All Chapters of Losing the Lonely: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Orion "There was an accident at the shop. I gotta go check it out. Baby, I'll call you later," I said to Lara. I kissed her goodbye, and had her walk me to the door to lock up. When I got into my car, guilt came over me. This situation with Hana has gotten out of hand, I thought. What does she think she is doing, I continued thinking. My phone started to ring. "Crown, what happend," I asked when I picked up the phone. "Johanna is in bad shape. She's admitted in the hospital. Good news, she's not at the one Lara works at," Crown said. How am I going to tell Lara, I mean I already lied to her. "Are you at the hospital," I asked him. "Yeah, she still had my number in her phone. Since we all grew up together her parents called me," Crown said. "Alright, what hospital," I asked. "It's the private hospital, Intercoastal Medical," he said. Of course she's there, it's owned by her family, I thought. "I'm on my way," I told Crown, and then we hung up. The drive was quick, but I was feeling re

Orion This day seems to be getting longer and longer, with more problems. Are these all coincidences? My phone notified me Crown arrived at Lara’s. At least now, I can calm down and let Crown take care of Lara. I trust Crown 100%. And since there were still a few things I needed to do before I could head over to Lara’s, I had Crown take care of whatever situation was going on at Lara's. “Hey, things are just about to be closed up tight. We just need to walk out and set the alarm,” Marcus said. “Thanks, man,” I replied to him and walked out first. While I was waiting for Marcus to finish closing up, I stood there staring at my car. The side mirror was busted, and now I have a long ass scratch across the driver’s side of the car. "All locked," Marcus said as he walked up behind. I nodded my head and said, "Ok, see you tomorrow," I said off handedly. I exhaled and walked to my car, then drove to Lara's house. As I turned onto the street that Lara lived on, I saw Crown throw a punch int

Lara Work was work. I'm not the new person anymore. So, my co-workers in and out of the lab, don't pay much attention to me. “Hey, Lara,” I heard from behind me. Rounds was about finished, and I was walking down the hall towards the front of lab. “Hey,” I replied as I turned around. “So, I didn’t report this yet, but you labeled the test tubes wrong,” Jana said. Jana was a lab tech who processed the specimens that got sent to the lab. “What,” I said. That’s not good, I thought. “What was that,” I heard another voice from behind me. Uh-oh. That would be the voice of my senior on duty. Damn it. Nelly. And she was right behind me. “Yeah, the tubes were labeled incorrectly so we need them to be redrawn,” Jana said, drawing each word out slowly. She didn’t really want to say anything, but it’s part of her job, so I don’t fault her. Technically, it was my fault. There are protocols to every specimen. Plus, we all have our own part to do in patient care. “Lara, what the

Crown As I was driving to my place, my thoughts were thinking about all the weird stuff that has been happening. Who’s the target? It could be Orion. He lives here and all the coincidences surround him. But then, they could be using him to get to me. Then, there’s Lara. She is a bit mysterious. I didn’t do any background check on her because... That thought can be left hanging cause I really don’t want to think about that. I know she has sons in the service, I continued thinking. Maybe they are the target and Lara is the bait. I hope that isn’t the case. Then, the doctor who is interested in Lara. Is he really interested in her, or just playing a game? I’ll look more into him, eventually. Hana. She also seems to be the center of all the coincidences. Why? Why did she come back into Orion’s life? Why now? My place wasn’t that far away from Lara’s. So, getting to her isn’t a problem. Nate was not very smart to let this one go. Was she like this before or did she

Lara “You guys are spoiling me. I'll see you in the morning, “I said to Orion and Crown as I was getting out of the car by the emergency room. “We’ll be here waiting,” Orion said. Crown who was sitting in back also got out. He smiled at me, and I gave him a hug. I don’t know why I did that, but I did. Then he got into the passenger seat, and I closed the car door. My hand lifted to give a little wave to both of them, then I turned to walk into the hospital. They both have been treating me like we've known each other for a long time. Well, I guess we have, but we haven't spent time together. “Are you a threesome now,” I heard from behind me but I didn't turn around. The giggles that followed the voice was very mischievous, so I started to giggle too. A woman’s arm linked with mine as I was walking. “Well, that would be a nice idea. Wouldn't it,” I replied. Then, I stopped walking, turned my head to look at Shan. “I can't believe I just said that,” I mused with a shocked