Chapter 9

                                    

                                          
Present.
                          
Maria
                          
Beep....beep.....beep...
                          
God! Why does my head hurt so fucking much? Did I drink too much, fuck father's going to be mad.
                          
Beep...beep...beep...
                          
The charity event was good. I think I looked nice, I met Chris there.
                          
Beep...beep...beep...
                          
Ah, then I met Mr sexy Lucifer. He looked handsome that night, that dance is going to be memorable.
                          
Beep...beep...beep...
                          
Is Theo baking again, cause that microwave is beeping a lot?
                          
Beep...beep...beep...
                          
And then it hit me. Mum was on the floor, Theo was there, I think the other man was my uncle and...and then there was my father with a gun.
                          
I opened my eyes, gasping for air. There was a bright light, I tried to adjust to it. I groned cause my head hurts, my back hurts and my legs hurt. I feel like shit.
                          
After that, I looked around. This was not my room. Then I saw the heart monitors and IV tubes connecting me. Ohh I was in a hospital, where are mum and Theo.
                          
I tried to move my leg when there was sudden pain and I hissed. Then the door opened and Theo walked in, he had dark circles under his eyes. He looked in my direction and ran to me.
                          
"Maria thank God you are ok! Let me call the doctor. Stay right here."
                          
"Yea like I am going to sprint from here, all wired." Theo looked surprised at the comment, I was too. I had never spoken like that.
                          
Soon the doctor came in he looked old in his sixties.
                          
"Maria Reed, I am Darek your doctor, glad to see you have woken up. How are you feeling?" He looked from the clipboard to me.
                          
"What the fuck do you think I feel like." What am I speaking? Theo raised an eyebrow at me and I just stared back. He was taken aback.
                          
He was expecting for me to look down in embarrassment or something, so did I but now I am speaking as if I have no filter.
                          
"Well, I can see that you are uncomfortable. We have given you some painkillers for your wounds, you had lost a lot of blood."
                          
"Well, no shit." Now I am acting like a brat.
                          
"Maria I know you are uncomfortable but this is not the way to talk to the doctor who saved your life." Theo said with knitting eyebrows.
                          
"Well, who are you to tell me that my daddy, I don't think so." Fuck what did I just say? Now I am probably looking red as a tomato.
                          
"Listen here young lady-" he was cut off by the doctor.
                          
"Mr Reed, it is not the patient's fault that she is talking like that. Due to the medicine, there are usually side effects."
                          
"Why was I not informed about this?" Theo asked.
                          
"Well, I--lt is a very rare case. It will wear off of her system in a few hours."
                          
"It better." I said.
                          
The doctor left after doing a few tests and said I can discharge in few hours. Hopefully, till that time I will not be having my blunt ego. But to be honest, I kinda like it.
                          
"Well, how is mum?" I asked Theo.
                          
He looked uncertain to tell me something.
                          
"She is fine, she will be discharged by tomorrow."