Alex Alison Browne |G.D.|

Chapter 10- Pursue

"Jack got a job as a teacher in Germany and is currently married. Connor is an engineer and he is working in Ireland. But the most interesting thing is Cody was working on some kind of factory and then he got fired. He lives in Vancouver. Which is only 3 hours away." Oliver explains with a smile and both he and Nati look at me.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Nati looks from to Oliver.

"That it's Cody's handiwork? Most likely." I call my security and tell them about Cody.

"What if Unknown is lying?" Nati asks suddenly.

"We need to question Cody." I say and a doctor comes into the waiting room.

"How is she?" We ask simultaneously.

"No organ was damaged. Just a small wound in the shoulder. She is awake now."

"Alex.... Nati... Oliver...?" Eill whispers as we hurry into her hospital room. She starts crying.

"Hey, don't cry, it's okay. You're alive." Nati says and kneels beside the bed taking Eill's hand. I sit down on the chair opposite while Oliver sits on the couch.

"I'm so sorry I didn't tell you. I met this guy in the park walking a dog. He.... he was amazing. We went for coffee and he told me about himself. We went out a lot. He... he asked me to marry him. I said I'll think about it. But everyday he became more sadder and sadder. And then yesterday I called him and arranged to see him at home. I collected him from the park. He was wearing a hood all the time. But......" Eill starts sobbing and I take her hand to calm her.

"But..." She continues. "I drove him to our house. I knew you were away. And I wanted to talk. I.... I don't understand. His voice sounded exactly the same. He looked the same. I couldn't see his face. When we got to the appartement he pushed me against the counter and.... he stabbed me... I can't believe he would do that.... he did it." I hugged Eill.

"He asked you to marry him?" Nati asks. "Oh my god, wait, Alex didn't you get a wedding dress in the mail?"

"Yes, I still have it." I say and Eill gawks at me.

"Are you sure it was the same guy?" Oliver says suddenly.

Eill thinks for a moment. "Oh, right now as I look back I remember a tattoo. The guy in the park had a small tattoo of a word on his arm. The guy in the car didn't."

At that moment Kate comes running in. "Oh my god, Eill I'm so sorry." She shouts. I can see she was crying.

"I was in New York with Jack. I came as soon as possible." She says. "What happened?"

We tell Kate the whole story. "Are.... are you okay?"

"Yeah, a bit sore." Eill replies. "How was the date?"

"Don't even remind me of it. It was horrible. He is a bastard." Kate says sadly and looks down. "Hey, don't cry." Oliver says and puts his arms around her.

We talk about random things until a nurse comes in and tells us that visiting hours are over.

The next day I wake up to a text from Danaly.

Danaly: Hi, Grayson gave me your number. Wanna go for coffee?

Oh, I forgot I was supposed to text her.

Alex: Sure. Starbucks Reserve Roastery, 1124 Pike St. At 8?

Danaly: Great, see you there.

I get up out of bed and get dressed to go visit Eill. As I get there, Nati is already there in her pyjamas, sitting on the chair beside her bed. Sleeping.

I spend the day with Eill and at 6, I go to change and get ready to see Danaly.

When I get there, she is sitting near the windows. I wave at her and she waves back.

"Hi" I say as I sit down opposite her.

We talk about ourselves. Time flies and soon the coffee shop is closing.

"That was great. We should do that again sometime." I say.

We say bye and I leave.

It was nice talking to her. She has a great personality.

I drive back to the hospital. As I wait at the lights, I see a black car behind me. It's been following me from the coffee shop. At this point, I don't care who it is.

As soon as the lights turn green, with a smug face, I race off with the car following behind.

I see that in front of me are a lot of red lights. But I know Seattle like the palm of my hand. I quickly turn off and race down an alley.

The adrenaline is rushing in my veins. It's so good to race again. That's how I used to get my money when I was younger.

Two big lorries are in front of me and I manage to swerve and go past them. While the other car isn't that quick. It quickly resumes it's pursue. I go on the main road where there is a lot of traffic. I quickly car ski through the cars on the white line. The look on people's faces is hilarious. Most of them beep.

Quickly, I turn onto the same road beside the coffee shop and I take another road to the hospital. I managed to loose it.

I park as fast as I can and run into the hospital.

"Woah, Alex, are you okay? Why were you running? You look wild." Eill asks as she tries to get up.

"Hey, it's okay. Don't worry. Someone was following so I had to loose him." I say out of breath.

"Did you see who it was?" She asks concerned.

"No." I answer. Knowing Eill, she would have given me a lecture about safe driving. Something was off about her.

"I had a visitor today." Eill whispered.

"Lucas?" I ask without thinking.

"How do you know his name?" She says surprised.

"ALEX, HOW DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME?" She repeats this time shouting.

"Unknown told me. He or she also sent the wedding dress." I explain.

Eill looks down lost in thought.