Chapter 19
Kennedy heard a loud voice as she woke up almost breathless in her sleep.
She looked around and found her room was dark.
She went toward her door and slowly opened it as she peeked outside and saw Samuel was laying on the floor, unconscious. Her heart thumped as she went running and called his name, "Samuel!"
He didn't answer and she tried to wake him up but he didn't as she felt the burning skin under her fingers. She saw he had ate the dinner already but his body was burning. He might have caught fever became of the exhaustion.
She tried to lift him up but he was too heavy. And she didn't know how to lift him up to make him go to his room.
She tried again and somehow tried to drag him but he was barely budging from his position. She needed to call someone but who?
Sheila?!
But she must be asleep by now and she had twins. Did she need to call an ambulance?!
She was panicking and she poured water on his face but he didn't woke up. She got more panicked.
She went to Samuel's room and found his phone. His screen was locked but she opened it with his fingerprint and searched for Dean's number.
She called him. The call went to voice mail as she cursed under her breath.
But soon Dean called back as she picked it up. She heard, "What's up?"
"Err... This is Kennedy..." She said, her voice breathy and for a moment, there was no answer from Dean's side.
"Why are you calling from my brother's phone?" He asked, his voice was thick and it was around 3 a.m. so of course, that much can be expected.
"Because I don't have your number and I think..." She started to sniff, "He—he is unconscious... He is not waking up!"
"Who is not waking up?" Dean asked, now she got his attention.
"Samuel! He is laying dead in the kitchen!" She said as she heard a thump through the phone.
"What! He is dead!" Dean exclaimed.
"No. I mean, he is not! I hope?" She said but her voice shook. "I poured water but he is not waking up... I didn't know who else to call since you were his elder brother so I thought..."
"Okay! Okay..." Dean's voice was shaky as he added before cutting off, "I am coming. Make sure to call his friend, Noah. He might be available now since he plays games."
"Okay..."
And without wasting time he called Noah from Samuel's phone.
It didn't take long for Noah to pick it up, "Yo, bro! I am surprised you called me this late..."
"I am Kennedy, unfortunately." She said in one breath, "Samuel is unconscious and right now, he is not waking up and lying still in the kitchen. Can you come?"
There was a moment of silence then he asked, "You sure it is not some sort of prank?"
"Are you serious! He is lying there like a dead fucking man!" Kennedy shouted as Noah said, "Okay! Okay! I am on my way!"
As she cut the phone, she paced on the room and got outside as her eyes found Samuel's still body. Her heart clenched and once again, panic filled her.
She immediately called Adam.
Adam took a moment but he picked it up as she said with while crying, "Adam, Samuel is not waking up... I am scared and don't wake up Sheila, please."
"Err... I am Sheila..." She heard her friend's voice and her sniffles increased.
"Sheila, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to wake you. But he is lying like a dead person and no matter what he is not waking up."
"Don't worry, we are coming, alright?" Sheila said as she nodded and cut the phone.
She sat beside Samuel's unconscious body and placed her face in her palms. What just happened to him?
Should she call an ambulance? Or doctor? She had no idea.
Tears rumbled on her eyes as Samuel wasn't waking up. Did he die?!
Various thoughts accumulated and she was getting so panicked.
It didn't take them long to arrive and she went to the door. She saw Dean, Noah and Gwen and soon Adam came with Sheila and their twins who were asleep in their arms.
And Kennedy didn't know what to do as she huffed, "He is not waking up!"
They got panicked as they entered. They picked him up on the couch and tried to wake him up but he wasn't as Dean said, "Alright, we need to admit him in the hospital."
Noah nodded, "Yes, let's take my car."
Dean nodded as he held his brother's arms and Noah got the other. Adam poured more water as Sheila held one of the twins and Gwen held the other.
Kennedy felt her hands and legs shaking with fear as Samuel didn't responded and Dean said, "Don't worry, he will be fine."
Kennedy nodded as she went to grab a coat while the three men started to take him to Noah's car.
