Chapter 16 CHAPTER 16: Dying in pain Part 1

ANGELA ROBERTS’ Point Of View

THAT was not a dream. I thought I was dreaming when I heard a man mention the hospital. I am at the hospital right now. But who brought me here?

I give a man a strange look; he was standing next to the door. He looks at me like I am someone who looks crazy. I am not crazy; I am just thinking about why I am here and who brought me?

Who is this man, anyway?

“Are you okay, Ms. Roberts?” He knows me. Did I see him before?

I wrinkle my forehead, both eyebrows forming one line. “S-Sorry. Did you bring me here?”

His eyebrows align, too. “Don’t tell me, you lost your memory? I am Assistant James Tyler, remember? We meet one time. We meet at the hotel’s exit.”

My mind snaps in the air as soon as I remember him. “Oh yeah. You are the assistant.”

“Yes, assistant of Trevor Hunters. Are you okay, by the way?”

I blink few times. I guess so I am fine, except for that eerie dream. “Yes, I am good.”

“Glad to know.” He even acts like he was in severe worry. “I also want you to know that you can get discharged. My boss paid your expenses, medicine and including the hospital bills. And guess what..”

He even pauses for a while, just leaving me to guess what he means.

“My boss postponed your termination just letting you work continuously even you did not come to work on consecutive days and probably three weeks now.”

I cringed because of what the assistant said. He is right, after all. I didn’t get to work after taking what Mrs. Claudia left behind and took over her job as a maid. Laundry, ironing, cooking, and housecleaning. I had no choice because I let Mrs. Claudia leave and approved it without Auntie Amanda’s knowledge. In return, I have to take her obligations. In the end, it was my fault, after all.

“I am really sorry for what happened. I admit my fault. That was into me. I neglected work,” I said sadly and bowed to the man standing in front of me.

I could no longer look at him directly. I was also ashamed of what I had done. That is why I did not find Supervisor Emma to apologize for my absence without saying goodbye. I still have day-offs to receive but I have already used them for the wedding and for my dad’s mourning.

I’m actually glad of what Sir. Trevor’s assistant said. He even gives me a chance to work in the hotel despite being lazy. I want to work and go back to the hotel. That was the only place I thought of going back, even though I knew they could kick me out if, by chance, someone noticed that I went there and even slept in the locker area.

To my surprise, no one criticized me. I was about to doubt until Assistant James said today that I wasn't fired.

Is it means that Mister Trevor Hunters blocks my termination? What for?

I raised my face and then looked into the eyes of the assistant standing in front of me. “Why he did that? What for?”

“Simple. In exchange for his kindness, just do what he asks for.”

I immediately hugged myself when he glared at me. “Excuse me! My body is off limit and I will never sell my body to anyone,” I defensively said.

His lips lifted slightly as if laughing at what I said. Is there anything funny in what I said? Am I becoming crazy in his eyes?

For a while, that was replaced by laughter. “My boss is not interested in you or in any woman, lady. Don’t think dirty.” He even gives me a mocking look.

Yeah. I get it. A rich man will never love a woman like me, as ugly and as stupid as me.

I clear my throat. “So, what’s the exchange of everything he did for me?”

“You know, I don’t know if your brain just damaged or you are just stupid not to get what I mean. You don’t look stupid. I mean, it does not fit on you.” He even looked at me as if I had just come down in a mountain or existed on planet earth.

Am I that looks stupid?

I am indeed stupid to let my fiancee warm another’s bed. So yeah, he is right after all.

I just raise my hands, putting both elbows in every leg, then covered my face to hide my face and the tears I could not hold back. I just cried at the thought that I was so stupid. I am a colossal idiot, letting my lover in someone else’s arms.

When all I need right now is his care. I love him more than anything. I need more than anyone. I am completely an orphan. No one even cares. Not Auntie Amanda, my stepsister or stepbrother, and even Vincent.

I felt empty and alone.

Even if I cry all this, it still won’t fill the space in my heart. Space that I no longer have Vincent now.

I heard a few steps, and I just felt someone caressing my back as if he understands my situation.

“Everything will be fine, Miss Roberts.” That’s the only thing I heard from him when he comforts me.

I need someone I can lean on that I wish it was Vincent.

I wish he will show his face right in front of the door, checking me if everything is all right, like the way he uses to do when we are together. I wish everything comes back to normal. But this is a reality now.