Quote of the day: Believe it every thing happens for a reason.

  Greg was tensed as he drove to the hospital, he was really scared for Ashley and moreover he hated anything that had to do with hospitals. Whenever he thought of hospitals the only thing that crosses his mind was Nora and his mother.

    He stared at Chloe beside him who was still shaking with fear, he wanted to ask her if what she had just told him was true, because he had a hard time believing that someone had been threatening his Ashley and she didn't tell him about it.

     His gut instincts had been telling him since yesterday when he saw the way she crushed that camera, but he never would have guessed.

    "Why the heck didn't she tell me about this?" he asked her with a questioning gaze,  because he was finding it hard to believe the whole issue.

     "She had been hell-bent on keeping you safe," Chloe answered in a calmer voice.

     "Keeping me safe? Is that why she resigned and broke up with me?" He said what came to his mind next, As he put bits and pieces together. He looked at Chloe who was looking at him with shock.
  
    "She broke up with you? I never thought she would do that... Although she had been moaning about how she didn't want to get you involved in all this shit, but I didn't know she would take it as far as breaking up with you," she said looking sincerely bewildered. He kinda felt bad now for thinking she was an accomplice.

    "Why is she hell-bent on not getting me involved? If she has an issue I believe that as I boyfriend I have a right to share in it," He said pulling into the 'new heights' hospital, he parked the car and looked over at Chloe.

   Chloe looked a little shifty like there was something she was hiding. "She must have a reason, I'm sure."

    "Is there something you are not telling me?" He asked her calmly.

   "It is not my tale to tell," she said quietly and got down from his car, this only confirmed the fact that there was indeed something more that he doesn't know.

      He felt like something was wrong somewhere, but he couldn't put a finger on it, he got down from the car hurriedly when he suddenly remembered the reason why they were there in the first place.

     They both ran into the hospital stopping at the counter, the nurse that was seated there looked at them like they had more than one head, but on getting closer the nurse gave him a seductive  look, totally ignoring Chloe. What the heck was wrong with this nurses? 

   "Where is she?" He asked with fear.

   "She... Who?" The nurse asked looking at him like he was mentally unstable.

    "A lady was brought here not too long ago, I got a call from this hospital, she has an auburn hair," Chloe said taking over from him, and she was right to do so, because he couldn't procure any sentences clearly now, he was a little surprised at Chloe's calmness, the girl had been crying before.

    "Ohh you are Chloe...she is in the E.R right now, so you can both seat there," she said with a dismissive look pointing to a set of benches. Greg wanted to punch her but stopped himself.

  They both went over to the benches. Chloe sat down but he couldn't, he was really worried, so he just stood where he was. He pulled at his stupid tie, feeling unwarranted hatred for the non-living thing that had been a part of his misery ever since he could tell.

   "Will you stop with the pacing, you are getting me scared," Chloe said almost yelling at him. He outright ignored her and continued with his pacing. Soon Chloe stood up and joined him in the pacing, he guessed she must have had enough to.

      "What the hell are this silly people doing?" He found himself saying with frustration, he had never felt so frustrated in all the years he had spent on this frickin planet.

   A random nurse came out of the E.R suddenly, he and Chloe looked at her expectantly but she ignored them and continued on where she was going hurriedly, soon she went back into the E.R with a surgical tray in hand, he wanted to pull her back and ask for whatever they are doing to his girlfriend... Sorry ex-girlfriend.

     He felt a sudden vibration in his pants, he dipped his hand into his pocket to fish out his phone, to see that it was Davis calling.

    "Gregory Kane Marshall!" Davis said sternly and for the first time he wasn't interested in whatever gibberish he was going to spurt out of his mouth.

    "Davis..." He drawled

   "When were you gonna tell me that you have eloped with your hot secretary, I'm at your office and I see neither you nor Ashley," he said without a care in the world that he had sensitive ears.

     "I'm at the hospital Davis," he said quietly.

     "What!... are you okay? Which hospital? Why are you just telling me now? How hurt are you?..."

      "Calm down Davis....  I'm okay, its Ashley," he said running his hands through his hair.

     "What!!!, is she okay? What happened?"

     "She met with an accident Davis," he said.

     "Which hospital...?" Davis started saying, but Greg tuned him out when he saw the Doctor coming out of the E.R, he hung up the call, and placed his phone back into his pocket.

     He and Chloe ran over to the doctor, the man looked at them almost the same way the nurse had when they first came him.

     "How is she doctor?" He and Chloe asked at the same time. He looked at his name tag , and found out that his name was Bryant Diggins. 

     "And who are you to her?" the elderly man asked calmly.

     "Best friend."

     "Boyfriend."

  They said at the same time.

  "What of her parents, or siblings?" Dr Bryant asked and the both of them went cold immediately, most especially Chloe.

    "We are the only family she's got," Chloe said.

