"Breathe Ayanne, Flora is not dead! She will wake up soon! It's okay! PLEASE, GREAT! DON'T GO INTO PANIC, YOU SILLY GIRL! I had started to scream in my mind when I was pulled to the side, not understanding anything, the woman's hand was not there, but in mine, but that feeling still persisted, I looked to see who had pulled me and I saw another woman taking care of Flora, at least it wasn't that man, I don't know if I could protect her from him. Ethan still hadn't returned, so I tried my best to stay focused and forget what had happened, I couldn't become a nuisance to them, I wiped my eyes and took a deep breath, looking at what the doctor was doing with the woman lying on the bed. - What happened to her doctor? - I asked when I finally managed to normalize my voice. - She had a drop in pressure and seems a little dehydrated, I'm going to put her on an IV. - The woman finally answered by looking at me. - Is that bad? - I asked, not understanding what that meant. - It's not as bad
Draven was so cute every time I heard him I was happy, I didn't know how this feeling came about, but I liked it, even if sometimes he seems a little strange, but who isn't strange in our life? It is not as if we are all perfect, after all, be wary of what seems perfect may be just a shell, I live in my shell, but Draven shows me that he already left it a long time ago, when the man invited me to eat on the first day, I had been in doubt especially with his initial behavior, but knowing him better I could see that he was not all that, and I believe that was what made me accept him. - All right, see you later! - That was the last thing I said before I heard his nasalized smile and the man hung up. I looked at my cell phone screen again smiling and feeling happy, it seemed that the crisis I had had before didn't even exist, but, he was my unconscious cure, I knew I was doing the right thing, still smiling, I put the cell phone in my purse and turned my gaze to the woman and the child i
- But... - I was interrupted by him. Are you afraid that your boyfriend won't like seeing you with another man? - Just at that moment he had looked at me, but I didn't understand why. - N-no, that's not why. - I had been shy about the mention of the word boyfriend and didn't know how to react to it. - So you just don't want to be seen with me, I see, that's fine, I'll just drop you off at the door of the hosp - It's not that either, actually, I don't know exactly, it just feels like I'm being inconvenient! - I answered absently as I ran my hand through my hair and threw it back, I didn't want to talk that way, and it made me feel weird, a lot of the time I didn't know what Ethan was talking about, he made me feel strange things, it wasn't like Draven who made me comfortable next to him, only in the moments that the man was very close I felt a strange tingling in my belly, but with Ethan it was different, this feeling appeared every time the man did something, just looking at me was
Lunch with Draven was very quiet, he was excitedly telling me about a trip he had taken to Canada and how amazing everything was, I was trying to pay as much attention as possible while he was talking, but it was almost impossible, since I was worried about Megan, I didn't blame the man, Probably he was just trying to distract me a little, when we got back to the studio, Kiana filled me with questions about what happened and who was the man who was with me in front of the studio, apparently she had seen me with Ethan and since she is new in town like me, she must not know who the man was. I explained very little, I just said that he was my neighbor and that he brought me from the hospital, I didn't want to say anything that was private or anything that he didn't like because I believe that we still don't have this degree of intimacy, either with my neighbor or with Kiana, since it hadn't been so many months since we were all their learning together, but leaving that aside, I went back
His eyes drifted to my mouth and all I could hear was his gasping breath, and my heart pounding in my ears, I myself hadn't noticed the moment I had held my own breath either, I felt my body on alert, but at the same time I had no reaction to the surrounding things that seemed to not exist, but, in front of me there was only that man that had been sculpted by the greatest artist of this world, and it seemed that he was about to kiss me, his face was slowly coming closer to mine, his eyes focused on my mouth while I waited for it. When his breath was already on my face with a few centimeters to go my cell phone rang on my desk, I startled and turned to look who it was, Draven let go of me at the same moment, I picked up the cell phone seeing an unknown number, I wasn't going to answer because it was exactly a stranger, but Flora and Megan came to my mind, maybe the woman's phone was discharged, and she was using Ethan's or someone else's. - Hello? - My voice came out a little hoarse a
- Yes, but there isn't much time, ah Akira is at Flora's so... - The man gestured. - Ah, okay, I'll follow you. - For some reason that had gotten weird, but I honestly don't know how. - We had left food and water, so he's probably already eaten, he's just holding on, you know. - Ethan spoke up as we walked, and it didn't take much for me to understand what he meant. - Okay, I got it, he needs to go to the bathroom, no problem. - As soon as we arrived in front of the woman's house Ethan opened the door and a hairball jumped at the man, as if he had missed me, I thought the animal had forgotten about me, so I wasn't expecting much, but when I least expected it began to lean on my leg and wag its tail, I bent down and smiled at it. - Looks like you haven't forgotten me! - I had to admit that I was very happy about that, it was nice to be greeted with such excitement, maybe that is how pet owners feel when they come home. - I believe his memory is excellent indeed. - Ethan spoke as he
- See, I told you not to be afraid. - I smiled as I took a deep breath and leaned on the door, the animal looked at me as it wagged its tail frantically, I bent down and after petting it I released it from the chest, letting it free. I hung my purse and put the keys on the hook beside, and did the same with the rope that was holding the pectoral of Akira, as soon as I put them in place I took my cell phone from my purse and turned on the lights in the kitchen and living room, I removed my sandals feeling the warmth of stepping on the floor barefoot, while I did all this the little animal accompanied me. - Okay, I'm going to take a bath, make sure you don't make too much mess, wait for me in the living room. - Maybe I was sounding like a crazy person talking to Akira as if he was really understanding, but I liked to believe that he understood, after all I was getting bored in that house alone, not that I was complaining, it was better alone than with people mistreating me, but maybe I
I don't know exactly how long it took, but I woke up in the middle of the night on the couch with Akira sleeping curled up under my arm, he was so warm, and it was so comfortable to hold him, I know it smelled like green apple, and it was incredibly relaxing, I looked forward when the sound of the television suddenly increased, it was some movie that was playing at that time, I got up trying my best not to wake the puppy, and when I did, I sat down on the couch, grabbed the remote on the table and turned it off, leaving the house totally silent, I looked for my cell phone on the couch and didn't find it anywhere. "Where did I leave it? I stood up, feeling the cold ground on my bare feet." I stretched as I raised my arms under my head, I walked to the kitchen in order to quench the thirst I was feeling, I took a glass from under the drainer beside the sink, I went to the refrigerator and took a bottle of water that I always left full, as soon as I put the liquid in the glass I return