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"Elise. Elise." I hear my name said over. and over.
My vision is blurry and every time I blink, it gets worse. I try to shake my head but I feel a hand wrapped around my neck, holding my head up.
"Fuck." I hear his voice say. "Park. Get the fuck in here. Elise can you hear me?"
My jaw feels numb and I finally speak up. "please shut the fuck up. my brain feels so weird."
"Well, she's conscious." I hear a deep voice laugh.
I turn my head to see a man blurry man lean over me. Looking up I focus my eyes to see Alessandro looking at me like I'm already dead.
"what the hell happened." I hold onto Alessandro's arm to pull myself up.
Alessandro helps me up, making sure to leave his hand on my belly. As if without his support I'd fall face forward.
"Miss. Mercier, you fainted. You became unconscious from the fall and bruised your jaw and cheekbone." He reads off a clipboard.
Memory catches up to me, and a series of flashbacks fill my mind. I cover my mouth and a trash can is placed in-front of me. I use it and almost cry out of embarrassment. Alessandro holds my hair back and I brace myself around the trash can.
"Miss. Mercier! Are you alright, we did a scan and confirmed there is no concussion, but now you're showing signs." He thinks out loud.
"Check the scans again." Alessandro puts a hand around my hair and abdomen.
Park looks down and immediately nods. As he exits the room, I feel so sick and beyond disturbed. I killed someone. I'm going to jail.
"I'm sorry." Alessandro says before he lets go off me.
I wobble a bit so his hand wraps around my stomach once more.
"I'm going to jail." I shakily say and look up to Alessandro.
He shakes his head. "it was too fast. you needed more time." His hand went to his face.
"Alessandro. I'm going to prison. I'm going to pay for what I did." I pull his shirt. My breath feels short and I start gasping for air.
"Elise calm down." He pulls my face to his. "You will not go to jail or prison. Everything is fine. You're fine. Nothing is traced back to you."
"How will I live with myself." My eyes start to water. I push my emotions aside and try to put my stone cold face on, but I feel wet tears leak and shake my head.
"I've done it my entire life." He shrugs.
"How many people have you killed?" I wipe my face.
"I don't know." He pulls my head into his chest. "I don't remember."
We hear a knock and in walks the doctor.
"Scans are clear! Although not all concussions can be seen through scans." Park looks nervously at Alessandro.
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The doctor basically prescribed me with a ball and chain to Alessandro. He told him to watch for more signs and study my sleep patterns. He watched me like a hawk.
As soon as we pulled into the driveway. Alessandro jumped out the car like a mad man and picked me up. He carried me in and to the room and ever since then he won't leave me alone. It's not even that he is hovering over my neck, he just senses whenever I move or leave the room. He'll be in his office and the second I put my foot on the floor, he knows.
It's weird.
I make my rounds around the house as usual, and find Penelope more and more busy. I'm not sure what's she's doing but she always comes up with some lame excuse like:
"I've got a stupid business call, just a second."
"Sorry, Elise I can't, my job has been up my ass lately."
But she took the week off so why would she get called in on?
So, I've taken the liberties to spy on her. Terrible I know, but she'd would do the exact same thing to me.
I tip toe up the stairs, because the elevator is too loud. I creep towards her hall. The hallway is quite and still, the only sound is the AC running. I peek into her door and find it creaked open.
She sits on her bed and stares out the window. She turns her head and smiles as a face leans down and kisses her. I squint my eyes and see Marco leaning down and pushing her onto the bed.
Ok. I've seen enough.
I crawl away and then sprint down the stairs. I find Alessandro's office and decide to camp out and regroup myself in his office.
I knock and wait a few minutes before I hear a "Come in."
I plop onto a big chair and catch my breath. Curiosity is a blessing and a curse. I invited her to hangout and finally give me something to do around here, and she comes and spends all her time with Marco? This is such bullshit.
"What are you doing out of bed?" Alessandro towers over my hanging body.
My back balances on the edge of the chair and my feet dangle on the other side.
"I'm not on bed rest Alessandro. How many times does the doctor have to tell you?" I cover my face with my hands.
"You shouldn't hang off the side. Blood will rush to your head." He pulls my head up and grabs a pillow.
"Agh! Stop. I can take care of myself." I push the pillow away.
"So are you going to tell me what happened? Or are you just going to intrude into my office." He returns to his desk.
"You will never guess what I just saw." I spring up from the chair.
He walks back to his seat and looks dully up from the computer and chooses to ignore my question.
"Marco and Penelope...making out." I practically shake the desk. "I invited her! Not Marco! Why is she hanging out with Marco?" I round the desk and stand in-front of his chair.
"Fucking dumbass." Alessandro rubs his eyebrow. "I'll tell him to back off." He goes back to typing.
"No! Don't. I want to catch Penelope. Is that evil?" I pull on his chair in excitement.
"Catch her?" He lifts a brow.
"Like red handed. Like— caught you bitch! Can't run from me now." I run my fingers across his papers.
"Why would you do that," Alessandro shakes his head. "I feel like that would hurt more than help the situation-"
"No. You just don't get it." I cross my arms.
"I just see the logical point of view and it's not worth it." He focuses on the monitor infront of him.
He leans one hand on the desk and the other propped up to hold his chin. His forearms showcase his veins and he sighs.
"Are you busy? Do I need to leave?" I get up to leave.
"No, it's ok. Just sit over there, this incompetent man child doesn't finance well and-" He stops mid-rant.
"What? You got me interested." I peer over his shoulder.
"Fuck." He picks up his phone and answers the phone.
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