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It's been almost a week that I'm still staying at my fathers house but not because I wanted to but because Sia needs me and because mom is also sick.
I wasn't that bad because most of the time I spent it in my room or with Sia outside in the garden and I didn't run into my dad that much. Just like I wanted to.

"So... are you coming with me to London on Sunday?" Sia asks as we're both waiting down the street in front of our house.

"Huh?" I ask her.

"London? Are you coming with me on Sunday?" She asks again.

"Oh... I don't know." I reply.

"Shit! I totally forgot that you have a girlfriend now. Sorry." She says smiling.

"I don't. We're not together anymore." I reply to her.

"What!? Why?" She asks surprised.

"Things didn't work out for us. I guess we were never meant to be together."

"I'm sorry." Sia says rubbing my back.

"Don't be. I think it's better this way because now she has found someone else." I tell her.

"She did what!?
Wow! I thought that you two were never gonna separate when I saw her fighting to bring you back to life that day at the hospital and now you're telling me this."

"Yeah. Me too." I reply simply.

"Well that's her loss because she will never find someone better than you." She says.

"I guess you're right." I reply smiling a little.

"So, are you coming to London with me or not?" Sia asks again.

"I don't know. I was thinking to go to Turkey." I reply to her.

"Turkey? Why Turkey?" She asks confused.

"I don't know... maybe I'll find someone special there." I say chuckling.

"But I wanted to be with you?" Sia says.

"If you want you can come there to." I tell her.

"Really?" She asks excited.

"Yeah." I reply simply and she hugs me.

"Okay but seriously, why Turkey?" Sia asks.

"Nothing special. I just want to start a new life away from everything and away from everyone." I reply.

"You really loved her very much didn't you?" Sia says and for a second I just look away then I reply to her.

"No one should love someone that much because one day they may end up just like me. Unable to love even themselves." I say to her when suddenly we hear Mrs. Taylor screaming.

"Quick! Something happened." Sia says and we both start running towards the room where we heard Mrs. Taylor scream. As soon as we get inside we see Mrs. Taylor crying besides our mother's bed.

"What happened?" Sia asks worried as she helps Mrs. Taylor get on her feet.

"Is she okay?" I ask her.

"Call  an ambulance." Mrs. Taylor tells us before she goes over to the other side of the bed and starts crying while she strokes mother's hair.

"She's... she's bleeding from her mouth."  Mrs. Taylor says crying and I immediately look at mom who's momentarily unconscious. Her mouth is covered in blood and I immediately take something from the nightstand to wipe her mouth.

"I'll call 911." Sia says rushing out of the room crying.

We wait by mother's bed until Sia comes back with the ambulance and paramedics. Once they put mother in the ambulance we go to follow them. When we get close enough I can see that she's bleeding a lot this time and my eyes fill with tears. The paramedics start putting mom in the back of the ambulance after placing her on the stretcher and before they shut the doors they ask us who's going to get inside.

"You go. I'll come after you with Harry and Mrs. Taylor." I tell her.

"No. You go inside. She needs you more than me. She hasn't seen you in years." Sia says.

"I can't. I can't watch her like that and not do anything about it." I say looking sadly at mother who looks pale.
Sia sighs then takes a step closer to me and pulls me into a hug making me gasp slightly but I hold onto her tightly.

"You have to. This might be the last time  you're seeing her and if you don't make things right now, or you might never get another chance." She whispers softly against my ear.
I nod. I know she's right.

"Okay." I reply as I let go of Sia and I climb into the ambulance.
I sit beside her holding her hand while the paramedics do their job.
As I hold mom's hand, all I can think of how badly I want to stay here with her. It's like every fiber in my body wants to protect my mom and make sure nothing ever happens to her. Maybe all this is because I feel guilty that I haven't been here for her earlier or it's just that I've missed her so much. I don't know . I don't know what I'm feeling right now.
My emotions aren't clear but I wish with all my heart she gets better.
For a moment I feel like she's squeezing my hand and when I look at her she has opened her eyes a little and is smiling.

"Thank you for being here with me." Mom says in a low voice.
"Always." I reply leaning forward kissing her forehead softly and giving her a small smile.
Mom closes her eyes and I feel myself getting teary eyed again and I know that I need to stop myself before it starts.

"Mom... I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for not being here for you earlier."
I wipe the few tears off my face as mom opens her eyes once again and then she starts crying.

