'Why are you here? You should take a rest. You've been discharged just a day ago.' Niall said as soon as Sarah stood up to greet her boss who was about to enter his cabin.
He looked at Sarah with worried eyes. He didn't want Sarah to work while being sick.
Looking at Niall's reaction to her being there made Sarah smile, she shook her head and said,
'I'm fine, Mr. Niall. I can work.'
With the confidence that she had in her voice and eyes made Niall a bit settled.
He nodded and put his hands in his pockets and said,
'Okay, if you say, but if you feel even a bit of uneasy you can leave. No need to take anyone's permission. You can leave on your own.' He turned and walked inside his cabin.
Sarah stood there being amazed by Niall's sudden change in his behavior. She still remembered that day when she had to leave in a hurry cause Anna was in a problem. She still remembered how furious Niall was with her just because she went out taking Emma's permission instead of his.
She chuckled remembering those moments when she used to cry every day at least every day on her desk cause Niall used to yell at her, she found Niall cute now. After recalling all these memories Sarah exhaled deeply and smiled making herself adjusted to her chair.
As soon as she sat, she got busy with her tasks.
Here Niall was worried and scared since last night. He remembered what Sarah said when she woke up in front of her house in his car, screaming. He was scared of being correct about the person, who tried to kill Sarah.
Last night...
'Of my faded memories which part is this?' She said while covering her face with her hands.
'Wh-what happened?' Niall asked her as he saw her waking up and screaming out of nowhere.
'I-' She exhaled deeply.
'I saw a lady.' She said, her face still covered.
'A lady?' Asked Niall being confused about why was that a reason for such a screaming.
'A lady with a blurry appearance occurred in my dream. I was- I was lying on a road in a pool of blood.' She said.
As soon as Niall heard about her condition in her dream, he presumed that it was the day of her accident. He got curious.
'What happened next?' He asked and looked at Sarah with serious expressions.
In the dream...
Sarah was lying on the seat while her upper body was almost out of the car. The car was upside down and the window's glasses had hit her head hard. Sarah's head was bleeding and she was hurt badly, she was in pain. It was night time and the whole road was empty and then Sarah suddenly saw a car which stopped far away from her car on the left side of the road. A lady stepped out of the car and walked towards her. Sarah stretched her hand in that lady's direction to get help from her, but that lady suddenly stopped in middle and turned towards her right. After a minute later she came towards Sarah with a big pebble in her hand. She squatted down and looked at me with a tilt head. Sarah tried to say with my eyes filled with tears.
'P-pl-ease' She was panting and crying.
'S-sa-ve me.' She proceeded.
The lady looked at her and smirked at her.
'Save?' She raised her eyebrow
'My foot!' She said and smashed Sarah's head with the huge pebble she had in her hand.
It was a dream so Sarah woke up screaming.
Sarah recalled the whole dream and told Niall. Niall was on the verge of crying. He sniffed and breathed deeply from his mouth. His eyes were wet but he was an expert in not showing his tears. After a couple of minutes, Niall asked Sarah,
'Can you describe the appearance of that woman?'
Sarah looked at him being confused about why was he so interested in her dream.
'Go ahead.' Niall instructed and Sarah just nodded and said
'She was a woman of normal height I guess. I don't remember clearly but...I guess her hair was of burgundy color tied up in a bun. She was wearing a bodycon dress and a pair of black high heels.'
Sarah said all this while looking at Niall in his eyes. His brows gradually furrowed and his lips got apart a bit after hearing the woman's description.
'Why did you asked but?' Sarah asked after not understanding Niall's expressions.
Niall blinked and shook his head,
'Umm, no-nothing. I guess you should go now it's too late.' He said and looked away from Sarah before she could inquire any further.
Present...
After hearing the woman's description Niall had two women in her mind. He wasn't sure about after whom should he go. He was not very sure to inquire about any of those. But he was still scared about finding the truth. He was scared not knowing what he would do if anyone of them was the reason behind Sarah's accident.
Thinking all of this continuously without even sleeping at night made his head hurt. He took out the bottle of the pills which Flora had given to him. He opened the cap and found only three pills left. He sighed on seeing his situation and consumed all of the pills. His eyes were still red a bit and no one knew the reason behind it.
Suddenly the door opened and Sarah came in.
'Sir today's your schedule may I read it out?' She asked in a calm voice which echoed in his cabin.
Niall smiled and nodded slightly supporting his head by his left. Sarah read out the whole schedule and Niall stopped her in between,
'Why is there a schedule of going to m-' He breathed heavily controlling his apoplexy
'My mom's funeral?' He completed further.
'Oh! Umm actually, Emma told me to put it in your schedule.' She said and looked at Niall innocently.
'Emma? she knows I never went to that woman's funeral.' He said as his eyebrows furrowed...
*****
'Ma'am Ms. Carla is here.' The maid said to me. I was sitting in front of my mirror tying my hair.
'Make her sit in the hall I'll be there.' I said.
The maid bowed down and left my room. After some minutes I went to the hall. Carla was sitting on the sofa and talking to someone on her cell phone, I could see her back. I went towards her to greet but then I heard her speaking,
'So, you're ready?' She asked.
And after a pause of a minute, she said again,
'Good to hear that. Tomorrow is the day. You just have to say what I've told you and you'll get your money on time.' After saying all this she ended the phone call and looked at the wall.
She smirked and said,
'Niall, I hope you don't mind being ruined...'