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Chapter 44: BROKEN

          I opened my eyes slightly and saw a lady staring at me. I blinked a few times to clear my eyes properly to see her wearing a grey scrub. She looked really pissed while staring at me.

          "Good morning sir." She said casually.

           "Good morning." I responded as i attended to sit up before i felt a very bad and shar pain at the right side of my chest. I immediately took my left hand to hold that side of my body. My left hand also felt really sore and weak. Feeling all those pain, i remembered what happened last night. I was beaten up by four hefty guys. Oh Shit!

           "You'll need to call any of your family members or friends to come and pick from here." She said with absolutely no care in the world.

           "Isn't this a hospital? I'm meant to pay my bills so i can receive proper treatment, not to be sent away untreated." I argued with the little energy i had.

           "Mr man, this is a clinic not a hospital. We give drips not blood. We give pain killers not Anastasia. You get the difference now?" She said in a sassy manner. "You were brought here for first aid because karma came for you." She giggled mockingly. "So we bandaged your head, cleaned your wounds and injected some pain killers into you so you can sleep."

           I kept quiet and watched her blab her mouth. But damn, how could someone like me be in such a vulnerable condition. The only person i can call right now is my elder sister, Hephzibah.

           "And unfortunately for you, you broke three of your ribs."

          "Three!" I screamed in shock.

          "Yes, three of your ribs were broken. So you need to leave here as soon as possible to get proper treatment from a hospital. There's your phone." She pointed at a side table that had some medications on it. "That'll be all for now. Have a nice day." She walked out, swaying her hips from side to side in an annoying and insulting manner.

          I managed to move my body a  little and picked my phone. I opened it and immediately dialed Hephzibah's line. I hope she picks her call at one ring. I dialed it and it beeped four times before the call connected.

          "What's up little bro?" She answered casually.

           "What's up now is that i'm in  excruciating pain. I have three of my ribs broken and i need to be rushed to the hospital now. Now please, spare me this talk and rush down to this place." I said on the phone, giving her the address to the hotel i was in. "Im currently in their clinic."

          "Okay. I'll be there in a minute." She hung up. I dropped my phone and waited impatiently for my sister to arrive. I sat quietly and moved my fingers around the swollen area of my broken ribs. To be able to feel the broken parts made me scared. I just hope nothing happens to my lungs.

         I pondered and thought of how Iris would be doing now. I wish so much that i could reverse time and talk to her calmly instead of hitting her. What was i even thinking? Why would i allow myself hit a woman i have fallen in love with? Lord knows i'm really trying to change for the better. I really am.

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         "Hey!" I heard while someone tapped me aggressively to wake up. I had no idea that i had fallen asleep within such a short period of time. I opened my eyes and saw Hephzibah wearing a black shirt of mine and one of my navy blue jeans with a black face cap. She looked like a cheap undercover spy.

          "Why the fuck are you dressed like this?" I asked, trying to press back my laughter.

          "Shut your mouth and hand me your car key. We need to leave this place as soon as possible for your own  good." She responded while assisting me get off the bed.