The Billionaire's accomplice

Grief...

KELSEY

I woke up in a daze after sleeping for just an hour or two? I wasn't really sure, as if i already lost track of  the time. I got home just before dawn from the hospital, sleep was actually evading me in the past days. I could say that somehow my physical body was fine, but my mental and emotional self was giving me a hard time, I could not stop thinking about Gabriel while I was staying by Jeremy's side.

I bravely defied his orders not to spend my whole time with Jeremy, with total disregard of what he wanted me to do,  and setting aside  our never ending clashes and ceaseless arguments.  I was waiting for him to do something, I didn't really care, he could try to stop me, or couldn't he? But much to my surprise, he did not do anything. I have avoided him but it felt like dying for not seeing him all those times.

It was a gloomy day, the sun was hiding from the nimbostratus clouds that scattered from the horizon, as gloomy as the turbulent emotions that was threatening to overwhelm me. My day had not started yet, but something was already feeling off. And whatever i do, that feeling was nagging into my subconsciousness and lurking behind me for days already.

I found Sarah preparing a breakfast as I got out of my room after taking a shower. I walked barefoot to the kitchen inhaling the smell of freshly brewed coffee that somehow lifted up my gloomy mood. I was still wearing a bath robe and had a towel wrapped on my hair. I sat down lazily still yawning in one of the chairs as I helped myself with a coffee. I told Sarah that nagging feeling...

"You look so exhausted already. Will you stop adding more to your worries?" She sounded irritated, but I knew it was just out of concern. She spoke without looking at me as she continued with what she was doing.

"I just don't know.." I sighed, the coffee was strong with a slight bitter taste, I took a few sips and put down the steaming mug on the table. My stomach made a grumbling sound, I haven't had a good meal in days, not because there was no food to eat, but I had no appetite and no desire to eat.

Sarah placed a plate of buttered toast and scrambled eggs in front of me.

"Eat, lady...look at you, you already lost so much weight." My mouth curled in a faint smile, having heard Sarah scolding me early in the morning like a clucking mother hen. I knew it was all an act.

I took a bite of the toast and just forked the eggs absentmindedly after a few bites while deep in my thoughts.

"Did you get home again before dawn? I didn't hear you came in."

"Yeah." I said in a small voice.

"I can't understand why you're doing it, leaving the hospital at dawn because you are avoiding Gabriel who goes there in the morning. I don't know what are you thinking 'gurl!"

Sarah sat down in front of me.

"Look at you, you look so exhausted, you have to get enough sleep, don't play with your food, eat up."

"I..." my voice was drowned by the  sudden sound of a cellphone ringing, my eyes started searching for my phone but realized it was Sarah's. Then I remembered that my phone was plugged in and charging in my room.

It stopped after awhile. Sarah deliberately ignored it.

"No phone calls early in the morning, today is Saturday for God's sake."  She muttered while holding a ladle and started stirring a steaming pot on the stove.

It rang again. Then rang a third time. Sarah impatiently  turned off the stove and went to the kitchen countertop to pick up the phone.

"Why Jacob is calling me at this time?"