Special chapter
Cameron
I stared in panic as nurses rushed in wheeling Atlas off into the Emergency Room. To tensed to seat, I began to pace am in worry since I was restricted from following them.
I should have known that something was wrong the moment he decided to leave the decision making to me during the meeting earlier today. Like I told him before, that's not like him at all.
He was my best friend and I of all people knew how much of a perfectionist he was when it came to something he deemed very important. The project with Santos Tech was a big one and that was why he had travelled to Italy on such short notice.
After getting the deal, he made sure to double check everything before giving a go ahead but suddenly, he decided to let me make the decision today?
I should have known.
Nothing had given me such a scare as the sight of him almost running into a very busy road as though he was high on something.
The look I had seen on his face right before he ran past me was something I had never seen before. The last time I saw something somewhat close to that on his face was when his father died but even then, I hadn't seen such panic on his face before.
I was just glad I ran after him and got to him right before he ran into the road.
If not... I refused to even imagine what would have happened.
I should have realised that something was going on when Mrs Knight reached out to me. My friend was going through a hard time and I knew nothing of it.
What kind of friend did that make me?
It took a while before a doctor walked up to me with questions. After answering some questions about his health condition, the doctor finally concluded that he must have lost consciousness out of the stress the panic put his body in, seeing as they found nothing else wrong with him.
Once that was cleared, I had them move him into a private ward and called Mrs Knight to notify her that Atlas was in the hospital.
Just like I had predicted, she panicked as soon as I told her he was in the hospital but after clarifying that he was alright, she finally calmed down and told me she was on her way.
An hour after the whole incident, Mrs Knight finally arrived full of questions.
"What really happened? Why is my son in the hospital?" She asked with a distraught look on her face.
I sighed because even I didn't understand what really triggered all of this except that it had something to do with Lana.
"I really don't know. All I know is that Atlas was not himself today. When I spoke to him earlier, he admitted that his DPD had been triggered somehow and that he needed Lana. I don't know what happened between then and the next time I saw him but for the second time in my life, I saw him having a panic attack and this was way different from the last. The look on his face was one I can't describe. His desperacy to find Lana and the panic are two combinations that didn't go well because he almost ran himself over running head first into a busy road.
If– if I had been just a second too late, his condition would have been way worse than this" I explained, the whole situation starting to get to me again.
"He did what! My Atlas really almost died?" She asked, her eyes widen with horror. The news must have shocked her core because she immediately went faint, if I hadn't been close to her, she would have gone plummeting to the ground.
Seems like I was destined to be the hero of the day.
Not now Cameron!
"Oh God, what have I done?" She whimpered as she held on to her head.
I looked at her confused.
What did she mean by that?
"What do I do Cameron? Atlas would hate me forever once he finds out I was the one who sent Lana away" she stared up at me with guilt written boldly in her eyes.
She did what!
"But Mrs Knight, why? You of all people know just how much Atlas likes her. He might have refused to admit it in the past but you and I know he had a soft spot for her since the very day she started working with him. With his condition you should know better than to suddenly snatch what or who he depends on away from him like that" I told her trying not to sound reprimanding
This was all so frustrating.
"That's why I did it. I know just how much he loves her, he even told me he wanted to marry her. His attachment to her is so fierce, I was scared that it would turn him into somewhere else. He stopped going to therapy Cameron! You and I know that the longer he went without it, the more prominent the traces of his condition would be. I just wanted my son to be better and I thought if he had a bit of distance from her, he would realise that he needed his therapy. The plan was to keep her away long enough for him to improve, then I will send for her to come back. I never expected her absence to cause such a life threatening reaction from him, I swear" she explained, sniffling before tears slowly accompanied it.
God, this was just a big mess.
"Mother, what did you just say?" The oddly calm voice of the one we had been speaking about met my ears.
Slowly turning, I met the view of a very upset Atlas.
The gasp I heard from beside me solidified the thought in my head.
Today was going to be a very long day.
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