Chapter 38

“My gosh! You scared me, Eli!” said Kate putting her hand on her heart as a way of calming herself.

Her smile fell from her face as she saw the photo frame that was in my hand. She closed the door and sat on her swivel chair, smiling a victorious smile. I've never seen her laugh like this, she always kept her voice down when she laughed but this time it was a loud one which even made her shed tears.

“You're such a bundle of joy, Eli! Did your dumb mind finally figure it out?” asked Kate wiping a tear from her eye.

“Are you really Katherine? Mr. Holmes' daughter?” I asked in disbelief even though I knew that it was her.

“I'm so proud of you for finally figuring that one out. You don't know how exhausting it was to pretend to like you. I was having a hard time pretending to be happy, but tell you what? You were fun to fool with.” she said smiling like she won a lottery.

“How could you, Kate? The note, the birthday cake, and the bullying at the orphanage, it was all your doing! How could you have done this to me? What did I ever do to you?!” I yelled at her angry at myself for being played like this.

“Because I fucking hate you so much it makes my blood boil that I couldn't do anything! You took away my dad from me! Ever since he took over your case, it was always 'Eliana this, Eliana that,' and I got tired of it. He missed two of my birthdays because they said you were sick and he died in a car crash trying to go to you when they said you went missing! I was tired of being a step-daughter to my own dad!” she stated her reasons why she made me suffer.

“I was just eleven! Why do you act like I got sick on purpose? How is it my fault that your dad was committed to his work?! Did you think I wanted to be in an orphanage? Did you think I wanted my mom to die so unfairly so I could get into the orphanage and have Mr. Holmes as my psychiatrist? Did you think I wanted to have nightmares every single day so I could take your dad from you? Why do you make it seem like everything that happened to me was reasonable and fair?! And I can't believe I hated Nicole all those years when the real bully is right in front of me!” I screamed my hands shaking out of anger.

“I will make every single moment of your life a reminder of what you did to me. I have a promise to keep to my mom. I will ruin you, Eliana. I will make your life a living hell and those photos, I sent them. There is nothing you can do to me, Eliana. You are alone and you have no evidence that I did anything,” she finished her speech, proud of what she had done, her Cheshire smile making me want to stab her in the eye.

“That's where you are wrong, Katherine," I called her by her real name," I am not alone and I certainly will not let you get away with this. I will make you pay for everything you did. You are the reason Killian is in the hospital and I will never forgive you for that! I will not stand by and watch you ruin my life.” I swore determined to make her pay for what she did.

I got out of her office slamming the door shut, I was going to expose her. She was the one that started the rumor at the orphanage that I killed my mom. She was the one that ruined my birthday that Nicole worked hard to prepare, and she was the one who wrote me the note that said 'murderer.' I couldn't believe how things were going wrong one after another.

I planned on going to the hospital and getting some rest. If there was anything good Killian's accident has brought, it was that my relationship with Victoria has improved. At first, she didn't want to accept that I was in a relationship with her son because like the secretaries before me she thought that I was after his money. She told me to leave the hospital one too many times but I was stubborn enough not to listen to her. I refused to leave Killian alone even though it was his mom who ordering me to do so. After days she got used to my stubbornness, I wasn't going to go anywhere and now I've gotten close to her asking her favors and whatnot.

After getting into the cab, I went to the hospital. I haven't even gone to my apartment in these past weeks; I was paying rent for no reason. I spent every waking hour with Killian as he slept away his life and I stared at him hopelessly. I was hoping that he wouldn't make me wait too long before he woke up. He was right beside me but he wasn't there at the same time.

I got into the VIP hospital room, greeting Victoria who greeted me back. She looked very tired and I suggested that she rested at home. She agreed after refusing a few times to go home and rest. I sat next to Killian as soon as Victoria left the room, closing the door behind her. I took his hands in mine noticing his nails that have grown longer. I clipped off the nails with a nail clipper I had bought last week. After finishing, I held his hand and leaned on the hospital bed, hoping to get some shut-eye.

“Lady, what are you doing?” asked a voice I've been yearning to hear for weeks.

My Killian woke up!