CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FOUR

 CATHERINE'S POV

  On getting to my office, I dumped my purse on my table and collapsed on the office chair.

  The smell of drugs and sick patients filled the hospital. It felt  awkward with the smell when I was in med school but constant visits to the hospitals then  has made me familiar with the smell. 

  The thought of Burke clouded my mind, I was trying to figure out his next action, it was not yet noon, I needed  to figure  something out but nothing was coming  to my head. I wondered if I could outsmart Burke 

  I reached for my purse. I wanted to go home  to Jaxon and tell him about it  but figured that it was a very bad idea. I didn't want Jaxon to feel scared.

  I don't want to drag him into this because I don't want him to worry about my well-being. 

  I moved my chair to and fro with my hand on my chin. 

  Why am I clueless on what to do?  One thing is certain though, I'm not going back to Crescent Pack, not today, not ever.

  "What with you?, I have been talking to you but your mind is somewhere else" Natalie said, startling me from my thoughts.

 I didn't even know someone was here, I was lost in my thoughts.

 "How long have you been here?" I asked curiously. 

  "Since a hot dude gave me a letter to give you”, Natalie said smiling at me, she even gave me a wink, which did not look good.

  I looked at my wrist, shit!!! it's noon already, the letter is definitely from Burke I said to myself. 

  Without asking questions I grabbed the letter from Natalie's hand, who just stared at me surprised.

  "Okay, calm down, I didn't know that Mr Hot was that important to you," Natalie said, making her way toward the door.

  What the …. She just gave Burke a nickname.

  Natalie banged the door behind her, leaving me alone to pound on my thoughts, my heart beating fast and loud, I could even hear my heartbeat, I was tense, sweat gathered on my palm as I struggled to open the letter. 

  I ripped the letter open, anxious to know  it's content, my eyes glared through the paper without missing a word 

It read;

  Meet me outside Cat, we need to settle this shit.  I'm in a Black Corolla Burke. At the  corner of the paper a plate number was written on it. I knew it was the number for the car immediately.

  

He still calls me Cat? That's strange because only my close friends call me Cat.

  “Should I go outside to see him? Or is this a trap?”, I asked myself. 

I knew I had no choice, I had to go or risk being kidnapped. 

I'm going outside to meet Burke, I'll warn him not to mess with my family.

 Within two minutes I was  outside the  hospital building, staring at the Black Corolla with the exact plate number on the paper in my hands. 

 My heart stopped for a moment as I wondered whether Burke was in that car. I imagined how he would look, was he slim or fat, darker or lighter, had he grown older, I thought to myself. 

 Shit Catherine, focus on the main issue of how to get rid of Burke and stop bothering about his appearance.

 I walked towards the car, and knocked on the tinted window, the door of the car was pushed open immediately, and I entered the car with all the confidence. 

As my butt touched the car seat  I was starting to lose my confidence.

 After locking the door and sitting comfortably next to the driver's seat, I turned to the driver and saw it was not Burke. 

  "Who the fuck are you?" I yelled, trying to keep myself from overreacting but I was losing it.

  "Calm down, the Alpha isn't coming," the strange man said with a smile creeping to the corners of his scared face.

 What the hell does he mean by saying the Alpha isn't coming? 

"I came  here to see Burke, and if he is not coming, then I beg to take my leave", I said, trying to open the door, unluckily for me the door was locked already.

  My heart stopped beating, as fear was starting to write all over my face. 

  "The Alpha can't do this dirty work, sweetheart," The strange man continued, lighting up a cigarette.

  He took a drag from the cigarette and sprayed it in my direction. 

   The choking smell of the cigarette wasn't my  concern, I wanted to know what he meant by dirty work.

  "What do you mean? I have security cameras everywhere in my hospital, don't try anything stupid or you'll live to regret your actions”. I yelled at him, I tried to be confident  but my voice betrayed me as  I spoke with fear.

  He burst into laughter, making me wonder what was funny.

  "You entered the car willingly my dear, there is no evidence against me," he said.

He was right, it was a setup, no one would believe I was kidnapped that's how they want it to look like. 

  "Please, I still have kids to take care of, don't listen to Burke, he…" I could not complete my last statement as I felt  a cloth choking my breath from the back seat. I struggled to get it off but the person was way stronger, I inhaled the strong smell of chloroform from the cloth. Within minutes, I felt really weak  and my eyes closed slowly until there was total darkness.

 For a while I thought I died, the cloth from my eyes came off, and all I could see was darkness. I slowly opened my eyes, I searched everywhere and I realized that this was not Chicago, the environment was different yet I recognized it, the smell of the atmosphere was familiar. I knew at that moment that I was back to Crescent Pack. 

   Before blinking tears rolled down my eyes, I saw the familiar painting on the wall. I was in Burke's Mansion, the stranger had taken straight to Burke. 

 I tried standing as I wanted to run  away but I was unable to move because my hands and legs had been tied so tightly that it hurt to move them. There were guards everywhere, moving to and fro.

“Is it me or does Burke have more people working for his wicked ass?", I thought to myself as the guards moved about. 

  "Get me the hell out of here" I yelled, to no one in particular,  there was no response, despite the fact that they saw me struggling to get out, it was like I was  a ghost. 

  "So you are finally awake?," I heard a familiar deep voice say from behind me.

  Without turning my head, I knew who it was. Burke fucking Michealson.