Carl picked up the clothes and felt it's pockets which he found empty. He paused for a while and frowned as if realizing something, his expression darkened immediately
" ZACH !!!." he growled.
He knew what his brother was up to, If Zach found out anything about the girl, he would try to meddle and may spoil his chance, knowing his brother's personality.
' No, I can't let this happen ' he thought angrily and quickly strode out of his house heading to his brother's bungalow.
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After trying several times to switch on the phone, Zach finally gave up. " I'm in big trouble this time" he muttered uneasily, thinking about his brother's punishment
Zach scrambled off the bed and paced around his bedroom anxiously, he needed to fix this phone and satisfy his curiosity, then he would wholeheartedly receive his brother's punishment.
" Big bro might have found out already," he said anxiously and quickly picked up his car keys after stuffing the phone in his pocket.
As Zach was rushing out he glanced over the fence at his brother's apartment and saw the front door opening.
" Shit " he cursed worriedly with a panic expression and ran to the garage, then he quickly entered his car and drove out.
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When Carl stepped out of his front door, he headed to his brother's bungalow with large footsteps when a car zoomed past him all of a sudden.
He was startled and looked helplessly in the direction the car went. His brother would stop at nothing till he knew the contents of that phone. he hurriedly turned back inside his house to pick up his car keys and quickly drove off chasing after his brother's car.
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Zach was driving happily while looking at the GPS to locate the closest phone repair shop when he fortuitously glanced at the rearview mirror and saw his brother's car driving behind him.
He cursed under his breath and knew that he was doomed. He looked back and saw the car closing upon him and instantly increased his driving speed. He finally knew that his brother valued this phone or honestly speaking, the phone's owner very much that he was going to this extent to stop him from seeing its content. Suddenly, his phone screen lit up and he saw his brother's message
[ STOP THE CAR!!! ]
Zach knew that he had gone too far, he looked at his brother's message and knew instantly that he was very mad, he sighed worriedly and knew not to cross his brother's limit for he had already landed in a big soap. He instantly stopped the car at the side of the road and came out.
He looked around and noticed that they were in a lower-class neighborhood and some people were still roaming the street even at that late hour.
When Carl saw his brother's car parked ahead, he also stopped his car and came out with a frosty look.
*****
Clara was tossing on her bed seemingly not able to fall asleep, her stomach started aching all of a sudden and she realized that her period had come. She had been very busy with work lately and didn't keep track of her period.
She climbed off the bed and entered the bathroom, when she found out that her sanitary pad had finished she was perplexed ' oh no what do I do' she thought worriedly.
she remembered a grocery store nearby that opens twenty-four hours and checked the time ' it was thirty minutes past twelve '.
She used some tissues to hold it up for a while and quickly put on a jacket atop her cartoon pajamas while changing her slippers for a more comfortable shoe and left her apartment.
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After coming out of the grocery store with big nylon in her hand her stomach ache intensified.
She crouched down at the side of the road and held her stomach with a very painful look. " No this can't be happening to me " she grimaced painfully.
The stomach ache intensified and she felt like dying. She had never felt this kind of pain before, thinking about her parents and her little sister, a tear-streaked down her beautiful face. No, she can't die like this, she had promised her family that one day, she would bring them out of poverty and fulfill her sister's dream of becoming a medical doctor. Her parents had done so much for her, even though they were poor they worked hard day and night and made sure she had a good education. She remembered her twenty-two years old sister's smiling face " Lily" she whispered slowly, her strength draining out and her vision slowly blurring.
Just when she was about to lose her consciousness, a tall blurry figure suddenly towered over her, she slowly looked up and found the face in her blurry vision looking familiar, she was surprised and happy at the same time ' I get to see you again, I don't know who you are but I wished I could see your face every day, ' she thought inside and another fresh tear streamed down her face 'I'm contented that I get to see you in my last moment ' she thought again and smiled painfully with tears streaming down her face before losing consciousness.
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As Carl was walking towards his brother's car with anger evident on his face, he glanced subconsciously at the back and saw a slim figure crouched down. Although her head was bent down, he felt a sense of familiarity from her and he thought back to the girl he met earlier, ' I must be hallucinating ' he thought and shook his head abruptly.
He was about to look away when he saw the girl shivered slightly as if she was in pain. He frowned slightly and observed her once more, she wasn't getting up, he looked worriedly feeling an unexplainable uneasiness creeping through his heart. he instinctively strode towards her half running and immediately stopped in front of her, his heart was now burning with apprehension, looking at her closely even though her head was suspended down, he knew that it was her.
As if sensing something, she looked up Slowly and he saw her pale face which looked as white as a sheet, and fresh tears streaming down her beautiful face. She looked vulnerable and when smiled at him sadly as if finally finding a savior, he felt a squeeze in his heart as if also experiencing the pain that she was going through and he instantly felt a need to protect her forever. He had never had this kind of feeling for anyone before and knew that it wasn't the only sympathy, there was something else.
He saw her closed her eyes slowly and her body went limp losing consciousness and panic instantly overtook him. He picked her up quickly with a fear-stricken face and ran towards his car, he placed her on the back seat gently like a delicate Jewel and covered her with his jacket before rushing to the driver's seat and zoomed off to the hospital forgetting about his brother.