  The doctor looked at them with wonder. He motioned for them to follow him into his office, they followed him Chloe a little more eager than him. Greg feared whatever the doctor was going to tell them, his experiences in doctor's offices haven't always been the best.

   "Well I must say we are very lucky as regards her accident, she didn't sustain any major injury except her left wrist that appears to be broken. I guess she must have fell on it, but we will need a thorough examination before we can see how severe it is,"  Dr. Bryant explained, once they got to his office. 

   "So how is she now?" He asked.

    "She is still unconscious..."

   "Why? I thought you said she didn't sustain any major injury..." He interrupted the doctor.

    "Greg calm down, let him talk," Chloe said giving him a glare, well he must say now that she was beginning to piss him off.

     "Well, she is still unconscious as I said, but she is well. The major reason for her unconsciousness is shock, so she should be up within 24 hours." Dr. Bryant said with a gentle smile.

    "Okay, can we see her?" Greg asked with eagerness.

    "Yes can we?" Chloe added.

  "Well, you will have to wait a few more minutes, the staffs need to transfer her to a new ward..."

    "I want the best ward you've got in this hospital... And the best treatment you can give," he interrupted the Doctor again who was beginning to get pissed, but he didn't care.

   "Yes Mr Marshall," Dr. Bryant said shocking him, how did he know his name? "Oh wipe that look off your face, you don't remember me but I was the doctor who attended to your mother."

    He looked at the man with recognition, now this was one of the reasons he hated hospital, it brought back old and forgotten memories.

    "I really can't remember, but thanks," he said politely. A call came in through the doctor's telephone, Dr. Bryant picked the call and after a few minutes he dropped it and looked at them with a smile.

    "She has been transferred to one the VIP wards," Dr. Bryant said and as if on cue a nurse entered the office after a light knock. "Nurse Maggie will lead you to the room."

  They both stood up following the nurse who happens to be a teenager, he wondered how she managed to become a nurse.

    When they got to the room, what he saw broke his heart, there was no way he could stop it, he hated seeing the people he cared for hurt, he hated seeing them in hospital beds lying lifeless.

    Greg looked at the hateful breathing gas that was attached to her, he knelt beside her form that was beginning to look frail, he hated it. He needed his Ashley like he needed oxygen, and here she was breathing through the aide of oxygen.

   He heard Chloe sniff beside him he knew she must be crying again, he patted her back gently with his right hand, holding Ashley's left hand that was in a cast.

      He looked at her thinking of ways to kill the bastard that had the right to threaten and try to kill his babe. He wasn't happy with whoever it was, he still couldn't understand the fact that his Ashley was been threatened or the fact that the guy had even gotten access to her home.

  Thinking of home...he looked at Chloe he was bent beside him head resting on Ashley's bed, he knew he had to do something, that damn apartment wasn't safe for them anymore.

   So after much deliberation he made up his mind, he tapped Chloe gently, she looked up at him with teary eyes. "We have to go over to your apartment, now!"

      "And leave her here... No, I'm so sure he has his eyes on this place too," Chloe yelled, and he already thought of that.

     "I have that taken care of...I will call my friend Davis over here, so he can watch her while we are gone," he said calmly.

    "And who the hell is Davis that I will trust Ashley with him?" She yelled again, and as he said he was beginning to get pissed.

    "He is my best friend and a good friend of Ashley, so now will you let me call him," he said with a hard voice. She seemed to grow quiet then. He dialed Davis number, letting him know which hospital they were, Davis answered immediately telling him he was coming.

   After some time, Chloe's phone rang, he saw her face scrunch up with disgust he wondered why though. She excused herself to answer the call, he let her go but he was a little wary
He didn't like the fact that a psychopath was roaming around Ashley, and the possible fact that he could be watching them now, now you can understand why he was a little wary with Chloe going out alone. Chloe was a very special person to Ashley, Ashley was a special person to him, this automatically makes her special to him too, even if he suddenly found her annoying.

   "Gregory," Davis said yanking the door open. Why couldn't this guy understand that this was a ducking hospital and that Ashley was lying there unconscious?

    "Oh my poor Ashley," Davis said moving closer to Ashley, he held her hand close to him sniffing it, Greg watched him with curious eyes, urging himself not to pry his best friend off his girl.

    "Davis you are not allowed to leave this room for any purpose," he said with a commanding tone.

     "Although, I do find Ashley quite hot even if she is lying here unconscious, but a man can get tired of just staring at a particular person," Davis said.

     "Davis...just please don't leave here, okay," he said with caution.

    "I won't..." Davis said looking like he got the message. "Is anything the matter Greg?"

   "I will tell you later Davis, right now I need to go to Ashley's home," he said with a dismissive tone.

     "Okay make it snappy," Davis said.

  He left the room, and started searching for Chloe, he was beginning to get scared. He relaxed a bit when he saw her just down the hall, he felt relieve wash through him.

   "Let's go," he said to her walking off, not waiting for her to give an answer.

  Chapter thirty five.
Mary Aden.