"She still hadn't come and is not even picking up the phone." Emma was restlessly roaming in Niall's cabin waiting for him.
"Ma'am! Ma'am!" Someone came in running while calling Emma.
"What happened Dave? Everything alright?" Emma asked as she saw one of the employees came running to her and stopped in front of her.
"Have you..." He panted
"Have you seen news channels?"
"No- no, why?"
"Wait a second." He switched on the tv in Niall's cabin.
"Yes, today. Around half an hour ago this incident took place, cops are still avoiding to present there side and views on this matter." The female anchor said.
The make anchor sitting just beside her took over,
"This isn't the first time such an incident has taken place but still it's very shameful to say that our country is not safe for our women. What do you think Emilia?" He asked the female anchor.
"Yeah, that's true! From our sources, we've got to know that the woman harassed was the new secretary of Niall Carter who had joined the work almost a month ago."
"Nia-Niall Carter!" Emma mumbled as she was shocked about what she heard.
She fell back on the sofa and Dave went to her.
"Ma'am, are you alright?" He asked.
Emma kept looking at the tv which kept conversing about the incident while Emma went numb. This wasn't something she was expecting.
"Ma'am!" Dave jerked her a bit.
"I need to call Jeremy!" She exclaimed and quickly picked the phone from the table near the sofa.
"Emma!" Jeremy exclaimed as soon as he received her call.
"What's going on? Where...where's Niall and Sarah?" She trembled.
"Sarah is in the hospital....she fainted.
"And- Niall?" Emma asked being unsure."
"Niall...is right now in Rutherford Medical Center, under observation." As soon as Emma heard this, she declined the call, stood up and went outside running without saying a word further.
****
"Sorry sir, you're not allowed to enter." A guard stopped Jeremy at the entrance.
"But-
"May I know what is your relationship with the person inside. Cause you see, we are being quite strict for the person's privacy and security. So...who are you to him?"
"I am his fr-" He paused.
Jeremy wasn't the best friend of Niall, he wasn't even his brother. If we go through facts, he had no relations with him and the world doesn't work according to past so, Jeremy had to stop. But he can't even stand there any longer cause there was already a lot of chaos as many reporters were trying there best to give an excellent live coverage ending up fighting amongst themselves. On the other hand, he had Hannah with him and he didn't want her to be in trouble with him.
He sighed and was about to go when someone proclaimed from behind,
"He is with us."
Jeremy turned around only to find Johnathan Carter.
"Sir-" He exclaimed.
"You can come with us," John said as he went inside.
The guard standing there greeted John and they went in.
"Who is he?" Hannah questioned, whispering in Jeremy's ear.
"Oh, he?! He is Niall's dad, Johnathan Carter."
Jeremy said and started walking while Hannah stood there looking at the back of this man walking in a great hurry wearing a black suit.
"Johnathan..." She whispered.
"Aunt! Let's go! We can't stand here for too long." Jeremy motioned her and Hannah nodded and went inside following John's trails.
They went inside through the lobbies while everyone looked at them and whispering among themselves. Johnathan had a very stern look on his face, he kept walking without uttering a single world and ignoring everyone.
"This way sir!" An employee said as he opened the door of a room with glasses as it's wall to keep observing the patient inside.
Johnathan went inside and the first thing he did was to cover those windows with blind curtains.
He sat in front of Niall who sat looking down on his interlocked fingers.
They kept quiet as John kept looking at his son. He wanted to ask many things, he wanted to talk to his son but words just trembled on his lips as he tried to speak.
After trying hard he took a deep breath and said,
"All these years...I didn't notice how old you've grown, you've become an all-grown-up man."
Niall kept quiet as he looked down, no one knew what was going on in his mind.
"I shouldn't have let you leave the house three years ago." John's voice echoed in the small room. His voice was full of guilt and grief, All these years he had left his son and let him do what he wanted to do. He never knew that eventually, his precious son will end up in a mental asylum.
"Outside..." John paused.
"Jeremy has come, I don't know what happened between you two or why you two fought but...he has always been there when you needed someone. He knows you the best and if he comes inside then please talk to him pleasantly."
While John was with his son, outside Jeremy and Hannah sat on the chairs in front of the room waiting for John to come out. They were sitting when all of a sudden Emma came running to them,
"Where-where is Niall?" She asked being anxious.
"Inside with his father, but why are you here? Who will handle the reporters at the company?"
"Sam has handled it so...don't worry. But-but what about Niall?" She asked again.
Restlessness could be seen on her face as she stood in front of Jeremy who was sitting beside Hannah.
"I haven't met him yet but...I guess situations are under control now. They said that the doctors are a bit busy so...no one has attended him yet."
"I see...so...can I go in?" She said and was heading towards the door but Jeremy held her wrist frowning.
"Hold on! I know you're worried but so we are. Let's wait."
Emma sighed in frustration and nodded.
She sat on the bench alongside Jeremy when Hannah asked, "Who is she?"
"She is my sister." Jeremy quickly replied.
"Does she know Sarah before?" She kept her voice low.
"Hmm...she knew her." Hannah nodded and looked at the window which was covered with a blind curtain.
She kept looking there while many questions kept arising inside her quiet and worried mind which she immediately wanted to ask Niall.
"Do you really love Sarah?" "The accident she had...was it related to you?"
"Do you know that your mother, Merylin is alive?"
Suddenly the door of the cabin bang opened and Johnathan came out. Beads of sweat were on his face he panted while looking here and there. He was shocked by something. Emma and Jeremy ran towards him and held him.
"Sir, are you alright?" Jeremy asked while Hannah stood up and looked at the man standing before him.
"What happened uncle? Is everything alright? Did Niall...harm you?" Emma asked being hesitant and Jeremy glared at him for asking such a question.
Jeremy knew that no matter how much Niall is angry, no matter even if he losses his mind but he"ll never harm his father. He knew how much Niall respected his father and Emma asking such a ridiculous question to him made Jeremy way too furious but he kept quiet.
The nurses and doctors soon surrounded him and started asking him different questions. He kept quiet for an instance probably making himself and his heartbeat stable and then he barely whispered, "Merylin is alive?"
His eyes went wet while Emma was shocked too and Jeremy held John tight and asked everyone to move. He took him to the bench on which they were sitting and made him sit.
Before Jeremy could say something further his phone rung, "Hello?" He asked in a hurry.
"Sir, the girl you asked to take care of.."
"Sarah?" He confirmed.
"Yes sir." He replied.
"What happened? Did she regain consciousness?" Jeremy asked being worried.
"Sir she-she is missing. She ran away from the hospital..."