Knight in Sneakers

Chapter 67 'Finally Seeing Red.'

Entry 59

5th November, 2016.
Saturday
4:32 a.m

Clarke Augustan

My eyes opened the second I heard my phone's ringtone which startled me from the silence that I was getting used to. It wasn't like I was getting any sleep, car seats aren't exactly the ideal place to sleep comfortably.

Especially not in a car parked outside a hospital you weren't allowed to enter anymore after a terrible night.

"Clarke, how you holdin up, doll?" Maze asked me the second I picked up his call.

"What is it?" I asked him, not wanting to answer his question because I didn't have the answer for it myself.

"Uh- Mark Timothy gave us some information about a ship reaching port of London, sanctioned by some cop again, he swears he doesn't know what's in there but we don't believe him. Ship's reaching at 5. Do you want to come? Drew asked me to ask you-"

"Send me the location."

"Cool, I'll see you then."

I looked out the window and stared at the hospital longingly, hoping I could have stayed there longer with Aaron, hoping I could have been there when he woke up but I was strictly not allowed to be near him anymore. All my hopes were crushed when Mr. William Cortez fired me, kicked me out of the hospital, and also threatened to make my life horrible if he ever saw me near his family again.

Not like my life was great at the moment. I had absolutely nothing to risk.

Then I saw Lucy, Kristen, Kristen's parents, Dan, Jade, Elsa, and the long list of crying visitors which never stopped. I didn't speak a word to any of them. I couldn't. Guilt had consumed me completely by the time I had taken my last step out of the hospital. All of these people loved him so much, and he chose to stay with me that night rather than doing anything else in this world.

And I couldn't do one job I was assigned to do.

Keep him safe.

I wanted to go in once more, just to say goodbye at least, but I knew his father meant his words and there was probably a reason behind it. Maybe I have caused Aaron a lot more pain and trouble than the happiness was worth. I wiped the tears that rolled down my cheeks, again, and started driving to the Port of London. Not without looking back at the hospital one last time. Maybe my last time being this close to him.

Goodbye.

I rolled the windows up as soon as I parked my car near one of the ports. I found Maze and Drew staring at a ship which was slowly being parked near the harbour. The rest of the area was covered in yellow tape strictly not allowing pedestrians to enter. I bent down and crossed the tape as my eyes wandered over all the cops present in the area.

"Ma'am you're not allowed-" She instantly stopped when my cold eyes met hers.

"That's okay, Julia. She's an agent." Drew's voice came to my rescue as he swiftly dragged me away towards the ship. "How are you?"

"Fine." I replied weakly as I stared ahead at the workers examining the outside of the ship.

"How did his parents react?" He asked.

"His dad..." I sighed and shrugged not knowing what to say. "Just kicked me out of the hospital before I could say anything. His mom on the other hand asked me-No, she told me to kill Ethan."