To Hate My Stepbrother

Mason’s POV

We soon got to the hospital and I felt as though my heart was about to jump out of my chest as Ava was rushed into the intensive care unit.

She was burned badly and she had bruises all over her that made me get even angrier at Aisha but now that she’s in custody I felt a little bit at ease.

“You also need to be looked at.” A nurse said to me as she asked me to follow her to the ward. She ran a few tests before setting up the IV for me.

My head felt hazy and everything in the room seemed to be moving a little too fast before the darkness consumed me.

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Groaning, I opened my eyes to see that I was still in the hospital ward and there was a doctor and a nurse there with me.

My head hurts a little but it was better than it was yesterday, “you’re up early.” The doctor pointed out and I let out a small weak smile.

“How’s my son and Ava?” I asked the doctor who handed the nurse a file with a smile.

“Your son is fine, like the paramedics might have told you it was just a graze and he’s at the children’s ward well taken care of.” The doctor explained and I felt a sense of peace sweep through me.

“Luckily, there’s no infection and he’s asleep right now so you have to let him rest. He’s really young for all he had to see.” He finished and I nodded in understanding.

The doctor’s right, Khalid wasn’t meant to be caught up in all of the games that Aisha had to play but he was merely a victim of circumstance.

“And Ava? Will she be fine?” I asked as I did nothing to hide my worry and fear of something bad happening to her.

“She’s good,” those were the only words I needed from the doctor to be calm, “she’s resting now too although she still has a lot of bruises.” He added and I nodded again.

The IV had finished and the doctor was sure that I was fine since they’d only given that to me in the first place so that I could sleep.

Getting out of bed, I walked to the ICU to see Ava sleeping peacefully and I have never been so relieved in my life before. Sure that she’s fine, I went to the children’s ward to see Khalid also sleeping.

It’s been hours and all I’ve been doing all day is juggling between the children’s ward and the ICU. I decided to run my check on them again and I started with Ava.NôvelDrama.Org © content.

She was still sleeping and at this point I could swear that she’s in a coma because she hasn’t even moved a finger. Sighing, I went to see Khalid and stayed with him for a while.

“Daddy.” I heard him call as his finger moved and at first I’d thought I was seeing things until he called again and opened his eyes.

“You’re awake!” I smiled as I stared at Khalid before hugging him tightly, “I am so sorry.” I apologized.

“I’m so sorry you had to see all of that and I promise you right now that I will never leave your side.” I assured him with a smile that he returned.

“Where is my mommy?” He asked and I pinched down on the bridge of my nose as I thought of things to tell him.

“For now, forget about your mommy and just focus on being well. You need it, champ.” I joked but his horror grew deeper.

“Please daddy, don’t let her go to jail. I heard bad things happen to people there and they put them on this bad chair, please don’t let it happen to mommy.” Khalid cried and I opened my mouth to console him but he didn’t want to hear what I had to say.

Yawning, he still didn’t stop begging me to not press charges and hurt his mum and with no other knowledge of how to console him, I watched as he cried himself to sleep.

If only he knew the magnitude of what his mother had done he wouldn’t be begging for her to go unpunished. I can’t just decide to let her go free.

THREE DAYS LATER.

Ava finally woke up and I didn’t waste any time in informing Nicole and our parents since they all knew about everything already and placing them on hold was something I just couldn’t do.

Walking back into the ward with a plate of food with me, Ava told me she was hungry so I decided to make a light meal for her.

“I’m glad you’re fine.” I muttered as I fed her and cleaned the drool on the side of her lip. She winced because I’d touched one of her bruises.

She was still eating when the door opened and Ryan, Nicole and their baby girl entered the room. Nicole immediately rushed to her best friend’s side not caring if I stood there.

“You’re okay.” She snuggled as she hugged Ava but soon released her when she let out a sound of discomfort.

“Why would you let a scrawny bitch take you down without even putting up a fight?” She asked with the tears in her eyes as she slightly tapped Ava.

I knew how much they loved each other and seeing Ava like this wouldn’t be easy for Nicole but like me, Nicole was glad her best friend was fine.

“You broke your promise too,” she continued and I raised an eyebrow, I wanted to know what they were both talking about.

“You told me the next news I would get would be about you getting married to Mason.” She finished and my eyes widened, I wasn’t expecting that. She was too emotional to realize that I was still standing there.

Ryan and I left the room to give the women space to talk to each other and catch up.

“How did all of these happen?”