Chapter 10

My chest tightens and the air in my lungs seizes and my hands start to shake violently.

My phone slips from my hand crashing on the floor.

No this can't be happening

Not to me

It can't be

I struggle for air and the world around me turns into a foggy haze.Streams of tears falls from my eyes

"No!"I scream

I hear Ann's small voice speaking to me but I can't make out what she's saying,her voice being drowned out by my screams and sobs.

I feel two warm hands grab my shoulder pulling me into a tight hug.They come in front of me and I can tell who they are more vividly.Its my maid.She cups my face and her lips begins to move forming words rapidly but I can't understand what she's saying

What is she saying?

She was speaking clear English,I know she was but her words were being drowned out by the white noise around me and I just stared at her crying even more.

Everything from that point becomes a blur and the world goes black

My eyes slowly opens and my body becomes receptive the environment as I blink a few times.By my side I see a man in a white coat talk to my maid at the edge of my room,I hear they're faint hushed whispers and catch a glimpse of my maid shaking her head from time to time as she listened to what seems to be a doctor has to say.

"She's okay and out of danger,she collapsed due to the shock"I hear him say

"Thank you for coming at such short notice"she replies looking at him with a gaze of appreciation

I slowly sit up frantically searching for my phone

Where is it?

"Ma'am" she calls out before coming to my side "you should lay down,you just woke up from the shock you shouldn't strain yourself"she warns

But I ignore her still in search of my phone

"She's right miss Wayne"supports the doctor

I look up from the cupboards where I was searching for my phone and look at him properly.

He was a man that seemed to be in his fifties,with a handful of grey hair,he had kind brown eyes and seemed advanced in wisdom

"But I have to find my phone,I need to call home"I respond

"I understand miss but-"says the maid

"No you don't, I need to call now!"

She had a look of shock at my outburst on her face,then a look of disapproval but says nothing.

I go back to looking for it and find it at the bottom of the bed,it's screen crack in several corners from earlier.

With shaky hands I dial Ann's number and wait for it to ring as they both watch me.

"Can I have a few minutes to myself?"I ask "I want to be alone"

They both share a look but oblige and as they walk out she closes the door behind them.

Ann's voice pierces the silence in the room and I immediately press the phone on my ear

"Hello ma'am"

"Ann how's my mother, Is she…"I pause not ready to ask the question scared of the response

My hands become sweaty and my mind raced

"I-I-I don't know ma'am,she was rushed to the hospital immediately after the fire"She responds in a frail shaky voice"ma'am the press are outside waiting for a response"she continues

The press was the least of my problems at this moment

"Alright don't give them any information I'm coming there in a few hours"I respond leaving the bed as I pin the phone between my ears and shoulder while rummaging through my things for my passports

"To Italy?"she asks

"Yes"I respond gathering them ignoring her dumb question as I'm about to end the call

"Oh and ma'am your father was here"she says at the last minute and I pause for a minute he was demanding to see you"

My brows knit together in confusion but I shoot that straight to back of my mind,that didn't matter.Mother did.

I run to my closet and grab a coat then quickly put it on,I shove my passports into it and put my keys and my phone into it as well as dash down the stairs.

I run passed the maid towards the door

"Where are you going ma'am"she yells after me

"Home"I yell back and jump into my car and dash out with the greatest speed I've ever driven.Once I reach the airport I kill the engine and get out of the car locking it as fast as I can and press the keys into my pocket.I rush into the airport building making my way through the small crowd.

Everything happens so fast and before I know it I'm on the plane.I pull my phone out of my pocket and check the time

3:00

The plane takes off and I sit there twiddling my thumbs, breathing in slowly and exhaling with the rhythm of my heart beat till it slows down.

Everything is going to be okay, everything is going to be okay, everything is going to be okay.

The vibration from my phone startles me out of my head and I rummage through my coat in shaky hands.It was a text from Ann,I quickly read the content of her message hoping for some good news

"Ma'am we received a call from the hospital just now,Mrs Wayne is out of danger but unconscious she's at Opal private hospital"

Tons of other notification flood my phone that I didn't even notice innitially but I swipe them away uninterested in seeing what they had to say.I already know it would be a disaster.

It was at this point that my heart relaxed

"She's okay"I say out loud to myself

I hadn't even realized I had no idea which hospital my mother was in.Ann really is a good ally

I don't bother to reply and just sink in my seat,I glance at my reflection at the plane window and realize how terrible I look.

I never would have thought a day like this would come when I wouldn't care about what I looked like before leaving my house after so many years.

My hair was a mess,I was still in my PJs and slippers and I look like I've seen a ghost.I run my hand through my hair in an attempt to brush down the black mess on my head but hardly succeed.

I sink back into my chair pushing my unruly appearance to the side as my mind went to ware house that caught on fire.

What could have possibly have caused it?