Riley was still gazing keenly at Lionel when the door slowly cracked opened with Lian walking in.
"Are you asleep?"
"No Uncle, just keeping an eye on him. I hope he gets better soon."
"He will dear, Mr. Louis assured that he is out of danger now. I believe he will be able to gain back consciousness by tomorrow."
"Okay Uncle."
"Don't worry too much dear. Anyway, I have to go now. Your mother will be discharge from the hospital today and checking from the time," he mumbled, looking down on his watch.
"It's already 3am now."
"But it's still early uncle, why not wait for the day to break?"
"It's alright sweetheart, I'm going to be fine. Moreover, your mother might be needing us. At least, someone have to be beside her."
"Okay Uncle, take care then."
"Same to you dear, you can give me a call if you need anything."
"Okay.., see you later then."
"See you dear." he mumbled as he sauntered out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Riley looked on and hived a deep sigh as she sent her gaze back to Lionel who laid unconsciously on the bed.
It was around 6:30pm, Lionel drowsily opened his eyes to see Riley's head on the bed, fast asleep. He smiled slightly to himself as he tried to sit upright but grimaced in pain, waking Riley up.
"Oh, you're awake."
Lionel glanced at her, forcing a smile to hide the pain.
"Yeah.., I was just trying to sit upright. Sorry I woke you up."
"No problem Lionel, how are you feeling now? Any pains anywhere? The doctor recommended that you rest a lot."
"Hey...Riley, I'm fine....No need to worry too much. And about yesterday, I'm sorry for barging on you guys looking like that."
"No need to apologise Lio, you were badly injured and it scared me to death. What happened to you anyway?"
"Well, I kind of run into bad guys." he lied.
Riley gaze at him skeptically and sighed.
"No need to hide anything from me Lio, Kate told me everything about you and Nichole. I know she is not your biological mother."
Lionel swiftly glanced at her, slightly smiling.
"I'm so sorry for being inconsiderate Lio, I shouldn't have behave like that with you. If I had, you might have not been in this state." she mumbled, slightly looking down.
"Hey...Riley, don't blame yourself."he uttered, taking Riley's hand into his.
"I totally understand how you felt. How would have acted same if I was to be in your shoes so brighten up."
Riley lifted her eyes to meet his and smiled.
"Thank you Lio."
"What for?"
"For saving my life yesterday."
"It's alright Riley, I'm glad you're safe. Anyway, where is Uncle Lian?"
"He left earlier since mum will be discharge today. He said he needed to be there before the doctor gets there."
"That's great, it would have been nicer if I had been there."
"Don't worry, they will be coming here." she replied and there was silence for a while as Riley sat quietly in thought.
"Come to think of it..., was it Nichole who sent her men after you and I?" she mumbled, jolting out of her thoughts.
"Same thoughts I had Riley, don't worry I had a close look at their faces. I guess we'll figure it out soon. All I need to do is go back to that house."
"What..? No Lio, you need to heal first. How can you fight your enemy if you're this weak?"
"No buts, anyway, enough of the talks already. I'll go get you breakfast." uttered Riley, cutting in as she stood up from her seat,gliding to the door.
Lionel looked on and smiled.
***********
Lian and Rosita was with each other in her ward when the door cracked opened, a nurse walking in.
"Good morning sir, Doctor Luke would like to see you in his office."
"Sure, I will be there soon." he replied.
The nurse nodded with a smile and glided out of the ward.
Lian turning his gaze back to Rosita,
"Okay Rosie, I will be with you soon. I will go see the doctor so that we leave."
"Sure..." she mumbled with a smile as she sat on her bed with her bag beside her.
"Alright, I will be with you soon." commented Lian as he strolled out of the ward.
Doctor Luke was working on Rosita's discharge papers when there came a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Just then, the door slowly pushed opened with Lian peeking through.
"Oh come in Mr. Lian, have a seat." offered Doctor Luke on seeing him.
"Sure, thank you." he answered as he took his seat.
"Well, here are the discharge papers of Mrs. Rosita. She has fully recovered and good to go home now."
Lian, reaching for it.
"Thanks so much Doctor Luke, you've been of great help to the family."
"Don't mention Lian, anyway, how is Mrs. Flora? Hope she is paying attention to her treatment."
"Well.., yeah she is since Nicholas and the rest are with her. They will see to her betterment. Thanks once again." he answered, standing up from his seat.
"I will leave now." he added as he sprang up fro. his seat.
"Okay..." answered Doctor Luke as Lian sauntered out of the door.
ROSITA'S WARD
Lian pushed the door opened to see Rosita in the same position he left her, patiently waiting for his return. He smiled slightly as he strolled over to her.
"Rosita..."
She swiftly turned to the call and smiled, seeing Lian approaching.
"So..., what did the doctor say? Can we leave now?"
By this time, Lian was already beside Rosita.
"Yes Rosie," muttered as he picked up her bag from the bed.
"Let's go."
Rosita smiled slightly and glided down the bed. With Lian leading the way, they sauntered out of the ward. Rosita walked beside Lian as the strolled through the corridor of the wards, down to the reception.
"Take care of yourself Mrs. Rosita." commented one of the nurses on seeing them.
"Sure Freda." she mumbled with a smiled as they continued out of the hospital.
They both strolled over to the car and Rosita stood watching as Lian reached for the keys, opening the door.
"So.., how did Riley take the news about Lionel?" inquired Rosita.
"Well, she was quite taken aback by the new discovery (i.e Lionel not being the biological son of Nichole.) I believe she knows what she have to do now."
"Yeah.., that's also good. I know Riley is intelligent and knows how to handle the situation."
"She sure does. Alright, let's get moving now." uttered Lian, gesturing Rosita into the car as he took his seat.
She smiled with a nod and glided into the car. After some few minutes, they sped off.
*************
Nichole was in her study, shuffling restlessly as she took glances of the phone on the table.
"Something is really not right over here. Why has there been any news of a body found or something? Did Zed really accomplished the task" Oh God, this is really driving me crazy." she mumbled thoughtful to herself as she walked over to the chair and took her seat.
Starring at the phone intensively for a while, she reached for it.
"I need to find out what's going on. All this, is totally confusing." she muttered, scanning the phone.
Just then, a call came through. Nichole shoot a surprised glance at the screen, lost.
"Who is this?" she mumbled to herself.