Hundreds of patients were cramped in the tiny room. The lucky ones gawked at him from their lice-infested bed, while the less fortunate moaned from the blankets on the floor. "This is West Wing A, " Benita explained. "It's the ward for those with terminal disease… Those on the floor were those who can no longer afford to pay for the hospital bed." "Why are there so many people inside this small ward? This place is overcrowded." "That is why it's called a public ward," Benita answered back. "And that's my sister over there. " Like the majority of the patients inside West Wing A, Benita's sister lay on a blue blanket with her eyes closed. And she immediately opened her eyes when she heard her sister's voice. "Hello, Amelia. Meet Andrew. He is also a patient here." The lady lying down was a shadow of herself. Thin with jaunty skin and shallow eyes. She looked up, offered a thin smile and let out, "Hello Andrew. Nice to meet you. " Just like her sister, Amelia is tall and she po
Andrew and Jackson were admitted into Andrea's section of the O'Connor family villa. Since Simpson was still angry with him, she insisted on waiting for them inside the Cherokee Jeep. "Welcome, Andrew. Am glad you are finally discharged from the hospital, " Mary mumbled as she placed two cups of coffee on the table in front of Andrew and Jackson. "We came to check on you, but your Daddy sent us out of your ward." "I apologize for the way he treated you, " Andrew let out. He picked up the cup of coffee, gazed absent-mindedly at the rich chocolate-coloured liquid and then asked, "Where is Andrea? I have some questions for her?" "She is in the washroom and will join you soon… Please excuse me, our breakfast is on fire and needs my attention before it gets burned." Just like Andrew, Jackson also peeked at the coffee in the cup in his hand. "Why aren't you drinking what your in-law offers us? Don't tell me you believe that she may poison us, " Jackson asked in a whisper. "I don't
The root of all evil Andrew recuperated in a few days, and he was soon seen in his usual happy mood. Because of the recent incident, Elizabethan attached three personal bodyguards to him and warned him never to go out without them. "I don't want to see your legs in Arkansas City anymore. High time you settle down here and take over your responsibility, " the old man yelled at Andrew as he barged into his room one sunny afternoon. "I'm not a kid, Daddy. You can't be dictating where to go for a grownup man like me." "Then act like a grownup and stop risking your life over unnecessary things. The fate of a whole nation lies on your shoulders. Why will you get killed because of a woman? " "My son was also kidnapped with her. You didn't expect me to ignore my only son, did you? " "No, I don't. But I expect you to leave it to capable hands and not plunge headlong into a deadly trap. I heard Andrea was an accomplice to the kidnapping." "Lies, Dad. And that is why I want
After attending to Henry and Jackson's wounds and calling for a rescue team, Andrew called his Dad to explain about the helicopter crash and his location. As expected, the old man was as furious as a thunderstorm. "Why don't you go out with your bodyguard after warning you against such movement?" "I'm so sorry, Dad. I just want to see the forest view from the sky. I never knew the chopper would develop a mechanical fault and break down." "How about your friend and the pilot? " "We are all fine." "Stay where you are. A chopper is coming to pick you up now," Elizabethan yelled from the other side of the line and the call was disconnected immediately. Out of curiosity than common sense, Andrew decided to ignore his father's instruction. "Please excuse me, I want to look around our environment." "It's dangerous, Andrew. Let me come with you." "No, Jackson. Henry is wounded and needs your attention more than mine. Stay with him, I will be right back." As Andrew
Nothing existed for a very long time, neither pain nor memory. Everything was silent and peaceful until the nightmare began. It was a big bird, so big Andrew knew deep inside that it could never be real. And when the bird landed on his chest and went for his eyes, Andrew pulled himself out of lifelessness, jerked his eyes open, and breathed out loud. And the poor bird leapt out of fright. Where he woke up wasn't on top of a soft foam as he had imagined. The large bird was just a small crow who saw Andrew as its dinner and decided to start the sumptuous feast by having his eyes. 'Where am I?' The rain has stopped, yet the sun refuses to resume its daily task, and the breeze bites the skins of whoever it sees on its way. It took him some minutes to come back to his senses, and he immediately leapt up from his laying position, felt faint, held his stomach with his palms and then vomited. 'Holy Madonna! Where is my phone?' Hundreds of bodies were tossed slapdash everywhere.
"Hey… Boss instructed us to put fire on all the factories and get our asses out of here," Gareth shouted at the top of his voice to some of the barrel chest men with him. "What about our prisoners? Should we kill them or leave them inside the barn to be burned to death?" Gareth places his right hand on his waist and looks lost in thought. He had lied to his boss because he was at a loss of what to tell him. After his men told him they had shot the last man, he asked them to show him his corpse, so they took him to the place where the dead of those who became sick as a result of working with deadly chemicals were dumped. They searched through the piles of dead bodies, but the man had mysteriously disappeared. Gareth was fuming with anger as they retraced their steps back to the crash site. Unfortunately for them, they arrived when Andrew was carried into one of the rescue choppers. "Leave them inside the barn. I will kill them myself. Just put fire into the factory be
Just like the presence of honey that attracts the multitude of ants, the royal forest soon filled with legs of the press, newscasters and some daredevil citizens. Since it was transmitted live, almost all the inhabitants of Orange County watched it from their various homes. As expected, this generated a lot of reactions from all and sundry. And for the second time in a few months, the royal family name was dipped into the mud. "I heard they have a human abator inside the royal forest, and that they used to kill people and then sell their part of the body for organ traffickers," an old woman muttered with a toothless grin. "The hearsay may be true, " her equally old and toothless friend answered back. "Where will they see the money to build all those big castles and racy cars if not that they are into drug and human organ harvesting and trafficking? " "Let's see if the authorities will sweep this under the carpet as they normally do." "Then people will revolt and turn this
Their flight was uneventful, and they arrived before sunrise. After a light breakfast inside the Palace hotel canteen, Jackson and Andrew stepped into Simpson's office. "You guys came at the right time. Tomorrow is my birthday and I planned a big party, " Simpson let out at the sight of the two well-dressed men. "Congratulations, Simpson. We would have come with a gift, if we knew tomorrow is your birthday, " Andrew let out, and then stepped into the outstretched arms of Simpsons. "I am sorry for not inviting you. I thought your dad would not let you come here, after what happened the last time that you were here." "The old man is not at home. So I sneaked out." "Congratulations, dear. Let me know how I can be of help," Jackson announced. "Of course, I will. You guys aren't going back today. And you will be spending tonight at my place." Simpson had been a good friend to Andrew. And he feels glad to be here at the moment of her celebration. Dressed in a b