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" Good thing no major blood vessels harmed, " the doctor said referring to Megan's situation.

" Why is she still unconscious?" Aunt Si asked apprehensively.

Mrs. Turner looked up at the doctor hoping for a favorable statement for that question. An assistant nurse was testing her blood pressure after comprehending her daughter's predicament.

" Good thing, it's a mild concussion. She's just asleep, right now. Better than anything, " the doctor said.

Everyone is at solace after hearing that indeed favorable news.

" Thanks, Taylor, " Lea said to the doctor and joined him as he went outside the room. She knew him as a family doctor.

" Meeting the parents?" Taylor joked. He pats her shoulder and bid his goodbye with a wink.

Lea chuckled as she sends him off with her stares.

She faced Hayley and others. She felt a bit off about everyone; Hayley and Cara seemed bothered, they're both staring at the floor while Dakota and Kristen are too busy to notice her. Both are scanning something on the phone Kristen was holding. It seemed a handful of curiosity.

" Hey, " she said. Grabbing their attention.

" I-I should go get something. I'm hungry, " Cara instantly stuttered trying to escape the situation and pat Hayley's shoulders who nearly jumped off her feet as soon as she laid her eyes on Lea.

The latter seemed to notice those remarks but still nodded unto Cara's.

Dakota bit her lips, she can't seem to look her in the eyes. Kristen, on the other hand, ran her fingers through her hair as she slid the phone onto her back pocket.

" How's she?" Dakota managed to ask Lea, trying to divert her attention. She thought Lea must have found them a bit off founded by her physiognomy.

" Oh yeah, Megan, " Lea said, composing herself " She's ... she's asleep, " she added.

" Anything serious?" Kristen asked in a low voice.

" Serious? Nah, Taylor told me she just had a mild concussion. Nothing to you worry about. Totally a relief, "

" How about you?"

Dakota didn't see that question coming from Kristen.

Lea was a bit stunned. They probably knew about her impoverished condition. She chose to zip her mouth and turn her back.

Kristen cursed hard with that remark, Lea just confirmed the validation of her being sick.

Dakota was so astonished she can't contain the tears flowing from her eyes.

" I will still be around for a year, tho, " Lea said.

" Does Megan knew about this? " Kristen asked.

" Erika does, " she answered.

" That prick!"

" I told her not to tell you, "

" That is not an excuse, "

" Kristen, stop it!" Dakota snapped.

Lea went inside the room after that.

Léa's Point ov View

I watched her sleep and sometimes kiss her hand, I cuddled with it coz it makes me feel so much better. It always takes away the pain.

I cried many times before, no tears left to cry now, tho. I was always afraid but I have her. I have nothing to ask for.

" Damn, the drama Lea, " I told myself and ran my fingers through my hair.

Mrs. Turner can't look out after her daughter cause she needs medical assistance, too, her blood pressure keeps getting high. She's sick worried about her.

We all do but Megan's gonna be fine. She's just asleep.

And she doesn't have to ask me to look out for her daughter but I don't want her to be skeptical about us. I always keep my self tied unto the composed knot whenever she's around.

I looked at Megan and kissed her hand, again.

I was like that for a minute and went inside the comfort room, after. I sat helplessly on the floor.

" Fuckin selfish!" I cursed. I'm referring to myself and felt every inch of pain crawling on my bones. I was shaking uncontrollably due to the anguished feeling while I took out my pain relievers and consumed it.

I went out of the comfort room without a single pain etched out of my countenance.

A smiling Megan greeted me and it was such a relief. She's finally awake.

" Hey, Est-ce que ça VA?" I asked and smooched her. The pain I'm feeling is completely vanished. ( Are you okay?)

" I want squid, I think. That'll make me feel good, " she joked.

" You hardheaded! That is prohibited for you,"

" I was joking!"

"Jokes are half meant, "

" Calm down and kiss me, "

I chuckled and kissed her.

The sound of clinking utensils fell down the floor grabbed our attention.

I was astounded to find Mrs. Turner standing on the door with her shock expression.

" Mrs. Turner, " I said.

" Get out," she snapped and gave me a hard slap.

I ran my fingers through my hair.

" I said get out, " she repeated. Those words struck through my chest like a million spears.

' Got my real drama, there' she thought.

Third Person's Point ov View

Erika scanned the profile Tif had given her. It was Megan's suspect.

In between his mindful reading, a knock on the door interrupted her.

When she opened it, she was astounded to find a wasted Lea in front of the door lying helplessly on the floor.

She was holding her head in frustration.

" This is a familiar scene, " Erika muttered.

FLASHBACK

One and a half a year ago...

Lea seems to run her fingers through her hair in frustration.

She has wasted disposition while holding some crumpled papers.

" What happened to you? " Erika asked, she's puzzled. She never saw Lea like this before. They were like best friends for a decade and this is the first time Lea looked like havoc.

Lea handed her the papers. She looked at her and in it and finally took 'em and read silently.

After that, she called Lea's doctor and confirmed everything.

" Leigh knew about this, right?" she asked Lea, referring to her brother.

Lea didn't respond. She was on the bar counter drinking herself to death.

Erika snatched the wine glass in her clasp.

" What are you doing?" she scolded her.

Lea grinned in nothingness.

Erika, on the other hand, sighed to calm herself down.

There was a long silence after that.

" I met this girl. Mom introduced me to her. Damn, she's pretty, " Lea said. She's talking with her drunken eyes, " Mom said they've been around Louisiana Residence for almost a decade, the same time we met, " she added.

Erika sat on the couch. She was searching about Lea's condition on her MacBook.

" The funny thing is I never saw her before or I think I saw her but I forgot, " she said with a bit of dry chuckle " But I will never ignore such fairness, I think I never saw her before. That's it, never saw, " she added.

Someone knocked on the door, thereafter.

Erika looked at Lea before attending it.

A girl with brown hair, big blue eyes, and fair complexion entered the room.

It was from Megan Turner.

Lea was too drunk to notice her.

Megan imparts services of Louisiana Building, specifically, the Jervemyr suite. She is a weekend part-time apartment cleaner.

She stops going to school after a family financial crisis and helped her mom earn money for their family's daily expenses. Her mom sells vegetables along market roads while her stepfather works as a contractual carpenter of Louisiana Housings. Her sister, on the other hand, is a fresh graduate yet still unable to find a stable job to support them fully.

" You can start cleaning the executive rooms, " Erika commanded. She was outside a walk-in cabinet looking at Megan whose, on the other hand, is inside picking up all the cleaning equipment she needed.

Megan looked at her and nodded. She was about to step out of the walk-in cabinet when Erika blocked her path.

She didn't expect that and froze the moment their faces stood an inch away from each other. She can almost hear her breathing. In fact, she's hasn't realized she's already taking in all his facial features and complimenting them.

Erika, on the other hand, maybe etching a poker visage but was secretly filled with rejoicing and indescribable happiness.

In fact, she's taking in every bit of her countenance especially those beautiful and sparkling big blue eyes.

She bit her lips to suppress a smile every time she remembered how those eyeballs roll upon her pun torments.

All those years of unsuccessful torment and puns all came back to her, every single bit. It's funny how it takes a quarter of a decade to finally submit her true feelings toward her. How she adores her.How she fancies her and how she wishes she was hers.

Erika walks away from the scene, after that, leaving Megan breathlessness in every way.

End of Flashback