Chapter 20

MARIA HOSPITAL*

Mr and Mrs Kim left the hospital for a night conference at the office, so it's just Ruby with Richie in the private ward.

She's sitting beside his bed with her phone in hand, and the phone suddenly started ringing.

It's 'My Love' calling, and she was about to pick when Richie suddenly screamed from his sleep, so she dropped the phone and spranged up.

"Richie!"

He was sweating so much with obvious pains in his open eyes, and he was breathing hard. He had the scary nightmare again.

"Richie are you fine?" Ruby asked, touching his hair.

He tried sitting up, but the pains in his back sent him back to the bed.

"Ahh!" He groaned.

"But they gave you painkillers earlier, should I call the doctors?" She said.

"I can't sleep on this bed" he replied.

"Should they change the bed?" Huh?" She asked.

"I can't sleep on any bed alone! Get me out of this bed" he replied.

"What are you talking about?" She said confusedly.

"Where's Lovie?" He asked.

"Lovelyn? Dad sent her away" she replied.

"What! Why?"

"He piled the fault on her" she replied.

"He didn't insult her, did he?" He breathed.

"He did more than that" she replied.

"Get me my phone" he said.

"The doctor said no phone till you're healed" she replied.

"Ruby stop this" he tried to sit up again, but the pains in his back sent him down once again.

"Argh!!"

A doctor came in immediately.

"You're awake Richie" he smiled.

"Get me out of this bed" Richie replied.

"You should be resting right now, sorry I'd have to sedate you again" the doctor said and loaded the syringe.

"No don't...

Before Richie could say further, the injection went into his drip, and his eyes went shut slowly as he slept off again.

NEXT DAY, 6PM-LOVELYN'S PLACE*

Lovelyn was sitting on her reading chair again with her phone, trying Ruby's line but she's not picking.

She has been trying it since last night, but it has been the same, is she mad at her too?

She went to the hospital three times today, but she got no chance to go in since it was already surrounded with guards, and she knows Mr. Kim did it cos of her.

She's greatly worried. Even if it's just his voice, she wants to hear it and be rest assured that he's fine, but it's not happening.

She was about to dial Ruby again when Bernie's call came in.

She wanted to ignore, but thinking about what he might do to her if she does, she picked sluggishly.

"Go to school right now, I need you to clean the premises" he ordered, and she spranged up.

"What! Today is Sunday Bernie! And besides, the sweepers will do their job tommorow" she said.

"I gave them a free day tomorrow" he replied.

"What!"

"You have just ten minutes to get to school, sent me pictures" he said and hung up.

"Aish! Why is my life like this? I have to go to the clubhouse!" Lovelyn groaned as she threw on jean trousers on the top she's wearing.

She ran out of the house.

TWELVE MINUTES LATER, HORIZON HIGHSCHOOL*

Lovelyn is currently standing in the middle of the school field, her mouth so wide as she stared at all the dirts.

It's obvious Bernie did the dirts just to make her suffer, is that really necessary?

It's sure she won't be going home tonight.

She snapped a picture of herself on the field and sent it to him before going to the waste bins to get broom and a bin.

She was about to go back to the field when a guy appeared.

"Oh! You...." She blinked, recognizing him as the guy she bumped into by the door when she was going to change into her sneakers in class two days ago.

"You recognize me?" He smiled.

"Yeah! You're... Ian, same class" she replied.

"Nice, I need your help" he said.

"On what?"

"I forgot my assignment note in class, and it's locked already, do you know where they keep the keys?" He asked.

"The store room, let's go" she left the broom and bin, leading the way.

Ian smiled ominously before following her.

Just when they got to the front of the store room, her phone rang, and her eyes widened when she saw it's Richie.

She quickly picked.

"Where are you? Love" he asked gently.

"I'm in scho...

Ian pushed her into the dark store room before she could finish, and she fell with a loud whimper as her phone crashed on the ground.

Ian closed the door.

MARIA HOSPITAL*

"Hello! Love! Lovelyn!" Richie shouted fearfully on phone, but she already hung up.

He actually woke up some minutes ago, and he was lucky enough to meet a nurse who got him his phone from where it was kept. She was the first person he called.

He got down from the bed, removing the drip from his hand.

"Young master, this isn't right" the nurse said, but he pushed her out of the way and rushed out of the ward.

"Young master!" The doctors shouted at once, but he knowingly took the stairs instead of the hallway, just to avoid the guards.

He got to the park and entered Ruby's car.

Though his back still hurts like hell, but he really wants to make sure she's fine. There must be a reason she suddenly hung up with a loud whimper.

He drove into the school eventually, and he rushed out of the car, running into the building.

"Lovelyn!!" He shouted, opening the door of the first classroom he saw.

No Lovelyn in sight.

"Lovelyn!!!" He screamed again, opening the second, third, till the twentieth class.

He rushed out of that building and entered another one, calling her name repeatedly till he has almost checked out all the classes.

He got to the field and saw the bin and broom.

"Please don't!!! Please!!!!" He heard Lovelyn's voice not far from the spot, and he took to his heels again, running till he traced it to the store room.

He made to open the door but it was locked, so he shifted back and kicked it, but it remained unmoved.

"Arggg!!!!!" Lovelyn's cries came from inside again, and he went to the window.

He threw a punch at the glass, and it cracked.

His second punch broke the glass, and he was able to open the window afterwards.

He jumped in, and he quickly located the switch, putting on the lights only to meet an heartbreaking scene which made his eyes widen.

Lovelyn is under Ian, and her blouse is gone already. She's got bruises all-over her body as a result of struggling with him in the dark.

She's bleeding from the nose with tears on her face, and her hands were tied backwards!

Ian is currently trying to take off her brà, the straps are even gone already...

"F*cking son of a b**ch!" Richie spat lividly and rushed to the scene, pulling Ian up from her.

He made to punch him, but the pains from his back came again, and the back began bleeding as his arm went down on its own. He couldn't raise it.

Ian took the opportunity and punched him instead.

Richie staggered and fell weakly on a table, and the bleeding of his back increased when he landed with it.