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Awake

Author: Abby Lee
last update Last Updated: 2022-12-25 14:15:28

There was good news and there was good food.

Giselle has been moved to her ward, and true to Dr. Tye's words, it was a private ward and only a limited number of people were allowed in.

Doctor Tye had shyly accepted the food Ellen offered him after he came back from successfully helping bring a new life to the world.

Though Giselle was still unconscious, the Jones' were happy to see her looking better. At least she was now breathing slightly.

She was now looking less pale; her color had come back, she was looking more alive. Her bruises and wounds were also looking very well kept.

"She's beautiful," Ellen said in awe.

Mr Jones nodded, "not as beautiful as you, though".

Ellen blushed.

"I'll go change now," Mr Jones said to his wife as he walked to the restroom in the wardroom.

"Alright," Ellen nodded.

He was leaving the hospital. It was dawn, another time the fishes were easily and plentifully caught. He would sell them in the night market. The night market was always more profitable
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  • Three Months Contract   Getting Comfortable

    Mr Jones looked at Giselle through the glazing on the door; she was smiling and she was eating. She seemed to be enjoying the meal. She looked healthy and well.He couldn't help but wonder, "does she remember? Does she remember anything about herself?"Balancing the bags in his hands, he grasped the doorknob, turned it and opened the door.As the door swung open, Giselle looked up sharply. The hand holding the spoon of food freezed in the air as she observed him.Seconds passed and he stood there at the door watching her as she assessed him curiously. Still looking at him, she finally dipped the spoon of food into her mouth. She cocked her head, the spoon still in her mouth. Her brow scrunched up as she kept staring at him with the spoon still in her mouth."Wouldn't she chew the food in the spoon?" Mr Jones wondered as his gaze riveted to the spoon she still held in her mouth. He finally closed the door and walked in.She still stared at him as he walked in. Few more feets and he

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  • Three Months Contract   Sleeping Beauty

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  • Three Months Contract   A Remembrance

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  • Three Months Contract   Difficult Situation

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  • Three Months Contract   Getting Her Picture

    She shot at their bodies again, causing the almost dead ones to die instantly."Good!" She praised herself, patting the pistol in her hand. Smiling at what she just did, Giselle gripped her knife."Hmmm!" She said, struggling with the thick knife on the bodies of her prey."KM!" She said again, standing up to leave the house."Here! Go to hell!" She muttered again, kicking the bodies and walking out through the door.She mounted her bike, driving through the streets again in the middle of the night. ** ** **She walked into Thomas's house, seeing him asleep. She returned the bike to it's spot, changed her costume and walked out of her brother's house.Mounting her husband's car, she drove out of the compound, in search of her own home in the darkness. She drove back into her home in not less than 2 hours to see Greg still sleeping."This worked!" She said, walking to her own side of the bed."Baby!" She said, hugging her husband to herself while she drifted

  • Three Months Contract   Another Shot

    2 weeks later:Giselle sat at the eatery with her best friend, Helen, when her phone rang."Come over to the house after work," Thomas said over the phone."Everything okay?" She asked, listening to everything he said with care."I've got an update," He explained."I'll join you when I'm done here," She said before ending the call. "What's up?" Helen asked, looking up to her friend."It's nothing, Tom wants to see me," She said in explanation, sitting back on the chair she stood up from. "Ohhh, is he alright," Helen asked again."Yeah, siblings thing," Giselle said, smiling. "I can imagine," Helen said, laughing."Yeah, yeah," Giselle said, nodding her head. "Gist me.""Jake asked me out," Helen said, smiling."He did!" Giselle asked, giggling."Yes!" Helen said again, laughing with excitement."What did you tell him?""Yes.""You did?!" Giselle screamed, hitting her friend on the shoulder."Yes!" Helen said, laughing. "Do you like him?" Giselle asked, looking at her friend with s

  • Three Months Contract   Safe

    2AM:She jumped out of the bed, searching for something."What is it?" Greg asked, rushing to her side."It's nothing serious," She said, returning to the bed."Are you okay, baby?" He asked again, laying beside her on the bed, his hand on her neck."I'm not sick, Greg," She said, placing her head on the pillow."Are you looking for something?" He asked again, with a worried look on his face."I thought I left my handbag at the hospital yesterday.""Ohhh!" Greg said, satisfied she gave him an answer. "It's in your wardrobe.""Okay," She said, smiling. "Go to sleep," She begged, kissing his lips.She watched him close his eyes with a smile on her face. ...Dawn:"Good morning," She greeted, walking into her brother's ward."Gis," He greeted, smiling and sitting up on the bed."When will you be discharged?" She asked, sitting on a chair beside the bed."Tomorrow," He answered."I can't find my babies," She whispered, looking him in the eyes."What babies?" Thomas asked with a confuse

  • Three Months Contract   Investigating

    'R' and 'T' have decided to hire a private investigator to look into the case. It has been a terrific moment for R and T after the death of their third party, Dave.They came together at a place to discuss the way forward."What do we do at this point?" R questioned."I don't know, someone is haunting us," T said, thoughtfully."Dave was killed few days after Kev's death," R said, looking at his friend."Not just Kev. But, his entire workers!" T spat."Dave's household members died the same night with him too!" R remarked."His gateman too," T said."We need to do something, friend," T said again."Who shall we call?" R questioned T with a look of worry on his face."I wouldn't know," T answered, with more look of worry on his face. ** ** **The Thompson's house:Two bodies stirred on a big bed, clutching themselves."Wake up," Greg said, smiling."Why?" Giselle asked, stirring again."Because it's morning," He answered, ruffling her hair."Tch!" She hissed.

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