Mrs Maitland's POV
Gasping, I puked again.
I hoped like hell that this was the last one but no. My stomach was nowhere near done.
I threw up again, this time with blood running down my nose.
I heard quick knocks on the door. Jana was back. "Mummy I'm home!" She sang merrily
The door was locked and I had to open it. Sighing, I plugged tissues into my nose and went to open the door for her
"sorry for keeping you waiting" I said, giving her a hug.
"It's okay mommy" she said"what's with the tissues?" She added, handing me her results.
"i hit my nose " I said going through her results "this is awesome. I'm so proud of you"
"Thanks" I said hugging he
"I've got something for you" I said bringing out a book and pointing at the fridge. She headed to the fridge and opened it. She brought out blueberry jello and apple fiz soda.
"Thanks mommy" she said, hugging me. She read the title of the book and smiled "Harry Potter...I really wanted to read this"
"Alright...go up and read if you want to" I said
"You're chasing me" Jana mock gasped and I laughed
"No, I'm not.... you've had a long day..." I said
"No I've not.... Baltimore is not far from Jersey...just 27 minutes give or take" Jana said but she still went up
Okay , truth was that I was actually chasing her. I didn't want her to hear the phone call that I want to make with Dr Stephanie Louis, my childhood best friend and family doctor. I felt my self dizzying and almost falling, I didn't know when I said "Ian, hold me"
The silence answered me. I grasped the fridge handle and steadied myself, tears falling from my eyes. Ian wasn't there to hold me.

Mr Ian Maitland
Ian, my husband had been gone for 19 years. We got married when I was 18 and him, 21 , had Jana at 19 and left when Jana turned 2. The thing was that he had a rich family who got him married to a rich heiress named Ashley, who already had a kid for him. Ashley and Ian had already been married when they were just 17. That means their baby , Jordyn who they had at 18 was already 3 years by the time we got married
Too many years right? Heart break makes you keep tabs on everything.
Imagine, his wife was already sending letters from London about her plans of flying to New Jersey with Jordyn to meet him. I got the letters before him and read them . I finally told him that I knew everything, a month later.
He wanted to explain but I was past hearing. I just asked him to choose between me and Jana or her and Jordyn. He only promised me that he loves me more than Ashley and he wanted to go and settle things with his family and Ashley. He only needed me to tell him that nothing had changed at all between us and he'd go. I didn't tell him anything, I didn't speak to him for a while
Untill I noticed his very recent depression....
Then one day,he up and and left, leaving behind divorce papers. I shredded them and flushed them down the toilet.
I still loved him.
I walked slowly to the living room where the phone was kept. It rang before I even dialed a number
"Hello...City MD hospital, Dr Stephanie on the line.."a voice said
"Quit being so formal to me, you twit" I said , rolling my eyes.
"Of course you want then to fire me for lack of professionalism, and then you'd gimme a job, Scorpio!" Steph said snidely, but I can hear the underlying laughter.
"It's Aries, you idiot" I grinned
"How are you darling?" Stephanie said
"Dizzy. I think my nose is pregnant...it's been puking blood" I said
"How far gone?" Stephanie said
"Few minutes ago" I said
"It must be the lung cancer' Stephanie said
"Cut the long story short. How long do I have to live?" I said
"Um...a month , give or take... But surgery might save you" Stephanie said
"my question is...where will I get such money from...I have not even finished paying for the injections and chemo and now you are telling me about surgery. " I said sadly
"Aries, the bigger question is that will you find a donor in time? It's not like I'm praying for someone to die so that I can do thirty lungs of them" Dr Stephanie said. I could even hear the tears in her voice.
"Steph... I'm so screwed. What then happens to all the plans concerning my daughter? Obviously, the way I'm seeing it, I may die before hand resumes school for the next semester...." U was saying before Stephanie cut in angrily
"Shut up you cunt... How can you say that...oh, is clear you want to die. Bloody coward! You are not even willing to fight for your life....I swear to God, if you die, I'm gonna make sure you rot in hell....!Fuck you, bitch!" She screamed tearfully and hung up
Tears pricked my eyes and I buried my head into the pillow. I cried long and hard till I fell asleep.
