CHAPTER 27: CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN : A PERFECT ACT

Christy’s POV

The doctors have been in there for hours, no news about how Curtis was doing.

The continuous rushing of nurses in and out of the emergency room made me understand that they were fighting to keep him here.

Then there is Kendrick’s unnecessary temper tantrum. I don’t really understand how he views me.

I am not his property and have the right to do as I please. So I ignored his presence.

"I’m sorry about everything" he suddenly apologized but I wasn’t in the mood to talk to him at the moment.

"Christy, will you give me a chance to explain everything to you?" he asked when I ignored him but I just continued staring at the emergency room’s door.

"I am really not in the mood to talk right now, I need some space and silence" I said without turning to look at him.

He was silent for a few minutes a

And I knew he was still behind me because I could still feel his eyes on me.

"Aren’t you two just shameless? My son is in there because of this useless girl and here you are being all lovey dovey" Sameen hissed at us angrily.

"She is a jinx, everything started going wrong when she came into our family" Raina added while glaring at me.

I wiped the tears that were threatening to roll down my face.

"Let’s go somewhere to talk, you need some fresh air" Kendrick said from behind me without caring about what they said.

I turned to face him angrily, this was all his fault. If he was coming to the hospital, no one would have dared to make such a move on grandpa.

"I am not leaving here, until I confirm that Curtis is okay, so you can leave and stop making me upset" I said to him angrily before walking to sit down with my back rested on the wall.

He stood there for a while, staring at me and I couldn’t bring myself to look him in the eyes.

I was afraid of showing him how much he affected me.

How much I wanted him and how I have fallen in love with him.

When I accepted this deal, I felt like it would be easy but nothing prepared me for this emotional Rollercoaster.

He stared at me for a while before walking away, seeing him leaving made me cry harder.

I didn’t want him to leave but I couldn’t just forgive him for what has happened recently.

"You can stop the crocodile tears now, it is quite irritating to watch" Raina snorted angrily.

I ignored her as I wasn’t in the mood for any unnecessary drama.

The emergency room door finally opened again after another hour and the doctors stepped out with tired expressions.

"Sir, how is he?"

"How is my son?

Sameen and I asked at the same time, she gave me a side eye and Raina pushed me back.

"He is out of danger, he is very lucky to have survived, he was injected with a deadly poison that kills extremely fast.

I still don’t know how he survived, it was like his immune system was fighting the poison and made everything work out well" the doctor said with a tired smile.

"He would be moved to a room and you can visit him when he wakes up" The doctor said before walking away with the others.

A few minutes later, two nurses pushed him out and I followed behind them.

"What are you coming in to do?" Raina questioned me angrily when I wanted to enter the room too.

Bang!

She slammed the door in my face before I could say anything. I signed and sat on the bench outside the door.

The nurses left a few minutes later but Sameen and Raina remained inside.

I waited for an hour before the door opened again and Raina walked out angrily. She glared at me before walking away.

I could hear muffled voices coming from the room but couldn’t understand what they were saying exactly.

The door opened again and Sameen came out fuming, she also glared at me before storming off.

I slowly got up and opened the door. Curtis was already awake but he seemed to be in a bad mood as he was frowning deeply.

"Hey" I said, taking slow steps towards the bed.

"Are you okay?" He asked me with a smile while struggling to sit up.

"Just lie down, you don’t need to get up, your body is still weak" I said nervously and helped him to lie back down.

"Thank you so much" I said with a smile, after making sure he was comfortable.

"You don’t need to thank me, remember I promised to always protect you when I get stronger" He said with a nostalgic smile.

How can I ever forget the handsome teenage boy that showed me what it meant to be cared for.

"I know that you might be thinking that I am different now but a lot of things happened these past couple of years that I couldn’t have survived if I didn’t become the person I am now" He said with a sigh.

"what happened exactly?" I asked him as I sat on the edge of the bed.

"My mom wanted a perfect son like Kendrick, he was intelligent and extremely talented at a young age and I wasn’t even good at anything.

My parents saw me as a disappointment because I wanted to pursue my music career. "He paused to continue his emotions. I could see the tears that he was holding back and I couldn’t imagine what he must have gone through.

"I gave up everything that made me happy, just to be the son they wanted and yet they are still not satisfied" he concluded with a sigh and I patted his shoulder to comfort him.

Knock knock!

I turned to see Evans standing at the doorway with a polite smile.

"Grandpa asked me to call you" he informed me and I frowned wondering what was wrong.

Then I remembered that I did not check on him after the incident.

"I will come to see you later," I said to Curtis before hurrying out of the room.

I bumped into a man on my way out, he smiled apologetically before walking into Curtis’ room.

I felt a weird sense of familiarity with him, but I didn’t dwell on it as I was hurrying to see grandpa.

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Curtis POV

As soon as Christy walked out of the room, I got off the bed. All this acting was starting to give me a headache.

"Bro, you deserve an Oscar" My friend, Gerald’s voice came from the door.

I turned to look at him and he gave me a lopsided grin.

"I think you gripped her neck too tightly, you left some bruises" I said with a frown, remembering the purplish palm print on her neck earlier.

"I just wanted to make sure it was as realistic as possible" he replied with an apologetic smile.

"It’s fine, everything went exactly how you wanted it to go. The doctors and nurses have also been settled" he added and I nodded.

Now Christy will be mine and she will be too busy taking care of me to think of Kendrick.

She has always been mine.