"Now... now that I heard you call me mom I don't mind even if I die. You know I love you Bryan... even if you don't love me back." She says.
"I... I love you so much mom. Please please don't talk like that. I don't want you to leave. Ever. And I won't accept your death mom.
There's so many things I want to tell you mom." I say crying.

"I'm hurt mom. I can't handle to lose someone else or I might end up losing myself in this world too."

"Bryan..." Mom says in a low sobbing voice.

"I thought I could be happy once again mom. I thought someone would be able to love me without judging my past but I was wrong because who am I to expect someone to love me when I can't even love myself anymore.
My life is hell mom." I say wiping my tears.

"My poor baby." Mom replies reaching up to stroke my cheek.
"It isn't your fault. None of it is your fault." She says gently.
"You shouldn't blame yourself for anything."

"We arrived at the hospital." One of the paramedics says.

"Okay. Let's go." I answer him.
They lift mother up then they start running inside the hospital.
When I get out of the ambulance Sia is already waiting for me outside.
She wraps me in a hug.

"You're not allowed to cry. Okay?" She whispers in my ears.

"I'm not." I reply.

"Did you make everything right?" She asks as we walk inside the hospital.

"I think so." I respond.

"Good. Now let's go." She replies walking next to me as we head towards the room where the doctors are keeping mom. We open the door and Sia immediately rushes inside along with me following behind her.
When I enter the room I find a bunch of doctors surrounding mom's bed.

One of the nurses turns around to us and asks Sia and I to leave.

"She's our mother." Sia says.

"Yes. But we have to examine her first, and you two can wait in the hallway. The doctor will be here to explain everything to you in a minute." The nurse says to us in a firm tone.

"But we..." Sia says but I cut her off.

"We understand. We'll wait outside." I say grabbing Sia's arm and pulling her outside.
A few minutes later one of the doctors  comes out of mom's room.
The doctor nods at Sia and I before he walks up to us.

"Hello. My name is Dr. Jones. I'm the chief surgeon of the hospital." He introduces himself.

"Hi sir. I'm Sia. This is my brother Bryan." Sia explains.

"How is she doing doctor?" I ask as I grab his hands.

"Well... her condition is stable but we still don't know if she's gonna make it. It might be a chance that she will survive if we operate her tonight ." Dr. Jones responds to me.

"Do you really think she'll make it?" I ask him trying to hide my nervousness.

"With all due respect Mr. Bryan, I think your mom is tough. Even though her body is exhausted she made it here but the risk of an surgery like that is high. If she survives the surgery and the drugs that are pumping through her body then I believe she'll make it. However, if we don't operate right away..."

"She won't make it." Sia says in a low voice.

"Miss. Sia your mother's illness is in the last stage but I promise you that we'll do everything that we can." Dr. Jones says turning to me.
I nod my head knowing it's the only thing I can do.

"If you'll excuse me I have to go and prepare the surgery room for your mother." Doctor  Jones says before leaving us alone.

"I hope he's right." Sia mumbles as she lets out a deep breath as she puts her arms around me and hugs me tight. "I hope mom makes it."

"Me too." I whisper hugging her and then I kiss her on top of her head and then I let go of her when suddenly my phone rings.
I pull it out of my pocket and look at the screen.
It says no caller Id.

"Who is calling?" Sia asks curiously.

"I'll see who it is." I say as I pick up my phone.
"Hello?" I say after answering the call as I walk away from Sia a few steps.

"What took you so long mate?" A familiar voice says.

"Why are you calling me Jed?" I ask as soon as I realize who called me.

"I missed you  bro." Jed replies sarcastically.

"Cut the bullshit Jed. I don't have time for your games." I snap angrily as I take a couple more steps down the hall.

"Yeah. You're right. So... I was pissed that you took Sia from me so I took your girlfriend." Jed says.

"Jed..." I begin to say warningly.

"I told you that you two are going to pay for what you did to my brother."

"Half brother." I correct him.

"Whatever. I don't give a fuck. You took my best friend from me and your little bitch is going to pay for that if you don't arrive at the right time to save her." Jed says.

"If you touch even a single hair from her head I swear I'm going to kill you this time Jed." I snap angrily.

"You have two hours to save her. She's at the old forest." Jed says then he hangs up the phone.

I'm gonna kill him. If something happens to Mia. say to myself while I
put my phone back into my pocket as I continue walking further down the hall.