The next time I woke up, it was 7 in the evening. Jana was shaking me awake.
"Mum, I made dinner!" she said
I smiled sadly "you still sound like a 6 years old. Come here, you"
She dove into my arms and I nuzzled her thick long mane. Ian's genes ran strong in her I thought, stroking her beautiful hair.
"Mommy, I missed you" she said
I kissed her forehead and she smiles "now how about you gimme that dinner you cooked"
" sure thing mum. " she said , pulling me up. We walked to the kitchen.
After a delicious meal of lasagna, followed by ice cream for dessert, we watched a seasonal movie on Netflix called 'Uncanny Counter'. From time to time, we kept screaming about how cute the fourth main character, So Mun , was. We watched 3 episodes before we called it a day
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Jana's POV
I kept screaming but the gag in my mouth cut out any sound I made. A female voice ordered me to shut up while a male shoved me closer to a cliff. I was cuffed to a wheelchair, hands and feet
"You will die, Jana, and all that you ever think you had will be mine....your husband, your babies, your money, everything will be mine!" The female voice said and cackled as she peeled off the tape and dragged out the handkerchief stuffed in my mouth
"What have I ever done to you" I wept
"You stole him from me. I loved him since childhood....he was my everything. We were supposed to get married. But you came along with those bastards and took everything away from me."
Steve shoved a guy and he fell to his feet. He was tied on his hands and feet.
"Steve, why are you doing this?" I cried softly.
Steve snapped his fingers and a tall girl in a hoodie and mask pushed a huge pink and blue double stroller off the cliff. The guy he kicked jumped to his feet and hopped desperately to the edge of the cliff as if he was participating in a sack race. He threw himself off the cliff.
All of a sudden, my wheelchair started moving quickly, gaining more momentum and speed. I fell off the cliff and looking down, when I saw blood splashed against the rocks , with some half crushed skulls, I screamed.
"Gahh!" I gulped, jerking off the bed violently. I was shaking and sweating. It was just a dream. Sighing, I swung my feet off the bed ,got up but fell down because I was dizzy. Slowly, I picked myself up and headed downstairs.
I hummed to my self, heading to the kitchen for a glass of warm milk. It looked as if my mum was already in the kitchen because the light was turned on. I tiptoed closer, hoping to startle her but instead, what I saw on the floor startled me
"M.. mom?" I stuttered, shakily. She was sprawled on the floor, obviously out cold. I carefully tugged her hand , trying to carry her up but her slightly upraised head got free of its wig and it sank into a pool of blood.
I let out a horrifying shriek. I did not know whether I screamed because she was bald or her head was broken or she had been wearing a wig all along.
My neighbors , Mr and Mrs Hatfield and Mr and Mrs Cameron rushed, knocking at my door. I hurried to the door and opened it for them, my face already soaked in tears.
Surprisingly, Mr Hatfield whipped out his phone before he saw her , as if he knew what happened. Mrs Cameron took me outside while Mr Cameron carried my mum while Mrs Hatfield whipped out whatever she would need from my mum's room.
Wait, has this happened before? How come they acted as if they rehearsed this?
Soon, an ambulance from City MD hospital pulled up. Dr Stephanie ran out, tearfully with two others, wheeling out a gurney and lifting a stretcher from it. The paramedics carried my mum and places her on the stretcher carefully before transferring her to the gurney outside. Mrs Cameron went back in and cleaned the blood on the floor, while telling Mrs Hatfield to follow me to the hospital.
I dunno if I blacked out at a point, because when I woke up, I was on a hospital bed with Dr Stephanie holding on to my hand
"Jana, this is not the time to be fainting. You have to be strong for your mum now" Her tine was surprisingly cool now..
"What's wrong with my mum....where is she" I said, trying to sit up
"You'll soon see her." Dr Stephanie said "lie back"
"I don't like lying down. " I said getting up carefully. I followed her out of the room.
