‘Favor?’ he inwardly repeated as his thick eyebrows instantly furrowed. He unconsciously clasped his hands together, thinking it was just hallucination. Because why would Felissa Montello ask a favor from him? He was a nobody compared to her. What can he do that others can't that made her think he can be of any help to her? He was in deep thoughts that he almost jolted from his seat when he realized that his ex mother-in-law was already standing in front of him. On the other hand, Felissa did not know that he was having a turmoil inside. She flashed him a kind smile before she asked permission if she could sit next to him. Flabbergasted, Hendrix could only nod his head. He even stood up as a sign of respect and waited until she was seated before he sat again. However, as soon as he sat down, he became like a stone, frozen on his seat. He could feel his cold sweats on his forehead and palms, as if any minute he would just melt there like an ice who was exposed to heat.
“Are you seriously gonna stay here until Josh wakes up?” Daisy queried as soon as she came back to Josh's private room. Margaux folded her arms across her chest then glanced at Josh's unconscious state. Her heart swelled out of pity seeing her childhood friend like that. “I guess so..” she muttered. She heard her cousin let out an exasperated sigh before gently closing the door behind her. Finally looking at Daisy's direction, she saw her contorted face while staring at Josh. “Why?” Daisy mumbled while her eyes were still fixated on the bed. “Why what?” she frowned.She watched her cousin with her eyebrows deeply furrowed as the latter kept staring at Josh as if waiting for the guy to open his eyes. “Daisy,” she called as she couldn't stand watching her anymore. “What is it?” she probed. Her cousin finally retracted her gaze away from Josh and shifted towards her. But her expression didn't change and it actually became more sour as she looked at her. “Why would you stay here a
Her heart was pounding hard in anticipation. She felt like crying as her gaze fixated on him.It took a while before Josh had completely opened his eyes and stared back at her. “Margaux, it’s really you..” he said in a very weak and hoarse voice. She hastily walked towards the bed and tearfully held his hand, “You’re finally awake,” she muttered. She was still in shock and disbelief. Her eyes roamed at his body before she let out a sigh of relief. “We have to call the doctors and nurses,” Daisy chimed in. Right then, Margaux quickly pressed the emergency button and in no time, Josh’s doctors and nurses came in. Daisy pulled her out of the room then. She wanted to protest but when she saw how busy the room was, she immediately pressed her lips together and let her cousin drag her out. ‘We need to go home,” Daisy said as soon as they stepped out of the room. Taken aback, she looked at her cousin in disbelief. “We can’t. Josh–”Daisy glared at her, “Do you want to get stuck here
Margaux automatically pushed herself up and straightened her body. Her face was burning and her eyes were a little wide as she felt utterly embarrassed at what they had witnessed. Most of all, her chest was thumping so hard because of the man who can already put a hole in her face by the way he sharply stared at her. “Babe?” Daisy muttered. Her hesitant voice made her quickly turn to her cousin’s direction. However, instead of feeling relieved, she became more nervous when she saw her confused expression. “What’s wrong with the patient?” the Doctor inquired, saving the awkward atmosphere in the room. Clearing her throat, Margaux stepped back and lowered her head, “He said he’s in pain..” she muttered. She could feel her cheeks were getting hotter as she realized how awkward it was being caught by them when the guy who was lying on the hospital bed was in pain while she seemed hoarding above him.‘What just happened?!’ she screamed internally. It was too quick and she really di
Mrs Garcia’ss voice reverberated throughout the whole lobby that all people there immediately stopped whatever they were doing and stared at their direction. While the hospital staffs and those who recognized her looked at her with shocked expression. Her steps abruptly halted as her body got frozen. Even Hendrix seemed frozen as well for both of them did not move after that. “That’s defamation,” Daisy stated calmly. “That’s a huge accusation and we can sue you for that, Mrs Garcia..” she added. The lobby became eerily silent after that as if everyone was waiting for the old woman’s response. But the old woman was too dense and absorbed in her delusion that she did not notice the growing audience around and continued with her lies. “You are filing a lawsuit against me for telling the truth?” “Truth? Your son was drunk-driving. He was lucky enough that there was no people there and got hit or else he will go to jail after he recovered” Mrs Garcia did not reply which made Margaux
“What important matter is that? He’s banned in the whole country, he can’t roam around freely unless he wants to get caught and be deported back to the Philippines,” Margaux stated without a pause. She was not able to stop herself and let her mouth run as soon as she heard that he declined going with them and left without even bidding goodbye to her mother. Also, she’s got annoyed by his reason because she can’t think of anything important that he could do rather than hiding from the authorities. ‘Didn’t he say he would stay beside me?’ she thought. Her eyes turned darker and could not help but hissed as she was getting more piss as she thought about him. “I don’t know. I didn’t ask. It is not my business, so.. I did not think it was necessary to ask,” Daisy replied. Her eyes then sparkled as the corner of her lips lifted upward. “Why don’t you call him? You have his number right? Ask what is the important thing he has to do that he refused to go home with us. Also, don’t f
She thought she was quick enough to step on the brake and luckily her car did not bump with him. But she was wrong. Her heart was breaking into tiny pieces upon seeing Hendrix’s unconscious body was slumped on the ground. “Hendrix!” she exclaimed as her knees wobbled until she lost all her strength and kneeled down. “H-hey!” she shook his arm. He did not respond which made her hands tremble even more. Her eyes scanned him from head to toe and checked if there were any blood stains but she could not find any. “You’re okay, right? Don’t scare me!” she hissed then shook his body profusely.When there was still no response, she forced herself to stand up but her knees felt numb and had no strength at all. “Stop pretending there and open your eyes! Don’t scare me like this!” she screamed in frustration. She had never felt so scared like that before. What she felt after learning what happened to Josh cannot even compare to what she was feeling at the moment. It was like she was being
Margaux went home in a very bad mood. She walked straight to the living room where her parents were waiting and slumped on the sofa adjacent to her parents. “What took you so long?” her father inquired. Her jaw clenched as she did not want to recall what happened in the parking lot of the hospital. But she knew her father won’t start whatever he wanted to talk with her, that’s why she was forced to tell them what happened minus the identity of the victim. She purposely excluded the part that it was Hendrix for she did not want the topic about him to be long. Her mood had depleted drastically and all she wanted to do was be alone and take her mind off of him. “Did you have that person checked?”“I offered, but he declined,” she answered curtly. “Why didn’t you insist? What if it was just a set up and use it against you?” Daisy intervened.She highly doubt it.It was Hendrix after all. What can he do against her? If he tried to report me to the police, she was certain that he woul