Heeellooooo~~~ Chapter 17 is out! I really hope you like it!
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Law left his pen down after finishing the last paperwork and lifted his head to check the hour on the clock inside doctors' office, at the small clinic.
There were only some minutes left until he heads for home and was thinking about the party.
He could easily imagine the happy expressions of Penguin, Shachi and Bepo while eating snacks and singing songs in front of a campfire.
He thought it would be better to throw the party outdoors so as not to create a mess and get scolded by Volff afterwards. After all today seemed to have a nice weather and the sky didn't have any clouds so the night must be a clear one with stars as well.
Then, the girl's smiley face crossed his mind and thought that maybe he could get the chance to have one drink with her this beautiful night. Law could think of some nice medical subjects to discuss with her and he really wanted to make her tell him where she lives.
The fact that she would leave didn't mean they should stop seeing each other. Her house must have been somewhere around this island or a nearby one as there was no point for her to get so far from it to collect some honey. If she was telling him the truth…
Suddenly, a knock on the door was heard and it interrupted his thoughts.
"Come in.", Law answered and the black haired nurse entered the room.
"Law we took a decision with the doctor and I would like to inform you too in case you know a person that is interested. You see, those past few months the number of the patients have been increased and we were thinking of hiring some more people as medical staff. So if you have someone in mind let us know!" Dulcinea said and gave a kind smile at the young doctor.
"Be sure I will!" Law replied having an inner excitement that tried to hold back with difficulty. He was always a collected person but this decision came at the perfect time.
He still had to discuss this with Elga as it should be her decision whether she would like to accept the position or not. However, it was a perfect opportunity for her and well if her answer is positive that means they will get to work at the same environment.
*When did I start to get so attached to her?*, he thought but she seemed like a good person that he could trust in the future and they make a really nice company together.
"I think it's about time for you to leave!" the nurse said and Law stood up from his seat.
"Is there anything else I could do to help you?"
"No no everything is under control! Go and have fun with your friends! I saw them earlier carrying food and drinks with them." she responded giggling in the last sentence and that made the boy laugh too.
"Alright then." he grabbed his coat and his back bag and exited the room to leave.
"Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!" he replied and walked outside of the small clinic.
He took a deep breath and admired the sunset in front of him.
These news created a feeling of inner happiness inside his heart like something bad he was expecting to come will not happen in the end.
There was something about this girl that made him don't want to let her disappear like that.
And those news gave him the hope he was searching for.
~…~
After some minutes of riding his bike, Law arrived back home.
He was sure he would find everyone ready for the big party and he couldn't lie, he was excited about this too.
The boy opened the wooden door of the house and entered inside.
There was only silence and no one seemed to be there.
He tried to call their names but he didn't get back a reply and he decided to head himself towards the living room to see the girl and ask if she knows something about this.
However, he had a bad feeling inside his gut and when he opened the door he knew something wasn't right.
The couch, Elga used for bed the past few days was neatly kempt and her things were missing.
He just stood there for some minutes motionless, looking at the empty room in front of him.
It was weird he thought of this specific room as an empty one as there were furniture, objects, books, flowers, a spider on the wall and probably other both dead and alive things inside it.
But still the presence of the person he got used to see inside this room was missing so he decided it was empty for him.
Suddenly, he heard creaking sounds coming from someone stepping on the wooden floor while holding a crutch and he felt a hand reaching his shoulder.
"She left." was all the old man said and this phrase confirmed the feeling Law had into his gut.
His instinct was never wrong.
The boy took a blank expression on his face and his grey eyes got cold as steel as his heart was filling with this sense of betrayal.
He was too naïve to even think to trust her and too fool to even try to find a way to keep her in his life after this adventure was over. He was the only one who was feeling like that all this time along, in the end.
"And I'm supposed to be the cold person here…" he whispered to himself and left a sigh from exhaustion.
"Where are the others?" he asked Volff.
"They went to look for her. I tried to stop them but they wouldn't listen…"
"Let them do whatever they want… I'm not going to be involved to this ridiculous situation anymore." he said with a sharp tone on his voice and started walking towards his quarters with big steps.
He closed the door of his room and went to place his bag on his chair.
That was when a red book on his office caught his attention.
He was sure this one didn't belong to him and took a hold of it to observe it better.
"Modern methods of heart surgeries." he read the title and his eyes widened in shock remembering that the specific book was the one the girl was reading that time.
He riffled the book and a paper fell on the floor.
Law bended down to catch it and started reading it.
'To find this letter it means you saw the book. It's one of my favorite so be sure to take a good care of it…
I'm sorry for leaving like that but I just hate farewells and once I was completely treated I didn't want to be a burden inside the house…
I hope I can meet you someday in the future again!
Thank you for everything…'
Law placed the letter back in the book and threw it on his desk.
*Why did she think she was a burden? Don't tell me…*, a thought crossed the boy's mind remembering the scene when she bumped on him when he enter the living room after his talk with Volff.
*Don't tell she heard the conversation…*
He placed his hands on his desk and looked outside of the window in front of him, leaving a sigh from exhaustion.
Memories of when he first met her popped in his brain. She was searching for a place to pass the night and get some sleep.
*Why was she searching for something like that if she had a family and a house?*, he questioned himself and for once again he understood that his instinct was right.
"She was lying!"
Law without thinking anything else grabbed his coat again and his backbag and rushed to go and find her.
He stopped before exiting the house and looked at Volff.
"I'm going to find her… She was lying."
"Bring her back, Law. I still own her that favor!" the old man replied and smiled at the younger boy.
Law nobbed in agreement having a determined expression in his eyes.
~…~
Somewhere into the forest, far from the small house.
"Bepo! Be careful!" Elga shouted at the polar bear but he didn't dodge the attack and he got sent flying on a tree.
"Kekeke, Boss will be very pleased with this one!" a man said.
"We will sure get a lot of money from a talking bear!" another one man continued the talk.
"Leave him alone!" the girl yelled and grabbed a scalpel from her bag and went for the one of the two giving him a big slice at his shoulder.
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain coming from her head and she fell on the ground.
Her vision was blare from pain but she could see the two men capturing her friend.
"D-don't t-take... him." was all she accomplished to say and raised her hand in an effort to stop it but she fell unconscious on the snow.
