chapter 4: I COULDN'T PROTECT HER
Opening her eyes, Georgia was greeted with an unfamiliar yet familiar room, the walls were all white and she needn't anybody telling her she was in the hospital
she tried recalling the last thing that happened
yeah, she cried her eyes out under the rain until she collapsed but on a second thought, who brought her to the hospital then?
looking around for someone but she was the only one in the ward
she felt so dehydrated and was very thirsty.
The door opened to reveal an old man and Georgia's eyes widened in surprise
"Grandpa!
what the hell! was that her voice that sounds like a frog squeeling?
Old Gerald walked gingerly to her bed with another man following suit behind
who Georgia recognized as Clifford
Clifford has been her grandpa's butler ever since she was little and literally follows her Grandpa everywhere he goes
Georgia noticed the frown marring old Gerald's aged face as he gazed down at her lying on the bed
"what happened to you child? old Gerald asked
He clapped his hands giving her no chance to respond and Clifford came foward
"Miss Sterling, your grandpa had been worried ever since the bodyguards he assigned to protect you secretly lost track of you at ZURI HOTEL around 7pm last night" Clifford informed stepping back
'7pm last night? that was when I was kidnapped and setup by my loving fiancee
and stepsister'
Georgia thought bitterly
"so tell me every damn thing that happened cause it seems someone messed with my grandchild!
old Gerald demanded obviously pissed
"Can I at least have water? I'm thirsty" Georgia required and immediately Mr Clifford stepped out and fetched water from the dispenser in a plastic cup just beside the ward
Georgia accepted the water and drank enough to quench her thirst finally.
"thank you" she muttered gratefully to Mr Clifford.
Georgia cleared her throat and narrated the whole story to old Gerald but skipped
the part where she donated blood and the part where she found out about Raymond's dirty plan
old Gerald would freak out if he learns about it besides, old Gerald isn't getting any younger, Georgia wants to completely avoid things that would cause a strain in her grandpa's health
one thing she was sure of was that if old Gerald learns about Raymond's betrayal, he would stop at nothing to bring the Davidsons down and the Davidsons would surely fight back and a war would breakout which would affect old Gerald's health
Georgia wouldn't want that
Her Grandpa was the only family who cared about her just like her mom did
Infact to Georgia, the best part of the day despite the excruciating pains of betrayal she had to go through was that, she was actually of help to her best friend Leah.
' at least I'm still worthy to save a life's she thought to herself.
"how dare someone plot against you? And that Raymond, he's such a fool, he couldn't even trust you! you're better off without him though, it's his loss" old Gerald boomed
Georgia just kept silent
"look child" old Gerald held Georgia's hand in his slightly wrinkled ones
"they do not worth a single drop of your tears, so don't cry" he assured her.
The next minute old Gerald's face twisted in anger again
"that damned father of yours! how could he treat his own daughter like this, doesn't he have conscience at all"
Georgia shook her head
"grandpa if it's about Dad then don't worry, I'm used to it" she assured and that made old Gerald pity his grand daughter
the girl had been through a lot and he still feels guilty of not stopping any of it
Well isn't it about time he told her the truth?
He asked himself
Few moments later, old Gerald left the hospital giving the doctor strict order not to allow her go home for tonight but only be discharged tomorrow
That wasn't all, Old Gerald knew his defiant daughter, so he assigned bodyguards to stay around so as she wouldn't leave the hospital until morning.
"Hey Georgia" Leah said as soon as Georgia picked up the call
"Leah what's up? Georgia asked lazily in bed, she could barely sleep in the damn hospital. sigh
"I have good news! my Brother is awake!
Leah squeeled happily
Georgia was happy too, at least her efforts paid off
"that's good news Leah, how is he?
she asked
"fine at least alive but he's still weak though" Leah said
"where are you Georgia, I need to come see you like right now" Leah asked
Georgia sighed,
"Leah promise me you wouldn't freak out? Georgia asked slowly
"i don't understand, why should I promise you that? why would I freak out in the first place? Leah threw the questions bewildered
"well I'm in the hospital"
"WHAT?!!! Oh my goodness Georgia, what happened to you, oh God I'm freaking out! text me the address right away!!!
Leah screamed that got Georgia take the phone a little far from her ear
She felt her head was going to explode by Leah's shouts
~GERALDS FAMILY HOUSE~
"you're all dismissed from your work, collect the payment and leave"
Mr Clifford informed five men clouded in black
"Sir please let us talk to Old Gerald, Maybe he would reconsider" one of them pleaded
"that means you don't know him at all, once he makes a decision he doesn't reconsider and to top it all, you know the circumstances responsible for his decision" Mr Clifford said
The men bowed their heads.
"we failed to protect Miss Sterling"
"I'm glad you remember, you're dismissed"
with that said, Mr Clifford left
"have you sent them off?
"Yes Sir"
"Cancel the contract with the Davidsons"
Mr Clifford widened his eyes, totally transfixed, does Old Gerald really mean it
"Sir but this contract worth millions of dollars" he really couldn't believe that Old Gerald would think of cancelling the contract
"Clifford how long have you worked for me?
Mr Clifford was thrown off balance by the sudden question, thinking about it he actually couldn't remember
"you can't remember right? that shows how long you have worked with me so you should have known by now that a few millions of dollars doesn't mean anything to me when it comes to her"
"I will keep that in mind Sir" Mr Clifford acknowledged and left when signaled to
old Gerald sighed heavily and opened his wallet
A picture of a lady smiling brightly without a care in the world was attached at the top of the inner wallet
old Gerald caressed the lady's face as a single tear dropped from his eyes
"I couldn't protect her Evelyn, hope you would be able to forgive Papa?