Five days has passed away and Mina is still pretending to be a good friend to Rachel. Everybody is trying to make Rachel see that Mina is only pretending to be nice, but she did not understand why they were saying that to her. Sometimes, she will argue with Johanna telling her that Mina is a good person.
Mina is always taking Rachel out to so many places. In Rachel's heart, Mina is a good friend.
At night, Mina, Rachel and Johanna were just coming out of a coffee shop. Johanna had to follow them because of Rachel.
They were about to enter the car when a van stopped right in front of them and four men with a dark mask covering their faces jumped out of the car and pulled Rachel towards the car.
"Help!" Rachel cried out.
The driver noticed what has happened. He came out of the car with his gun and pointed it at the kidnappers.
"Let her go" he commanded.
"Stay away, or else she will die"
The driver stepped back, but did not put his gun down.
Johanna tried to help Rachel, but one of the men pulled out a gun from his pocket and pointed it at Rachel's head.
"If you come closer, I will blow her head just with a single bullet" he threatened.
Mina and Johanna were so scared that they began to shiver.
"Please, don't do anything to my friend. I beg of you. Please leave her" Johanna pleaded with the kidnappers.
"Shut up!" One of the men shouted.
"Please, just let her go and I will give you whatever you want. I have money. I will give you any amount" Mina begged.
"Who does this girl think she is? You have money and we don't want your money" another man sneered and pushed Rachel into the van.
Before Johanna could react, Mina had already stepped forward and hit the men with her bag. The driver stepped forward also and began to beat them. He tried to remove their mask, but failed. They became too powerful for him to handle and they began to beat him.
Mina stretched out her hand to pull Rachel out of the car, but before Rachel could receive her hand. One of the men took a rod and hit it on Mina's head. Mina felt a sharp pain at the back of her head. She reached out her hand and touched her head and she saw blood all over her hand and in between her fingers. She fell on the floor and lost consciousness.
"Mina!" Rachel screamed before she jumped out of the van and rushed to Mina.
"Let's go now. We can't let the police find us here" the man that hit Mina's head with a rod said and they all entered the van and it drove off.
Rachel knelt beside Mina and shook Mina's body.
"Mina please wake up! Don't go yet!" she screamed and tears flooded her eyes. She raised Mina's head with her hand and her hand was filled with blood.
She turned to Johanna who has been standing beside the car, shocked.
"Johanna, will you stop staring and help me get her into the car" Rachel shouted at the top of her voice.
Johanna shook her head and rushed to help Mina. The driver staggered dazedly to his feet and wiped the blood at the corner of his mouth. He rushed to Mina and they carried her into the car and it drove towards the hospital.
At palawan Adventist hospital.
Rachel paced restlessly up and down the hospital corridor waiting for the emergency department door to open. Johanna sat down on the chair and was already feeling dizzy watching Rachel walk up and down.
"Will you please sit down. She will be fine"
Rachel stopped and turned to look at Johanna with a worried look, but before she could open her mouth to talk, she heard someone shouting her name. She turned back and saw Mrs Sharon and Mrs Torres walking towards her.
Rachel did not panic or move. She stood there until Mrs Sharon stood in front of her.
"You... What did you do to my daughter?" Mrs Sharon asked angrily and pointed her index finger at Rachel.
"I did not do anything ma'am. I was attacked..."
Rachel tried to explain, but Mrs Sharon interrupted her.
"I don't care if you were killed at that time. All I care about is my daughter"
Johanna felt that Mrs Sharon's words were too sharp and cruel. She will not take it if anybody tries to bully Rachel. She stood up and went to Rachel and held Rachel's hand.
"Ma'am Sharon, I understand you are angry right now, but it's not our fault that Mina was hurt. You should blame those people who hurt your daughter and not us. Those men wanted to kidnap Rachel and Mina had to..."
"I don't care if they chop Rachel into million pieces!" she yelled coldly.
