Catching Feelings
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Alex left her apartment with the mindset of finding her brother before returning home. She has mapped out how to begin her search. Ander has a few friends and their houses are adjacent to each other.
She will start with the friend's next house, that's like a few blocks from her apartment.
As she walked on, things felt abnormal, like she did not belong there but if she doesn't belong here, where then did she belong? This neighborhood has been her neighborhood for five years now so why are things beginning to look weird in her eyes?
"It's probably stress and overthinking"
She thought and walked on.
She got to the block and made her way towards the entrance, knocked, and a few minutes later, the door was opened in ajar with a young man of 19 years staring down at her, this was Andre's first Friend in the neighborhood.
Alex smiled at him and the guy raised his brows in askance.
"Please I am looking for Ander, is he by any chance here?"
Alex asked.
"Which Ander and who are you?"
Alex was taken back by his question, what does he mean by who is she?
"I am Ander's big sis, Alex, remember?"
The guy stared at her and shook his head.
"I know Ander's sis and you are definitely not his sister. Please go away from here, the person you are looking for is obviously not here"
He said and jammed the door in her face.
Alex stepped back by two steps and sighed.
She can't understand why suddenly everyone is denying knowing her. Like she is cursed or something?
This is not her ideal Christmas morning. Since this place did not provide a solution to her problems. She would have to try the next friend, out of all his friends, one will know his way about. This is so frustrating.
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Doctor Swift led Josh and his grandfather into Alex's ward. She was lying there looking so lifeless with oxygen masks on her nose. The life machine was attached to her and reading through it, you can see that only a little life is left out of there and if care is not taken, she would go into a journey of no return.
Senior Bleak stared at Alex and shook his head. Today is supposed to be D-day and she is here lying on the hospital bed with no hope of waking up. Seeing her like that makes him want to cry and instead of him being here, he decided to go home and tackle the issue of who might have drugged Alex and for what reason.
He could bet on Josh to take care of his wife when he is gone.
"Josh, I need to go home and sort this issue, I believe you can take care of Alex, call in case of emergency."
Senior Bleak said and squeezed his right shoulder. He watched as his grandfather walked out of the room and sighed. He brought out his handkerchief and wiped away the sweat that is forming on his forehead.
The smell of the hospital was irritating his nose and he wrinkled his nose in an attempt to block the smell from getting to his nostril, this is not a place to be no matter how beautiful it is. What happens to the one lying when he that breaths, can't take in the smell?
Looking around the ward, it was nicely and neatly kept. It was twice the size of a modern average bedroom. Apart from the bed, Alex lay on, there is another huge bed that can contain two people by the left.
The room was well-ventilated but not enough not to notice the intoxicating smell of drugs here and there.
The floor was well-tiled and the wall was painted blue.
Josh scanned the whole place and huffed,
"No matter how nice they try to paint you, it will not prevent the fact that you are a ward and people are not meant to be here, especially people dear to me"
He said and sat beside Alex on the bed, staring at her still face. The only sound coming from her was the faint rising and falling of her chest. She was putting on the hospital gown, and Josh's shirt and briefs were long gone.
He took her hands in his and they were as cold as ice, instead of letting go, he held on to her. His heart went out to her and twisted in pain that she had to lie there, there were better places for her to be other than here in the hospital. Alex was supposed to be looking for his trouble or probably preparing for their sudden wedding which was bound to happen today.
"Alex, do you think you really need to be here? I know I've been a jerk. I haven't gotten to know you. I am trouble and accept. I take the blame for yesterday, you were probably heartbroken by your break up with Luke, and learning why he broke up with you devastated you the more, and saying what you said was your comeback to him, it's not that I understand, I was angry that you have to convert that situation to your gain and I chose to be an as*hole. I did not plan for things to go the way they went, I did know that grandfather was going to grab the opportunity to make me get married to you. You don't have to get married to me, just come back and you are free. I will tell Grandpa if you want me to, just come back."
Josh has always played the tough guy in front of everyone. Left for him, this is not the kind of life he would have wanted for himself. He had learned to build walls around his heart for things not to get to him. He was this emotional type of guy and he hated himself for that. His parents' negligence contributed to why he had to be tough. He could not understand why his parents never cared for him and Luke, being tough was cool because he learned how to control his emotions ever since.
Being a boy once and a man now, he was meant to take charge and that's why he chose to build his own business rather than partake in the family business. In that way, he would not have to think about his childhood.
Showing no emotions when it comes to dealing with people was always his watchword and why he had to drag Alex yesterday even when she pleaded with him to let her go, he is still trying to figure that out. He wanted her to pay for the damaged car when in truth he desired her company. She stirred something in him yesterday, he found out that she was the only person who could swing his mood easily and he wanted to see how far she was going to last. Not that he could not have let her go but something kept telling him to teach her a lesson, he had desired her yesterday and wanted maybe a night of fun or many nights as long as the spark was going to last but why Alex of all people when there a lot of pretty girls who would die the world to be with him. Her resistance was the reason he continued dragging her and his grandfather, an opportunist, made use of that and forced a wedding on them.
Josh saying all that he said and Alex not blinking or even making a small movement kills him the most, when did Josh Bleak start catching feelings?
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