He Was Her All

Chapter 15: The Letter

The next morning, Mariana bought some flowers to take to Micah. She was going to visit him with Leilani and Miguel and couldn't wait to see him after the everlasting hours of the night. She was unable to have a peaceful night's sleep until she sees him alive.

When she got out of the hotel, the burning sun shone down on her forehead, giving her a slight headache. She shaded herself from it as she ran to the other side of the road where Leilani and Miguel were sat in the car.

"Hey guys," she greeted.

"Hey Mariana, how was your night?" Leilani asked, taking a sip of her water.

"It was fine, couldn't get that much sleep though."

"Oh, I hope you're alright now."

"Yeah, I guess, but I just want to see if Micah is okay."

"Yeah me too."

Miguel then started up the engine and they drove off into the distance. Mariana felt fairly comfortable despite the mild nauseous feeling that erupted from the pit of her stomach and her vision slightly wavered.

"So Mariana, how long have you known Micah?" Miguel asked.

"Not long actually. Even though it's been a couple of days, the time we spent together has gone so quickly that it feels like it's been a year."

"Aw, that's nice, how you two meet?"

"Well long story short, through Xavier."

"I can see you don't want to go into details." Leilani turned back, smirking.

"Nope."

"Fair enough, Xavier is just annoying and his agents; Except Micah, because he's just sweet."

"Yeah, that's true."

When they reached the hospital, they parked at a side road and Leilani and Miguel got out the flowers that they had also bought for Micah.

They entered into the hospital and a nurse guided them to the ward Micah was staying in. Their footsteps clacked against the tiled floors as they heard beeping noises and wheels whirling around.

"How is Micah doing? Is he going to be okay?" Mariana asked.

"Well, he's currently stable. He's still unconscious but so far, he's doing well and should wake up soon."

Mariana's face lit up and a heavy sigh escaped her lips. She felt like a heavy weight had been lifted from her shoulders from hearing that Micah was alive. Having to look at his still body, his breaths hollow and weak, made her realize that death was not far and that every new day had to treasured because you never know when your last day will come.

The nurse continued speaking. "However, he is still very weak and will need surgery to repair some broken blood vessels and any organs that were affected by the bullet."

They finally reached the room Micah was kept in and the nurse opened the door.

They saw him lying there in his hospital bed with his eyes closed. They each pulled up a chair up to Micah's bed and settled the flowers down beside him.

"He looks so peaceful," Mariana whispered and stroked his cheek gently. "I'm so happy he's alive."

"Me too, I was a bit scared that we won't make it to the hospital in time," Leilani said.

"Yeah same here," Mariana murmured as she continued to stroke his cheek.

"I wonder who could've done this," Leilani wondered.

"Did you see anyone targeting you Mariana?" Miguel asked.

"No... I was too in the moment to notice anything..." she flushed.

"We'll have to check the security cameras to see who done it," Leilani said.

"Yeah, but there were so many people in the crowd, it will be difficult to spot," Miguel said.

"Yeah that's true," Leilani sighed. She wanted to catch those people and put them behind bars, hopefully, she will catch them on camera.

"Miguel, did you see any toilets while we were coming here?"

"I think I saw one just down the hallway."

"Can you take me to it please?"

"Okay, my love." he got up and took Leilani's hand.

"Mariana, we'll be back in a few minutes, I just need to use the toilet."

"Okay, that's fine."

After they left, Mariana leaned closer to Micah's serene face. She was really glad that he was sleeping peacefully rather than the frightened look of death from his cadaverous face.

She then bent closer to his ear to whisper something. "Micah, I don't know if you can hear me but... I just want to say that you are the best thing that's ever happened to me. Even though we've only known each other for a few days, but Micah these past few days have been the most amazing days of my life all because of you. You've made me smile through my distress and rescued me out of danger many times. And because of that, I can't thank you enough. I hope you wake up so I can show you how grateful I am. I'm sorry you have to be in this state because of me, but Micah please wake up soon."

She planted a kiss on his cheek and wrapped her arms around his.

Little did she know, Micah heard every single word echo through his dreams. The soothing sounds of her words flowed through him like the sweet scent of honey, causing tears to brim in his closed eyelids.

Hearing her gratitude made him forget the pain that coursed through his veins.

As Mariana continued to rest on Micah's shoulder, she heard a faint ping in the background. She looked around and saw a dim light near a blue chair.

She walked towards it and saw that it was Micah's phone and on its screen was a message that intrigued her. 

Hey Micah, I found this while we were searching through Mariana's house and I think you might want to show her.

Mariana picked up the phone and then opened the message. It was attached to a picture of a letter that looked like it was from her mother due to the cursive handwriting.

Mariana's fingertips shook as her lips dried up like the Sahara desert. She had no idea what she was expecting to find when she read it, but she had a small idea that it could be linked to Xavier.

To whoever finds this letter...

Hello, my name is Daisy, I don't have much time to write this but I'm in desperate need of help. My brother and I have been running the mafia alongside our parents for as long as I can remember. They were the most feared mafia group in the whole town, but this all changed when our father got into a terrible accident. We rushed him to the hospital but unfortunately, he didn't make it...

Mariana wiped her eyes as she read. She had only heard stories of her grandparents from her mom and always wondered what happened to them, but this letter was answering all her questions.

Our mother was devastated but only a week after the funeral, her new boyfriend moved in with us. Turns out she was having an affair while our father was still alive. We knew he was only with her for money and nothing else. Unfortunately, she didn't listen and only thought we were trying to ruin her relationship, so she ran away with him, leaving us to fend for ourselves.

Mariana's heart was pounding and beating out loud for her poor mother. Having to fend and defend yourself with no parent must've been so hard and frightening, especially at night when the dangers of the dark come out lurking in every corner.

My brother, Xavier, became the leader of the mafia and even though he worked hard, he still had some built-up anger inside that was like a little fiery flame, yet to be in full blaze. He hated our mother for what she had done and vowed to get revenge.

Weeks turned into months and months into years until we were both adults. We never heard from our mother and we were both fine with that, except one day, he finally snapped.

He found some old items that belonged to our mother and that reminded him of what she had done to us. As a result, he was back to still wanting his revenge and in turn, this made him very sick and very aggressive. I had to cut ties with him for the safety of my family but today, I just wanted to visit him to see how he's doing and now he's got me locked up in my old bedroom.

Please help, because the person downstairs, is not my brother anymore...

But a whole different being...