It had been a little over a week since Sia came home with bruises decorating her face. Every night, Samantha would seat her down, clean the bruises apply cream to them, and then proceed to offer Sia painkillers like the first night without a word. Sia had first been on her toes wondering when Samantha was going to pop the question but it never came. The bruises had been almost healed and her face was almost back to normal, Sia had to allaud whoever had come up with such a cream that worked miracles in less than one week. She had told Doctor Tyler to fill her mother in, in the past week. She was going to cause another trouble for the sick woman if she had gone to the hospital in that state. During this one week, Sia and Samantha barely had any conversation and when she tried having a conversation with Samantha, she knew that the latter was hurt.It was match day between Orleans High School and Solen High School and the outdoor basketball court was crawling with almost every student of

Sia and Samantha didn’t know how long they had hugged each other but by the time they were walking back into the basketball court, the competition was halfway done and the boy was just having a break. Samantha glanced at the scoreboard and shook her head.‘Why are they so merciless to them?” she asked a small smile on her lips. A glance at the scoreboard also told Sia that she had been right, these boys needed no good luck. They were more than capable.“Let’s eat out tonight,” Samantha said with a smile and Sia shook her head.“I’m afraid we won’t be able to do that today” Sia replied and Samantha furrowed her brows. Sia hadn’t said that she wouldn’t be able to join her, she had said we.“Where are we going?” Samantha asked gulping while Sia pursed her lips at her.‘You’ll see” she replied choosing to pull her eyes towards the game that had now resumed.She knew that she couldn’t keep hiding the truth from Samantha, she had decided the moment she had seen Samantha stuck in the middle

Sia sat down and she allowed Tyler to flash his torchlight or whatever into her eyes. She knew that Tyler was livid but she couldn’t blame him. Apart from being a doctor to her mom, he was almost like the elder brother she never had. “I’m fine right?’ she asked and Tyler met her gaze calmly.“I won’t ask you for any explanation Sia, but you should take care of yourself” he replied.“I’ll prescribe for you, pick up at the pharmacy when you are leaving” he added before walking away. Sia slid her hands into her pockets watching him walk away. She walked back into the ward to see her mother and Samantha conversing. A huge smile was plastered all over her mom’s face.“You still aren’t going to bring your seatmate to see me?” her mom suddenly asked and Sia froze.“You want to meet Nate?” she asked and her mom nodded her head.“Samantha said he’s better looking than you described” she added while Sally burst into laughter.“I’ll tell him,” Sia said eager to finish the conversation.“You sho

Like Penny had said, Sia knew that she aroused the anger and hatred of some people and there was nothing she could do about it. She needed to find him and so she had to enter the championship, the championship was held every three years and that was the reason why in the first place, she had fought for almost three years. Now it was here, she would not allow anybody to take the opportunity away from her, she didn’t care who the person was. She was not just going to get into the championship, she was going to win it. By all means possible.With Samntha’s grandfather’s help, she was finally able to take a prolonged break from school. It was to help her train well without arousing attention from others. Nate didn’t ask her why she taking a prolonged break but she knew that he didn’t like the fact that he hadn’t told him. They had gotten so close to each other, indulging each other and showing each other side of themselves that no one else knew.Caleb would complain every time that she ha

CHAPTER FORTY18+ CONTENT AHEAD There was silence in the room for over ten minutes, each left with their thoughts and their speculations but there was a mutual understanding between them. Vivian excused herself after a while and Sia turned to Nate who gave her a comforting look.“You’ll find him, don’t worry too much,” Nate said in the hopes of making Sia feel better. And Sia nodded her head.“I know I will” she replied watching as Nate stood up from his seat and walked towards Sia sitting beside her on the bed.“You okay?” he asked with care in both his tone and voice making Sia feel sweet all over.“Hmmm. I’ll feel better very soon” Sia whispered reaching out her arms to hug Nate. She would be lying to say she didn’t miss him. She missed him, his blank face, him running his fingers in her hair, she hugging him, she missed it a lot.Unfortunately, her arms were brought down as Nate closed onto her, eliminating any distance between them. Without allowing her to think, he arched his h