I Will See You In Hell: Toxic

Chapter Two

“Brother…”

Keith looked at her who was laying on the hospital bed. He immediately went on her side. As he check on her physical appearance, aside from the big ugly bruise on her cheek it seems that she’s alright. But that bruise cause him to frown. Someone’s going to pay for this.

“I’m Alright brother. You don’t need to worry about me.” His sister smiled at him with reassurance.

“It is still my fault. If I didn’t –”

“Brother enough. I’m okay. It’s just a little bruise.”

Kristal looked at the two siblings. Watching the affection between the two gave a little fang in her heart. She turned her attention to the other people who came in. Aside from the arrogant person who just barged in, the other four people must be bodyguards and secretary. The most awkward thing was, the four men were watching her and on guard as if she was the bad guy.

“Untie Kristal…”

She looked down and saw that the boy on her lap was now awake. He yawned and blinked his little eyes for a couple of times. How cute.

“Your uncle is here. Go and greet him.” She told him while brushing his hair with her fingers.

Immediately, the young boy stood up and when he saw his uncle standing beside her mother, he ran to him. “Uncle!”  

Keith took his nephew in his arms and carried him. “Nico are you okay?” he asked with gentleness.

Nico nodded at him. “I was scared but untie Kristal came and saved me. She was really good uncle. She was super-fast and she defeated all the bad guys,” he said with excitement in his voice.

Keith glance at the girl who was still sitting on the sofa. She was occupied on her phone. With her fair complexion, dark brown hair tied into a ballet bun, aristocratic nose, plum lips and those bright amber eyes that he saw earlier. He already knew who she wa.

“Brother, it’s because of her that Nico is still with us. Her shoulder got hurt for saving the two of us,” Nica said.

“I’ll take care of it.” He glance at his nephew, “Nico, stay with your mother, I’ll talk to Ms. Kristal first.”

When Kristal heard her name she glanced up from her phone and saw Nico’s uncle walking to her. She stood up to greet him.

“I’m Keith Aiden, brother of Nica.” He smiled at her as he took out his hand.

“Kristal Cameron, pleasure to meet you,” she casually replied while accepting his hand shake.

“I really want to thank you Ms. Cameron. You saved my family. How can I repay you?” he looked at her intently. That distinct mole on the left side of her chin was something he will never forget.

Kristal saw how his eyes traveled on her face. She immediately took her hand off of him. She smiled casually to hide her worries. “No need to thank me Mr. Aiden. I just did what was right. And I’m not going to hesitate to do it again in the future.”

He caught the wariness on her eye but she hid it in a second. He noticed the blood stained on her shoulder sleeve. It looks like a big wound. “You’re hurt. Have you-”

“No need to worry, it’s been treated. I didn’t know I got glazed, probably because of adrenaline. But I’m fine, it will heal.” She cut him off. He was still looking at her wound. She knew she had to leave or else… “It’s getting late, I need to go Mr. Aiden. They’re safe now that you’re here.”

He was about to say something but she already walked to his sister and nephew. She was trying to escape again like what she always did.

“Ms. Nica, Nico I have to go.” She said to the mother and son who’re sitting on the hospital bed.

“Untie you’re leaving? What if those bad guys come back?” Nico said worriedly.

She touched his head. “Don’t worry, your uncle is here. He will protect you.” She assured him.

“Are you sure you’re okay? You’re hurt, you should stay in the hospital for a while.” Nica said with gentleness.

“No need to worry. It’s just a small wound. You should take care and be careful next time. Nico is still young, he should not be experiencing this kind of misfortune.”

The woman in front of her smiled. “Thank you.”

Once Kristal left. Leo came to Keith with his laptop on hand. “Master, I already found out who did this. And I believe you need to see this.” He said with carefulness not to be heard by others.

Keith took the laptop from Leo and saw the security footage on the highway where the incident happened. While watching the footage, he could not control the smile on his lips. This just confirmed who she was. ‘I found you.’

Kristal had a restless night. She didn’t expect to meet Keith Aiden. Not this soon. She was hoping that he didn’t recognize her but Keith Aiden was a smart man. She knew he would investigate her but she was certain that he would not found anything.

She woke up late that Saturday morning, but because it was her rest day she decided to be productive and started cleaning her apartment. Once she was done, she went out to the groceries store and bought some food and essential stuff then she came straight back to her apartment. Watching her favorite series over the weekend had been her stress reliever after a long week of work. This was how she lived her life during her rest days for the past two years. It was simple than before but she didn’t question it. She never thought that she would experience this kind of peacefulness in her life again. She liked the way how her life went. But she missed those few people from her past. ‘How are they doing now?’

