This is where the movie begins, people.
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Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Chapter Four:
Three years later...
Bill, Tran and I were at our favorite bar enjoying a good time tonight with each other. Tran was in the corner with a couple of girls while Bill and I were sitting at our usual table in the back. We were both on our third shot of whiskey. Bill was pressing his glass to his head because he had gotten into a fight earlier with some guy after Bill accidentally bumped into him, causing him to spill his drink. Bill ended up winning, but he had a bruise on the side of his face, a cut on his lip and his head hurt bad. The other guy had a broken nose and lost a couple of teeth.
"How's your head doing?" I asked him as I took a sip of my whiskey.
"Hurts" Bill answered bluntly, "Feels like someone was using it for a drum"
"Here" I said as I reached into my bag and pulled out a bottle of painkillers and poured two in my hand, "Take these, they'll help with the pain"
"Thanks, babe" Bill said with a smirk as he took the pills and drank them with his whiskey.
After the events of the night we slept together, Bill and I had started our relantionship. We had a good steady relationship and it got better as we progressed. It was a comfortable relationship right from the get-go and everything just fell into place. I've had a few serious relationships in the past, but this one felt different. I feel different when I'm with Bill and I can feel the real love between us, unlike my other relationships.
Things with my grandfather's Clinic aren't going so well. Why? Well, because one of our benefactors is getting ready to cut our funding and I don't know if we'll be able to keep the Clinic open. Bill said that we'll figure out something and we'll do it together. That's another thing I love about Bill, he's very supporting and he's always by my side no matter what.
"Jin-Soon!" Tran called Bill by his nickname, which never ceases to get a laugh out of me.
"These tourists need a boat. I told them not in the rainy season" Tran said as he walked over to us and sat on the other side of me as four other people came in, two men and two women.
"You're Jin-Soon?" A woman with brown hair asked, surprised.
"Local nickname. Name's Johnson. Bill Johnson" The way he said it reminded me of James Bond, "It's a pronunciation thing. You can rent my boat for 25 grand, but if you want me drive well... that'll cost you 50"
"Fifty grand? Are you high?" The same woman asked as Bill gave her a look.
"You know what, please don't answer that question. There's no way I'm trusting this guy with expedition" The woman said as she was about to walk away until I spoke up.
"Listen, lady" I said and she turned around to face me as I stood up, "Let's cut the bullshit, please. If one of the other charter companies could take you, you'd be on the river right now. You only came to Bill because you're desperate" It was then that I noticed that one of the men that was there was looking at me in a way that made me feel uncomfortable, but I did't let it show.
"And just who the hell are you?" the woman asked me with an attitude.
"Dr. Malina Roberts" I answered her as I crossed my arms over my chest.
"You're a doctor?" The same woman asked, somewhat shocked.
"Well, aren't you the smart one?" I said with a fake smile as I sat down and the woman glared at me.
I heard Bill chuckle, "That's my girl..."
"Fifty grand's my price. Take it or leave it" Bill said as he took a sip of his drink and Tran finished his. The group was silent for minute before they all looked at each other and nodded.
"Alright, but you get half now and half when you get us back here" The man, who I assumed was the leader of this little group said in an accent and who was also the one giving me that strange stare before.
"That's a deal" Bill said as he and the man shook on it, "You guys need to be there by 6:00 sharp"
They agreed and soon left the bar, "You think you'll be able to go up river now, Bill?" I asked him with some worry in my voice.
"Don't worry, Lina" Bill told me, "I know this river like the back of my hand, I've been up and down it a thousand times, even in the rainy season"
"I know, but I don't like this, Bill" I told him as I ran my hands through my hair, "Who knows what could happen, you know as well as I do how dangerous the river could be during the rainy season"
"I know, Lina, but I can handle this" Bill reassured me, but it didn't put me at ease.
"But what if something happens to you?" I asked him.
"Nothing is going to happen to me"
"You don't know that, Bill" I said to him, "If something happened to you, I don't know what I'd do"
"You're not going to lose me" Bill said as he grabbed my hand and squeezed it gently, "I promise"
I sighed as I thought for a minute, "Let me come with you"
"What?" Bill asked, surprised I said that.