Johanna could not take it anymore. She yelled at Mrs Sharon. "It's all your daughter's fault. You should blame your daughter for pretending to be Rachel's friend and that's why she got hurt. She actually deserves what she got"
If Mina did not take Rachel out, those men would not have tried to kidnap Rachel and Mina would not have been hospitalized.
Mrs Sharon face flushed with anger immediately. "You..."
Rachel stepped forward and stood in front of of Johanna. "Ma'am, blame it on me. If Mina did not try to save me, she would not have been in here now. You can hit me if you want, but don't hurt my best friend" she said and lowered her head.
"I won't just hit you if I want to, I will strangle you to death and then chop you into pieces" She was infuriated and raised her hand to slap Rachel, but her hand was stopped midair.
She looked up and saw it was Chad holding her hand. She was shocked.
"Aunt please, let me deal with her" Chad's face was filled with anger and his voice was cold. He grabbed Rachel's arm forcefully and dragged her.
"You... Chad... Let me go... You are hurting me... Ah... My arm" Rachel cried out and struggled from his grip.
Mrs Torres, Mrs Sharon and Johanna were surprised to see Chad behave that way. They thought he was going to protect her since she is his girlfriend, but they were wrong. He dragged her violently out of the corridor like she was nobody to him.
Her cry disappeared out of the corridor and Mrs Sharon let out a deep sigh. She sat on the chair and buried her face in her hand. Mrs Torres walked up to her, sat beside her and patted her back gently.
Johanna immediately remembered Rachel and wondered what Chad is going to do to her. She followed then to see if Rachel was okay.
***
Chad dragged Rachel out of the corridor and released her hand. She lowered her head to look at her arm and they were red and painful. She rubbed her arm with her hand and raised her head to look at Chad. Tears flooded her eyes and it slipped down her cheeks.
He was so violent. She did not understand why he did that to her. He did not even ask her what happened, before treating her that way.
It hurt Rachel so much. She thought, "Is this the Chad I used to know? Why is he behaving like this?"
Chad's heart ached when he saw those tears trickled down her cheeks. He immediately hugged her and apologise, "I am sorry for hurting you. I only did that to save you from Mrs Sharon"
Rachel raised her head and stared at him with her teary eyes. She was confused.
"I did what I did, so aunt won't hurt you" he said with a gentle and soft voice.
Rachel was wrong all this while. She thought Chad was mad at her and he was on Mina's side. She never knew he was only protecting her. Chad would never allow anybody to hurt Rachel.
"I thought you were hurting me for real"
"No, I will never hurt you" he said and wiped her tears with his thumb.
"Rachel, are you..." Johanna stopped talking when he saw Rachel and Chad hugging each other.
"What's happening here? I though Chad was going to scold Rachel, but I think I am seeing the opposite"
"Chad was only pretending to hurt me, haha" Rachel laughed.
"Oh..." Johanna placed her hand on her chest and patted it gently, and let out a deep breathe. "Let's go back now" she said and turned and left. Chad and Rachel followed her.
As soon as they got to the coriddor, the doctor came out. Analyn and Darna were already there.
The doctor said, "She is fine, but she got an injury on her head and she have to rest now"
Mrs Sharon subconsciously turned to Rachel and stared at her angrily.
"Can we go inside to see her now?" Mrs Torres asked.
"After she is transferred to her room, then you can see her" the doctor said.
"Thank you doctor" Mrs Sharon smiled and the doctor nodded and walked away.
After few minutes, Mina was transferred to her room. They all entered the room and surrounded Mina's bed except from Rachel and Johanna who stood beside the door.
Mina was sleeping on the hospital bed. She wore a light blue hospital gown and the lower part of her body was covered with a duvet. The fluid is given from the bar connected to an intravenous line that's inserted into Mina's vein. Her injured head was bandaged.
Tears flowed freely from Rachel's eyes. She blamed herself for what has happened to Mina.
Chad turned and saw Rachel crying. He walked up to her and held her waist.
"Why are you crying?"