CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

AFTER THE TEST WAS DONE MARIAM WAS ASKED TO WAIT FOR FEW MINUTES FOR THE RESULTS TO BE OUT SHE SAT ON THE CHAIR QUIETLY HER EYES WERE PAALE DUE TO THINKING AND SLEEPLESS NIGHT .HER EYES MET A FAMILIAR WARD SHE WALKED UP TO THE WARD AND LOOKED THROUGHT THE SMALL HOLE IT WAS EMPTY BUT TO HER SHE COULD SEE HER HUSBAND LYING THERE LIFELESSLY.THIS WAS THE SAME WARD HER HUSBAND WAS RUSHED TO,TEARS TRICKLED DOWN HER EYES .SHE PUSHED THE DOOR OPENED AND WAS ABOUT TO WALK IN WHEN SOMEONE CALLED HER FROM BEHIND

"MA'AM ..THE DOCTOR WANTS TO SEE YOU"A NURSE SAID FROM BEHIND

"HMM..OKAY"SHE REPLIED AND THE NURSE LEFT SHE CLEANED HER TEARS WITH HER HAND ,LOCKED THE DOOR AND LEFT.WHEN SHE GOT INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE SHE SAT DOWN QUIETLY,

"WHAT DOES THE IT SAY?"MARIAM ASKED

"MA'AM YOUR ILLNESS RELAPSED BUT THIS TIME MORE CHRONIC THAN BEFORE..THRE'S A CHANCE THAT YOU WON'T SURVIVE THIS TIME IF YOU DON'T UNDERGO THE SURGERY QUICKLY..YOU HAVE LIMITED TIME"THE DOCTOR SAID CALMLY,MARIAM FELL TO THE FLOOR

"WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE NOW?...I CAN'T DIE WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF DEVIN NO,NO"MARIAM SAID FAINTLY ,IT WAS QUITE HARD FOR THE DOCTOR TO HEAR HER

"EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT..LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE THERE IS STILL A WAY OUT"THE DOCTOR CONSOLED

"DOCTOR I CAN'T AFFORD THE MONEY IT'S TOO MUCH"MARIAM SAID AND THE DOVTOR SIGHED.HE HAD SEEN LOT OF SITUATIONS LIKE THIS BEFORE AND IT WAS PITIFUL

"IF YOU CAN BRING HALF OF THE MONEY WE WILL START THE SURGERY BUT WE WON'T DISCHARGE YOU UNTIL YOU COMPLETE IT"THE DOCTOR SAID

"THANK YOU DOCTOR"MARIAM SAID EVEN THOUGH SHE STILL DID NOT HAVE IT ,SHE STILL FELT GRATEFUL.SHE TOOK HER BAG AND LEFT THE HOSPITAL

AT SCHOOL

AFTER FEW HOURS OF WORKING IN THE LAB,IT WAS TIME FOR LUNCH.ANNA WAS EXHAUSTED THE PROJECT WAS JUST TOO HARD .THEY HAD TRIED SEVERALLY BUT STILL DID NOT GET THE RIGHT CURE..THEY WERE TO WORK ON A CURE FOR A POISON EACH GROUP WAS GIVEN DIFFERENT POISON TO FIND A CURE FOR AND IT SEEMED LIK THIER'S HAD NO CURE.ANNA HELD HER NECK IN PAIN AND SAT ON THE CHAIR.SHE REMOVED THE COAT GENTLY AND WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE BUT DEVIN STOPPED HER.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"DEVIN ASKED,ANNA LOOKED AT HIM CONFUSED DIDN'T HERE THE BELL

"WHAT SORT QUESTION IS THAT?..I'M GOING TO THE CAFETARIA"ANNA SAID

"YOU CAN'T GO"DEVIN REPLIED COLDLY

"WHY?"ANNA ASKED

"WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYWHERE IN THE PROJECT AND YOU WANT TO LEAVE FOR LUNCH?"DEVIN SAID AND WALKED UP TO HER

"YOU'RE SAYING RUBBISH..WHY CAN'T I GO FOR LUNCH IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT WE DIDN'T START EARLY"ANNA SAID

"IT'S WHO'S FAULT?"DEVIN ASKED COLDLY LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO ANNA'S EYES.

"EXCUSE ME"ANNA SAID AND WAS ABOUT TOMLEAVE BUT DEVIN HELD THE DOOR AND LOCKED IT.ANNA SIGHED THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD DO NOW

"I'M SORRY LIAM"ANNA MUTTERED.IT WAS TRUE THET THEY STILL HAD ALOT TO DO,SO SHE DECIDED TO JUST STAY BACK

AT THE CAFETARIA

LIAM WAITED FOR ANNA BUT IT HAD BEEN UP TO TWENTY MINUTES YET SHE DID NOT COME.HE RAN HIS FINGERS THROUGH HIS HAIR.