She was engrossed on her television, watching the drama that she had been following for a month now. A bowl of popcorn and a liter of soda was placed on the small table in front of her but left untouched. She had been waiting for this episode for over the week because of the confrontation of the protagonist and the antagonist. But the sound of her doorbell startled her

She looked at her wall clock, it was past nine in the evening. Who the hell would visit her at this hours? She stood up and went to the door. She glanced towards the peephole to check her unexpected visitor. She froze for a moment. ‘What the heck is he doing here?!’

She saw him pressed the doorbell button then she heard her doorbell chimed again. If she won’t open the door, this guy would know that she was trying to avoid him. But if she open her door, she had to endure him. ‘Tsk.’

She took a deep breath before opening her door. “Mr. Aiden, what a pleasant surprise.” She said trying not to show any awkwardness.

Keith gave her his signature calm smile. “Good evening Ms. Cameron. I hope I’m not disturbing you.” He said, but his smile just vanished and frown when his eyes caught the bandage on her shoulder soaked in red. “Your wound, it’s bleeding.”

“Oh,” she touched the bandage and it was indeed soaked in her blood. It was probably because of the cleaning and bags of groceries she carried earlier. “I didn’t notice, I’ll-“

“Let me help,” Keith cut her off and came into her apartment uninvited. “Where’s your med kit?”

“I-I’ll get it,” She was about to go to her room when he stopped her.

“Just tell me where it is, I’ll get it. Just sit there and stay,” he said with a serious tone while pointing at her sofa.

She didn’t like the way he commanded her. What did he think she was, a dog? But if she tried to stop him it might lead to arguments that would ruin her cover. “Inside the closet in the bathroom in my room,” she replied in defeated.

She sat on her sofa while he went inside of her room. It’s been more than two years since she tried to kill him. Not just once but several times. But he was now helping her tending her wound. How could she escape from this awkward situation?

Keith came back from her bedroom. He sat next her and was about to touch her shoulder when she stopped him.

“I rather do it,” she protested.

“Do you think you will be able to tend it properly? And besides, I need to look at it if we need to stich it or not.”

“But –”

“Do you want me to tend it or would you like me to force you?” he said in a serious manner. And knowing him, he would do it.

She knew what he meant by force, and a part of her got scared. “Fine,” she looked away from him.

She felt him pulled down the shoulder string of her singlet. Carefully, he removed the bandage then cleaned her wound. It was awfully quiet and she felt some tension building in the air. Why did she feel that he was upset?

Keith kept glancing at her face while tending her wound. He put a few pressure while dabbing the cotton ball with medication on her wound but it seems that she not affected by it. “You need someone to look after you,” he stated. She was about to say something but he continued, “Having CIP is not normal.”

She looked at him for a moment. She knew what he was talking about. Not feeling any pain was never been a gift. “It’s not congenital,” she corrected him avoiding his eyes once again.

He didn’t response and just continued what he was doing. Congenital Analgesia had been a rare case but he hadn’t heard about anyone that shown symptoms at a later age unless she had a surgery.

“It’s done,” he said while putting the stuff he used back in the kit.

“Thanks,” she said. Another moment of silent then she felt his eyes on her again. “You came here for?” She asked. She wanted him to leave, immediately.

“Ah, yeah. I just want to check on you. Nica and Nico are worried for you.”

“They don’t have to. I’m fine. How about them?”

“Nica got discharge. We will fly back home tomorrow.”

‘Oh great!’ “I see. Then you better take care. Also, I think you have to bring Nico to a specialist. I’m afraid that what happened yesterday might affect him psychologically.”

“Yeah, he already had a nightmare earlier. I’ll arrange one once, we get home.”

Kristal nodded at him in agreement. For some reason, she couldn’t help but worry for the child’s safety.

She was waiting for him to say his goodbye but it felt like he came here just to annoy her with his stare. “Mr. Aiden it is getting late and you have a flight tomorrow,” She said without any intension to hide her displeased.

“I lost track of time,” he said with his lopsided smile.

Kristal got nervous. She knew he was up to something but still she tried her best not to show her uneasiness to him.

“I’ll better go then,” he stood up.

She followed him to the front door. “Thank you for visiting Mr.Ai-”

She was caught off guard when the guy turned to her, pulled her and crashed his lips into her, trapping her in his arms.

“What the heck!”