Chapter4
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Tina pov
I feel the parometrics call to me and try to talk to me but my eyes are failing me. She has a sweet voice. She says I shouldn’t close my eyes and should resist it. She screams anytime my eyelids almost meet.
I try telling her to call Paul but she can barely hear me, maybe because my lips aren’t moving. I feel my body move to a rolling bed rushing to a ward, maybe the hospital. My eyes feel heavy and close on their own.
I hear someone tell me to sign the sheet, “sign the sheet”. Then someone else brought a stamp and asked if she could use my thump and I nodded. I think Paul is here.
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Paul transports Tina to one of the renowned hospitals in Virginia. He makes a scene at the hospital when the doctors refuse to allow him to take her. “He is my wife “ his voice as loud as ever. I wouldn’t have made her sign the document, if it weren’t to save her life.
Tina finally opens her eyes, she feels something covering her face, and her head throbs; she realizes she might have hurt her face during the accident. She stands to walk but feels dizzy so she sits for a while. She stares around the ward and sees she is the only one in there. She notices two bodyguards by her door and starts to breathe faster.
Tina pov
I feel something on my face as I open my eyes. My hands go for my face and I feel the bandages on it, gosh my head feels like there’s a club in it. I glance through the room and see no one around but the two armed guys by the door get my attention.
Omg, what if it’s Aunt D and Amira? I have to escape from here. I hear the door open so I lie down pretending to be asleep. The doctor checks any vitals and turns to leave when I smack her on the head. “I’m sorry” I say to her.
I walk past the guards holding my breath in her surgical coat, till I get to the elevator and release a big sigh .” Do you smell that vanilla scent?” I hear one say to the other.
Where am I? I leave the coat in the elevator and step out. “ Are you lost, love?” I hear a man say, “What's your name I can help you out”. “Tina… Tina Thompson”, the words come out. “Ok, come with me, I’ll help you get home.” “Where is this place” I ask. He walks a bit fast and signals me to follow him, he places a phone call and says “She doesn’t look like Tina Johnson's, boss. Her face looks swollen, alright I’ll bring her”. I do not know how I heard him because a woman and her adorable little girl came in between us.
Excuse me.. excuse me, I say as I enter the crowd pushing past everyone and anyone. I kept walking and walking, scared to raise my head up and to talk to anyone. I’ve been walking for days and moving from bridges to parks to roadsides, I fear I’ll be made up if I stay at a place for more than a night. I haven’t had water or food down my throat for some days now, I’ve lost count, my lips are dry and my feet hurt from all that walking.
Paul pov
I received a call from Faith saying Tina isn’t in the ward. She stepped out of the ward to make an emergency call and found the doctor tired on her bed when she returned.
The doctor said she won’t be pressing charges because of a favor Faith did for her. We check the cctv cameras and see her step outside the hospital building. The cameras outside show that she followed a man she met outside.
We get a call from the hospital that , the man has been frequenting the hospital ever since that day and he is in police custody for his suspicious behavior. , Faith goes in there as his lawyer and threatens him into telling her why he is searching for her and who sent him.
From the recording played to me, it is obvious that the housekeeper and sister are after Tina but I can’t quite grasp what it is. We need to find her before they do. I have to protect her. “ I lost her to the crowd, I don’t think she heard me on the phone with my employer, I made sure my voice was down”.
My phone rings; “ I have found his hiding spot sir, but he is dead”. I hit my fist on the table and run my hand through my hair. “How do you know that?” - “ he was shot dead sir”. I end the call. Damn it, he had no right to die just yet , I am supposed to take my revenge on him before he dies. His family will feel my wrath for his sins, I promise.
My men and I are still searching for Tina and we hope to find her soon. My wolf is restless and it is making me restless as well. Faith suggests I go with her to meet one of her clients in a museum in Virginia to have a little relief. My wolf starts jumping and swinging its tail nonstop within me and I try to calm it down but it’s just not on the same page. I take my steps towards the entrance of the museum when I pick up a vanilla scent. I feel my eyes glow briefly. I understand why my world is restless now , Tina is around here somewhere and I have to find her.
I allow my nose to pick up where the scent is coming from and follow my instincts. Outside, I see some homeless people and a lady with short brown hair and a slender body like hers, I rush to her and call her name but she has a different face from the one we gave her when she turned to me. “I’m sorry, I mistook you for someone else”, I said. The vanilla scent is strong as ever , I look around and still can’t find her.
“Paul, Paul can you smell that? Faith asks, “That’s why I’m outside, can feel her around” I replied. “Water, water, sir; a familiar voice pleaded to one of my guards. He shrugs her off and throws the half-bottle of water to her. I recognize that voice, it sounds like Tina. “ Tina, Tina”, I called out. She slowly raised her head and I saw those beautiful ocean eyes as dry and empty as ever. " I will deal with you later “ I say to the guard. My wolf whines and lies down quietly, it is hurt by the view before it and so am I. Her hair looks greasy, and her skin and lips are very dry. I reach out to take her by the arm but she pushes my hand swiftly with her little energy and starts to run from me. She looks terrified. She takes a turn at every corner, trying to avoid us. Where is she? Damnit
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