Chapter - 67
Buying the snacks for himself and Amber, Alex was waiting for the traffic to come to a halt when he saw a little girl chasing a cat. As his gaze followed the girl, a smile crept on his face. Alex was quite fond of small kids. He would occasionally spend hours looking at the kids playing in the park with their parents. While he was busy watching the girl, his smile soon turned to fright. Although the girl caught the cat, she was now standing in the middle of the road with cars rushing past her at full speed.
Alex yelled his lungs out as he asked the girl to run back, but the girl stood rooted at the very same spot with fear. Alex wanted to run in her aid, but he hesitated looking at the fast-moving cars.
** honk! honk! beep! beeeep....
Amid the traffic, Alex saw a car coming in the direction of the girl at full speed. Finally, not hesitating anymore, he dashed towards the girl as fast as
Chapter - 68Soon the trio saw the lady come back with a box in her hand. When Annie saw her mother walk towards them, she stood up and gave her seat to her mother. Everyone smiled when they saw Annie act so considerate. The lady sat beside Alex and opened the first-aid box in her hand. She took out cotton, dressing, gauzes and disinfectants from the box to attend to the wound.The lady grabbed a cotton swab and tried to disinfect Alex's wound. When Annie saw the cotton swab inching towards him with a worried face, she took a step forward.When Alex saw this, he also played along. Alex closed his eyes and made faces, letting out weird voices, acting as if afraid of the stinging pain. Annie, when saw Alex make painful faces, walked up to him and took his big palms in her small hands, trying to make him feel relaxed. Alex smiled and pulled Annie in a big hug and showed her his biceps.Seeing this, the
Chapter - 69Claire and Amber helped Alex to Claire's car while Annie silently followed behind them, worried for the uncle who just saved her life. She wanted to hold on to his hand, but because of Claire and Amber, who were on either side of Alex, she could not.As they were heading towards Claire's car, Alex remembered about his beloved bike."Wait a minute... We can't leave just like that. I have my bike parked over that store," Alex said, pointing towards the convenience store, "How about I follow you guys on my bike?" He suggested."I won't advice riding your motorcycle in this state, Alex," Claire told him her opinion."But I can't just leave my bike here," Alex said. He loved his bike more than anything, well maybe not everyone, but he did love his bike a lot. The last time it was the police who took care of it, but this time it won’t be there. What if someone steels
Chapter - 70When they reached the hospital, Alex was brought to Claire's chamber in a wheelchair while Amber pushed behind. Annie also pushed Alex's wheelchair to the best of her capabilities. Reaching her chamber's the first thing Claire did was to call her nurse on the intercom."Let's get your X-ray done first. We need to make sure that there is no fracture anywhere," Amber said, putting the receiver down.Soon there was a knock on the door."Come in," Claire called out."Doc, you called?" Opening the door, a giant with hair split into two long braids, wearing a pink nurse uniform, walked in. No way she was a woman. Alex could see a significant amount of greys around her lips, indicating a recent trimming session. And the mole right below the nostrils didn't make her any pleasant to the eyes. Only the enormous bulge on her chest and the skirt she was wearing showed any indica
Chapter - 71When Alex got off of the taxi, it had started to get dark. Paying his fare, he was about to hop his way to his house when he decided to have a look at his bike first. Jumping on one leg, Alex made his way to Margaret's fence to peek if his bike was there, and there it was, parked on the doorway to Margaret's home. Finally, something good has happened, otherwise, the day was nothing but torture for him, but then he remembered Annie, the little angel and the sourness on his face turned into a smile."Mrs Flores... Mrs Flores," Alex called out for their housekeeper as soon as he walked into the house. He didn't have much hope, but he still called out for her."What is it? Why are you screaming your lungs out first thing returning home?" Mrs Flore's voice came out from the kitchen."Can you get me an ice pack first?" He requested her."Oh dear, what happened to you?" Mrs
Chapter - 72As the clock struck seven, the doorknob clicked open."I think Alex is not back yet. I didn't see his bike outside," Martha said, entering the house."He is working too hard. I told him to take it easy from the first day," George said, berating Alex."At least he is sincere towards his work, not like some lazy slob I know," Martha said, defending Alex and in turn made fun of her husband."Who are you calling a slob? And what did that good for nothing son of ours achieve? He is yet to bring a girl home. What's the use of working so hard. Don't you think so too, Alex?" George asked Alex, who was staring at them as they walked into the living room, but then it hit him, "Alex? What are you doing home?" George was surprised to find Alex chilling at home watching TV."Alex, you are home? And where is your bike?" Martha questioned."Will you guys take a chill pill?" Mrs Flores said as she also appeared in front of them."Mrs Flores, you are still here? Don't you usually leave be
Chapter - 73Alex 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