Chapter 5 _ JOSHUA

We went to check up on the guy. His operation had certain complications but it was successful. We all were just waiting for him to wake up.

"You can go inside. He is awake now . " the doctor said.

I went in. He sat there in dismal, staring at his hand. I could see he was lost and scared. I walked near to him and sat beside him hoping he would start talking eventually. But as soon as i went near he looked at me and smiled.

"Hey" He said.

" Hey me !?" I asked surprisingly .

"Do you see anyone else here !?"

"No... no...."

I was a little surprised seeing him behave so normally. Usually I would kill someone for talking to me in a disrespectful manner but this time it was different. Like I was enjoying talking to him.

"Do you feel you alright !?"

"Yea... back to normal. "

I felt really confused. The guy had been shot some time ago and he is acting like nothing ever happened. I expected him to be a bit more sad or something. He got caught up in something we wasn't a part of and was suffering because of it.

"You need somethin !?" I asked.

"Nope. All good..... listen.....Thank you for saving me. I don't know what you want from me but I'll be glad to help you...as long as you don't ask me to kill someone."

I could see a smile on his face as he talked. I didn't hear half of what he said and I just got lost looking at his smile. This guy had been through so much right now but still he has a smile on his face. A smile that could melt any woman's heart - including mine.

" Hello !? Are you listening" he shouted , waving a hand in front of my eyes.

" Yes... yes... I am listening" I said coming back to reality.

"I came in to ask you if you have any idea about the attacker. " I said in a serious tone.

"Nope I don't. Honestly I don't even know you" he said. " I mean I heard about you being the badass queen and all but... you know... it would be good to know why people are attacking me and stuff " he said in a jolly tone.

" I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Elena. Elena Swan "

" Wait what !? Swan as in the...!?So Elena Swan is the queen of underworld !? "

I saw him sitting there and staring at me, trying to connect the dots. Everyone in the outer world new me as a businesswoman and I rarely tell people about my real identity.

In a normal situation I would loose my cool and torture him to get the truth out of him but right now I did not feel like it. He somehow felt harmless and safe.

"I am trying to find the person who shot you. I was told you were the key to my parent's murder case and I would like to know if you know something about it. "

"Woah... slow down. I know nothing about your parents or anything related to their murder.I don't know anything. I was just trying to get to work when these people abducted me and bought me to you. Somewhere I was shot and now I am in hospital , answering to you."

From his words I felt he really didn't know anything about all of this but I couldn't trust him completely.

" Trust me I know nothing of this."

" okay... okay...ok..."I said. I don't know why but I felt kind of nervous talking to him. I was repeating my words and was acting like a fool which pissed me off even more.

"I'll leave now. Your wounds have not yet healed completely so you are going to have to stay here for a little longer" I told him.

While I was talking he looked kinda sad. I think I said something inappropriate... but what ??

"Are you ok!? " I asked

"Yeah I'm fine." he said.

" Ok then. I'll be coming back at night. My men are right outside your room if you need anything. "

I got up and started walking towards the door.

What made him so upset?

I need to get back to Ava and Dan. During the attack Mr hunter and 3 of his men died. One of them was alive but severely injured. He had been shot several times on the leg but somehow the doctors managed to keep him alive.

While walking out of the room I realised I didn't ask him his name yet. I turned around and asked him. "What is your name?"

"Joshua" he replied, " but you can call me Josh."