Where Are You Now?

Still Alive

Chapter 49

Josh's P.O.V

"It has two bathrooms, one big bedroom, a kitchen and a living room." The man with a suit tells me. "It's a really good deal." I say looking at the small wooden apartment knowing that this is the only way I can protect her and I can actually be with her.

"Can I have your number?" I ask the man and he hands me a small card with his number on it. "Thank you." I say shaking his hand and walk out of the small wooden apartment that I pray it would be soon ours and as soon as I get to my car my phone starts buzzing.

"Yeah, George?" I say once I pick up. "Josh, where are you?" He says in a panic. "Around. Is everything okay?" I ask getting in my car. "No, Josh. Michelle got in a car accident." He tells me and my heart drops.

"Where is she?" I ask him starting my car and drive as fast as possible. "They just took her to hospital." He tells me. "Is she okay?" I ask him and pray for a positive answer. "She is. But her mom isn't." He answers me. "Fuck." I cuss hoping this was just an accident. "I'm sorry man." He tells me and I hang up.

Sympathy is the last thing I want to see or hear. Because it has never brought her back.

This is what I was afraid of; one day I'd fail to protect her once the people that I should protect her from become the ones who are close to her.

I would have killed him and ended it all for good and lived with her happily. It may have hurt her for a while but it wasn't going to be as painful as this is since I may or may not lose her forever now.

I'm only hoping she's okay and then I will worry about what will happen later. All I know is staying like this is not a choice anymore.

I park my car close to the hospital and rush inside. "Sir, sir. Excuse me. How can I help you?" The receptionist calls stopping me.

"There's a girl who had an accident with her mother. Where is she?" I ask her looking around hoping to see George or Zack.

"Room 200 the second floor." She tells me and I rush upstairs once the elevators take too long.

I immediately find everyone waiting in front of one of the rooms including Austin and Sasha.

"Here's Josh." Zack says and fear fills in once I see Chloe crying. "Where is she?" I calmly ask Zack and he gives me a worried look.

"She is in the surgeries room." He answers and my heart drops. "I was with her a few hours ago and she was laying next to me. How could this fucking happen?" I angrily say looking everywhere but at him.

"Accidents like this happen." Zack tells me. "Did they say anything about her or her mother?" I ask Zack and he shakes his head. "No one went out of the surgeries room since they arrived here." He tells me and I don't say anything.

"Her dad is here." He says lowering his voice and anger fills me in." Where is he?" I ask him looking around to see him sitting on one of the hospital's seats a few steps away from me.

"I need to talk to him." I say lowering my voice approaching him before Zack could stop. "We need to talk." I say once I reach him and he immediately nods standing.

He starts walking to the next corridor and enters an empty room. "Talk." He says locking the door. "Was it an accident or your men?" I immediately ask him trying to control my temper.

"My men." He truthfully answers me and I can feel myself breaking the next thing to me. "Are you crazy?" He says stopping me. "It's either this or you." I say talking his hands away from me.

"You could have fucking told me that this was their plan. I would have protected her and she wouldn't have been in a fucking surgeries room." I angrily say raising my voice.