"You can stay here"she said, pointing to the chairs lined up in the hallway. She rubbed my hair and smiled. "ill come get you when I'm done"
"Okay" I said, sitting down. My neighbors walked out of a room which was tagged 'Consultancy'
"Okay, Jana, we have to head home. Call me if you need anything" Mr Cameron said and they nodded before leaving
I leaned on the wall and closed my eyes, trying to think but someone kept grunting like a pig , interrupting all my train of thoughts till I heard an audible crash.
My eyes flew open and I saw someone whose IV stand was on the floor . He was stooped to the ground, panting in soft ragged breaths that echoed through out the silent hall.
I stood up and ran to him "hey, let me help you" I said, picking up the IV stand
"No worries.....I've got this" he said
His warm , caress like voice threw me off balance. What's this? I have a fiance and here I am, gawking because of a guy's voice.
C'mon, I bet he is not handsome.....
Daniel Aubrey

He turned and flashed a smile at me and I almost died.
He was hot
He had brown hair falling into his face, covering his luminescent blue eyes. His brows were straight but bore humor, mystery , kindness and hotness all in one. His lips were rose pink and he colored it cherry by biting deep into his lip.
So seductive
"Um ....baby girl, don't you think I'm too heavy for you? he said
"Nahh" I said, slipping his black hood over his head. He blushed, giving me his hand
"I'm Daniel" he said
"I'm Jana" I said, pulling his left arm around me to support him. He held his IV stand in his right hand . I held banister for support and we made it up the stairs slowly
"Could have said something but it would be weird. I'm way older and flirting with you would seem wrong" he said
Eeeek.....he wanted to flirt
"How old do you think I am?" I grinned
"16. " he said
"I'm twenty one " I laughed
"Wow....you look so young for your age" he chuckled
"I get that a lot " I grinned at him.
He stopped moving and faced me , a serious look in his cloudy blue eyes " How about....you're really cute"
I blushed really hard "C'mon, let's go up"
"Aww...she's as red as a tomato" he smiled softly and I ducked my head to avoid his gaze
I tried to shake out of it but there was this static glittery feeling in the air. It was tension, I'm not sure but I knew it was a indicator that if I stayed around him for close to a month or two, I'll be reduced to a simpering, lovesick puppy.
"Stop flirting with me" I said, giving him a light shove that startled him but wasn't strong enough to topple him down the stairs. I regretted it because I felt his entire weight on me. He was so heavy
"I'm so sorry, baby girl" he said softly. I reddened. I really love being called that.
"You really do have a way with words" I said
"Thanks" he said " Although, you may think I'm being flirty but I'm actually honest. You're cute"
I smiled "Thanks"
We headed up the second flight of stairs slowly "How did you even get down?" I said
" I used a wheelchair and headed down a flat escalator" he said "it's not working that is why I took the stairs" he said
"That wheelchair up there is yours?" I said, pointing to a skyblue wheelchair leaning on the banister of the next flight of stairs.
"Yes" he said
"What's your room number?" I said
"C15" he said
"Cardiology?" I said
"Yes" he said
"Okay. Sit here. I'm gonna take your chair to the floor your room is located on and come back to get you" I said
He sat down on the staircase and I ran up to bring it for him. I located the cardiology floor with ease and dropped the chair there. I headed downstairs to get him , almost tripping over overturned IV stands tangled with wheelchairs..
"Oh, you are back" he chuckled
"Did you think I would not come back" I sighed, raising an eyebrow
" I had my moments of doubts , yes, but I'm relieved you came"he said
I socked him lightly on the arm "jerk "
I helped him up and we continued our agonizing journey. We finally reached the floor and I gratefully put him to sit on his wheelchair. I wheeled him to his room and we got in. I closed the door behind us and proceeded to help him off his chair and the bed.
"You're too heavy.... Ughh!"
He stood up with a sudden jerk which sent us and his IV stand toppling to the floor. His big palms shielded the back of my head from hitting the floor.
