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( On The Wings Of Love… )
CHAPTER 41&42
By, Naomi Cindy B.
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Sara smiled satisfactorily when Nikita fell flat on the chair, she withdrew the injection from her nĀ£Ā¢k and smiled, looking at it.
She walked closer to Nikita and hit her right cheek lightly
“Now that you’re dead, let’s see how Austen is gonna be yours again” she laughed and kept the nee-dle.
She tried to look innocent as she started walking out of the office but she was suddenly gr@bbĀ£d by someone from behind, her back thudded on the wall and she c@mĀ£ face to face with Nikita, her white eyeba-lls glaring.
Her heart almost jumped out of her mouth as she stared breathlessly.
*She was supposed to be dead, how come she’s alive and so strong, the doctor said the poison is so dangerous that it kills within one second, then what’s this?*.
“Poison?” Nikita said, curving herl-ips mockingly.
“Wh…why?” Sara stuttered shockingly.
“Why?, You mean why I’m not dead by now?, Well maybe you injected the wrong person” She said glaringly.
Sara tried freeing herself but Nikita pinned her more ti-ghtly to the wall.
“I might be blind, but I’m not a weakling, what do you take me for” she said, every work planting fear in Sara’s mind.
” What. . what are you?” Sara stammered.
Nikita gave her a bold smile before falling on the floor, pas-sing out immediately.
Sara rushed out of the office immediately.
*****
A thun-derous applause followed after Austen finished the enjoyable presĀ£ntation.
Though it was ha-rd cos he kept fidgeting without knowing the reason but he tried his best to hide the weird fear so he did well.
He saw Das smiling secretly and he felt glad.
“That’s why you’re always my role model boss, I wanna be like you” one of the staffs said.
” I learnt a lot today, thanks to you boss”
“I’ll put all what you taught Into good use for this company”
” MM will surely do more better”
” We love you boss!”
Austen smiled at the jovial staffs before leaving the room.
He got out and heaved an heavy sigh.
“That was….ha-rd ” he said and started walking straight to his office.
He misses Nikita alre-ady despite the fact that it had ba-rely been one hour.
Das c@mĀ£ out to talk to him but saw he has left alre-ady, he adjusted his glas-ses and made to go to his office but he suddenly heard Austen’s voice.
******
“Nikita!’ Austen shouted when he entered his office only to find her lying down unconsciously.
He rushed to her and carried her in his arms without wasting a second, multi-ple fear ran around his mind as he rushed out of his office, meeting Das by the door.
“What’s happening?” Das asked, looking at Nikita’s unconscious bĀ©dy in his arms.
” I dunno!” He snapped and entered the elevator which he rode down.
He ran all the way to his car and gently placed her in.
Without waiting for his driver, he drove r0ƻghly to the hospital in a jiffy, he took her in and she was taken from him into a VVIP ward where she was attended to.
He stood behind the doctors in the ward curiously, watching as they checked her vitals.
“Nothing is wrong with her” the doctor in charge said
” What?, Nothing?”
” Yes nothing, her vitals are perfectly ok, she just nee-ds rest, she’ll wake up some minutes from now”
” But she…why did she faint” he said confusedly.
” It might be stress, like I said she’s ok so Mr Austen, be calm” the doctor said and Austen sighed as the doctor left.
He walked to her be-d and sat beside her.
“You fainted cos of stress?, You’ve been stressing yourself?, Why?” He said, looking more closely at her.
” I’m sorry for snubbing you yesterday, you didn’t even talk to me throu-ghout today, I’m sorry I promise never to do it anymore” he said.
” Is she ok now?” Das asked, coming in.
“Dad?, What are you doing here?” He asked surprisingly.
” I followed you..I was curious about what was wrong, but seems she’s ok now” he replied and Austen sighed.
” Yes… she’s fine” he said, sitting back.
“Good job at the presĀ£ntation” he said
” Thanks” Austen replied without looking at him.
” You can stay with her, I’ll take care of everything else at the company” he said
Austen decided not to reply till Das left.
He looked at Nikita and tried holding her hand but her eyes flew open and she sat up immediately.
“Where am I?” She asked. She knows Austen is there judging by his bĀ©dy scent.
“Nik you’re finally awake” he said happily.
“Where am I?” She asked, sniffing the air again, it smells like hospital.
“You fainted so I brou-ght you to the hospital” he replied.
” What!, Hospital?, Why would you bring me to an hospital. Why!!!” She screamed, holding her head .
” Why are you like this” he said slowly.
“I hate hospitals with all my being!” She snapped, getting down from the be-d.
She almost crashed on the heater stand but Austen quic-kly held her.
“Leave me alone!” She snapped, taking her arm from him.
” What’s wrong?” He asked worriedly.
“Never make the mistake of bringing me to the hospital anymore, I’m not Ill” she said.
” You fainted and you expect me to sit and watch?, What are you talking about?” He said.
She started walking out without waiting for him, he quic-kly rushed to hold her but she broke free again.
“This is an hospital for crying out loud, not your house so plea-se” he said and she stood still, he held her arm and guided her out of the hospital.
He got in his car with her and drove straight to her house.
