Secret Desires

CHAPTER 28

It's now four days since Keith was discharged from the hospital back in France. We had just arrived and we're currently unpacking. As we unpacked, the strange face Keith would pull never faded but I decided not to question him till we were properly settled.

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It's now the next day and Keith is still sleeping while I'm in the kitchen working on breakfast. It's also the day Monique would be arriving since she said she wanted to spend one more day with her family.

As I began setting the table, I heard slow footsteps coming from the stairs. I then dished out the food and put the cuttleries by the plates.

"G'morning" a tired looking Keith said as he flopped down on a chair.

"Smells good" he said and I smiled at him. He looked really adorable as his sleepy eyes dropped through his messy bed hair.

"Thank you" I said and went to kissed his forehead before sitting down on the opposite side.

We ate in peace afterwards and I noticed him spacing out as he ate. I stared at him and occasionally snapped my fingers in his face to bring him back to reality.
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After breakfast, he offered to put the dishes away and I insisted on helping him but he refused. I sat in the living room quietly staring at the blank TV waiting for him to join me so we could talk.

He joined me after a few minutes and sank down beside me and stared at the TV too.

I sighed and turned to his direction as he pursed his lips while staring off into space.

"Keith" I called out to him.

"Hm?" He turned to me.

"Something's bothering you and you said you'd talk about it when we get back" I said and he sighed and sat up straight from his slouched position.

"Remember the time I almost got ran over?" He asked and I nodded.

"Kidnapped and almost killed?" I nodded again.

"The explosion and every other fatal incidents?" He said with a sigh and I nodded hesitantly.

"Where are you going with all this? " I asked and he turned away for a while.

"At the hospital, someone paid the Nurse ummm..huhh... Nora to kill me" I felt my heart drop as the words left his lips.

"Do you have a name?" My blood boiled as I asked the question but before he could answer, the doorbell interrupted us.

"Go" he whispered and I hesitantly went to get the door.

As I opened the door, standing on the other side was Monique with her luggage by her side.

"Welcome back" I said dryly and she smiled slightly before bending over to struggle with the box.

"Please help" she said and I carried it effortlessly upstairs.

KEITH

As I was about to tell Isaiah the truth, the darn doorbell interrupted us. I made him go answer it while I waited on the couch. It was only a few moments later, when I spotted Isaiah carrying someone's luggage upstairs.

"Hey Keith" I heard a dry familiar feminine voice from behind me.

"You" I said bitterly as I got on my feet.

"Awwee why the sourness?" She teased as my temples thronged in anger.

"You tried to kill me" I spat and she smirked.

"You disgusting thing, you should have been dead by now if not for that useless nurse, well no matter, her body wasn't hard to get rid of anyway" she said and I immediately lunged at her not minding the headache I had resulting as an aftereffect from the explosion.

My hands snaked around her dainty neck and I squeezed as hard as I could. She was choking and her sharp nails clawed at my wrists.

"Keith!" I heard Isaiah shout and in a matter of a seconds, I was violently pulled away.

"Are you crazy?!" Isaiah yelled at me as he rushed over to check on Monique who was coughing profusely on her knees.

"That wench! She's the one! She wants me dead!" I yelled out.

"Shut up!" Isaiah yelled at me but I wouldn't keep my mouth shut.

"She's a liar, she's pretending, she always has been!" I yelled again and winced at the pain it caused me.

As I yelled out more, my vison blurred and in a matter of seconds, I collapsed on to the floor and darkness was all I could see.

Most of you guys must've guessed it by now, I did a terrible job at hiding it...comment if you were shocked or knew all along