"Her name is Iris Reynolds? That Reynolds? She is their daughter? Then why is she like this? What happened?" Iris woke up by the voices around her but she still closed her eyes.
"I don't have the details yet about what happened, but what I know is she is a runaway" Iris wants to sneer at that fact but controls it to avoid them knowing that she's awake.
"Something big and bad must have happened for her to commit suicide, right?"
Iris's breathing became unstable remembering what happened to her after hearing that. The flashback scene comes one by one surrounded by the darkness. She abruptly opened her eyes and placed her hand on her chest to calm herself down. She closed her eyes and controlled her breathing. Her sudden actions shocked the two men and make both of them rush to her.
The man asked Iris if she is okay and want to push the bed button but immediately stopped by her petite hand. She shook her head and continue calming herself. The man sighed before nodding and took her hand. He helped her calm herself by asking her to breathe in and out slowly. After a few minutes of the calming session, she started to breathe at a normal pace.
Iris did not know why she suddenly have the urge to live. She can just end her life by letting her anxiety take control over her, but maybe it is her instinct. The man still holding her hand and the other man stands still at the end of her bed.
"Are you good now?" the man asked her and she slowly nodded answering him.
"Why are you still here?" Iris asked the man, wondering why the man was still with her after everything that happened before, knowing there is nothing that he can gain by staying with her.
"To make sure that you never do anything stupid" Iris looked at him for a few seconds before sighing.
"I won't. Thank you for everything. You can continue doing your work, Mr. ..." Iris knew she right now was already taking a lot of this man's time and does not want to take any more than what have been taken now.
"Lucas. Lucas Lane. That's my name and no, I won't leave after I confirmed everything is okay with you" Iris showed a little expression after hearing the man's name. No one in Airedale does not know Lucas Lane. A genius entrepreneur who already has his own cooperation, 2L .Co only when he is 23 years old.
"Why does someone as busy as you want to stay with me?" Iris asked the question that she want to know. She indeed wants to know why Lucas saved her, why he desperately wants to stop a stranger from taking her own life which does not matter at all to others.
"Because you are precious. I told you before, that your life is precious. Don't end it like that." Lucas answered her sincerely but got answered by a sneer.
"Precious? Why is my life precious to you, a stranger? When even my own family never care about this precious life of mine. Don't end it like that? Huh! Then what? What am I going to do?! Let them torture me makes me feel like I am dying day by day instead of ending it myself?"
Iris did not know why, but she felt so emotional, angry, sad and betrayed after remembering back everything. Then, suddenly this stranger told her to hold her life. Her tears fall from her eyes and she immediately clenched her fist to try to stop her emotions from getting out of control. She knows she should not get mad at her saviour, but she can't control it.
Then, she felt a rough hand holding her face, wiping her tears with the finger. She looked at the owner of the hand and saw Lucas smiling at her. He then slowly brought her into his body and tenderly hugged her, like she is a porcelain that will break if he holds it with too much strength. His actions make her tears fall out and she starting sobbed slowly.
"Cry. Cry it out. Don't keep it. Let it all out" his kind voice went through her heart and mind and makes her sob even more. Lucas then caressed her hair like soothing a little kid.
Iris never felt she is precious to someone just like now. She has never gotten a hug from anyone, not to mention her family. From she is a kid until currently a 20-year-old girl, she never knows the definition of love, happiness and kindness. All that she knows are broken, anger and hate. When she felt the kindness that she never got, she broke down. She can't stop crying. She did not know when, but she fell asleep after that.
When Lucas felt like Iris fell asleep, he slowly put her back in her bed into the sleep position. He caressed her wet face before looking at his best friend plus his assistant, Leo Reid. Leo nodded without saying anything, knowing what Lucas wanted him to do. He immediately walked out of the ward and take out his phone.
"Find out everything about Reynolds. Everything, now!" he gave out instructions through his phone. After watching how broken the girl is, Leo suddenly feels like he has to protect Iris. His brotherly feeling came out of him, wanting this little girl to find the happiness that she deserved.
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Dreamcatcher
Romance'Do you want to end it? It will all be over after you take the steps.' Tired of being treated like an animal, she feels the wide river calling her to come closer. She takes the steps closer with empty eyes but then gets pulled back by a stranger. "I...