Kennedy said to Sheila and Gwen, "Thank you so much for coming. Please use whatever you need. I have filled the freez as well in case you guys feel hungry."
Sheila nodded as they both said, "Don't worry and we will be fine."
They reached at the hospital and the men took him to the doctor as they went inside while she stayed behind.
She waited for a while as the men came back and her questioning gazes fell on them.
Dean said, "He exhausted himself too much!"
"I had told him not to but he won't listen, so there is it..." Noah shrugged.
"What has he been doing lately to make him this much exhausted?" Dean looked at Noah and asked.
Noah shrugged. "That I'm afraid, I can't tell unless he tells me to tell you so...my lips are tied."
Dean's eyes narrowed to him as Noah stepped back and said, "He told me not to tell anyone from his family! So, don't look at me like that, alright!"
Dean looked at Kennedy as she shrugged. "I thought he has been studying?"
"Does he need to study that hard?" Dean asked and added, "As much as I know, he never studies and still managed to top."
"Wait, what? Seriously!" Kennedy asked with a gap in her mouth. As far as she knew she had to rub her ass off day and night to get good grades.
Dean shrugged. "He got my dad's genes."
"Fucking genius genes!" Kennedy exclaimed as they laughed.
Adam joined them as he said, "His blood sugar level is too low and also he had exhausted himself too much. He needs proper restrictions and diet."
Kennedy nodded. "I will make sure he gets his suger level checked."
She knew why it got lower since Samuel was living on low suger diet because of his abs workout and then comes his 'no liking to make food' policy. He hated to make food himself.
It was recently that Kennedy had started to make good food he was eating it. She sighed. No wonder he was so sick but he still managed to hide it well.
Kennedy said to Adam, "Adam, thank you so much! And I am so sorry. Please take Sheila and the twins, I will be fine."
"You sure?"
She nodded as they hugged. Adam left and he said he would take them and go back home. She felt guilty for calling them since Sheila always had to stay awake because of the children and Adam had morning office.
As he left, Kennedy told Noah to head back since Gwen might be alone in their apartment. Noah left as well.
Dean gave her the prescription saying, "The doctor has prescribed everything, I am going to buy them now. Why don't you go back with Noah?"
Kennedy shook her head, "No, no. Please, go back. I will stay here and I will be buy them in the morning."
Dean looked at her for a moment and nodded. "Alright."
Kennedy smiled at him and said, "Thank you so much for coming."
At that Dean got a little startled and said, "What are you saying? He is my brother. Of course, I would come."
She nodded but she caught the faint redness on his face which he was trying hard to hide. She had no idea what made them become so distant but she was glad that at least they weren't that distant either.
"I am sorry the way he behaved that day. I will make sure he goes to the party." She said.
"Are you his girlfriend?" Dean asked after a moment which made her startled. Girlfriend!
That would never gonna happen. She knew Samuel wasn't into those kind of relationships. He hated it and he made it clear on their first day. But still her heart somehow started to beat in an unusual way.
"What! No! I am not!" She said, "I am just a flatmate."
She denied everything but Dean didn't say much after that as if he was thinking something. He mumbled, "I see..."
"So, you are his classmate as well?" He asked.
"No. I have already finished my studies and now I am working..." She added, "and I needed a cheap place to live so here I am!"
"Oh!" He said and smiled. "Thank you for taking care of him because you know he can be..."
He hugged his words in the air as she finished it. "Stubborn, brat, unreasonable?"
"Yes, exactly." He sighed as both of them laughed.
"It is okay. I have handled worst in High Tech." She said and as soon as the words left, she bit her tongue. Shit!
"Wait! You used to work at High Tech?!" He asked.
"Err... Yes?" She chuckled nervously. No! No! He wasn't going to find out about the conversation between their father and her, was he?
Her heart started to hammer against her chest and she gulped. Stupid mouth! Why didn't she has no restrain over it!
Dean didn't say much just looked at her for a while as he said, "Alright. I will be back by morning. If anything happens, call me."
She nodded curtly as he left. Did he realise? If he did then it was over for her!
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10th Sep, 2022
(Will edit later)
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