Reggie Stone should be here by now. What's keeping him so long?I had almost gotten into that ward, but I saw Bruno and three other bodyguards outside. They seemed to be guarding the room against someone.My phone rang again and as expected, it was Stone."I'm close to room 3061, Where you at?""Just shut up and come over to room 3068." I was getting upset. He should've been here a while ago.Luckily, the patient in room 3068 allowed me in, he was getting discharged today so, it was cool by him. I walked towards the door to open it. I fixed my gaze on Christa's room and saw that the bodyguards were now multiple. There were about six of them now. It's really going to be hard to get pass through those hefty men. 'Stone, I need you. Where the hell are you?' I turned my gaze looking if I could see someone who looked like stone."Ma'am, you can't take the little child home. She still needs to be under observation." I heard the doctor's voice. Bella was talking to the doctor outside the ro

BellaI lay on my bed, feeling reluctant to go for breakfast. I don't wanna see my uncle's face, not even Aunt Esperanza's. I thought she was on my side. They fixed a date without even letting me know. I just rolled over in my bed, thinking. Just then, I heard a knock on the door."Mummy?" Christa called and opened the door. "Mummy, are you still sleeping?" She entered, holding a phone in her hands.I gently got up with a smile on my face. She literally brightens my mood. "I was… but not anymore, baby." I carried her up to my bed. I stared at her and memories from the hospital came flooding my mind. "Um… honey? Listen, were you able to talk to a man in the hospital? - I mean, did you see someone asides the doctor in your room - the day you were injured?"She looked up at me as if trying to think if she remembers. "Um... yes, mummy… he was the first person I saw.""Really Honey? What's his name? What does he look like?""I really can't remember his name, mummy but I know he's very ha

Reggie"What happened to your lips, Alexia?" I asked as I noticed the swollen part of her lips. She had been trying to hide it, but now? I could see it.She quickly bowed her head, but then she remembered Angelica's task. Alexia raised her head and stared pitifully into my eyes."I had an accident." She inched close and placed her head on my chest, sobbing. Of course, she wouldn't tell me she got that from the slap Angelica gave her. She hugged me and slowly used her hands in caressing my back. As she sobbed, she mustered a smile and nestled her head under my chest, telling me how she was almost hit by a car. I was caught off guard. I didn't know what to do. Tell her sorry or hug her back? I raised my hands to hug her, but I wasn't sure it was cool. "So sorry about that…" I gently removed her hands, but she placed them back. I raised a brow… what else should I say?"Um… Alexia… we are in the office?" I was calm.She lifted her head, staring deep into my face. "Does it mean we can do

She raised her head to see who it was. It was Raymond. He came back. She quickly stood up before he changed his mind."Hi - can I?" She tried to get in. Raymond looked and thought she was familiar, so he nodded for her to get in. She got into the front seat and greeted him politely. The music playing in his car shows he was really a shameless thug. She stared at his white body, which was covered in tattoos.She had seen him before, but she had never been this close. I and Raymond had our meetings where no one would listen or be present.'He looks scarier than i thought. Wait, did he tattoo his face as well?' Alexia swallowed hard. She wasn't comfortable around him, but she needs Ray's help. She stared at him while he moved his head as he was vibing to the song in his car. He was singing along and she was scared of interrupting him."You look familiar." He finally broke the silence. Even his voice sounded scary.'Where did Bella get this dude from?' Alexia thought and faked a smile.

I wasn't ready for this! So Bruno held my hands and got into the river, leaving them to argue all they wanted. "Careful, ma'am." One of my bodyguards said as we all walked through to the other side.Reggie and Brown were so engrossed in their silly fights they didn't realize we had left them. Alexia's last text didn't go through due to a poor signal. She raised her head and realized I had left."Stop! Bella left already." Alexia said to the two brothers who just realized I left them. "This is all your fault!" Brown pinned the blame on Reggie, who just got into the river without giving him a response.After a few walks, we all arrived at our destination. The workers on the farm welcomed us and took us to our rooms. But there was one problem. They had just three rooms left, and we were more than that. We couldn't get a hotel because the village was uncivilized and there were no hotels."It's fine, Bella. We would share one room," Brown said.Hearing this, Reggie and I stared in total as