Chapter 22

Olivia rushed to the hospital Alberto told her about, she needed to see Dawn for herself to be sure Alberto wasn't bluffing.

 She walked up to the nurse on the desk who seemed overly dressed with a lot of accessories and make up.

It was her first time coming to this hospital, on her way, she checked through her phone for the details of the hospital. It wasn't for the poor that was for sure but they had free check ups and special occasions when people donated money for free surgeries.

She tried to find out any news related to the hospital but nothing.

"I would love to see Dawn," Olivia announced.

"Dawn who?" The receptionist asked politely.

"Dawn Hemlocks," Olivia said her name in full.

"Well," the receptionist said opening the book in front of her and scrolling through the name, then she turned to the computer close by and checked for Dawn Hemlocks name in it. "Who are you to her?"

"Am her sister?"

"Do you have like an ID card to prove that or something of proof?"

"Of course," Olivia checked through her bag, looking for her ID card. She always had it in her small purse , she was grateful for that. "Here it is."

She handed it to the receptionist, as the receptionist looked at it for some while then returned it back to her. She picked the phone next to her and dialed a number, at interval she smiled at Olivia.

"Good afternoon Sir, Miss Olivia Hemlocks request to see Miss Dawn," the receptionist said and waited for a reply, it seemed she got one has she disconnected the call. She took out a pen and handed it to Olivia.

"Please kindly fill the form, so I can direct you to Miss Dawn's room."

"Thank you," Olivia appreciated. She took the pen and filled her details in the book in front of her then handed the pen back to the receptionist.

"Now, take the elevator to the last floor, take a left, then a right, the last room by the right," the receptionist described the location to her.

"That's, last floor, left, right, last room by the right," Olivia repeated but breaking it down to her own understanding.

"Yes Ma'am, that's it."

"Alright, thank you." Olivia took the elevator afterwards, it took forever before she got to the top floor, during the little elevator ride,  she kept thinking about about how she would go about it.

 She didn't want to seem suspicious, when she was almost at the door, she noticed each rooms in the top floor had bodyguards on each door and the top floor looked more like a rented apartment than a hospital ground. 

She was amazed by the design.

"I am here to see Dawn, I am Olivia Hemlocks," she informed the guard when she got to Dawn's room. Was it because Dawn was kidnapped, was that why she got to be on this floor? but she recognized that guard face from somewhere, was he one of Stephan's men?

"Wait here," the guard said and went inside closing the door behind him.

"Olivia," she heard her name and turned staring at Damien.

"Damien," Olivia muttered.

"Have you seen her yet?" Damien asked placing both hands into his pocket.

"No, I just got here."

"Alright, I just got the information some hours back that she has been found, so I drove here immediately."

"Okay," Olivia nodded. "I am grateful that they found her in one piece, I was so worried about her."

"Dawn is a strong woman, I heard she got shot, but they were able to save her just in time." Damien didn't get the full story of who saved her, he figured it was the police. It was hard getting the information, he had to pay for it. He wondered why no one at the station were willing to talk about the case.

"Really," Olivia sobbed. She totally forgot about Damien and his connections. She could have asked him about Dawn than having to sleep with that idiot Alberto again, she was still sore from the way he had rough handle her like she wasn't human, but she also felt that Damien didn't trust her anymore, even now their was a way he was talking to her like he didn't know her.

"You can go in Miss Olivia," the bodyguard said coming out as he opened the door for her but when Damien tried to enter he pushed him back and closed the door.

"You can't go in Sir, one visitor at a time," the bodyguard said.

"Do you know who I am?" Damien asked but got no response. He didn't want to embarrass himself further, maybe this was just security measures but the receptionist had told him to come up. "My name is Damien Grey."

"You may go in Sir," the body said opening the door to him. 

Damien shakked his head in disbelief, so the password was their names. He stepped in and nearly bumped into Olivia , he wondered why she had a stunned look but when he stared around he also was amazed.

The room was well designed like a normal room, apart from the hospital bed which gave away the look that it was an hospital, the other decor were homely, the fridge, the couch and the painting. He stared around and his eyes caught Stephan who was sitting on a couch alongside some lady.

This ingrate, what was he doing here? Damien had rushed here because he wanted to beat Stephan to see Dawn but it seemed he had failed. Olivia rushed to Dawn's bed first to confirm things and it was truly Dawn but she was fast asleep and well dressed.

Olivia touched the cloth and observed it well, was this the latest Klar edition? How was she wearing this? 

"How is she?" Olivia asked Stephan but got no reply. "Sarah," she said shocked. 

She had seen a woman sitting next to Stephan on the couch but she didn't know it was Sarah. She thought it was one of those bimbos Stephan carried around, she even planned to ignore the person.

What was Sarah doing here?

"I thought you have forgotten me," Sarah replied.

"Am sorry, I was taken aback by the decor plus Dawn, I didn't take note. Are you here for Dawn?"

"I own the hospital," Sarah announced. She did not inform Olivia that she owned a hospital but Olivia knew she was wealthy.

