Chapter 105The sound of the clock clicking every second was all that could be heard in the tranquil atmosphere that rested between Kathy and me as we sat together in the living room.I had just told her about the dinner the night before and she was finding it humourous until I told her how it ended and that's when silence fell."Say something goddammit," I said as I grew tired of the silence. She sighed as she looked up at me. "I mean you can't really be serious about not knowing, it was pretty obvious," she said.I corked an eyebrow. "That's all you have to say? I'm pretty sure if I knew I wouldn't have even gone on a date with him," I snarled. She lifted her hands to signify surrender. "Okay, okay. There's no need to get hostile," she said. I scoffed as I think my head km disbelief. "There's every need to get hostile, why are men like this," I said angrily."Now come on don't do that," she said."Do what?""Go around attributing flaws to men just because some of the ones in your
Chapter 106I stood in shock as Derek stood at the end of the door smiling nervously. "Can I come in?" He asked. I still stood at the door stuck between letting him in or addressing him there. I wasn't sure if I was ready to talk to him or if I even had anything to say to himBut I knew slamming the door in his face as I did with Elliott was going too far. The atmosphere became thick as we stood there in awkward silence while I still struggled to make up my mind and then Kathy's words came running through my memory about me being more open-minded and giving him a chance.I wasn't sure about giving him a chance. I honestly couldn't see a future where he and I were anything more than just friends and I wondered if that future still existed.I decided however to have an 'open mind'. I sighed and stepped away from the door.He smiled in relief as he walked in and I closed the door then I led him to the living room and offered him a seat. He smiled in appreciation and then he sat. "Do yo
Chapter 107Elliot's wary gaze shifted from me to Derek and back to me. I tried to remind myself that nothing was going on with me and any of them to trample the guilt I felt.Why did I still feel guilty?I turned back to Derek and gave him a warm smile. "All set?" I asked and he nodded. "Yeah, it's so late already I better be going," he said and I nodded in agreement. He leaned down to hug me and I hugged him back.He let me go and then pushed past Elliott who was now glaring at us. "Call me when you get home," I called out. He turned to me and saluted. "Yes ma'am," he said in a jovial manner before turning back and walking to his car.I returned my gaze to Elliott who was gawking at this point and I stared at him uninterestedly. "What?" I spat. "What?" he asked bewildered. "What was he doing in your place at this hour and why are you guys hugging and promising calls?" he asked. I squeezed my anger as I glared at him."Last I checked Elliott, I was the one in charge of my life," I
Chapter 108. Bright lights, white tiles, steady beeping of EKG machines, distorted noises, empty hallways, screaming. My feet sprinted through the hallways of the hospital in a frenzy, I pushed through the scanty amount of people loitering and ducked moving carts and shelves. My vision blurred by all the tears welling in them, my heart pounding against my chest threatening to tear through my skin, and my throat sore from the screaming.After I'd heard the news and stood still for a while, the news suddenly came rushing back in and I grabbed my hair and yelled in so much pain as I fell to the floor. Elliot caught me and tried to console me but I couldn't see past the pain.I slammed my palms on the counter as I finally reached the reception. "My dad! I need to see my dad!" I yelled. The lady at the counter didn't seem moved by my outburst and it made no sense to me.Why was everyone else so calm when it hurt so much?Why was life so unfair to me?My hands slowly balled into fists as
Chapter 109.I woke up to the scuttling of feet and the beeping of monitors. I heard Elliot's voice from a distance and I just raised my head as my eyes followed the voice.He stood in a corner of the waiting room with his back to me mumbling something into his phone. "Keep the security of this information as tight as possible, we can't let the media publicize this at any cost," I heard him grumble.I shifted on the chair making my purse tumble to the ground and the contents spilling on the floor. He turned to look at me before winding the call and walking back to me, he crouched and joined me to gather the contents of my purse."Sleep well?" he asked and I shrugged in response. "I visited the cafeteria earlier while you were still asleep, they should be here any minute," he said.My eyes widened at his statement. "Earlier! What time is it?" I said as I sprang to my feet, my eyes quickly scanning the clock on the wall behind him. I made to leave when he held me back and I turned to lo
Chapter 110."Oh for fucks sake! I've just about had enough of this fucking bullshit," I groaned as I walked beside Kathy. She hushed me silently and we continued walking.I pushed through the crowd with my eyes hidden behind thick dark shades and my head ducked under a scarf and stealthily tried to avoid the reporters and cameras as I struggled to make my way into the hospital.That kind of attention was the last thing I needed especially at a time like this, I had made the news once again but this time it was more absurd. The news headline read 'BOYFRIEND DRAMA TURNS DEADLY'. I felt my blood boil at the folly of it all. "I swear if I find the reporter behind this I'm going to toss them off a bridge," I said angrily. "Shh, you'll draw attention to yourself, let's get past the lobby first," Kathy said as she led me past the small crowd of reporters that he'd snuck into the hospital.It annoyed me how persistent and mindless the reporters were. Anyone with a small sense of empathy wo
Chapter 111.The next four days after that day had been the slowest and most trying days of my entire life. As Elliot had promised, the news had died down the next day as some other celebrity scandal took my place, the timing was too convenient and I had a hunch that he had staged the whole thing but I never bothered to ask.The firm gave me a week's leave off work without me even having to ask and I was more than grateful. I spent every day at the hospital hoping with every fleeting second that my father would wake up and we could all go back to how things were.I told him about how my days were going, not sparing any detail no matter how boring it seemed. I reminded him how much I missed him and how I was waiting for him to wake up so I could take him to his favorite restaurant. I refused to give up on him even though he showed no signs of improvement, I still stuck with him because I knew deep down he was fighting. Fighting to get back to us. Elliot was by my side throughout, no
Chapter 112My mind was foggy and my head was splitting from pain. I couldn't see much past the tears that brimmed my eyes and rolled down my cheeks endlessly leaving a salty taste on my lips as it seeped into my mouth. The air around me was tight and the small crowd of people who had gathered to console me was making it worse.My nails dug into my hair as I clenched my teeth in a desperate attempt to bite back the pain that had me in a chokehold. I had never felt this way in my life, I felt like my whole world had finally crumbled and I was about to crumble with it.There were so many voices all around me, each of them a whisper honing words of consolation, but I was far from consoled if anything I was furious.How could they expect me to 'take it easy'? To 'calm down'? To believe there was any truth in the words 'it's going to be fine'? It wasn't alright, nothing about what was happening was 'fine'."Time of death?" My mind flashed back to the doctor's voice who stood over my father