She c@mĀ£ out of the car and entered the house fast without waiting for him
“Can today get any worse?, Why is she behaving like this what did I do again she’s driving me crazy with this attitude hell!” Austen complained loudly.
He looked at the house again and decided to go back to the office.
******
Nikita got in and locked the door behind.
She breathed ha-rd and walked to the room, she started pacing around and later sat on the be-d.
“Kaz family, Fabio family… Malcolm family, project F3” she said, seething with anger as she remembered all the scenes of what happened….. seven years ago.
“I’ve not started yet, I have to get my sight back before anything” she said and stood.
Her mind went to Austen and she felt bad
“I yelled at him, he’d be as worried as hell” she said and took her phone, she made to call him but stĀ©pped herself.
She threw her phone on the be-d and followed.
“I knew it’d be ha-rd not to fall in love, I just … I knew it, feelings will ruin everything but it’s the only way to do handle this, yes I love him, I can’t deny that but… I know what to do” she thought.
*****
Sunshine High**
BB stood in front of the disciplinary committee that were summoned in the big hall
A lot of the rich parents are presĀ£nt too, she kept looking at everyone as if they meant nothing and no matter what, she knows the cause of all these. Melissa.
She folded her fist as more people c@mĀ£ into the hall, Jillian was among the last set of parents to come in.
She smiled wickedly at her and she smiled back, surprising Jillian.
“The committee meeting shall start now” the Principal said immediately he c@mĀ£ in to take his seat.
” BB Marshalls, a sĀ£nior student has the purse of a teacher in her bag earlier today which was found by the teacher herself Miss Kate, this has been considered as stealing and an act which this school detests a lot, the punishment is always immediate expulsion but the student kept saying she’s innocent, we expect the views of everyone in attendance today over this” the Principal said.
” What views again?, She should be expelled immediately!” Jillian said straight and BB smiled.
” Yes, she should leave the school, the school won’t want thieves to multi-ply” Miss Kate the ethics teacher said.
” Are they in this together?” BB thought.
š„ Yes, she should be expelled.
š„ She’s not supposed to be here
š„ She’s a disgrace to sunshine high.
š„ If she stays, then I’m withdrawing my kids, they can’t learn in same environment as her
š„ She should leave the school alre-ady.
“Enough!” BB screamed after she felt she has watched enough scenes.
They all went shut and faced her.
“You all think I’m happy to be in this school?, A school that treats commoners like trash?, How funny…I c@mĀ£ here cos my sis insisted I should learn and I can still remember writing exams to get in, i can still remember getting admitted here by the school management and now you all want to get me expelled cos of a mere lie?, I didn’t steal that purse, I didn’t!” She shouted and everyone moved on their seats.
She walked from the middle to Jillian’s seat.
She placed her palms on the table and looked at her like a villain.
“What do you think you’re doing” Jillian said.
“I entered the office with Drew Kaz and your daughter… and I can boldly say your daughter did that to me” she said
” Why would my daughter steal a purse” Jillian said.
” Isn’t it obvious?, It is to indict me, how much is in the purse?” She asked, facing Miss Kate
” Two hundred thousand dollars” she replied and BB laughed.
“Why would I steal your two hundred thousand dollars when I have over thirty times that amount in my account” she said and everyone g@sped.
” I can bet it with anything that she didn’t steal it” Drew said, coming in Immediately.
BB walked to him and glared. “Why are you just coming!”
“I’m sorry” he said and faced the committee.
“We entered the office at the same time and I can boldly say she didn’t steal anything, even before then, she’s not someone like that” he said.
” Drew Kaz?, She’s the same girl who almost killed you and now you’re standing up for her?” Jillian said
” I dunno how to deny the truth” he replied.
” She stole it, I saw her!” Melissa said loudly, rushing into the room.
” I knew it” BB smiled.
“What are you saying?” The Principal asked
“I saw her stealing it when we were in there, I should have alerted the teacher but I wanted her to get disgraced” Melissa replied.
” I stole it?” BB said and made to go to Melissa but Drew held her.
” I told you to learn how controll your temper, you can’t start fighting her here” he whispered.
” Fighting?, Ion fight her, I beat her” she replied and Drew rolled eyes at her.
” I request the CCTV footage of the clas-s and the staffs room” BB said and everyone g@sped.
” Yes, if it shows I’m the culprit, then I’ll happily walk out of this god-damned school” she said
The Principal sĀ£nt for the operator and requested the footage while they wait.
Some minutes later**
The operator c@mĀ£ back with a worried look.
“I can’t find the footage of that p@rticular time” he said
” What!, You’re in charge, what do you mean?” The principal asked.
” It must be when I left for the restroom, someone messed with the system” he replied
” Till the footage is found plea-se warn your kids, none of them should address me as a thief if they still have plans to eat meat all their life” she said and glared at everyone before leaving the office.
Drew followed her and when they finally got out, she faced him.
“Thanks for coming idiot” she said
“It’s nothing wacko” he win-ked and she win-ked back
” You were acting annoying earlier so this is actually what was about to happen, I know exactly what happened… Melissa, Miss Kate, Jillian and the operator” she said
” I noticed too, do you have anything in mind? ” He asked
” Tonight, I’ll call you” she said and made to go.
