Chapter 7 Unrequited Love

"But he is already with Anastasia," Ariana began looking at Liam and Anna, " and I don't want to see their lives ruined because of me." she sighed looking down.

Karla stared at her pondering.

"Why don't you both stay together with him." Karla thought and answered back amusingly, "Polygamy you know if you have read the web novel that happens a lot."

"Give it a try."

"W-what are you babbling? You! Idiot!" Ariana was bewildered listening to her friend's suggestion.

"I am just telling you to confess to him." Karla advised looking at Ariana, "If he says 'YES', everything goes the perfect way." And paused.

"And If 'NO' then just find someone better. But I know you, you wouldn't do that." Karla sighed at her best friend, "So, just continue to love him."

"It is still better than saying nothing and regretting in the future like 'if I had done this it would have been good..., if I had done that..., if..., if..., if...,' and the list goes on." Karla shook her head looking at Ariana.

"B-but.." Ariana wanted to explain something but Karla cut her again.

"You know the power of unrequited love. They say that you got to have a firm and courageous heart to love someone for an entire lifetime knowing that it would never be yours."

"You are a very brave girl." Karla hugs Ariana, petting her back.

Ariana's eyes started to tear up but she held back not letting her friend see her like that.

"Huh.., let's forget about everything. Come let's grab hot chocolate milk and relax." Karla starts the engine making its way toward the cafe.

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"Okay, okay. I am sorry." Liam apologised to Anna.

"You better be." Anna turned her head walking toward her car.

*Click!*

She opens the door and calls him, "Come on, let's go!"

"I will probably get a beating when I arrive at home." Liam sighed thinking about his bad luck.

"You should have thought that before you made pranks with auntie." Anna was happy with his misery.

*Ring! Ring!*

Suddenly Liam's mobile started to ring. Fishing it he see an unknown number.

"Who is it?" Anna asked him, looking at his phone.

"Unknown number, just random fraud calls," Liam replied and tried to reject the call.

"Just pick it up, who knows it may be something important." Anna quickly told him to pick up the call.

"Hello?" Liam responded by picking the call.

Anna was driving while peeking at him talking on the phone. When she suddenly listened to the sound of dropping.

Looking at the side, Liam had wide eyes and empty hands without moving like a statue. She stretched out her shaking him.

"Hey, what happened?" she asked, waking him up.

"Huh.." Liam came out of his stupor and glanced at her. Reminding himself that he was in the car talking on the phone.

He picked up the phone from the car floor with trembling hands and put it near his ear.

"What!" Liam shouted while listening to the news from another side of the phone.

"Did something happen?" Anna finally asked, seeing him shivering like that.

"It's about Dad," Liam replied, processing the news he received.

*Screech!*

"What happened to uncle?" Anna stopped the car and inquired.

"D-Dad... He got into an accident," Liam stuttered not knowing what to do.

"H-how?"

"H-he..." Liam couldn't respond to her.

"That doesn't matter. Where is he now?" Anna came to the point.

"They got him to the hospital. And that's how the doctor called me." Liam retells her about the conversation he had with a doctor.

"Which hospital?" Anna asked about the address.

"City Hospital..." Liam told her about the details regarding the hospital as she started the car and made their way to the hospital.

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*Tap! Tap!*

Reaching the hospital Liam opens the car door and started to run towards the hospital entrance. Anna also chases after him.

"Was there any case of emergency during this hour?" coming at the entrance his eyes caught the receptionist, making his way to her he inquired about his father.

"Wait a minute, let me check!" The receptionist opened the logbook and began a search through.

"Yes, there is a patient of middle age who suffered in an accident and was brought to the hospital half an hour ago." the receptionist answered after going through the logbook before she inquired, "are you a relative of the patient?"

"Yes, I am his son," Liam replied, "can you tell me on which floor the patient is ?"

"18th floor room number 08," she replied as Liam started to run toward the lift.

Inside the lift...

"Don't worry everything will be fine." Anna tried to console him. Assuring everything will be ok.

*Ting!*

Coming out of the lift Liam searched for room NO08.

"Excuse me, doctor. Are you the one who dealt with an emergency case that came half an hour ago? How is he?" in the hallway, they ran into a doctor and Liam inquired about his father's ailment.

"You are?" the doctor asked, seeing Liam questioning emergency patients.

"I am his relative."

"Don't worry. The patient is out of critical condition as there wasn't much injury. I have already checked the patient and he will be fine after someday, you can take him when he is discharged." The Doctor nods after knowing his relation to the patient and tells him about the patient's conditions.

"Thank you very much. Can you tell me where the patient is resting?" Liam heaves a sigh and asks about the direction to the room.

"Just go straight then turn right. Second last room to the aisle." The doctor shows him the detections.

"Thank you once again." Liam thanked him again and followed the directions with Anna following him behind.

"No problem, it's my duty." The doctor turned around and left to check other patients.

To be continued...

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