"I wanna come with you" I repeated, "It'll make me feel better to know that you'll be okay if I was with you"
"But what about the Clinic?" Bill asked, "You can't just up and leave"
"They can manage a few days without me, a week tops" I told him, "I'll have my assistant Bianca take over for me. She's more than capable of running my grandfather's Clinic, I taught her after all"
"Alright, but on one condition" Bill said seriously.
"Like what?"
"You promise me that you'll be careful and you'll listen to me for once" He said and chuckled at the last part.
I smiled small at him, "Alright, I can do that"
"Thank you" Bill said as he brought my hand up to his lips and kissed it gently.
Later that night...
It was in the middle of the night and I couldn't sleep. I had too much on my mind to sleep. The rain was still coming down pretty hard, like it was earlier. I watched from the window of my room as the rain continued to fall. I had a worried expression on my face as I had my arms crossed over my chest. I was just standing here in my pajamas while Bill was in bed, asleep. He occasionally spends the night at my place and on occasion, so does Tran, who would sleep on the couch in the living room.
"Lina?" I hear Bill ask from behind me, "You okay?" I felt him up against my back as he placed his hands on my shoulders.
"Yea, I'm fine" I told him, "I'm just worried about tomorrow is all"
"You have nothing to worry about, Lina" Bill said, "Everything's gonna be fine"
"How can you be so sure?" I asked him seriously.
"Because, I know" Bill said as I just rolled my eyes, "I've been up and down this river so many times, I could do it blindfolded"
"How are you so confident?" I asked him.
"Part of my charm" I heard Bill said with a chuckle as he gently ran his hands up and down my upper arms, "I know I can do this, Lina. Trust me"
"I do trust you" I say, "I just don't trust the river. After all, it was the river that took my grandfather from me" I greeted my teeth at the thought of how I lost my grandfather.
"I know, it was a boating accident in the rainy season" Bill said because I had told him the story on how my grandfather had died.
"I just don't want the same thing to happen to you" I turn my head and look up at him, "You're the best thing that's happened to me in a long time. I don't wanna lose you"
"You're not gonna lose me, Lina" Bill said as he turned me around to face him, "I'm gonna be here for you no matter what, I'll never leave you. I'll always be here, babe. I promise" he cupped my face in my hand and wiped a stray tear that didn't know had fallen off my cheek.
"Thank you" I said nodding my head as I grabbed his face and planted my lips on his for a heated kiss. He returned the kiss as his hands traveled down to my waist and held me close to him.
"I love you" I said breathlessly as I broke the kiss.
"I love you, too babe" he replied with a smile.
He then kissed me again, more fiercely as I wrapped my arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around my waist. Bill then sat down on the bed with me sitting on his lap as we continued to kiss each other with such passion.
Bill then broke the kiss and looked up at me, "Marry me"
"What?" I asked, not sure if I heard him right.
"Marry me, Malina" Bill repeated, "I've never loved any woman the way I love you. You mean everything to me and I would do anything for you. I love the way you laugh, the way you smile and the way you're eyes light up when you're happy. I love you, Malina and I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side as my wife. What do you say?"
I take in everything he just said and I felt tears well up in my eyes, tears of joy. I just smile at him before I kiss him full on the lips, "I say 'I do'" I look him right in his eyes as he smiles big before he reaches in his back pocket and he pulled out a ring with a rose gold band and a perfectly cut diamond.
"Where did you get that?" I asked looking at the ring and then looking up at him.
"It was mother's" Bill answered, "She gave it to me before she died. After my father died, my mother could never bring herself to take it off, but when she got sick she knew that her time was coming. Before I was shipped out, she gave me her ring and she told me to give this to a very special girl who I'll make very happy one day. I've been carrying it with me ever since and I've been waiting for the right time to give it to you"
"Bill..." I said with a small smile as he slipped the beautiful ring on my ring finger.
I looked down at the ring, "It's so beautiful"
"But it's nothing compared to you" Bill said with a smile and I just giggled at him.
"You are something else, Bill Johson" I say with a shake of my head as I smile.
"I know and that's why you love me" he says with a cocky smile.
"I love everything about you" I say as I kissed him hungrily on the lips as Bill chuckled into the kiss and as he fell back and laid on the bed with me on top of him.
That's when we started to 'celebrate' our engagement together, if you know what I mean. I can't wait until we're married and I can finally call Bill, my one and only love, my husband and we can spend the rest of our lives together.