Chapter 11

"And why do you need me for that?" his sister frowned as she folded her arms under her breast. 

"Because you are the only that can help me, do you expect me to take her to her house with all this Andrew problem?"

"And what's wrong with your house?" she asked

"I don't want her to see the bad side of me, I can get too dangerous for her to handle"

"Urgggh, I dont like entertaining stranger in my home. When did you guys start dating?"

"We are not dating Bella, I just want her safe"

"You Love her?"

"No I don't" he snapped at her. "Loving her would be dangerous for both me and her"

"You are right, lashedta and humans is a no no, she might not survive the after effect. But You seem really worried about her. My instincts tells me that there's more between both of you"

"Would you mind not peering into my personal life?"

"Then why do you need me to take in your girl?"

"She is not my girl"

"You are really confused" Bella scoffed

"When do you need me to take her in?"

"As soon as possible" Javier said. He wanted her to stay with Bella for two reason. One of them was Andrew and the other one was he didn't want Hattie to know his bad side. If she ever found out his secret, she would keep her distance. Hattie being as stubborn as she is might disagree to this movement of a thing but he will have to persuade her, he had to.

"And did she agree to this?"

"Not yet" he signed

"What are you going to do if she does not agree?"

"Give her a reason to agree"

"You are sick" Bella smirked. She walked over to the drink stand and took out a tequila.

"Would you like some?"

"Yes please" Javier said. He surely needed a drink to calm his troubled self. Bella poured the drink into two glass cups and brought it to where she was seated before. Javier stood up and grabbed the cup then went back to where he was sitted. 

"You look tensed" Bella pointed out

"You are not wrong" he sighed

"Why didn't you kill him once and for all?"

"Trust me, I was, but he got away. That sly demon" 

"What do you think he would do next?"

"What else, he will probably come for Hattie's neck" he said drinking his tequila. He felt the hotness in his chest judging from the way he rushed it.

"The same way he did to zenni?"

"Probably even worse. Why can't I just get rid of him"

"Well you better think of a way. While thinking about that, also think about how to deal with the Cartels after killing Andrew"

 This was what was driving him crazy. The Cartels were his biggest problem. He ran his hands through his hair in frustration.

"But you need to be calm"

"How am I supposed to be calm"

"Am not sure Andrew will strike now.  He knows you would be expecting him. Andrew in his nature, will strike when nobody is expecting"

"Isn't that worse?"

"Exactly" 

"So why did you tell me that, are you trying to add to my problems?"

"No just wanted to keep you posted" she shrugged

"Would you take in Hattie or not?"

"You are asking like I have any other choice"

"Good"

"With the way you are acting, I feel like you have started having a lashedta bond with this girl"

"How do you mean?"

"Am not sure you were this connected to zenni the way you are with this Hattie girl"

"Zenni was differnt, I loved her"

"Then what do you feel towards Hattie that you want to protect her so badly"

"I just feel like am entitled to keep her safe"

"That is the bond am talking about, lashedta are known to form bonds with their soulmate. This can be a good thing, sometimes it could be bad"

"I know it could be bad. But am telling you that there is nothing going on between us"

"Oh please" Bella rolled her eyes at her brother.

"And what bad thing are you talking about that I don't already know of"

"You could get possessive and obsessed with this  person as a result of the bond. Truth be told, lashedta are not beings to fall in love with"

"I already know all this, no need for the lecture and I told you, I dont love her"

"Yeah whichever way, you have to be really careful"

"I am" he sighed 

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Hattie pulled out her phone, she had just finished taking the medication that Doctor Charles prescribed for her. She was getting much better now. She had to tell Daphne of her whereabout. She dialed her number and held the phone to her ear.

"Hattie?"

"Daphne" 

"How are You?"

"Not so good" Hattie admitted

"Why is that?"

"I was involved in an accident"

"Really, what happened?" Daphne said with worry

"To be honest, I dont even know how to explain this"

"My God. Hattie where are you now?" 

"Am at a friend's house"

"What friend and are you not supposed to be at a hospital?"

"Trust me, am I doing fine, he assigned a personal doctor for me"

"A he, how well do you know this guy, did you just meet him, why would you be at his house when you barely know him?"

"I actually know him, I met him a long time ago"

"Really? I didn't even know you kept male friends" she pointed out

"Well I do"

"When are you coming back?"

"As soon as possible, probably tomorow"

"Ok i will visit you as soon as you get back" Daphne said

"I will call you later" Hattie said as she ended the call. Hattie looked around as she ran her hands across the smooth sheet on the bed. She took time to notice the details of the room . She loved how big it was and most importantly, she loved the scent that filled the room. It had a kind of minty strawberry   flavour. She inhaled the scent deeply. 

She struggled to get out of bed. She couldn't just lie down there doing nothing, she had to take a shower. She winced in pain as her legs made contact with the floor. She must have torn alot of muscles. She groaned in pain as her weight fell to her legs. She pulled off her clothes, placed it on the bed and leaped to the bathroom. She entered the bathroom. She really wished Javier was here because she was confused as hell on what she was going to go about with soap and a change of cloths.  She entered the bathtub, she was going to manage using just water. She filled the bathtub with warm water as she buried herself inside the water. The injuries on her body stung as soon as they made contact with the water but she did not mind. She loved the way she felt relaxed the moment her body hit the warm water. She stayed still for a while. Her aim of coming to the bath tub was not to wash up but to relax and she was surely getting what she wanted. She was still in dream land when she heard the room door open. She froze on the spot, her heart beating so loud. She knew it was Javier and here she was in the bathtub, naked! She panicked, she was confused on what to do, she felt like burying herself in the water forever and never coming out. She didn't even have a towel with her. Why did he have to return now of all time. Her skin flushed in embarrassment, she didn't even shut the toilet door.