"Really, then my sister is in luck. I am sure she has been well taken care of. I was so worried about her, I cried my eyes out all night wishing and hoping for a good news."

"She just took a nap after eating, she is still weak."

"Okay," Olivia said and held Dawn's hand in hers.

"When will she be discharged?" Damien asked walking to the other side of the bed to look at Dawn, she looked well groom, one would hardly know something had happened to her. 

"When she is much better." Sarah replied as there was a moment of silence. Damien and Olivia watched Dawn sleep while Stephan kept his eyes on both of them.

He could have asked the receptionist to have them thrown out but he wanted to give them the privilege to see her, especially Olivia. He wanted to see her reaction, and she didn't disappoint.

Sarah could feel the tension in the room, Matteo had told her to keep an eye on Dawn in case Stephan left. They didn't give her much details but from what she could add up, Olivia had sent some people to hurt Dawn.

Sarah stared at Olivia who seemed to be crying as she stared at Dawn and using her handkerchief to clean her face but no one seemed to care about her or console her, Sarah still didn't believe Olivia would do something like that to her sister, but when she thought about Stephan and how Olivia was obssessed with him. 

She could see that there was a possibility, she remembered how obssessed she was about Alberto and how she wanted him all to herself but it never happened but in Olivia and Stephan's case, Stephan didn't love Olivia, wouldn't love her and could never love her. It was a fact that even Olivia knew herself.

Sarah felt Stephan doted on Dawn, the way he had kissed her earlier, it was like he was in a world of his own. The way he stared at her, he had even fed her like a little baby, and tucked her to sleep. 

Sarah had not seen anything like that before. She envied it a little bit and Matteo had teased her when he noticed her gloomy look.

'I will tuck you in when we get home,' he whispered in her ear and bit her earlobe.

She touched her ear at the thought of it. 

"Is there a way we can transfer her home?" Damien asked. "I don't mind the cost."

Olivia stared at Damien, that was a good idea. She was grateful Damien was making that offer, at home she would be able to take good care of her and convince Dawn that she loved and cared for her and would never hurt her.

"Why would you want to do that? She is safe here." Matteo also told her that if a time arise for this discussion, she should not let it happen no matter what.

"She will also be safe at home, I have enough guards to keep a close eye on her."

"You should ask her husband for permission," Sarah replied.

"Her husband," Olivia and Damien repeated with a puzzled look.

"Are you talking about this imbecile? He is not her husband." Damien yelled angry that this lady would assume Stephan to be her husband.

"I will also appreciate it, if you are quiet. This is a hospital not a..."

"You have no right to talk to me that way, I demand that you move her to her house. Name the price this instant."

"Roger!" Stephan finally spoke. "Roger!" He shouted again as the body guard rushed inside. "Get this idiot out of this room."

"Which of the idiot Sir?" The bodyguard asked and Damien nearly pounced on the guard.

"The tall one." Stephan ordered.

"Da...mien," Dawn muttered softly. She was trying to get some sleep but it was getting noisy in here. When she tried to open her eyes she first saw Damien.

Was she dreaming?

"Dawn," Damien called out but the bodyguard had already held on to him and was pulling him out. "Will you let go of me you insolent prick."

"Move Sir, don't let me be aggressive." The bodyguard requested motioning him to the door.

"What..what is.. going on?" Dawn muttered slowly trying to sit up as the bodyguard and Damien continued arguing, the bodyguard pulled Damien this time forcefully and dragged him out of the room.

Olivia didn't want to say anything because she feared that Stephan would send her out as well.

"And you, get away from her." Stephan ordered waving his hand.

"Oli..via." Dawn muttered again, she didn't know if it was real or probably she was having a dream. 

Olivia walked away and went to sit on a small chair far off, she watched Stephan stand up and stood beside Dawn, he leaned in and patted her hair softly trying to get her to sleep back.

"It's okay, sleep. You are tired." Stephan said as Dawn stared at him, she felt all her nerves relaxing at his touch.

"What...is going...on?" Dawn whispered in a sleepy voice. She didn't really have much strength to talk or look around. Her body was really hurting her.

"It's nothing," Stephan whispered back. "Are you in pain?" He added.

"A..little ..bit." 

"You need to rest." He didn't stop massaging her hair, he noticed she liked it as her eyes were closing each time, his hands came in contact with her hair.

"Hmm," Dawn sighed as she slowly closed her eyes.

"Has the hospital bill been sorted out?" Olivia asked Sarah even thou she suspected Stephan had paid already or maybe not since Sarah was his friend, she probably did it for free.

She was upset that Sarah would call Stephan, Dawn's husband. When clearly Sarah knew she liked Stephan. 

Olivia was even more upset with the way Stephan was behaving right now with Dawn, he was soft on her and it was unusual. It angered her, that she didn't know her hand had already turned into a fist.

How she wished it was her Stephan was touching like that? Stephan had never been gentle with her no matter how hard she tried, he didn't care about her.