"Does your head still hurt?" Max questioned. He was very scared when she suddenly fainted. Even though he was the one who took the bullet, the pain was not felt by him but Monica instead. It was as if she falling unconscious gave him back the pain he owned.
"It doesn't hurt" she replied. They talked about a few things and proceeded to having dinner together.
At around 9pm Martha came to get Monica who has been blabbering non stop since she met Max. "C'mon sweetie time for bed" she said after a quick hug with Monica.
"But its still so early" she grumbled with a dissatisfied voice.
'Since when did Monica start being a talkative and act childish' Martha thought to herself.
"Monica its time for rest. Go back to your ward okay"
"Okay..." Monica replied immediately Max spoke which made Martha chuckle.
In a dark and luxurious hotel room in China, there was a man in his late 40s while face was as black as charcoal after answering a phone call.
'Crash crash'
He sent everything on the table by his left crashing to the ground.
"HOW!!! HOW DID THEY FIND HER??" He screamed as he continued to trash the room. "DAMN IT"
He picked up his broken phone which he threw against the wall and called an anonymous number.
"Sir..."
"Don't Sir me... how did things get to this point?? The plan was flawless and I made sure the entire school was secured. I even went as far as tampering the CCTV of the school and the street. DAMN HOW DID EVERYTHING GET RUINED?" He couldn't restrain the anger he had anymore as he screamed towards the end of his words.
The man on the other end was the middle-aged man who was meant to be dead after jumping down frome such height. Goodness knows how he survived and he was also able to flee the country in a very short period.
"I'm sorry sir...everything was going well until the subordinate you placed at Beauty informed us they had secured our location. It seems the information was on lockdown but he still managed to get a wisp of it even though it came really late.
"Damn it" the man in hotel room cursed again as his phone finally collapsed after receiving consecutive thrashing.
"It won't end like this... it mustn't end this way... if I can't have her then no one can" he said with madness and determination in his voice.
A week later, Max was discharged from the hospital so he and Monica together with Drake, Chris, Mr Claire and few of his subordinates who didn't return early departed Country C in their private ride.
The journey back toob about 6 hours then they drove to the Mitchell's with about 4t minutes from where they landed.
They arrived late afternoon so they met Mr and Mrs Mitchell in the sitting room. The lovely couple didn't really show much affection they just laid in each others embrace on the sofa with Mr Mitchell reading some work related document while his wife Sam was reading a magazine.
" Mom...Dad..." Max called out to his parent immediately he spotted them on the sofa.
"Max..." Sam called out in a loving tone as she embraced him. She talked with Max a few times after the incident so she wasn't too worried seing the bandage on his head.
"Hi auntie..." Monica who also came in with Max greeted Sam with a friendly smile.
"Awww its this beautiful friend of yours. How are you Monica?" Sam was very happy anytime she saw Monica even though this counts as their 2nd visits. She.so much loved this child that she sometimes thought of how her daughter would look like if she had one.
"I'm find Auntie" Monica replied. "Monica would you like to stay for dinner. It won't be long and it would be really wonderful to share a meal with you" Sam urged Monica to accept her request. Though it was a little too much as a request as Monica haven't gone home after the long trip, she still hoped Monica would accept.
"I'm sorry Auntie...my Mom is waiting for me at home so I have to head back. Don't worry Auntie I would come for dinner another time" Monica said with disappointment in her voice. She would have really loved to stay but she knew her Mom wouldn't be too happy if she got home late.
"Okay dear you don't need to apologise. I'll arrange with your Mom if you can stay for the weekend at our place. I bet it would be lots of fun" Sam said as she squealed in excitement. She couldn't wait to speak to Martha as she would have a daughter even though its only for the weekend.
"Goodbye Auntie...Max, do well to take your medications. Bye..." Monica bade farewell to rhe Mitchell's as she jugged outside to meet Drake and Mr Claire before they left for home.
"Uncle Drake, thank you for taking care of me" Monica hugged Drake on their way back home. She hadn't really thanked Drake as he contributed tremendously in her rescue and has been with her at the hospital.
"Silly girl...you don't need to thank me. You are like the daughter I wish to have so just take it as a father's love and care for his daughter okay..." Drake said with a chuckle at how cute Monica was at the moment. He wasn't lying when he said he took her as his daughter. Now the only thing left was for Martha to give her consent for them to be truly father and daughter.