The next day, Vivian woke up before Piper, like always. Piper had been on her night shift and had spent a major of her time at Alex’s house and it had been quite eventful but she had to rush back to the apartment as it’s more closer to her workplace than Alex’s apartment.Vivian quickly had her bath and brushed before heading to the kitchen to do some quick cooking before heading to the hospital as her tradition lately. She brewed coffee for Piper, knowing she would be cranky and lazy when she woke up and she loved a cup of coffee in the morning. She says it helps her brain gear up faster and prepares her for the day.After putting the food on the gas cooker, she walks back to the living room and switches on the TV. The first news that came up was about the car that exploded and how authorities are looking into it, thinking it might be a terrorist attack. “Authorities have confirmed the presence of an explosive at the bottom of the car. There’s no proof pointing at a particular organ
Maria Thames graduated from university at the age of 21, studied computer science, and was the best graduating student of her set. Her family was well to do, the Queen Bee during her high school period, and the most competitive one.Her dad is a former banker, and her mom is a nurse. They were hardly ever around for her, entrusted her with babysitters throughout her childhood, and when she became slightly older, spoilt her with money by giving her everything she ever asked for without ever questioning her.She got away with most things that a child should be scolded for. She developed a coping mechanism that involved her seeking attention from anyone. She always wanted to be the centre of attention, anything to get her parents to notice her as a child. She got into trouble many times, but when money is involved, what is trouble that can not be looked away.Seeing that being a bad girl wasn’t getting her any attention, she decided to be one of the best in her class. Asked for extra les
Vivian arrived at the hospital with some minutes to spend before she was on her to work. There haven’t been any news so far, but there was comfort in knowing that her mother was not at any risk after the surgery. The doctors have been repeating the same thing, saying she entered a coma and it would take a while for her to come out of it, but she was fine. They only thing Vivian could do was pray and hope she comes out from coma very soon.She greeted everyone she knew at the hospital as with her newest tradition and walked into the ward. The curtains were down and it was very quiet, the only news that could be heard was of that of the machine monitoring her mother’s heart rate and the gentle hum of the air conditioner, the nurses had not made full rounds yet so she decided to draw the curtains letting in light into the dark room.She grabbed a bowl on the bedside table and walked over to the basin in the room to fill the bowl with water. She returned back and sat by her mother on the
The ride to Vivian’s office was nice and quiet. They both enjoyed the peace and took in the scenery as Rowan drove her to work. Vivian kept smiling to herself as it has been long she had experience some form on normalcy in her life ever since her mother was admitted into the hospital. In fact, her whole life has been spiralling downwards since the day her dad died. She was always thinking of how to help out her mom and how to make life easy on her. She never really had time to let go and take care of herself. When her mother fell ill, she had to run helter-skelter to look for money to pay her hospital bills.She never had the luxury of enjoying a car ride. Her brain was always jumbled with thoughts, but today, it wasn’t. She felt free, free from everything, her mom hospital bill was covered, and she now had a well paying job, which was what she loved doing the most. What more could she ask for?“Thank you, Rowan. Thank you for everything.” Vivian said genuinely.“It’s nothing.” Rowan
“Hello.” Jason said to the phone, sitting on a black leather couch, his leg extended to the centre glass table with a glass of wine in his hand.“Hey Jason! It’s been a while.” Piper responded from the other line.“Yes, it has. How have you been?” Jason asked.“I’ve been good. After all, you forgot me here and didn’t even call when you got back.” Piper accused, sounding slightly upset.“I’m sorry. I’ve been busy with work and trying to settle down and all.” Jason said, trying to appease her.“You weren’t busy for Vivian, though. I guess I wasn’t just as important.”“It’s really not that, I just had something important to discuss with her.” Jason explained.“If you say so. So why did you call?” Piper said, changing the topic.“Well, it’s about Vivian.” Jason started.“Oh.”“Yeah. I’m sure she told you what happened between the both of us, and ever since then, she has been ignoring my calls and texts.” Jason reported.“She is probably overwhelmed by the way you jumped that bomb on her.
Fred was on his way to the hospital on his motorbike. His hair fluttered behind him as he manoeuvred through traffic. He had received a call from the hospital earlier in the morning informing him that the patient he had brought in was conscious already. He had postponed his meetings and hopped on his bike towards the hospital.His mind was preoccupied with several thoughts. He hadn’t been prepared to lose a team member during the scuffle and was sure as hell not ready to visit the deceased family but he had to. He thought about how sad the deceased wife must be feeling now and how his kids were going to grow up without a father, he knew how hard life could be for a single mother. All those thoughts and a lot more only drove him to find who was responsible for the death of his teammate.He arrived at the hospital and was assaulted by the smell of disinfectants and drugs. He had always hated coming to the hospital, it smells of death and sickness if they had a smell. He passed by the se
Alex, Rowan’s best friend, owns one of the most popular car dealerships in the city where he sells different kinds of cars from different brands based on a dealership contract with an auto-maker. He also sells car spare parts and provides automotive maintenance services. Rowan gets all of his cars from Alex to help his business, as he states. Alex spends the majority of his day monitoring the transport and registration of vehicles in his possession. He sometimes gets handy when he gets bored of paperwork and helps in the maintenance sector, fixing spoilt cars.Alex had a more normal life. His mom was a business lady who dealt mainly in import and export of goods while his dad was a criminal defence lawyer. His parents were very close friends with Rowan’s parents, which led to the two friends becoming best of friends up till now.Alex was the more fun one while Rowan was the calm and controlled guy. Many people wonder how the both of them get along as it comes as a surprise to people
Vivian had noticed that Charles had stopped showing up at work. His desk was empty, and his office had been cleated out. She wondered what had happened with him.It also didn’t help that her co-workers were less quiet lately and had been whispering among themselves and discreetly looking at her like she had done something wrong.She tried confronting them, but they immediately shut down and pretended as though they were busy working and not gossiping about her. She then decided she would have to ask Mr Peter, her boss, about it.She finished working on some designs and printed them out. She packed them up into a file and was confused as to where to submit it as Charles was no longer around, and he was the head of the department.“Hey, let me get that for you.” A cool voice offered. The voice belonged to one of her co-workers, David. He was close friends with Charles and always helped her out once in a while, but it had increased more lately as he was always checking on her.“Thanks a