Chapter 13

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Song for the Chapter: Boy with Luv by BTS feat Halsey.

Quote for the day: "Sit back and relax"

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"I could die right now!" Beck yelled to no one in particular as he opened the door to his personal study.

Doug was bobbing his head to the music he was listening to from his AirPods, eating a sandwich and Beck wasn't surprised. Doug ate anything edible.

He knew better than to disturb Doug while he was eating and listening to music so he walked to his table to grab some files and left the study. He walked to his room and tossed the files on the bed. His head was starting to ache badly from all the stressful meetings that he had to go through these past few days.

He had just seen Ella frying something in the kitchen and he could feel his heart beating so fast.

His head ached, his legs were sore too and he decided to take a cold bath. Even after the bath, he could still feel his body burning up. If it had been the ten year old Beck, he'd make himself chicken soup with a lot of pepper to make him feel better but now he was mageirocophobic.

Being mageirocophobic was not easy for him at all. It had started when he was eleven years old. It was a exactly a year after the explosion that claimed the life of his father and several others had occurred and he and Ben had to go live with Aunt Carla and her family.

He was in the kitchen with Ben who at that time loved cooking and they were making pastries and other things. Being the playful child that he was, he had initiated a food fight and It was a good way for them to get their minds off their father's death and in no time they were done. While Ben was frying some chicken, Beck was playing with the lighter and Ben warned him severally to stop. Beck could still remember their conversation from that day.

"You know I hate it when you play in the kitchen while I'm working."

"Okay chef you can say whatever you want but I'm having fun."

"I'll be back Beck don't touch a thing!"

The kitchen had caught of fire and the oil had spilled on his left thigh. Ben was able to drag him out of the house and he called the ambulance. It was a hard time for Aunt Carla and Ben. They thought they were going to loose Beck too and they had cried so much when they were at the hospital.

Beck shook his head lightly in an attempt to get rid of the memories that he had been trying to bury for the past fifteen years but the headache had come to stay. He clutched his head tightly and screamed out as he felt a sharp pain in head. His breathing harsh.

"Hey bro you won't believe what I just sa-" Doug said as he walked into the room, his eyes glued to his phone.

"Beck what's wrong? Somebody help me!" Doug screamed and Aunt Carla, Ella and some of the guards ran into the room.

"What happened Doug?" Aunt Carla cried.

"Ella call the Doctor..tell him it's an emergency!" Doug screamed, ignoring aunt Carla's cries.

In no time the doctor arrived and he gave Beck some meds which made him fall asleep immediately. He complained that Beck had been overworking and thinking too much and that he needed enough rest and healthy food.

"Thank you so much Matthew. I do not know what I'd have done without you." Aunt Carla quaked And Ella massaged her shoulders softly.

"It's fine Carla just make sure he gets enough rest. He doesn't need to be disturbed for now." The doctor replied and Doug escorted him out of the mansion

"Okay Ella please stay here with him. I'll be right back I need to call Ben."

Ella stared at him as he slept peacefully. She knew he had seen her cooking and that had affected him. How could she have been so careless? She knew his condition and she wasn't cautious enough. All she wanted to do was cry her eyes out. She didn't want any harm to come to Beck, she wanted him to be safe. She rubbed his palm in circular motions as she stared at him lovingly with tears in her eyes.

"He'll be fine Ella. At least I know he's in good hands now that you're here so I think he'll recover fast." Doug admitted and Ella gave him a small smile.

"I just pray he recovers really fast." She sniffled.

"Why are you doing this?" He inquired.

"Doing what Doug?"

"Why are you with Beck?" He asked gesturing to her hands linked with Beck's.

"I don't know Doug. I really do not know why I'm like this with him."

"So you're not after him for his money or anything?" He smirked and she chuckled.

She found that really amusing. She was rich so why would she be after Beck for his money.

"Girls are always around him for his money. I know you're not that type of girl Ella. I just-" he sighed and buried his head in his hands.

Ella walked over to where he was sitting and she sat next to him.

"Listen Doug I know you care about your best friend and I understand you."

"You do?"

"Yes dougy I do."

"Oh we're back to that now." And they both laughed.

He turned to look at her immediately, a smile  on his face.

"You're a nice person Ella and I pray you don't change."

And those words kept ringing in her ears. "Nice person", "I hope you don''t change" Was she really a nice person? She was going to take revenge and destroy somebody who had hurt her and her family but was that really going to give her the peace that she deserved? The closure?

She looked at the man on the bed and thought of how he had lost his father too but would he be willing to take revenge too when he learns that the people who were responsible for his father's death was my step father and his own mother?

A part of her was changing and she didn't know if she liked it or not. James had to suffer and they were no two ways about that but was taking revenge really the best thing to do? It was too late to pause her plans now because she was already there. All she needed to do was to snap her fingers and James would be ruined but first she had to talk to Beck about his mother and she had to protect him at all cost and the best way to do that was to move into his house.

She brought out her phone to text her mom, Lorraine and Paul about her plans and when she was done she turned to Doug.

"Douglas I think I'll be staying here for now till Beck gets better."

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