After our little confrontation when she didn't answer Dylan, Katerina practically ran out of the car and into the house, disappearing into her bedroom for the rest of the day, only retreating back downstairs for dinner and then back to her room.Dad has been trying to get her to talk to him but the thing is, she was tired of talking all the damn time. She just wanted some peace and quiet for now.The next day, she rolled out of bed with an objective in mind, tired of sitting and lazing around waiting for people to do something.Technically under the eyes of the law, she was still legally married to Tyler thereby, making her his wife and as his wife, she had the right to visit him at the hospital.Tyler was the only person that got her and barely lied to her and right now, she just wanted some of that familiarity.“Where are you going to?” Mom asked when she came running down the stairs.Esther was always dressed up in an impeccable outfit, her hairstyle nearly made and the latest dia
“Oh, wow I didn't realize that it was you, madam!” The nurse lady said, her tone going up a notch. “Please follow me.”Her attitude did a real 360 as she ushered Katerina toward a small office. “I apologize in advance, it's just that everybody knows that you're his wife but you still have to feel some forms in case, you know… we need it.”“All right, cool. Just point me to where I'm supposed to sign.” Katerina passed on a smile.The nurse brought out a stack of documents, pointing at each section where she was supposed to sign but as time went on, Katerina grew uncomfortable because the longer her hoodie was down the more the stares increased, graduating to people murmuring as they passed by.She tried to not let it get to her but some of the conversation floated up to her ears.“Oh, my god! Isn't it that woman that just got kidnapped or something? What is she doing here?” A blond lady passing with her friend whispered way too loudly, making a fake attempt not to stare. “I think her
Katerina looked at the other man before her, not knowing what to say.If his last name was Redwood, then it would make sense why he was here, after all, he had the same surname as Tyler meaning that they were somehow related.What just confused her was the fact that Tyler never mentioned having a relative, if anything he went out of his way to prove that he was a one-man army.The nurse gave him a piece of paper, instructing him to sign somewhere. Katerina craned her neck to get a better view of what it was, but she was too far away to get anything other than a quick scribble.When Mason was done, he handed the paper back to the nurse who was about to leave but Katerina stopped her, getting in her way. “I'm sorry but what are those forms for?” “Oh, these are for the” The lady stopped realizing that she was speaking to a total stranger, and turned back to Mason. “I'm sorry, who are you?”This damn hoodie!Katerina sighed, flipping off her hoodie to reveal her face but then the nurse's
Her heart skipped a beat leaping into her throat. Katerina stilled, staring at his hand to see if it would move again.It didn't.Thinking it was a fluke, she leaned forward only for his hand to twitch again, nearly scaring the life out of her.Suddenly, Tyler's eyes flew open, disoriented for a couple of seconds before they focused on her, sharpening. “Hey, Kate-”His body jerked, his hand slipping from hers and suddenly the machines started to go crazy.Katerina didn't know what to do, not sure when a scream tore out of her chest and she staggered out of the chair, running for the door.“Help! Somebody please help him!” She screamed at the top of her lungs, gathering the attention of some orderlies and nurses who were hanging around.They rushed into Tyler's room, their hands hovering over his body.One of them yelled, “Go get Dr Jackson, now!!”Everything seemed to be happening all at once, the sounds of the monitors rapidly beeping, the nurses racing around and talking over one an
“Oh, hey! Mom, what are you doing here?” Katerina said, awkwardly hanging her hands by her side.Unfortunately, that just sent Esther into a rant. “You didn't call me and I've been calling you ever since! Thank God for the hospital, they called me to let me know what was going on but I was so worried, Katie…”She squinted, sucking in a deep breath to calm down. “Yeah, but you still didn't need to come. I'm an adult and I can take care of myself, I don't need you running around, trying to help me.”“Forgive me for trying to be a concerned parent and make sure you're okay!” Esther said, her voice laced with a tinge of irritation.During our little ‘banter’, Katerina had forgotten that Mason was still standing there, looking very uncomfortable and eager to leave until he cleared his throat. “Um, I'm so sorry to interrupt this session but I think I have something to do…” he trailed, his eyes bouncing between them.Esther swallowed, her face reddening when she realized that there was a st
On getting to Tyler's room, Katerina noticed that it was empty, clear of all the doctors and nurses that flooded it earlier.As the nurse was about to leave, Katerina stopped her. “Uh, sorry…but where is everyone?”She turned around to face Katerina. “They've left to attend to other patients, ma'am.”Katerina blinked. “Yeah, I know that. I just mean…” she trailed off, waving her hands towards Tyler's still body. “What about him? How's he doing?”The nurse's eyes darted between her and Tyler, her mouth opening as if she wanted to say something before closing. “All I can tell you is that he's stable for now, the doctor will come by to give you more information.”“Oh, thank you….” The door slammed closed before she could even get all the words out of her mouth.Blowing out a breath, she walked towards Tyler's bed, her shoes not making a sound on the linoleum.Already, her hands were turning clammy and slightly damp with perspiration, which was odd. When she was about two feet away from
Katerina closed the door to her home softly behind her, creeping into the house as quietly as possible.For one, she wasn't trying to alert anyone that she was back home because it was quite late.A quick glance at her watch revealed the time to be a couple of minutes past one in the morning.With her parents' recent helicopter attitude, it wasn't hard to figure out that they would fly off the handle when they realized that she was coming back home by this time.It wasn't her intention to be back home this late but after she had a mini breakdown in front of Mason, he decided that it was time to let her hair down and let her breathe. They went to a bar not far from the hospital and had several drinks.One drink turned to five, which then turned into twenty as they each tried to drown their sorrows.Fortunately, the bar was open 24 hours so it didn't give them any indication that the time was letting on more than usual.By the time they had realized how far gone it was, they made a mutu
Wednesday rolled around quite faster than I would expect and with it…dread.Throughout Monday and Tuesday, Katerina was busy attending interviews and various conferences ... Apparently, so many people saw her survival from kidnapping as a huge source of motivation.After talking about it with her parents, Katerina realized that this might be good for the company and their numbers, already their interest in their markets has gone up by 20%. The more she put a spin on it, the more more people would be interested in knowing what was going on in their life and subsequently, in the company.Of course, the last thing she wanted to do was to go on in public talking about the worst and most harrowing experience of her life, but then again since she was unsure of the state of things between her and Tyler, the company was her family's most successful stream of income and it was up to her to keep the flames burning.However, after two days of talking about it, Katerina wasn't sure this was some