It's been a week.
Seven days straight.
One hundred and sixty eight hours
Ten thousand and eighty minutes.
Six hundred and four thousand and eight hundred seconds .
That Alfred stones Dylan had last sighted katherine.
He has been restless will be an under statement.
He would have called her but he did not have her number .
That made him knew he did not have any of his friends number.
And sergio.
He tried getting his number from Avalon ,but she isn't present in school too.
He heard she traveled to Dubai with her parents.
But Sergio and katherine...
He does not know what is going on with them.
And he always meet their home empty any time he went there.
Alfred stared at the lecturer in his front and he groaned frustratedly , rubbing his face with his palm.
"Is anything the problem,Alfred stones ",mr kingsley ,the lecturer asked looking at him in full face.
"No",he answered .
"Then pay attention and sit upright,not like a drenched hen",he said and the class roared in laughter.
What is funny??,Alfred asked himself as he rolled his eyes.
Immediately the lecturer walked out of the class ,he then followed,being the first to get out of the class.
He have to check again.
He have to go to their house again,what could have happened?
What if something bad happened??.
What if katherine is hurt??
He just have to go their again ,he have to .
He threw his backpack into the backseat before opening the front's.
As he hooped into his black maserati,his phone rang and he tucked his hand into his pocket bring it out.
He checked the caller ID and was surprised with what he saw.
Dad???
Wait ,when was the last time he called him .
"Hello, Good afternoon dad",he said immediately he picked the call.
"Come straight to the hospital ,Alfred,",he said not acknowledging his greetings.
And the next he heard was a beep.
He need no one to tell him his father hanged up already.
He let out a heavy sigh before igniting his car with the key.
He will have to go there later ,but now he have to head to the hospital.
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"Mom is going to be discharged today",sergio said as he sit beside her on the chair.
"Hmm",she nodded firmly as she stared at her mom's sleeping face.
Sergio turned his gaze to her, noticing how damp her mood is
"Are you okay?,",he asked staring at her face.
"Yes",she answered not sparing him a glance.
"Are you sure ?It is just that you seem so down",he probed further and kate sighed.
She faced him.
"I'm fine gio,I'm okay",she replied before looking away once again.
Is she upset or what?.
Wellshe has all the right in this world to be upset.
His so called father harmed her mom ,so why wouldn't she be angry at him.
For mores than ten years of his life,he has no family to call his own ,no friends for he always want me to be alone.
He was a very aggressive person in school and find happiness in bullying then,so everyone feared and neglect him.
His life had always been filled with darkness when he lost his mom.
And then katherine and her mom came into his life.
He didn't wan to acknowledge her as her stepmom,or mom at first but she was persistent.
She care for him and love him.just like his own mom.
Her eyes always filled with warmth and affection when staring at him.
At first he thought it was all pity,she was just pitying him for being all on his own all this while.
But as time goes on he felt something.
Something no one ever gave to him ,not his father only his mom.
Love.
He felt loved .
He felt loved by kathrine.
No doubt,he wouldn't want to lose her and katherine,but his father is being impossible.
"Katherine,I am so sorry about your mom,I am so sorry dad did this to him and believe me.....",he blabbed.
"Sergio", katherine cut him short.
"It is no one's fault gio ,and for your information I am not angry at all,it is not your fault,so please don't feel guilty", katherine said staring at him full in the face.
Silence.
"I have to use the restroom", katherine said and she walked out of the room immediately.
She ease herself and then moved to the tap to wash her hand .
She stared at her reflection in the mirror.
It is true she was angry but not anymore.
Her mind is just filled with so many thoughts.
Thoughts like her father .
This place also hold part of their memories together.
She can remember all those times when she will come here after school and have fun with her dad's colleagues.
She can remember nurse mira and matron nora ,they were so nice to her.
No one in the hospital send to know her .
The hospital changed all workers a month after her dad's death ,but she was surprised to still find me Giovanni here .
Maybe because he is one of the director relatives.
Matron Nora and Nurse mira resigned just after her dad's death so they haven't been in touch.
Katherine blinked back the tears burning at the back of her eyes before walking out of the restroom.
She walk down the hallway as her mind is filled with thought,but was jerked back to life when she bumped into someone.
"Oh my bad,I'm so sorry", she apologized furiously.
Attempting to raise her gaze she heard her name.
"Katherine",the voice called and her gaze yanked upward.
Her eyes with those pair of pretty blue eyes ,she wouldn't deny she love.
"You",she gasped her eyes filled with surprise.
Penned by: ✍️ Aisha Humayrah.