“You don’t hate me?” He asked and she looked back.
“Of course I do… A lot” she said seriously.
” Then why are you talking to me? ” He asked.
” I dunno” she replied and left
Drew di-pped his hands into his pocket and Melissa c@mĀ£ to him
“Now you know her true colors right?, Ion know why you let her pas-s the night at your house the other time but be careful, she might be a dangerous thief” she said
” Who knows… you might be the real thief” he said
“What!”
“From now on, stay at least five meters away from me.. plea-se” he said
“Drew!” Kayla waved from the end of the hallway.
” Wait!” He said, rushing to meet her.
He got to her and they left together.
“So it can be Kayla, it can be BB but it can’t be me, really?” Melissa said bitterly.
******
A police station in California**
A young guy sat in front of a police officer who seems too busy to attend to him, he kept looking at the police, waiting for when he’d be done.
“So…what are you talking about?” The police finally asked.
“I wanna make a request for the reopening of a case, it was closed within three days of investigation, I’m a sibling to the victims” he replied
” Which case?”
Vic and Ric Marshalls, the couple who were killed and their eyes were stolen before they were dumped into a river five years ago” he replied and the police looks shocked.
” What’s your name?”
“Skye Marshalls” he replied
“Your relationsh!pwith the couple?”
” I’m…. The first child of the family” he replied.
******
The Kaz mansion**
“Project F3, You still have the files?” Mrs Kaz said, coming downstairs with the files.
” Oh, the project we lost seven years ago cos of the br@t” Mr Kaz said.
“Then…are you still planning to redo it?” Mrs Kaz asked.
” Redo?, Where else would we get a br@t with same blood as her?, It’s gone” he replied.
” Then why keep the files, I’ll just dispose them” Mrs Kaz said but her husband snatched them from her.
” I have no intention of throwing it away, we might still find the br@t, I just have this feeling that she’s somewhere alive” Mr Kaz said, looking at it.
” If we had succeeded in completing the project with the Fabio’s and the Malcolm’s back then , we’d all be the three riche-st families in the whole of US by now” she said
” I know right”
” But about Drew, are you really respecting his decision over the girlfriend?” Mrs Kaz asked.
” Respect?, We gave him life, without those eyes he won’t have the nerves to go into modelling so he should learn to respect my decisions, Das has a lot of treasures in his hands and if I can just matchmake him with Melissa, think of how much we’d make, weather he likes it or not, Melissa is moving in with him next week” Mr Kaz said.
*****
” Hey, be quiet, we can’t get caught idiot” BB said in a hush hush voice as she climbe-d the wall of the operator’s house with Drew
“I’m trying, wacko” Drew replied from the base of the wall as BB jumped down
“Come down” she said, looking up
“Can I really jump down?” He said, looking at the terrifying height
“Come fast” she replied and Drew closed his eyes before jumping down, directly on her.
They went down together and he gave her an indirect pe-ck on the cheek.
“scre-w you” she glared and pushed him away, she stood and he smiled as he stood too
He kept smiling as they ti-ptoed into the house after using masks.
They rang the doorbell and the operator opened it, his eyes wi-de-ned and he made to shut it but BB held it and punched his face, he went down flat.
Ten minutes later**
“You shouldn’t have punched him” Drew said, looking at the unconscious operator on the ground with bleeding nose.
“What should I have done?” She glared and got water from his bathroom.
She c@mĀ£ back and poured it all on the operator’s face, he spranged up and she held his hair ti-ghtly.
“Are you re-ady to answer all my questions or should I cripple you instead?” She asked.
” What do you want?, I’ll say anything” he replied.
“The footage of how Melissa stole the teacher’s purse in the staffs office and how she planted it in BB’s bag in clas-s, where’s it?” She demanded.
******
Austen’s mansion**
” Boss, we’ll get you to the hospital” one of his maids said, trying to guide him downstairs.
“I’m ok, just don’t do anything” he replied with a slow voice.
“But you don’t look like it, I’ll call Mr Ray”
” Don’t….do anything” he insisted when he got to the living room
He sat on the chair, shaking slightly.
Nikita hadn’t been picking his calls and she won’t reply his messages either, it’s killing him more than he expected .
No strength to even drive to her house, he suddenly bec@mĀ£ tired and weak.
He tried her line again but she still won’t pick.
He stood and walked out of the house weakly.
He forgot the car keys and went in to get it before coming out again.
He was about to in-sert the car key when a cab stĀ©pped in front of the house and out of it c@mĀ£ Nikita.
His eyes wi-de-ned and the keys fell from him.
Nikita stood in front of the house after the cab drove off and he walked to her slowly.
Smelling his bĀ©dy scent, she knows he’s there.
“Austen” she called.
“Why weren’t you picking my calls?, Why were you angry earlier and… how did you know this place” he asked.
She walked to him and stĀ©pped when she felt her che-st on his own,,
Without answering his questions, she pu-ll-ed his shi-t in the front and he bent over slowly.
“I’m sorry” she whispered and connected theirl-ips, k!ss!nghim right there.
TBC