and leaned on it, crossed his legs in front of him and put his hands in his pocket.He shook his legs an
Matilda gasped and withdrew her hand, she turned facing the ceiling up and not taking her eyes off it.It was all dark, but she could feel Jaden staring at her. He moved and she couldn't predict the position he was moving to, she was not looking at him.Jaden groaned as he stretched his body, he relaxed himself and was also staring at the ceiling.He moved and turned on his left, resting on the grip of his arm as he stared at Matilda in the dark. He moved closer to her, moving his body swiftly on the bed and pushing the duvet aside as he moved closer to her.Matilda could feel his breath on her face as he moved closer, she also moved a bit but if she moved one more time, she would meet herself on the wooden floor.He stopped moving when he was closer to her face now, their breaths intertwining with each other's.Matilda's eyes moved without her will, and stared at the young man that was in front of her. In the dark, she could see his face up close, the way his eyes moved and of course
Jaden pulled her away from his body and she also hit her head on the couch. He got up immediately and was adjusting his shirt, also scratching his head.Matilda rubbed her eyes, trying to get a clear vision as the sleep was still making her drowsy. She didn't understand what Jaden was trying to do.“I was just trying to help out because you were dozing off on the couch”Matilda still did not get it, but she nodded and sat still. Jaden went to the bed and drew out a big duvet, he proceeded to spread it on the bare floor.“You can have the bed, I'll sleep on the floor”Matilda got up and put her hands in front of her, waving it as she was shaking her head in disagreement.“No sir, no. I…I can actually sleep on the couch while you can sleep on the bed”Jaden is a very stubborn person, he hardly listened to anyone when he had made up his mind.And the last thing he would want was to make Matilda uncomfortable. He couldn't let her sleep on the floor or even on the couch.He took two pillow
Tom took a long drag from his cigar and closed his eyes as he released the smoke into the air.His room was filled with loud music, coming from his bluetooth speaker, and he was moving his head to the rhythm of the beat.A call in through his phone, he put off the music and then picked up his phone. He closed his eyes and sighed when he saw who the caller was.“What is it this time, Tiana?”“What's with that irritating tone of yours?”Tiana squinted her eyes and her face, like she had just seen the most disgusting thing in her life.Tom ran his hands through his hair and took a drag from his cigar, and he dropped it on the ashtray.“Just say what you want to say, Tiana”She rolled her eyes and sat on her bed, crossed her legs and cleared her throat.“I'm meeting with Matilda soon, so be prepared. This time, for real”“I hope so”“What do you mean by that?”Tiana was already getting irritated, anger was was beginning to rise on her inside. Tom could sense it from her tone, and the last
The car came to a halt as Jaden stepped on the brakes with so much force, causing Matilda to jerk forward.She almost banged her head on the dashboard, but the seatbelt saved her in that process.Matilda gasped with her mouth wide open and her hair all over her face. She put her hand on her chest, and was breathing very heavily. She looked like she had just seen a ghost, she froze and could not move.Jaden was not moved, he still held the steering wheel and was looking at her, waiting for her response.“Why did you do that?!”Matilda half yelled as she turned towards Jaden, her voice cracked and tears were gathering up in her eyes.She was scared, her hands were shaking and tears were falling from her face without control.Jaden's heart sank, he wasn't expecting her to act that way, he never meant to hurt her…he was just angry.“I didn't mean to, I…are you okay?”He leaned towards her, with his hands stretched to touch her. But he withdrew his hands as he was about to come in contact
Jaden took a pink jacket from one of the racks, and placed it close to his shoulders, trying to imagine how Matilda's shoulders are.He placed it back on the rack, after concluding it would be too big for her. He ended up going for a black jacket, which would suit Matilda according to his own knowledge.Matilda saw him coming through the door, and she immediately adjusted his phone back to where she took it from. The air conditioning in the car was working well, but beads of sweat were gathering up on her forehead. He came into the car but Matilda was looking straight ahead all through.Jaden handed the bag to her, but she was not even looking at him. He looked straight ahead to follow her gaze and see what she was looking at, but he didn't see anything.“Matilda, are you okay?”With a weird smile on her face, she looked at him and kept nodding her head. He handed the bag to her again, and she took it .“Thank you, sir”Jaden squinted his eyes as he tried to figure out why she was ac
Matilda kissed Niki for the 5th time that morning. The little young man was not in for all that lovey dovey, he just wanted to have some more sleep.He grunted and moved in his sleep, muttering words no human could understand under his breath. He was not plugged to any machines anymore, because he was feeling better.Matilda chuckled and caressed his cheeks, Diane stood next to her itching her eyes and yawning; holding Matilda's travelling box.She kept staggering while she stood there, the power of sleep was overpowering her. She rubbed her eyes occasionally, to prevent herself from sleeping or maybe fall while dozing off.“Hmmm?”Diane grunted and opened her eyes, when she felt a gentle touch on her hand. She was already fast asleep while standing.Matilda laughed and covered her mouth, to prevent waking Niki up. She held her stomach and squatted, still laughing so hard.“It's not that funny”“Oh it is. I should have opened my Snapchat and kept a memory of this”“You wouldn't dare”
The thunderstorm grew heavier, the tapping sound of the raindrops on the window were so loud.Jaden held the baton with a firm grip, his veins were already popping out from his hands.The shadow moved towards the light switch, and Jaden moved forward but not very close, still trying to figure out who it was in the dark of the night.The brightness from the light made Jaden look away and closed his eyes, he let out a groan as the light penetrated into his eyes.A few seconds had already passed, before Jaden finally opened his eyes. His vision was still blurry, but he could see who the stranger was.Jaden sighed and shook his head, he dropped the baton and ran his hands through his hair.“Dad, really? I thought someone broke into the house. When did you get back?”Mr Brooks chuckled and with his hands behind his back, he walked to where Jaden stood and placed his hand on his shoulder.“You miss your old man that much, huh?”Jaden slightly brushed his father's hands off his shoulder at t
Tom dodged the throw and after a few seconds he winced in pain, he sucked in breath and closed his eyes.He placed his right hand over his face where the glass went past, feeling a jelly like liquid in between his fingers.Tom pulled his hand away from his face slowly, like he was being controlled. He looked at his hand, to see what that liquid was.It was just his sweat, he sighed and closed his eyes, he thought he had gotten injured from Tiana throwing a glass at him.Tiana's hands were shaking where she stood, the whole anger in her had evaporated at the thought of her injuring Tom with a broken glass.“Tom, are you okay? I'm so sorry”Tiana ran over to him, checking him from his head to his toe. She took his face in her hands, searching and turning his face in different directions.He removed her hands from his face, and pushed it away. Tiana gasped, she wasn't expecting him to do that, she could see the fury in his eyes.“What is wrong with you, Tiana?”Tom stared at her for a lo