LOVE AGAIN

I woke up and opened my eyes then stared at the fluffy white mass gathered above me.

How pretty it reminded me of the clouds, I blinked my eyes, as a hammering sensation ached in my temple region.

I slowly turned my head to the side, and the blue sky beyond the window and the curtains reassured me that I wasn’t dead yet.

My gaze continued wandering to every corner of the room as I tried to think or remember where I was and I got to that place but the harder I concentrated, the harder my confusion became.

I then decided to sit up and see if it can help with my stressed brain. With a slight groan, I attempted to but couldn’t feel my arm, my arm was as if there was no life in it.

I tried again , this time to support my weight on my left hand. Though I don’t know how to use my left hand very well.

When the second trial became a failure, an icy blast of fear gripped me, driving me crazy. I tried to wave off the idea and overcome the fear but couldn’t contain the cry of anguish from my lips.

The sound of my cry was loud enough to attract someone to my side.

A lady dressed in white, obviously a nurse, looked like she’s in her early twenties.

“Good heavens! You are awake, how are you feeling?” the nurse said, her face bore an expression of relief.

“I feel terrible, my body hurts and I don’t think I can move my hand at all”I stuttered in fear, my voice was a croak.

The nurse touched me comfortably on the shoulder to console me.

“I will get you a drink, it will help with your voice”she said and I nodded.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Then I watched silently as the nurse got a bottle of water from a refrigerator by the wall side and came back to her.

“Here have some”.

She said softly, lifting my head slightly, holding a glass to my mouth, though she allowed only tiny sips.

“Are you better now?”

“A little”I answered, then lay back on the bed, my head elevated by the pillow, tired from the effort.

“Now please can you tell me where I am?”

“You are in the hospital, F&F special hospital”.

“F&F?” I muttered thoughtfully.

Then my eyes opened wide, as I remembered the incident and also the flashes of our new boss’s corpse, mixed with reality.

“Mr Prince! Is he dead?”

I cried, struggling to get up but the nurse’s firm hand restricted me.

“I got shot right?”I panicked.

“Please ma’am, calm down, you need to rest, please don’t worry about it, you are being taken care of” the nurse tried calming me down.

“Taken care of? Is it too bad…. my boss…. was he shot too, please tell me?”I queried restlessly.

“No he is fine, now please close your eyes and stop worrying”.

I had so many questions that I wanted to ask again but I didn’t have enough strength to, then I felt cool fingers soothing my brow, that was the nurse trying to put me back to sleep.

Slowly I closed my eyes, and long, thick lashes shaded bruises beneath.

Later in the evening, I opened my eyes again, aware of the difference in the time and weather. I turned to look beyond the window, the sky was no longer bright blue but deeper and cloudy.

My gaze shifted back to the room, inspecting every corner, then I decided to sit up in spite of the pain. This time around it was even worse, I felt no better because I was now aware of a soreness not just my arm but all over my body, as if I’d been used as a punching bag.

“Good evening Val”.

The soothing words brought my attention to the man, who had spoken to me.

It’s Daniel!

“Dan!”I shouted , it was so good to see him right here and now.

“Thank God you are awake, look at what you put yourself into cus of that fool!”he replied annoyingly, referring to our new boss.

I smiled back weakly, he came to me and hugged me

“I am fine Dan, you don’t have to worry so much about me”.

I teased him.

“What if it was your heart eh?”he replied, pissed.

“You don’t know how happy I am that I made a change, God didn’t bless me with this gift to sit and watch the people I know die like that”.

“But if that brat had listened , this won’t have happened at all, if you see the way I confronted him back then, I don’t even care about his status or my job anymore”.

I smiled back.

“I am glad I have you by my side here Dan”.

I looked around the hospital room.

“This hospital looks quite expensive”I said in a whisper.

“It’s not more expensive than one’s life, most importantly I am glad you are safe Val. When I heard about it, I literally screamed, if anything happened to you I will blame myself for not stopping you earlier at the company”.

He continued.

Daniel cares so much, that’s one thing we have in common, so I understand he is being sincere.

“About the boss and his sister, hope they’re safe?”I asked.

“Ofcourse he is safe , the ungrateful fool is not even here to thank you”Dan replied with a grimace. That was a relief to hear about their health status.

“Maybe he is not as strong as you think, you need to see him at that moment, he was very scared he even cried like a baby”.

Daniel stopped, paused and glared at me coldly.

“Are you sure , this isn’t affecting your thinking?”

“Of Course not! I know what i’m saying, before I blacked out he was so scared, and full of emotions “.

“Maybe you saw it in your unconscious state, hallucinating , not reality, that one cry I doubt, he is a sadist, a cold blooded sadist with no emotion”.

Just then two young looking nurses entered the room. Daniel nodded as they greeted him, one started checking my blood pressure and all that.

“Where is the man that was here throughout last night?”the first nurse asked.

“He is the one,”the other one replied.

“No not him, the tall one, that is mixed,”the first nurse insisted.

Daniel and I looked at each other in confusion.

“Are you the one that slept on the visitors bed last night?”she asked Daniel.

“Well I just came in a few minutes ago but if it’s anything that got to do with Val he can talk to me about it”Daniel insisted.

“No please we advise you to call the man that brought her here”.

The nurse insisted.

“Wait you mean Mr Prince”the second nurse called her attention.

“She was brought here by the boss himself?”the first asked.

“Yes I am pretty sure of that”.

As they try to reach an agreement, I noticed Daniel’s awkwardness.

“It’s okay Dan I will be fine, it’s just my arm, try calling the boss’s assistant”.

Daniel sighed, he stood up and petted me softly on the shoulder.

“I will go let him know that the doctor wants to see him”.

I nodded and smiled back.

“Take good care of her please”he instructed the nurses, they smiled back at Daniel in a flirty way, who wouldn’t! Daniel is a tall glass of chocolate juice.

“It’s our job”they chuckled.

He waved at me and left the room.

The nurses removed the bandage and was dressed it to a new one.

I closed my eyes, enduring the pain, few minutes later, they cleaned up and told me to rest.

****

The door opened just a few minutes after they left. It was Sir Prince.

I wasn’t much excited to see him, Daniel was right if not for his arrogance I would be using my arm perfectly well.

“Not a pretty bad sight, but a lot better than when I saved you after that shot” he said with an eyebrow raised in a teasing manner.

I scoffed in disbelief with my eyes squinting, I shook my head.

“Save me? I saved you. Remind me the reason I got into danger in the first place”I sneered.