Ecstasy

Chapter 3 (Call Him)

Joel's eyes scanned the door for a while before he creaked it open. He closed it behind him and took long strides towards the girl lying on the hospital bed with her left hand and leg bandaged. He stared at her for a while before taking his sit, watching her as she breathed softly... the girl looked so fragile and naive.

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Back at a certain villa, Little Pumpkin kept walking back and forth, continuously checking through the window as if waiting for someone to drive in. After checking the driveway through the window for the umpteenth time, he climbed down from the chair and walked towards his father.

"Dad..." he called out.

"Huh?" Michael looked up at him from the settee he was sitting on.

"Is Uncle JJ not coming back home tonight?" Little Pumpkin asked keenly as he sat down next to his father.

"I don't know." his father groaned.

"How can you not know when you are his brother." Little Pumpkin pouted.

"Arghhh, I don't have any supernatural power." his father rolled his eyes.

"Besides, it's my day off today and I didn't go to the company. There's no way I would have known he wasn't coming back home tonight." Michael explained frustratedly.

"You should sleep, you're going to school tomorrow." he quickly added.

"Ani." Little Pumpkin shook his head negatively.

(A/N: Ani is one of the shortened form no)

"I want to wait till Uncle JJ comes back." he pouted stubbornly.

"Uwa!" Michael facepalmed himself as he stared at his son.

(A/N: uwa means wow)

There he is, stubbornly waiting for his brother but he wouldn't wait if it were to be him-his father... Maybe Joel actually gave birth to the boy.

Michael sneered.

"Dad, why don't you call him?" Pumpkin stared eagerly at his father.

"Ok..." Michael groaned as he picked up his phone and dialed Joel's number.

Joel was still studying the girl on the hospital bed when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He brought it out and checked the caller's ID before swiping up the answer icon.

"Are you still coming home tonight?" Michael asked as soon as he had placed the phone on his ear.

He didn't bother with pleasantries. He knew his younger brother too well. Joel didn't like pleasantries.

"No." Joel replied.

"Why?" Michael asked.

Joel stared at the girl on the bed for a second before looking away. "Busy."

"Ok then, g'night." Michael yawned.

The phone went 'beep'. Joel hung up.

Michael turned to face his five year old son who to the best of his knowledge was too intelligent for his age.

"So?..." Little Pumpkin stared keenly at his father.

"He isn't coming." Michael broke the bombshell.

"Awwwwwwww..." Little Pumpkin pouted in disappointment and sank into the couch.

"Let me take you to your room. You'll see him when you get back from school tomorrow." Michael stood up, and gently, he carried the fragile boy on his shoulder.

He felt sorry for the boy. Ever since the incident happened, Little Pumpkin had grown so fond of Joel since he usually spent so much time with him. He had grown so close to Joel that he shared with Joel a bond he didn't even share with him-his father. Little Pumpkin loved Joel just as much as Joel loved him.

"I hate school." Pumpkin muttered silently as he rested his head on his father's shoulder.

Michael sighed as headed towards Little Pumpkin's room. As soon as one of the maids opened the door to Little Pumpkin's room for him, he walked in to the bed and lay the little boy who was already fast asleep on it. He kissed his forehead, switched off the light and walked out of Little Pumpkin's room.

Michael walked into his room and fell flat on his bed, his eyes to the ceiling. He entwined his hands slightly above his head as a tear escaped from his left eye and streamed down onto the pillow.

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After watching the girl for a little while, Joel picked his phone from his lap and dialed his assistant's number.

#Beep

Noah yawned into the mouthpiece of his phone. "Hello"

It was pretty much obvious that he was already fast asleep before he answered his phone.

"Tomorrow morning, come to the hospital. I'll text you the address now." Joel stated bluntly and hung up, giving no room for Noah to talk.

Noah who was already very sleepy widened his eyes immediately he heard his boss' voice. The sleep vanished from his eyes and he hastily digested everything his boss had said. He knew his boss never repeated himself a second time.
After a short while,his phone dinged-a message from his boss.

Very quickly, Noah opened the message and saw that it was the address of the hospital his boss had said he'd send.
He stayed awake for a short while and after confirming his boss wasn't going to call back, he went back to peaceful slumber.