The Difference Between Us

{60} The end?

T H I R D  P E R S O N

Everything started on the day Logan was kidnapped by Maru. Scarlet had been feeling dizzy and exceptionally tired for a long time now but since she heard the news of Logan's abduction, it has been worse.

She endured the pain thinking it would pass like the other times but Scarlet had never been more wrong. Maru had been apprehended and given his due punishment, the news about Logan's inheritance spread like wild fire and everything seemed to be alright but it was hardly so for Scarlet.
Her head ached terribly and her vision wore out. Asa never knew the real extent of the head aches because Scarlet passed them as migraines that would leave. They both were careless.

Scarlet's eyes opened but squirmed shut as a shock wave exploded through her head. Tears dropped from her eyes as she gripped her sheets. The pain was too much! "Asa!" She groaned for her nanny but the woman was not around. "Alex, call Asa!" She commanded.

Her phone lit up as the call went through. Asa panicked when she did not hear anything on the other end of the call. "Scarlet?!" She called out from the other end. "Scarlet?!!" Asa tried again and this time she received a strangled yell. "SCARLET! I'm coming, I'll be there soon, please hold on! Don't move, unlock the doors! I'll be there!" Asa panicked.

Scarlet writhed on her bed and squirmed around but she tried to follow orders. "Alex, unlock all doors- gah!" She screamed as her head throbbed and rolled around. What she did not know was that she was almost at the end of the bed when she rolled.

Asa drove quickly and parked in front of the house. Without a moment's hesitation, she bolted out of the car and ran through the gate into the house. "Scarlet?!" She called but got no reply. Asa ran upstairs and barged into Scarlet's room. Her hands flew to her mouth and her eyes widened when she beheld the scene that lay before her.

Scarlet's green eyes were glazed over and looked almost lifeless at Asa. Her red hair was soaked in equally red liquid as she lay sprawled on the floor beside her bed. Asa gasped and wheezed as storms of emotions swirled through her head. "SCARLET!"

Ayo was getting ready to go to the hospital when he heard the siren of an ambulance. He frowned when the ambulance pulled up in front of Scarlett's house and ran downstairs with his keys in hand. Grabbing his phone and wallet, he locked the empty house and went to his car. Ayo drove to Scarlet's house but skidded to a halt when he saw the redhead being wheeled into the bus by a gurney. Asa cried as she closed the gate and followed the paramedics into the ambulance.

Ayo drove after the ambulance. He alighted from his car as the paramedics wheeled Scarlet out and Asa followed. Ayo ran after them and caught up soon enough. "Scarlet! Oh God what happened?!" He asked but got no answer.

"I'm sorry but you are to step back at this point." A doctor said, restricting Asa's entrance to the theatre but the woman raged. Ayo had to hold her to allow the doctor to do his work.

Everywhere was silent as the two waited. "Asa, what happened?" Ayo asked.

"I...oh my God it's all my fault! She suddenly called this morning and when I arrived, she was lying unconscious on the floor...blood...God!" Asa sobbed loudly into Ayo's shirt as the boy tried to console her.

"Ayo?"

Ayo's heart leapt as well as Asa's who stopped crying immediately. They both had forgotten that Logan was in the same hospital. Logan on the other hand was confused. He had seen Ayo run into the hospital but got worried when he did not arrive at his room so he went to search for him. Logan wondered why Ayo was sitting on the floor in front of the theatre with Asa, both having distraught faces, until it dawned on him.