Chapter 18: Strangers and Gunshots

[Erin]

After I heard their conversation inside the hospital room I was in, Nikolai and Akim went outside. Whatever they are talking about, I could sense that it poses a threat to them. I'm not sure how it became associated with me. Throughout this time, I am still taken aback by the realization that they have been searching for me in the midst of a thunderstorm.

Well, come to think of it, Nikolai spent millions of dollars gone wasted just because he purchased damaged goods like me. He even tried to kill me, and I thought he wouldn’t bat an eye if I ran away. Hence, here I am now, laid in a single mattress bed, alive.

He didn’t just search for me. He saved me from the venom as well.

Nikolai confuses me to the highest le