The Billionaire's accomplice

Foolish heart....

KELSEY

I  did not sleep even a wink all night, my head was killing me, my throat felt so sore  and dry,  the left side of my face was still painful and  the bruise was  more obvious than the previous day. I looked awful,  Jeremy must have really struck  me so hard,  I  still winced in pain just reliving that moment.  I wasn't feeling well, I felt queasy  and hot. But I didn't want to create a fuss, and I was still worried with Jeremy, as arranged, I  still had to go to Glendale.

As i laid in my bed still wide awake, the whirring sound of the helicopter in the early hours of dawn told me that  Gabriel and others have left early.  We were set to follow by car at noon and I had to take Nana with me. By mid morning as we were getting ready,  dark and dense cumulus clouds have started  to appear in the horizon, with the rustling of  leaves in the trees, and the  swaying of branches, it was going to be a gloomy and breezy day, the rainy season had just begun.

We were halfway to Glendale  when it started to rain,  it came with big raindrops splattered in the car window as we travelled, that turned into a  heavy downpour and  made it somewhat difficult  to drive with almost zero visibility.  There was no forecast when I checked  in the morning,  i never expected that there would  be a sudden thunderstorm.

The howling sound of the wind could be  heard from time to time, and its gustiness whipped and rocked  the car as we descended to a long and winding road leading to the main highway. The momentary struck of lightning and explosive sounds of rolling thunder  frightened  me,  I trembled and my chest pounded as the sound seemed to vibrate even to my subconscious mind, I clutched Nana's hands and closed my eyes tightly instead of covering my ears, I needed to feel that someone was beside me. Thunder and lightning  have terrified me since I was  a small child, a phobia that I have never gotten over with. Nana noticed my fearful reaction , she held my hand  tightly to console me.

The car stopped in one side of the road, the area was above sea level, with terrains and zig zag roads. It would not be safe for us to continue. We waited, got stranded for long hours, there was also a danger of rocks falling down the cliff from above us.  I felt more sick,  I was  suddenly  burning  up with fever.  From out of nowhere, a loud smashing sound  rattled the car  from behind us,  it was so loud that I heard myself screaming,  everything came at once to shake my consciousness, I was in pain, I felt sick and petrified and  in long standing  emotional dilemma,  I laid limply in my seat, it was the last thing I remembered...I fainted in Nana's arms.

My eyelids felt so heavy, and it flickered as I forced myself to open it, my vision was a bit  hazy as the whitewashed walls greeted my eyes, I was in an unfamiliar place. I  still felt groggy that it took awhile for me to come back to my senses. As I  lifted my arm  to touch my head,  I noticed that  my arm was hooked in an IV drip, and I was wearing a hospital gown. I realized that I was in the hospital. I groaned and grimaced from the pounding pain in my head, then  suddenly the door opened and the grief stricken face of Nana   entered  the room.

"She's awake!"  She was followed by Sarah, who came rushing in.

"Kelsey, you scared the hell out of us."  Sarah rushed beside me and held my hand, her worried face looked like she did not get any  sleep.

"How are you feeling?"  Nana helped me to sit up, and put pillows behind my back, she pressed the bed controls and elevated the head part slightly.

"I'm still a bit....rattled." I could not seem to find my voice, I croaked.

They called the Doctor after I woke up, and  left after I was examined.  I had Acute Pharyngitis, mild  dehydration and anxiety attack. My throat was very inflamed that I could not even swallow my own saliva, I was given some medications including antibiotics for the infection, the Doctor confirmed  that I could only see Jeremy  once my infection was resolved.  I didn't care about any physical pain, I was hurting emotionally and  all I could think of was to escape from the turmoil that I created for myself. But I still have to worry about Jeremy before I worry about myself.