Chapter 66

"Hey, Lily! You forgot your purse! There is your hospital card in here! Should-"

　　"No! I don't need it. They just... ..want me to visit the patients and staff before I join! Nothing special!"

　　"Nothing special!" I repeated again to assure him. "Come Home early okay! I'll be waiting! I'm driving. So Bye!"

　　I started the car, pulled the gear and went straight to home.

　　Without causing an accident.

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　　It was already past eight and Edward hadn't come home yet. Though he called me five times to assure me he was busy in a meeting but I couldn't help but get anxious if he might have changed his mind to come home and live with me after we did all that!

　　I saw too clearly everything they talked and most of all, I saw a crystal clear affection and love in the eyes of Lara for Edward. Her tears and words were pure and they depicted the bitter truth.

　　I knew she's just jealous but aren't we all jealous for something which is our mine and someone else is trying to take it away from us!? Doesn't it mean she loves him so much?

　　My phone beeped an alert and I realized too late that I had dialed Lara's number unconsciously.

　　"Hello? Hello? Emily? Is that you!?

　　Atleast she had my number saved! Thank god!

　　Clearing my throat faintly, I picked up the phone.

　　"Hello. Lara! How are you!?"

　　"Why did you call!?" She almost yelled.

　　Woahhh! She is angry, all credit goes to me!

　　"Well, can we meet somewhere?" Words rolled out of my mouth before I could stop myself.

　　"Why do you want to meet me after all-"

　　"I want to tell you something. So, can we!?"

　　"I don't wa-"

　　"It's related to you! So?!" I tried again.

　　I heard her sigh loudly. "Fine. We ca-"

　　"That's perfect. Meet you tomorrow at 5 pm!"

　　"Hey-" I hung up fast, throwing my phone on the carpet and cursed myself for my own stupidity.

　　Nevertheless, no matter how I think about it, it sounds pretty good idea to me to meet her face to face!

　　It would be better to molify and sort out her misunderstanding together!

　　Though it wasn't actually a misunderstanding! It was a better understanding on her part, I suppose!

　　As I bend to pick my phone from the carpet, I heard shutter of windows and a very faint slide of the glass. Immediately I gripped the nearby glass vase in my fingers firmly, holding it with my both hands and advanced slowly and silently towards the bedroom window.

　　I saw a black figure lurking in the dark, black hoodie hiding it's face. I attempted to switch on the lights of the room when someone grabbed my arm and I kicked them on the legs in reflex. I heard a loud groan anda soft wince. I threw the vase on its direction which collided respectfully with the wall and broke into pieces. My hands balled in fists, punching it's face and the figure swinged it's legs to kick in my stomach.

　　We both rolled on the floor in opposite sides. Abruptly I stood up to see the figure kneeling on the floor, with its back at me. I ran forward to kick it again when it turned to my side and my eyes widened to see it was a girl.

　　A girl with a long scarlett hair.

　　She stood up, cracking her neck to the side, and flexed her fingers before stretching her spine. Her face was still covered with her hair and a black hoodie and I moved to turn on the lights.

　　Brightness clouded the room and my eyes widened like saucers used to feed elephant, to see who it was.

　　"Your kick still hurts too much, Emily!?",she said, wiping the little blood from the corner of her lips before tugging at her hoodie which fell on her shoulders to reveal her scarlett curls and she shook her head a little to ruffle her hair that fell across her face with some admirable prettiness.

　　Winking smartly at me, she extending a hand towards me for a handshake, her mouth chewing and popping bubblegum.