I slowly opened my eyes just to see that his face was a few centimeters away from my face. His blue eyes clouded over and I saw more than just interest flaring in his eyes. I wilted under his icy blue stare, trying to avoid his eyes . His beautiful lips released a small whoosh of air, stirring every nerve in my lip area. I saw a flash of his white teeth and all my senses went off. How come Steve never attracted me this way?
"Are you okay?" He said
I nodded , reaching up to brush up the hair that fell into his eyes. His lips trembled as I did that.
Could it be that he was drawn just like me?
Snap out of it, Jana, you are engaged.
The metallic scent of blood was just enough to jolt me out of my trance. Soon I felt wet at the back of my hair and neck.
Oh my God! His hand! The needle from the drip must have dug into his flesh
"Oh no!" I squeaked worriedly , raising my head way too fast. My face mashed into his, our lips tangling.
"Ow!"
That just did it. Opening his mouth made his lips sink into mine. His eyes dropped shut and I felt the hotness of his face on mine. I withdrew my lips into my mouth to lick my lips but my tongue just ended up flicking his lips.
Blueberries....
"You're hurting yourself" I sighed.
"Huh?" he said
"Yeah. Your hand. " I said " slowly get up."
He moved up slowly and I got up with him. I was still shaken by the accidental pseudo kiss so I had to step away from him.
Seeing the blood soak his plaster and drop on the floor drove me into agony. Seeing the blueness round his face even made me feel worse. It was like this extravasation injury was taking a lot out of him
"Dan...please, lie down, you might crash if you...." I was saying but he literally fell into my arms, causing the attached IV stand to wobble and fall again
I could have sworn that my spine snapped. He was so heavy!
His soft , ragged breaths on my neck brought a little relief to me. At least he wasn't unconscious.
I moved him to the bed and laid him back. I was already in Nurse Mode (which meant thar no one could distract me, even if I was turned on by an almost dying beautifully aesthetic guy on the bed.).... But somehow , I wasn't even concentrated on saving him. His lips were giving me this huge Come Kiss Me vibe.
But do I kiss a corpse?
I had to save him first .
Then the kiss later..... And we can get married and have beautiful babies with his beautiful blue eyes and my long hair....All our kids will have blue eyes because we both have blue eyes. What may vary is the shade.
My mind has gone far ...
At this rate, if this was my IT training or school practical, I've failed.
I rolled my eyes and mentally dragged out a big , dusty ol' textbook which was titled 'How To Yank A Needle Out Without Giving A Fuck'
I picked up the IV stand and steadied it before turning it off. I grabbed some hydrogen peroxide and cotton swabs and placed it on the bed.
"Okay, pretty boy , I want you to look away" I said . "This might hurt and I don't really want to see you in pain"
He colored up cutely. "Okay"
He looked away and I peeled off the plaster. I took a deep breath and gently pried the needle off his flesh. It bled a little more and I applied the antiseptic to his wound before closing it up.
" I'm done now...lie back" I said
"Thank you....."he said
"Jana ....Jana Maitland" I said
Don't tell me that the blood loss is getting to his brain. I told him my name before ...
"Okay. " He said, breathing in deeply.
The door opened and a man with silver hair to match his silver steely eyes walked in
"Who are you, you are not a family friend or...." He snapped, dialling a number on his cellular phone and started barking into it.
"Hello? This is Doctor Alden. Where are the two guards meant to watch after Daniel? The hell of it! On their dinner break you say. Why did they not eat before coming here? Don't tell me to calm down! If anything happens to Daniel, you run off to sue me and seize my license. Look, a total stranger is in his room, apparently, he has an extravasation injury, it's clear she tried to hurt him. Of course, it's a she! How many females try to mob him everyday? Good, send the cops..."
He's calling the cops on me? It's not my fault he has that injury!
Daniel yelled "it's okay dad. I wanted to take a walk. I couldn't get back up and she helped me. I hurt myself and she treated it. She's some kind of nurse"
I mouthed a thank you to him and left the room, slamming the door to cut Dr Alden off in mid-bark.
Jeez...attitude issues.....oh well, from now , even if I see a limbless goat trying to itch its behind, I'm not gonna help.. I mused, heading down to the ICU to meet my mum.