Not Mine

Chapter 15

"s**t!" She exclaimed as she covered her nose with her hands. The smell was unbearable and so was the sight. She had her head turned slightly to the side as it was impossible for her to look at it.

Mustering up all of her courage, she turned to look at the person laying on the ground. It was too disturbing for her to handle it. A strong wave of nausea hit and she ran out of the house pushing everyone aside and went to the side and poured out the vomit.

The more she tried to forget the sight, the more it became disgusting for her. She moved away from there and stood outside the house. She just couldn't go in there again. She waited outside till her associate, Jona came.

"According to forensics, the body has been in there for at least 3 days," he said and she just nodded.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked looking at her flustered face and uneasiness.

"No!" She yelled at him.

"How do expect me to be fine when one of my clients just gets murdered under the broad daylight and nobody notices it?"

"You saw that body right? You saw how brutal that was? He was tortured. There are clear signs of torment. Did you see the person's wrist? His body was covered with blood. How can I be fine! Never in my life have I ever seen such a brutal murder." She said as a new wave of nausea hit her.

Jona noticed that and got her a bottle of water. She accepted it but as she brought the tip of the bottle closer to her mouth, she couldn't gulp it down. What she saw in there had traumatized her and she was going to have a hard time getting it off of her mind.

"Carla, come on drink the water," Jona told her seeing her reluctance.

"Just leave me alone," she said and handed him back the water bottle and walked to her car. Unlocking the car, she got in and rested her head on the steering wheel.

After some time, she started the engine and began driving. Her mind constantly wandered back to the man she just saw brutally murdered. It was too much brutality for her to take.

Caught up in all of her thoughts, she wasn't concentrating on her driving. A speeding vehicle approached her from the other side of the one-way. The car was fast. She only looked up when the headlights hit her face.

She swiftly turned the car to the left and went crashing into the tree nearby. Everything became blurry as Carla hit the tree and jerked back due to the sudden impact. She wasn't wearing a seatbelt to restrain her body. Sharp glass pierced through her right arm.

Thankfully the airbags bloated up and nothing major happen to her face or other major parts of her body.

She whimpered in pain and opened her eyes. She looked around to find herself in an uncomfortable position. She sat up and pushed the door open. She slowly got out of the car dropped on the ground and that is when she assessed her wound. She carefully removed her denim jacket to see the damage.

Her eyes widened at how deep the cut was on her arm. Blood covered her arm. Sighing in defeat, she turned back to her car to fetch her phone. It was getting dark too. She looked around for her phone and finally found it under the passenger side of the seat. She crawled and stretched out her left hand and pulled out her phone.

She tried calling Jona but he didn't pick her call. She tried him a few more times only for the call to go straight to voicemail.

With no option left, she searched her phone for a specific person's number. She thought for a second before tapping on the number. She went ahead and called the number. She bought her phone closer to her ear and swallowed her pain.

After a couple of rings, the person on the other end picked up the call.

"Hello?" His gruff voice was uncertain.

"Hello," her voice was a mere whisper.

"Carla? Is that you?" Aeden on the other end asked uncertainly. He had to pull the phone away from his ear to check if it was her.

He was at home busy working when he got a call from Carla. He picked up the call without looking at the caller id.

"Can you please come and pick me up," her voice cracked.

"Yeah. Yeah, sure. Where are you?" He asked.

"I'll send you the location." She said.

"Come fast," she requested over the line. Aeden wanted to ask her what happened but she hung up before he could.

When she sent him the location, he picked up his wallet and car keys and hastily ran out. It wasn't too far so he reached there quickly.

"Carla?" He pushed the breaks bringing the car to an abrupt halt. He noticed her sitting by the car. Her car.

He pulled the door open and ran out to help her. He was a bit startled to see her but he quickly masked that and helped her up to her feet. He noticed how she scrunched her face in pain.

"Does it hurt a lot," he asked her as he put her free hand around his shoulder. Carla just nodded in response.

"Okay," he said walked her to the passenger seat of his car, and helped her get settled in.

"My bag," she said with tears in her eyes.

"Yes, I'll get that for you," he comforted her and ran to her car and got her car keys, phone, and her bag.

He sat in and began driving. He had noticed the wound but said nothing. His first priority was to get her to the hospital. He gooled the nearest hospital and drove whilst looking at the location on his phone. He made sure to talk to Carla and comfort her.

"We are almost there," he said as he pulled up in the parking lot of the hospital. He parked his car and walked over to the passenger side and unbuckled her seatbelt. He helped her out.

Carla had lost way too much blood as her wound was deep. "Listen to me, I'll carry you, okay?" He asked her and a faint whimper from her was all he got in response.

He bent down and carried her in bridal style and rushed to the ER.

One of the doctors approached him and took her inside. They asked him to wait out while they treated her.

How she actually got into the accident was still a mystery to him. He wanted to ask her but it was for the best if he postponed it.

As the doctor came out after several minutes, he rushed to him to ask how she was.

"Is she okay?" He asked impatiently.

"She is fine."

"She just lost too much blood. Make sure to give her carrots to increase her blood level. We had to stitch her up as the wound was deep, but she will be fine." The doctor assures Aeden. It was then he calmed a little bit.

"Can I see her?" He asked the doctor.

"You can, but she's asleep." The doctor replied.

"Thank you," he said and ran into her room.

He exhaled the breath he was holding after looking at her sleeping form. He moved to her and sat down next to her bed. He just kept staring at her face and drifted into sleep himself.

It was past midnight when Carla was woken up by the sound of something falling down. She looked to her right to see Aeden had fallen asleep on the chair. His head was in an uncomfortable position. There was no one in the hospital hallway.

She looked around through the glass window to see if there was someone. She forced herself to a sitting position with great difficulty to see if there was someone but she found none, she decided to go back to sleep but Her phone chimed, notifying her of a new text message.

She moved to her left arm with great difficulty as she couldn't apply pressure on her right and took her phone. Her brows snapped together when she noticed it was an unknown number.

She wondered who could send her a message at this hour. She looked at the time on her phone and it was pretty late.

She opens the message none the less, only for eyes to widen in fear, shock, and confusion. She clicked on the picture that was sent to make sure she was seeing the right thing.

And no doubt, it was a picture of her in the hospital. She looked around to see if anybody was there but no one was. An Unkown fear crept her back looking at her picture.

But soon another text message followed, making her gasp in horror,

"I'm watching you. Where will you go now?"