Alessandro, Rhys father was still in the hospital waiting room, he had managed to subdue his wife who insisted on not leaving the hospital and had fallen asleep on a chair. Rhys still hadn’t come out of the anesthesia and he was beginning to get worried because the doctor had told informed them at least two to three hours. Before she slept, Lydia had already filled him in on what the doctor had told them, about all the bleeding the bullet had caused and all the ruptured arteries. Alessandro had called a doctor who had taken part in Rhys surgery.“It was most likely the two bullets that had hit him and went through. People have the misconception that a low caliber gun might not do much damage but that isn’t true. The bullet doesn’t just go through clean, it bounces around inside the body like a rubber ball off all furniture in a house before it goes out the window. The bullet goes caroming around the body doing all kinds of damage before it exits the body.” The doctor had said over the

“Welcome back to life, I thought we were going to lose you.” Lydia didn’t know when tears began to flow down her cheeks once again“I’m alright.” Rhys shifted, sending an arrow of pain radiating though his shoulder. He started to move his hand to the pain blossoming on his shoulder but Lydia clamped her fingers on his. “Shit! It fucking hurts! Actors should lean how to explain how painful a bullet wound feels.”“You are going to be fine.”“I’m in the hospital.” The pain was so immense. “How bad was it?”“You were flat lining a lot, you were in semi comatose state,” Johnathan entered the room. “ Welcome back best friend, don’t every play such games with me anymore or I swear to God, I’ll kill you myself.”“That’s if I don’t end up dead before you do.” Rhys chuckled. “I could hear voices but I couldn’t see them. It felt as if I was stuck in a dark place and no matter out I struggled, I could not break free.”“Can we stop talking about it? Rhys, you caused me to worry so much and when yo

“Married? What do you mean?” Rhys looked genuinely confused at the thought of this. “How can I be married?” This question was directed at Johnathan, his gaze was blaming him.“I did not do anything. It has been on the internet for more than a few days.” Johnathan hurried tried to give and explanation before Rhys started casting blames.“On the internet? What does it say and how come no one thought of informing me about this rumor?”“It completely slipped my mind and since your parents didn’t mention anything about it. I didn’t consider it important.”Rhys could only facepalm at this. “So who is this woman that claims to be my wife?” He asked Elena this time. The surprise that Rhys had shown when he heard about his marriage wasn’t missed by Elena. She could tell that he was telling the truth and for some strange reason, she felt relieved when he denied it. She doesn’t give this much thought since Rhys asked her another question. “It’s a woman named Malia Meyers. She also has a ma

“Why did you have to go get yourself shot that night?” Jonathan inquired with a pained expression. “ I was so worried about you, seeing you on the hospital bed, pale and weak. I was scared.”“Oh come on, don’t be such a cry baby.” Rhys didn’t take any of his words seriously. “What do you mean? When I say you are my best friend, I mean you are my brother. Imagine how it feels to grow up with the stories of someone that was meant to be your best friend and then not meeting him for a long time. And when you finally meet him, he’s so close to dying right before your eyes.” Rhys was stumped by his words, the smile on his face fell. He had grown up without care and affection from others and he just wasn’t used to it so he couldn’t truly understand what Johnathan felt. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t think that Atlas would intentionally target me.”“He didn’t do it.” Jonathan suddenly announced.“What?” Rhys was shocked, he was almost sure that Atlas had a hand in his attack. And besides it was

As Johnathan and Rhys returned back to the Fernandez house, it was no surprise to either of them when they saw Elena and her grandfather waiting in the living area with Rhys parents and his grandfather. All eyes fell on them as they entered the waiting area. Johnathan grew nervous at this. “Rhys? Do you think we are safe here?” He whispered to Rhys hearing.“Kiddo come over here! Come and greet your grandfather.” Luther called out to Rhys happily, while Elena looked away shyly.The news of Rhys proposing to her had went viral on the internet immediately it happened, she had not gotten a chance to tell her grandfather when he called her and insisted that she drove over to the Fernandez household. After proposing to her in front of everyone, Rhys and Jonathan had suddenly left, with Rhys promising to call her but the call never came.Throughout the car ride to the Fernandez mansion, he kept playing with the ring, which fits her perfectly. One part of her was genuinely excited that Rhys