Ok so here is the sequel to Teacher's Pet, it carries on from where I left off in the final chapter. But I will warn you there are going to be quite a few twists and turns in store, starting with Aaliyah's fate.
"Are you going in the Ambulance Case" Brax interrupted Casey's thoughts.
As Casey looked around he realised the Ambulance and fire brigade were still at the house, the house was still burning but Aaliyah was being loaded into and Ambulance. She wasn't dead…It was just an image. A horrible daydream Casey had thought up as soon as he saw the house on fire.
"Casey" Brax asked again this time regained his youngest brother's focus.
Casey nodded as he walked to the ambulance he was shocked to see Aden being looked at by the paramedics, his clothes were black and he was coughing. Aden looked at Casey's face as he watched him get into the ambulance with Aaliyah.
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Brax and Heath, made their way over to Aden "That's an amazing thing you did back there mate" Brax said as he patted Aden's shoulder.
"I saw the fire and when I saw lying on the floor covered in blood I just panicked" Aden explained "I just hope I got to her in time"
Brax and Heath shared a glance, they couldn't have agreed more.
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Casey watched as Sid and some other doctors hurried Aaliyah into a side room and started to work on her "Ok we're going to need an abdo scan and as much O neg as you can get your hands on" Sid said as he watched a nurse cut open Aaliyah top.
"Scratch that, we need to get her into theatre now" he added as he gently pressed on Aaliyah's stomach, Casey was watching helplessly as Aaliyah was rushed away.
"We'll look after her mate" Sid said as he put his hand on Casey's shoulder.
"Make sure you do" Casey replied with tears in his eyes.
Sid turned and followed Aaliyah into theatre. Casey turned and saw the paramedics bringing Aden in he watched as the doctors ran some tests before leaving him in a room by himself. Casey took the opportunity to go in "Look I don't want any trouble" Aden said quickly when he saw Casey standing in the doorway.
"Thank you" Casey said as he walked towards Aden "What happened back there?"
"Well I was just calling round to tell Aaliyah I was leaving and that's when I saw the flames, I spotted Aaliyah on the lounge floor and just panicked. It wasn't until I got inside the house that I saw the blood" Aden explained what had happened "I knew I had to get her out of there, the flames had already filled the front of the house but I saw the kitchen door was clear so I picked her up and carried her out"
Casey's attention was drawn to Aden's white t-shirt which had black patches from the smoke and a huge red patch on the front. Casey realised instantly that the blood on Aden's shirt belonged to Aaliyah "Oh my gawd Aden love are you alright?" Irene cried as she walked into the room. Aden nodded "Yeah"
"Oh Casey I'm so sorry to hear about Aaliyah, how is she love?" Irene asked sympathetically.
"I don't now yet, I gotta go" Casey replied distantly as he turned and walked out of the room and towards his Brothers who he had just seen arriving.
"Poor love, he must have been devastated seeing Aaliyah like that" Irene said as she turned to Aden "Oh darl I'm sorry I wasn't thinking, this can't have been easy on you either" Irene quickly added when she saw the hurt expression on Aden's face.
"I just hope she's ok" Aden replied.
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Brax and Heath stood beside their brother as Sid gave Casey the news about Aaliyah "We've managed to stop the bleeding and thanks to Aden's quick thinking Aaliyah didn't inhale too much smoke" Sid explained.
"You owe him a drink" Heath smiled.
"I think you owe him a lot more than a drink, if it hadn't been for Aden Aaliyah wouldn't be here now" Sid replied.
Casey nodded knowingly; he knew full well exactly how much he owed Aden "So when will she wake up?" Casey asked. Sid's face seemed to drop a little "What's wrong?" Casey added.
"Although we've managed to fix the damage and Aaliyah was spared of smoke inhalation she still lost a lot of blood, which starved the brain of oxygen" Sid explained.
"So what does that mean?" Brax asked.
"It means that we won't know if there has been any permanent damage to Aaliyah's brain until she wakes up" Sid said grimly.
"And when will that be, when will she wake up?" Casey asked desperately.
"It's hard to say for sure I'm afraid, all we can do now is wait" Sid added.
"Can I see her?" Casey wondered.
"Yes of course" Casey followed Sid towards Aaliyah's room. He took a deep breath before going inside.
Casey's eyes filled with tears as he saw the amount of tubes and monitors attached to Aaliyah, the most frightening one had to be the tube going into the side of her mouth and down her throat. Casey didn't bother with the chair at the side of the bed he just climbed gently onto the bed and laid beside her "Hey beautiful" he whispered in her ear as he heard the various machines beeping around him.
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Brax and Heath were waiting in the corridor for Casey when they saw Charlie walking towards them with a terrified expression on her face "Charlie what is it?" Brax asked as he stood quickly. Heath also stood up.
"I've just been on the phone to my superintendent" Charlie started "He had a phone call this afternoon from a police station in Melbourne"
Brax and Heath looked confused "What's that got to do with us?" Heath wondered.
"The call was regarding a confession from a local resident" Charlie explained "The confession was to the murder of Shane and Dylan McKenzie"
"What?" Brax exclaimed as he continued to stare to Charlie.
"The man who made the confession knows every single detail of each murder, he claims that Johnny only took the blame to protect him" Charlie added.
"Why would he do that?" Heath asked
"Because this man is claiming to be Johnny Cooper's brother. Who also went missing 7 years ago, during the time of Shane McKenzie's murder" Charlie replied
"But is that enough?" Brax asked.
"It is when this guy told them where to find Dylan McKenzie's body; the only thing Johnny is guilty of now is perverting the course of justice and the Judges think he has more than paid his debt to society with the 7 years he has already served"
"What so they've let him out?" Heath interrupted Charlie "What about his jailbreaks"
"Johnny probably paid the judges off somehow" Charlie guessed.
Brax nodded "Judging by Johnny's connections that wouldn't have been difficult"
"Hang on so you're telling me Johnny Cooper is free from Jail and suddenly Aaliyah is shot" Heath exclaimed "Doesn't that seem a bit more than a coincidence to you?" Heath spat.
"Yes but why would Johnny risk his freedom by shooting his wife, he told one of his inmates that the first thing he was going to when he got out was make it up to his wife" Charlie said.
"Aaliyah asked Johnny for a divorce so she can marry Casey" Brax informed Charlie "And it wouldn't be the first time Johnny had shot her to keep her away from him"
Charlie nodded what Brax was telling her made perfect sense, Johnny Cooper now had a motive question was where would they find him.
Charlie gasped as she looked up and saw a figure walking towards her; he was wearing a pair of black combat trousers, a red check shirt and white trainers "Oh my god"
Brax and Heath had now turned to see what Charlie was staring at…they couldn't believe their eyes either. There he was standing in front of them as plain as day "Johnny" Brax said as he watched Johnny stop directly in front of him.
"Brax" Johnny replied "Where's my wife?"
Ok so please review this chapter I would love to know what you all think to my twists. And I have decided who reviews this chapter will get a sneak peek of my next one, so get reviewing. Love Nikki x x x