Chapter - 73
Alex finally got to his room with the help of his father. He didn't need his help, but his old man was adamant about tucking him to bed. Silly old man.
After he got into his room, the first thing he did was pull out his phone and decided to call Karen. It was only right of him to give her a heads up that he might not come tomorrow. Karen was quite understanding she wouldn't refuse. Just when he was about to call her, his phone rang.
** Ring! Ring!
Ellaine's name flashed on the screen.
Alex picked it up, "Hello".
"Newbie, are you alright? Heard you got injured today?" Ellaine asked from the other side. Though she was not talking to him for some time, she was the first to call and ask about his well-being. And unlike her usual teasing tone, she genuinely sounded worried.
"I am fine, just some small injuries," Alex told her.
Chapter - 74"Do you mind if I ask you something?" Amber spoke, hesitating whether or not to proceed with her question. She was worried that she might be prying too much into someone else's private affairs."You want to talk about Annie, right?" Claire figured. She smiled when she saw the frown on Amber's forehead deepen.Alex had just reached the door of Claire's chamber. Getting himself freed from the clutches of that giant, manly nurse, Alex wanted to hurriedly walk in, but he stopped hearing their conversation. Alex was not the one to take interest in other people's matters, but Annie was someone special. He had formed a very close bond with her in no time."Yeah, I never heard her talking is she---?" Amber said, looking at Annie, who was sitting on the couch on the side, playing with Claire's phone. She wanted to put it as politely as possible."Mute?" Claire asked with her
Chapter - 75"Hmm...? What am I doing here?" Alex talked to himself as he looked around. He was standing at the same crossroad, in front of the convenience store where he saved Annie. Didn't know how and when Alex got here, but it was nothing like the afternoon. He looked up, and the sky was covered in dark, red, bloody clouds. No was on the streets, no cars, no people, not even a rat. It looked more like a ghost town right now.Alex looked around, trying to spot a single person, but all there he could find was deadly silence.Just when he was about to lose his patience and run away, Alex saw a little girl with her back towards him, wearing a pink floral dress, standing in the middle of the road. Alex could not see her face, but from behind, she looked familiar. With small unhurried steps, Alex's legs on their own moved towards the girl.Alex thought that it was Annie who was in front of him. Before
Chapter - 76"Ahhhh...hhaaaaaa... ughhh..." Yawning and stretching, Martha walked out of her room in her blue transparent baby doll nightie and her night robe in hand. With her eyes still half-open, she put on the night robe over her shoulders and made her way towards the kitchen. Martha was in a bad mood, she hoped for a fun night with George last night, but all she got was a cold shoulder and a night full of snores from him."Alex... Can I get a coffee? Ughh... I am damn sleepy," Martha called out for Alex as she reached the kitchen, but Alex was nowhere to be seen. He was neither in the hall nor in the kitchen. It was odd, but thinking that he might have gone to the gym, she looked towards the refrigerator for some kind of note. But yet again, there was nothing.Usually, Alex would be the first to wake up and start preparing for breakfast after he was back from the gym. Was he not back yet? Martha looked at the time,
Chapter - 77"But I am not really your son," Alex said but regretted the moment these words left his mouth.Martha, on the other hand, hearing Alex, was left stunned. The towel in Martha's hand fell down. She looked at Alex for some time as her eyes turned watery. All the love and care they showered him with for the last one year, was it for nothing?"Mom, I didn't mean that. I am sorry. You know how much I love you and dad" Alex tried to get up and wipe her tears."Don't get up. You are not well" Martha pushed him back to the bed, "But I have to admit, you finally poured your heart out.""Mom, I didn't mean it that way..." Alex tried to explain, but Martha shut him up."I just hope you won't ever say that again. I am the one who gave you your name. You take up the surname Rutherford. You are as much my son as your brother, even if you don't want to take me a
Chapter - 78Alex was resting upstairs while Martha was busy with house chores when her phone rang. It was George."Hello," Martha answered the call."Honey, I need you at the company as soon as possible," George said from the other side. Martha could feel the urgency in his voice."What happened?" Martha ask. She wanted to know if something was wrong with that thing from the morning."I will explain everything to you later, but I need here as soon as possible, it's urgent. Don't delay it anymore," George told her."Alright, I will be there in half an hour," Martha replied.As soon as George heard her, he hung up the phone without even replying to her. Martha was left staring at her phone in thoughts. From his tone, it was evident that some serious shit had happened in the company.Without losing any time, Martha hurr
Chapter - 79Getting the nod from Margaret, Martha gave her the keys, and giving her some further instructions, drove away in her car.After Martha was out of sight, Margaret clenched the keys, and with a silly grin on her face, sprang inside her house.She opened her wardrobe, fiddled around with the dresses before finally settling on a hazy blue shift dress, comfy and stylish at the same time. She quickly dressed up, played around with minimal makeup and made her way to her beloved Alex.Margaret sneaked her way inside the house stealthily. She took off her heels and tip toped around the house. She carefully looked around, and her heartbeat rose with each step she took. The way she was going around, even she felt like she was just short of picking something up and becoming a full-fledged authenticate thief.After she was quite sure that no one other than herself w
Chapter - 80Closing her book, Margaret looked at the clock on the wall. It was already three in the afternoon, and there was no sign of Martha. She was feeling a little hungry, and it was time for her to stuff herself. And other than herself, she needed to make something for Alex as well.She sneaked a peek at Alex, who had his eyes closed, but looking at those shivering eyelids, she knew that he was awake. Margaret, for Alex's satisfaction, walked out of the room tip-toed and went downstairs.Walking in the kitchen, Margaret had a frown on her beautiful face. She had no faith in her cooking. She looked around, hoping to find something and lucky for her, she did find something, a note stuck on the refrigerator.'Alex, if you feel hungry, I have already prepared the lunch and kept it in the refrigerator. But don't forget to heat it before you have it.'Margaret took out
Chapter - 81"Alex, look who is... he...re..." Just as Margaret was about to kiss Alex, Martha walked into his room. All the vibe died down, because of the shock, Margaret ended up missing her target, and her lips were kissing Alex's headboard.Alex was looking at his mother over Margaret's shoulder in shock while Martha was looking at the bare ass of Margaret in front of her."Mom? What are you doing here?" Alex asked. He was surprised to see his mother miraculously appear in the room."What am I doing here? What the hell the two of you are doing in broad daylight," Martha asked, pointing at Margaret's bare ass."Mom... Don't panic and listen to me. This is all but a misunderstanding. The situation is not what you are seeing, but it is what you are not able to see," Alex tried to explain to his mother."Are you playing mumble-jumble with me?" Martha was irritated."Mom, let me explai---" Alex tried to explain once more but was interrupted."Alex, how are you feeling now? We heard you