Chapter 7

with a bottle of water in his right hand and his left hand in his pocket. Aiden walked toward Riley's hospital bed with a million thoughts running through his head. he knew Riley too well, she was a stubborn one. how can he get her to come with him, she will want an explanation but where will he start. this was something he have never thought about before which was a mistake. he should have thought of it, he should have planned it in case something like this happens. now everything was messed up.

staring at the girl in front of him. he noticed her attention was drawn to somewhere else. A sick boy and his mother, the boy were very sick and the mother's eyes were swollen from crying. the boy was going to die Aiden knew it, he could see it in his weak eyes and pale skin. Aiden turned his attention back to Riley, she didn't look too happy watching them. " here " he interrupted

" oh fuck " he frightened her

" Language" he corrected making Riley roll her eyes " here, drink this " handing the bottle of water over to her. there was curiosity in the look she gave him, how did he know that she was tasty. she collected the water from him. Aiden sat next to her on the bed while she drank the water. he smiled at how much water she drank. Riley herself didn't know she was that tasty

" will he die," she asked sadly taking her attention back to the mother and her son.

Aiden watch her study the little family amazed at how she gets emotional easily

" death is not so bad " She immediately turned to him, shocked at his words "everyone's journey will have to end eventually"

" but he is still young"

" yes. but he's in pain. to the looks of it, he has a terrible illness and his parents have no money. death is the only thing that can end his suffering. he will finally be at peace" he explained with eyes on the little family

" will one truly find peace after death" her suddenly question made him turn to look at her. she was looking down at the bottle she played with. Riley didn't want to find peace, she wanted to be punished for what she did. she had to stay alive for that

" some will " he answered.

there was a long silence between them. Riley just played with the bottle while Aiden watched her. suddenly she began to miss home, she missed her house and she wanted to go back

" Aiden " she called lifting her head to see that she already had his attention. their gaze met and Riley could not help but explore his amazing eyes, they were still beautiful even without the moon and for an extremely strange reason she felt safe

" yes " calling her back to reality

" oh, I want to go home " Aiden wasn't surprised, he knew she would say so. Aiden would have taken her home but he couldn't, the house no longer hers

" I can't take you home," he said calmly

" what, why? " she didn't sound pleased to hear that

" The house is no longer yours," he said

" what do you mean the house is not mine, my father willed it to me " she frowned

" Your Uncle and Mrs Oliver traded you for your property" he explained calmly hoping not to upset her but he did

" What!!" she yelled calling the entire room attention to them but she didn't care, she had a bigger problem at hand " that is not possible"

" Dr Frankly is a powerful man, with a snap of a finger he makes anything happen" Aiden snapped his finger

" No..no it's not possible" shaking her head, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. there was one thing Aiden hated the most, it was to see Riley unhappy and right now she was unhappy

" I'll get fresh clothes, the temperature is dropping," those were his final words before leaving.

leaving her alone in deep thought. How was it possible?. everything, she lost everything. her parents, her only friend now the house, she lost the house. that house, holds her entire life. that house, holds memories of her parents. that house was her escape place from the world. whenever she got tired of everything all she wanted was to go to that house, her home. and not it was gone. she couldn't believe it. Aiden was lying to her. he probably lied so she will come with him. she had to see for herself.

Riley struggled out of bed. leaping into the hallway. her leg was still in pain but it wasn't as bad as earlier. she got into the elevator, it took her down to the first floor and stopped, the door opened. Riley came out of the elevator making her way to the entrance.

Her attention was caught by men dressed in black suits walking in through the entrance, then went straight to the reception " shit " She knew it was them, no one had to tell her, they found her " No, no, no this can't be happening" she whispered frustrated turning around and going back into the elevator. as the elevator went back to the third floor the thought of what she should do was " how did they know I was here " elevator stopped, and before she came out, she sent the elevator back down. it was a distraction, while they used the elevator to come up she will take the stairs down. it wasn't the best idea but it was something

walking through the hallway, Riley tries to find the stairs. Damn her leg wasn't helping. for the first time, she wanted Aiden and he isn't here. she was relieved when she finally found the door to the stairs. she opened the door making her way down. Riley moved carefully so she won't fall but quickly at the same time. suddenly she lost balance and found herself going down " Aaaaa" she panicked with her eyes closed. a strong arm wrapped around her waist pulling her up as her body crashed into a person's chest that familiar scent hit her

" We got a runaway princess " hearing his voice made her sigh in relief

" I wasn't running away," she said raising her head to look at him. he gave her a look that said. seriously. " okay I was, they are here " she explained

" I know" there was a sudden seriousness in his tone. he made sure she was standing properly "let's go "