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Next day Emily/Amanda's POV
Here I am waiting. It's already been 5 hours and I'm still waiting. I'm in the waiting room, my head resting on my hands. It already dark outside, I'm tired and sick of being in a hospital full of sadness and depression. I know I'm not the happiest person ever to be alive but that doesn't mean I like bad things to happen.
"Hey you wanna go back to his room?" Nolan asks from beside me.
"We've already been there 6 times now and I'm tired of walking." I answer sharply. I know he's just trying to keep me distracted but I'm just not in my best temper right now.
"Okay" he answers "Uhm do you...want a candy? I've got chocolates too"
"No thanks, I'm fine" I say as I give him a little smile.
"No you're not. You haven't eaten anything all day" he takes the chocolates out and puts them in front of me "Grab one"
I look at him and then back at the chocolates. "Okay, this look good" I answer as I take one.
"This are good" he shoves some in his mouth. I laugh.
"Nolan! Emily!" I hear a voice calling us from behind. It's Jack. "I came as soon as I could. Why didn't you guys tell me before? I thought he was dead."
I wince and look at my feet with that last word. I clear my throat trying to brush my moment of weakness off. I like Jack but he needs to be more careful with his words.
"I don't know, it didn't occur to me." I know it sounds bad but it's the truth. I didn't think about him, I was only thinking about Aiden.
"It's okay." he sits down in front of us "How's he doing?"
"He's still in surgery. It's been five hours so we guess he'll be out soon." Nolan answers.
"Nolan told me about the leg." Jack says as he grabs my hand "I'm truly sorry about how things turned out."
Flashback
"What about your mother? Won't she be there too?" Aiden asks me.
"She booked a flight to Colorado Springs this morning" I answer. Why does he gave to ask about her?
"And you're okay with that?" He says.
He knows me too well, he knows I care about her, but why is he asking? Does he care? No, how could he, he's the one who left me in the first place.
"The sooner she gets out from under that roof the better for everyone." I answer coldly. Not letting any emotions show, just like Takeda taught us.
I shift in my seat a little and he grabs my hand without a warning. He wraps his hands around mine and looks at me in the eyes, oh my god those eyes. I'm in some kind of daze as I look into those eyes. I don't move, I can't move.
"I'm genuinely sorry for how things turned out with her" he says never breaking eye contact "I know you wanted more."
Oh god he makes it so difficult to hate him. His touch feels...right, as if he could help, he's touch gives me hope. Focus Emily, I tell myself, you're not letting him in. Takeda would be so disappointed. I follow my brain and pull my hand away.
"It's probably for the best" I answer simply.
I break out of my daydream and pull my hand away from Jack's. I stand up and look around.
"Ems?" I hear Nolan ask.
This is the first time I've taken my time to look at the other families in the waiting room. They're all tired, you can see it in their eyes. They all want to be out of here, they all want to be somewhere else, they all want to be happy. But the circumstances right now are not like that, they're all sad and lonely and grieving.
"Was it too soon?" Jack asks Nolan as if I couldn't hear them.
"No, no, you didn't say anything wrong" Nolan answers.
I can't move because if I move I'm afraid I'm going to lose control. I've been holding my emotions all day and if I do anything else right now I'm going to explode, I don't care who's watching.
"Emily are you okay?" Jack places a hand in my shoulder.
"Am I okay?" I answer almost in a whisper.
"I know what a stupid question. I'm sorry Emily, about everything, I really am." He says.
"Am I okay?" I repeat "I don't, I don't think so. I'm not okay" I admit.
"He's out of surgery" Dr. Hunt says as he enters the waiting room.
I walk towards him immediately with Nolan and Jack right behind me.
He continues "There were some obstacles but he got through them and-"
"What obstacles?" Jack asks cutting him off.
"Uhm we almost lost him twice, but as I was saying he got through that and he's now in post surgery recovery." the doctor answers.
My breath stops for a second and I grab Nolan's hand. He squeezes and asks "Can we see him?"
"Are you family?" He answers.
"No, none of us are." Nolan answers.
"Is that a rule?" Jack protests beside me "We're his friends, he's got no family."
"Yeah I'm sorry, family only" he looks down.
"I'm his fiancée." I finally say "Does that count?"
"Of course" he smiles sweetly "Are you ready to go?" He motions me to follow.
And so I do. I follow him through a couple of halls trying to respond to Dr. Hunt's chitchat as best as I can in this moment. I'm scared, I'm scared of what I might find. He's doing good and his leg will recover but I'm scared anyways.
"We're here" Dr. Hunt says as he stops in front of a door "I'll be going through some charts, if you need anything just tell a nurse to page me. Are you going to be okay?"
I'm not, I think. "I am" I say.
He nods and leaves. I grab the door knob and open it. I walk in a large room divided in four. There's three beds with at least one person around it. But there's one all alone with the curtains still closed, and I know that's Aiden's. I slowly walk towards it. In and out, in and out...just breathe. I open the curtains to find him there, unconscious lying in bed.
"Baby" I take a deep breath and continue "Wake up baby." I sit beside him "I, I know it's scary and you're not sure how to do it but you gotta try because you're a fighter and you can do this. You" I grab his hand "are the strongest person I've ever met."