"WHY IS SHE TAKING SO MUCH TIME?"LIAM ASKED HIMSELF JUST THEN HE SAW SIA AND KAYLA BUT ANNA WAS NOT WITH THEM .HE WALKED TO THEM TO ASK ABOUT ANNA 

"HEY"LIAM SAID

"HI"SIA REPLIED WITH A SMILE

"HAVE YOU SEEN ANNA AROUND?"LIAM ASKED

"NO..SHE HASN'T COME OUT OF THE LAB SINCE SHE WENT IN THERE"SIA REPLIED

"OH..THANKS"LIAM REPLIED

"I DIDN'T EVEN SEE HER TODAY"KAYLA SIAD

"OH YEAH THAT'S TRUE"SIA SAID AS THEY WALKED OUT.LIAM FACE TURNED RED IN ANGER,HEARING THET ANNA WAS STILL IN THERE WITH DEVIN MADE HIM SO ANGRY JUST THEN HE SAW DEVIN AND HE WALKED UP TO HIM 

"WHERE IS ANNA?"LIAM ASKED.DEVIN PAUSED IN HIS STEPS AND TURNED BACK

"EXCUSE ME?I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION"DEVIN SAID

"WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET I WAS WONDERING WHY SHE ISN'T OUT YET"LIAM SAID CALMLY

"OH..YOU CAN'T MEET HER "DEVIN SAID

"WHY IS THAT?"LIAM ASKED

"BECAUSE I TOLD HER NOT TO COME OUT WE ARE NOT DONE YET"DEVIN REPLIED.HIS AURA WAS CALM AND COLD .THIS MADE LIAM ANGRY

"YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO KEEP HER LOCKED UP IN THERE"LIAM SAID

"I HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIAM..YOU DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER YOURSELVE"DEVIN SAID AND WALKED OUT.LIAM CLENCHED HIS FIST IN ANGER AND GRITTED HIS TEETH ANGRILY.

AT THE LAB

ANNA WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROJECT AGAIN,SHE COULDN'T FIND WHAT WAS WRONG JUST THEN HER STOMACH GRUMBLED AND SHE HELD IT'SHE HADN'T EATEN SINCE AND SHE WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE STOMACH PAIN,SHE HELD HER STOMACH AND SAT ON THE CHAIR JUST THEN DEVIN WALKED IN.HE LOOKED AT HER FROM THE DOOR SHE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN,HIS GAZE SOFTENED AND HE WALKED UP TO HER AND DROPPED THE FOOD ON THE TABLE

"HERE EAT"DEVIN SAID AND ANNA LOOKED UP

"T-THANKS"ANNA SAID

"BE QUICK WE STILL HAVE ALOT TO DO"DEVIN SAID AND ANNA ATE QUIETLY.ATER FEW HOURS THE BELL RANG FOR CLOSING ANNA REMOVED HER COAT AND SIGHED DEEPLY

"WE'LL CONTINUE TOMORROW..WE BOTH HAVE GO BACK AND LOKK INTO OUR RESEARCH THOROUGHLY"DEVIN SAID DOMINEERING TONE

"HMM..BYE"ANNA REPLIED AND LEFT.WHEN SHE GOT OU SHE SAW LIAM AT THE DOOR AND HER EXPRESSION TURNED SAD,HE WOULD HAVE WAITED AND DID NOT SEE SO HE HAD TO LEAVE DISAPPOINTED1.LIAM SMILED FAINTLY AND WALKED UP TO HER

"HOW WAS YOUR DAY IN THERE?"LIAM ASKED AND TEARS ROLLED DOWN ANNA'S EYES

"I'M SORRY LIAM"ANNA SAID AND HUGGED HIM,LIAM WAS SURPRISED HE SMILED AGAIN 

"IT'S OKAY..I'M NOT ANNOYED.I MET WITH DEVIN AND HE INFORMED ME THAT YOU WON'T BE COMING OUT"LIAM SAID

"HE DID?"ANNA ASKED

"YES"LIAM REPLIED

"I'M SORRY I PROMISE TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU"ANNA SAID

"I HOPE YOU DO"LIAM SAID

"ANNA"KAYLA CALLED FROM BEHIND

"KAYLA"ANNA SAID AND HUGGED HER

"WE HAVE TO GO"KAYLA SAID

"OH OKAY..BYE LIAM"ANNA WAVED AND LEFT