"Hattie?" She heard her name outside. Javier was calling her

"Yes" she managed to answer "am in the bathroom" 

"Oh" he said with realisation.

"Do you need anything?" 

"No am fine" she wanted to tell him to leave, he had already embarrassed her enough by coming back when she was bathing.

"Do you need change of clothes?"

"No I will just wear the old ones" she suggested 

"Nonsense, I will get you new clothes. Are you sure you don't need help, judging from how injured you are?"

"I will manage" even if she couldn't manage, was he going to enter the bathtub and help her? How silly was that thought.

"Are you sure you dont want my help?" He teased

"No" she voiced out. It was really high pitched judging from how surprised she was by the question.

"Ok, have fun" he smirked  "i would be back with new cloths" he left the room.

"Ok" Hattie wondered how he will go to a store and get her cloth that fast. Her original plan was to wear the clothes she had pulled off and she was sticking to that plan, at least it was better than waiting for Javier in towels. 

The water she was laying on was already turning cold, she stood up gradually careful not to upset her body. She had already had enough pain. She grabbed the towel that was hung by the bathroom. She didn't care who's it was, she just flung it round her body. She leaped to the room with water dripping from her body and hair. She proceeded to shutting the room door, she did not want Javier coming into the room when she changing. She picked up her used cloths, how bad it looked. The hand of the dress was already ripped up. There were dry stains of blood on it. Javier was right, there was no way she was going to were this. She groaned in frustration. She had to stay in towels until Javier arrived. She sighed. She walked over to a mirror that was by the side of the room, she looked at her reflection. Her cheek slightly was bruised giving off a pinkish red colour in that area. The memories of the previous night came flooding back. She believed that the person that attacked her wasn't a thief of a bandit. Javier was definetly wrong, she thought. Her vision became blurly when the fellow approached her, if not, she would have been able to make out the person's face. Yesterday night had to be the strangest night. The moment the person started heading towards her, she could feel her energy draining out of her. It was almost as if the person was the cause. Truth be told, she was still really confused and she needed an explanation. Firstly she would get an explanation from Javier on how he managed to save her from that devil in human form. She knew there was something Javier wasn't telling her and she was going to find out what. 

She was snapped out of her thought by the knock on the door. She looked down at her body which was just covered in nothing but a towel. she wondered what he was doing at her door, he was supposed to be at the store.

"Javier?" She called out, wanting to be sure who it was

"Yes"

"what is it?" she asked 

"Don't you still want your change of clothes?" he asked

"Yes I still do, you said you were going to get them for me"

"And I already did" he said. Her mouth dropped, how could he have gone to a mall and come back that fast, he clearly didn't go anywhere.

"Wow so fast, you had the clothes here all this while?"

"No Hattie, I went to get the clothes from the mall, can you open the door so I can give it to you?"

"Wow" she exclaimed, she braced herself as she headed towards the door. She opened it slightly stretching her hands outside the room through the small opening. Javier handed the bags of clothes to her as he smirked at her cuteness. The moment Hattie felt the bag of clothes on her palm, she snatched it and shut the door as she breathed a sigh of relief. She had pulled it off smoothly. 

"When you are done, can you come downstairs for lunch or should I bring it to you?" he asked judging from her condition.

"Don't bother, I can come down for lunch and you sure have alot of explaining to do" 

"About what?" he asked from the other side of the door

"Can you please leave the door, I want to get dressed" she said totally ignoring the question he asked. Javier walked away in confusion as he proceeded to the dinning table.

Hattie rummaged through the bad of clothes that Javier handed over to her. She wondered why he bought so much, she wasn't staying long anyways. She emptied the bag on the bed. Even without counting, she knew that the clothes where up to 15 or probably even more including under garment. She was quite embarrassed at the fact that Javier got her undergarments. Her cheek flushed as she blushed inwardly. She picked up a yellow short and a top which she slipped on carefully.  She walked to the mirror. As she stared at the clothes. she wondered why she was so concerned about her appearance. Here she was, standing in front her mirror, checking if she was fit to have lunch with Javier downstairs. Her eyes went to Her hair. It was in really bad shape. She was just coming back from having a hair cut at Daphne's saloon when the misfortune happened. The curls where messed up and tangled making her look like a possessed doll. She ran her hair through her hair, trying to untangle it, which was barely working. She didn't have a comb eather. She looked at her funny reflection. She braced herself. She was going to go downstairs. For Christsake she shouldn't care about what he thought. It's not like They were dating or something. She was about living when her phone rang. She turned around as she leaped to where her phone was laying on the bed. It was Aida. Hattie answered the call and held it to her ears

"Aida" she called

"Hattie dear" Aida said

"How's things at the office?"

"Fine, I actually called because you did not show up today, did something come up?"

"Yes, am actually down with a little fever" she lied, she didn't know how to explain to Aida what happened last night

"Oh dear, are you okay, should I come over?"

"No" she snapped "I meant am fine, you don't need to stress yourself, I would be at work next week"

"Okay get well soon"

"Thanks for your concern"

"Did Mr willow come today?" She asked 

"Of course he came. He was rather disappointed to find out you weren't at the office. I knew how much he must have ached for not having someone to nag to" Aida said which made Hattie chukle slightly. 

"I have to attend to a patient, see you next week" Aida said

"Sure" Hattie spoke ending the call. She let out a faint smile. She walked towards the door. She had a lunch to attend to. She giggled at the thought.