“Are you sure you've got all your things?” Elizabeth yelled at Katerina, ducking into her room to make sure it was properly cleared out.She did, and there was not a strand out of place which was perfect. The last thing she needs is for Katerina to come back after, saying she misplaced something and encountered something she never planned for. “Yes, yes.” Katerina sounded exasperated, probably because it was the sixth time her grandmother had asked. “I am with all three bags I came with, plus an extra filled with Julie's delicious cooking.” she cut Noona a look. “If I didn't know better, I'd think you were trying to chase me away.”“Well, you do know better.” Elizabeth steered Katerina towards the exit with a wide smile. On their way there, the grandfather clock mounted above the fireplace caught her attention.Geez, only an hour left.Escorting Katerina to her car as fast as her old legs could carry, she hugged the girl before she got in. “Everything's gonna be okay, you'll see.”Sh
Contrary to what Noona promised her, things did not go back to the way it was.It didn't improve but neither did it decelerate any further they just remained in a state of limbo where things were stagnant.It was quite disconcerting but Katerina quickly got used to it. Also, there was an extra pep in her step today, it could be from the fact that an old friend of hers had reached out to her asking to meet up.Katerina was so starved of communication, that she immediately agreed instead of playing hard to get.Or her excitement could be over the fact that Tyler had helped her out this morning.She'd been running low on gas last night, having forgotten to fill up since that was Tyler's job… Only to come out this morning and her tank was filled up.The security cam showed that Tyler got up very early in the morning to help her out before leaving for work.It may not seem like much to a regular person but that small act only showed her that he still cares for her. All she had to do was ma
Two weeks passed after the day Mark tried to ambush her at her office, spewing nonsense about being together. She wondered how he knew about the issues that she and Tyler were having but they quickly faded in light of recent troubles.Mark didn't bow down to her demands, in anything, he stepped up.Every morning, he would have a bouquet of roses delivered to her along with a box of her very bad expensive chocolate brand.The first morning, she thought it was from Tyler and was so excited she kept it only for her to check the card.Realizing, she immediately tossed it in the trash can but they just kept coming, no matter how many times she tried to reject it.Giving up, she decided to donate the flowers to charity or hospitals but even that wasn't enough to send a message.Katerina had to have a sit down with Davis, in which she told him her inability to work with Mark in any setting whatsoever.They argued back and forth until they concluded. Mark was really important to be cut out of
“Kat, I'm ho.....” Tyler had to stop himself from completing that sentence. By now, you would have thought that he'd have gotten used to not saying it but each day just made it increasingly harder to keep quiet. He groaned, rolling his neck to pop out the kinks. Making his way to the spare room which he'd been using for the past couple of weeks, he decides to look in Katerina's room only to find the bed tidy and the room generally undisturbed.His brows furrowed, the urge to push the door in and check around riding him hard but he ignored it, shutting the door gently.Tyler took a quick shower and then went downstairs to make a quick meal but he kept waiting for Katerina to walk down or even make some kind of noise but nothing. The house was as quiet as a graveyard. It wasn't until he checked in the garage and discovered her car missing that it clicked. Taking the stairs two at a time, he checked in on her room and his suspicions were right.She wasn't home. Everything was the way sh
Tyler kept on saying to her but it wasn't registering, it sounded far away and distant as though he was miles away.“I'll be back right now,” Tyler murmured, moving away from her. Suddenly, she felt so cold that she started to shake. Every atom of her body felt like a screw had shaken loose, dislodged by a hard shake. Katrina fell to the floor but she hardly felt overwhelmed by different feelings, majorly due to fear and anxiety.The memories of what happened before Tyler came to the rescue kept flashing through her mind, on replay like a DVD player.Exhaustion weighed down on her mind and the sweet lull to give in was equally strong.Tyler had run over to check her chair only to discover that it was virtually useless.The men who'd attacked Katerina had messed with the engine so until it was fixed, the possibility of taking it anywhere was quite low.Carting Katerina in her current state to his car was going to be tedious but it seemed like the only choice he had.Running back to her
A scream pierced the air, dangerously close to where Tyler was. His instincts kicked in and he jumped up, his eyes darting around crazily in search of his life.Remembering that she was in room 110, he changed course, practically running to her room. “Where is she? Where's Katerina?” He yelled, about to rush into the room.He could see Katerina struggling on the bed and about three nurses overshadowing her. One stabbed her in the arm with an injection and she reacted, practically bowing off the bed.Before he could rush to her rescue, two heavily built men stopped him, pushing him away.His jaw set incensed that they would try to stop him from going to her. “What the hell? Let me pass!”A doctor draped in a white lab coat stepped forward. “Mr Redwood…is it? May I talk to you for a moment?”Tyler ignored him, not in the mood to discuss but the guy placed a hand on his chest, firmly but politely pushing him back when he tried to move. “Please…”Tyler stared at the man before grudgingly
“Please let me help you inside or you'll break your neck!” Tyler groaned, lifting Katerina off her seat. She squealed at the sudden movement but ended up laughing when Tyler dropped her back down.“Am I too heavy for you, you're just getting fat?” She laughed.Tyler leaned on the open car door, placing a hand on his chest as he pretended to be mock hurt. “Ow, that hurt.”“Your pride or ego?” She stuck out her tongue like a 5-year-old. “I've told you countless times, I can walk. You need to stop treating me like an invalid.”“What if I just love carrying you around?” He leaned in, nuzzling at her neck.She giggled, leaning back in the car and closing her eyes as she breathed him in.It seems that landing in the hospital has some perks since it brought her and Tyler back together. If anything, she'd say that they were closer than ever.After her parents left, they had the longest conversation where Tyler opened up about why he'd been absent for a couple of days.It turns out that he cou
Katerina was having the time of her life. Staying at home with a husband who absolutely adores her and a work-free week.Yeah, she told Davis about her unfortunate incident at the parking lot. Of course, he sounded horrified, and the last time she heard he was replacing all the lights around the building and installing the camera. Ooh, there was even a police officer trailing the area.The details of the night were still very much sketchy but ever since she told that Sasha lady that she was attacked, the woman got it into her head to save Katerina from an abusive relationship. Now, the police were involved. They had interviewed her at the hospital and at that time, she was groggy, irritated, and a little high on all the drugs they'd pumped into her system.She'd confessed that there were about three or four guys that night, aside from the one that assaulted her…Mark.A part of her wondered why she was so reluctant to give up that information, apart from the fact that they'd look at