When I'm finally out of the hospital I take a taxi then I go to my place to get my gun and some other stuff then I take my car and drive to the museum.

The Museum is located at the outskirts of town. It takes about an hour to reach there.
I arrive at the museum just in time.
When I park the car I hurry in through the museum's main entrance.
I walk upstairs looking around for Mia.
When I walk into the second floor I find that most of the rooms are empty.

"Mia!!" I yell hoping she might hear me.

"Mia! Where are you? I shout as I walk further inside the building when suddenly I hear something on the roof.
I quickly run to the stairs and climb up them till I reach the roof.
When I reach the roof I see someone tied up in a chair.

"Detective?" I ask surprised but she can't speak because her mouth is  covered.

"Let's untie you." I say getting closer to her.
After a couple more minutes she is freed from the ropes binding her up.

"Are you okay?" I ask helping her stand up.

"Yeah. Thanks." She replies.

"What are you doing here?" I ask her.

"My boss sent me here in a mission to check this building and while I was looking for things here someone knocked me out with something. Then when I woke up I saw myself tied up here." She explains.

"I don't understand. What is he trying to do. Why did he say that he has Mia and why is Beatrix here." I say to myself when suddenly I see someone with a gun pointed at Beatrix in the other building .

"Detective look out!" I yell as I push Beatrix to the ground to protect her as the man shoots at us.
He pulls the trigger another time but luckily for us the bullet  goes past our heads and lands on a wall.

"They're trying to kill you detective? Why?" I ask.

"I don't know. I have no idea." She replies.

"Well whoever they are I'm not gonna let them kill us. Not today." I say as I  take out my gun.
I take out the safety and hold the gun in my hand.
As soon as he sees that I'm holding a gun he runs to one of the building's exits.

"Well that was easy." I say chuckling  slightly as I turn around to face Beatrix.

"Yeah." She replies simply.
"Now give me your gun. You can't shoot anyone as long as I'm here or I'll have to put you in jail which I can't since you basically saved my life."

"Fine but we have to get the hell out of here before they come back again." I say and we both start walking downstairs.

When we're finally out of the museum my phone rings.
It's a message. From Sia. I immediately open it.

Sia: Bryan where are you? Mom just got out of the surgery room and the doctors said that she's gonna be okay. She's safe now.

"Thank you god! Thank you very very much!" I mumble as I put my phone back in my pocket.

"You look happy." Beatrix says.

"I am because this is one of the best days I've had in a while." I say smiling.

"Well by the look of your face I think you're gonna have a lot more from now on." Beatrix says as we continue to walk towards my car when suddenly I see Damian across the street coming towards us.

"Hey? What are you doing here?" I ask him as he continues to walk towards us.

"What? You texted me the address and then asked me to come here to talk." Damian explains.

"No. I didn't text you anything. This must be a mistake or something."

"Here, that's the number." Damian says as he shows me his phone.

"This isn't my number. Someone else must have sent you those messages. I didn't send you anything." I explain.

"Well if you didn't send me that text than who did?" Damian asks.

"Someone who wants to ruin my life ." I reply bluntly as I shake my head.
Beatrix gives me a questioning look but she doesn't say anything just walks a few steps away from us.

"Look. I gotta go Damian and from now on it's better if we don't see each other. I won't text or call you. Just stay away from me alright." I explain giving him a look.

"Is this because of Mia because I don't understand any of you guys. She acts strange, you act strange , and you all keep hiding secrets from me." Damian states.

"I don't want to hear anything that has to do with her." I say as I begin to walk away from him.
I'm done talking to him.

"Then you don't understand a thing do you?" Damian asks angrily.

"I don't want to understand! Okay! I'm done with your sister because she fucking ruined my life all right!?
That's why I'm leaving Washington next week." I respond angrily turning to face him.

"Bryan." Beatrix says as she comes towards me with my gun pointed at Damian.
I give her a questioning look and she just says one word in a low voice.

"Behind."

"What? What is she trying to do Bryan?" Damian asks confused.

"You tell me. You seem to know everything. Why would she try to shoot you." I say in a serious tone.

"Come on man. You can't be serious? Tell her to put the gun down." Damian says trying to convince me.

"Come on Beatrix shoot him." I say in a calm tone.
"Please Bryan." Damian begs.

"Beatrix now! Shoot!" I yell at her.
She hesitates for a moment but she pulls the trigger and the next thing I hear is the noise of my gunfire echoing around us.

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