A tear drop from my eyes and I brush it off "Jack said something before about you having no family. But you do have, your mom. I'll bring her here, I know she can't afford it but don't worry about that. I'm gonna bring here for you I promise, but you better be awake when she gets here."
I kiss his hand and place it back down.
I grab my phone and search for the number Aiden's mom gave me to call her. It rings for a few seconds and then a voice answers. Okay I can do this.
"Emily?" she says.
"Yeah it's me. How are you?" I ask.
I don't know how to do this. I don't know how to tell a mother, who's a whole ocean away, that her son almost died because a crazy woman tried to kill him as payback. I don't know if I'll be able to tell her the truth. I can't do that, she'd hate me.
"Good, thank you. How about you darling?" She asks me politely.
"Well uhm, I am, I-" I stutter.
"Is everything okay sweetie?" She says.
Ok this is it, I have to tell her. "No, not really. Harriet, there's been an accident."
"Do you have what I asked you for?" I ask Nolan as I gather my stuff.
"Yes I'll email it to you right away" He answers as he takes his phone out. "Do you want me to go with you?"
"No, thanks. You have to stay here and look out for my man." I say pointing at Aiden.
"Okay then, be careful" he puts his phone away "I send you the adress that is most likely to be the one you're looking for."
"Thanks Nolan, I don't know what I would do without you" I smile at him and leave.
Once I'm in my car I take out my phone and check the adress. I asked Nolan to get me Victoria's GPS history from the day she tried to kill Aiden. But since Nolan is such a good friend, he found the only one that could lead to a drug dealer, the only one someone like Victoria Grayson would never visit if she didn't have to. It's in The Bronx, New York. Yeah, Bitchtoria wouldn't go there.
I drive for a long time till I find somewhere to park near the adress. Then I continue my journey walking and you can tell this is not a nice place. I keep on walking for a few minutes until I finally find the apartment I'm looking for.
You might be asking yourself what I'm doing here. Well I think there's more to the story, I know Victoria and she wouldn't be so stupid to buy a drug that takes so long to kill, so I'm here searching for answers. I believe there's something that kept the bitch from buying the right poison. I'm just not sure what. What made Victoria's evil plan no work? And the only person who can help me with this is the drug dealer himself.
I knock on the door twice and wait. I hear some rambling around and then the door opens and a guy pops out.
"May I help you with something Ms...?" The guys asks and you can smell alcohol in his breath.
"Detective Johns" I say as I take my fake credential out. "And yes, you may help me."
"Alright then, come in." he steps aside letting me in.
The place is almost empty, there are a couple of boxes spread around the floor and the smell of cigarettes and alcohol is strong.
"To what do I owe this pleasure?" He says from behind me.
"I would like you to enlighten me." I turn to look at him. "A couple days ago a woman named Victoria Grayson came to your house asking for something. What did she want? And, what did you give her?"
"I don't remember sleeping with any Victoria." He laughs sarcastically.
"Very funny," I take out my gun "but I ain't got time for jokes."
"Oooh" he laughs again "Tough girl huh?"
"You better cut the crap soon" I point the gun at his face.
"Relax babe" he takes a step forward "We have all day, don't we?" He smirks.
"You know what?" I take a step forward, put the gun down and touch his arm grab his arm bringing him closer. "We don't." I whisper in his ear.
Then I hit him in t. he groin as hard as I can and he falls to the floor. I keep on kicking him till he stops moving. His kind of skinny which makes it easier for me to carry him. This guy is going to have to talk eventually.
I leave the guy tied up and locked in Grayson manor since no one lives there anymore and I still can't go inside my house because of the night I thought Aiden was dead is still in my head. Then I head to the airport because I've got more important things to do right now, I have to pick Harriet from the airport. She must be devastated, her son was dying across the ocean and she could do nothing but hoe and pray. But she won't have to worry because I'm going to be here for her. I never had a mom but I do know something about them, their love for their children is infinite. One thing I know for sure is that Harriet loves her son and she would do anything for him.
"Nolan, this is Aiden's mom Harriet" I say as we enter the room "Harriet, this is Nolan my best friend and Aiden's friend too"
Nolan stands up, smiles, and extends his hand towards her "It's so nice to meet you, I now see where Bond here got his good looks from."
"Thank you darling, it's nice to meet you too" she answers as they shake hands.
"We're gonna step outside so you can have some privacy" I smile at her sweetly and motion Nolan to follow me.
Once we're outside the room Nolan speaks "What did you tell her? Did you tell her the whole truth?"
"Calm down. Of course I didn't she would hate me. The doctors are obviously going to mention the poisoning to her so I told her that some terrorist must have done it, that we're not sure yet." I answer.
"I'm sorry Ems, but I still feel like her being here is not the best idea. If she ends up finding out its going to be terrible and-" he says.
"You think I don't know that?" I cut him off "You think I don't spend my entire day imagining tge worst consequences?"
"I'm not trying to judge you here, okay?" He makes me look at him raising my chin "I'm sorry Ems, I wanna help you anyway I can."
I wanna say something harsh and cold but I can't because I know Nolan's not trying to make me feel bad. "Then trust me on this one. Everything will be fine."
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