Chapter 71
Quinn
My heart skipped a bit when I saw a call from Ana. It meant
one thing, she had seen the news.
“Quinn, are you alright? What happened to you! You’re hurt! Veronica called dramatically from the door as she ran towards me with concern.
1 ignored her and picked up Ana’s call. She coiled a bit when I didn’t answer her but I didn’t care about how she felt. As far as I know, she might be the mastermind behind Grandma Mira’s accident and I couldn’t trust her.
“Heile. Quinn, what’s going on? Why are you all over the news? Where are you now?” she asked question after question before I could reply to any of them, she asked where I was
ry for me.
I smiled, hearing her worry about me. This was a side I hadn’t seen in over three years and it warmed my heart to see her worry
I would take another gunshot if it would make her speak to me with care and concern
“Don’t worry about me, it’s nothing” I said, trying to act modest but the voice on the line suddenly changed.
“Where are you, child? Tell us where you are so we can come see you. How bad is it? Grandma Mara sounded more worried than Ana did and I smiled broadly at this
I could see Veronica frown at my smile, she must have figured it out that I was speaking with Ana but she wouldn’t dare question me about it “First okay all, it’s nothing serious, second of all, if you get so worried about me like this, you could develop high blood pressure you know that right?” I replied Grandma Mira but the voice changed yet again
“Okay. Quinn, you better start talking now or she’s going to develop high blood pressure and I’m not going to forgive you,” Ana said with a firm voice and I laughed at this.
I wondered if Terry was there, I could imagine the frown on his face seeing Ana and Grandma Mira worry over me.
Im at the National Hospital,” I said with a smile.
“Okay, we’re coming.” Ana said before.disconnecting the call. I wondered how many people she meant by ‘we‘
“Eat some food man. You were holding that criminal off like you were fighting to get into the army or something.” Fleur said, passing me the tray of food.
He was still pissed at me for not opening the door for him and taking all the hits.
“Oh my God, why did you face the criminal all by yourself? What if he shot you in your vital areal Why do you want to get yourself killed?“ Veronica pines, worried.
“It’s a good thing he didn’t shoot me in my vital area then,” I replied with a shrug.
“Why did you bring me porridge man! I’m craving chicken nuggets. I complained to Fleur who sat on the sofa with the remote in his hand, scanning through the TV stations.
He shot me a glare and turned back to the screen. He would probably pounce on me if I wasn’t hurt.
my bed when a knock sounded on the door. I sat up immediately with excitement and expectation
Tate the rice porridge and was lying back on my
My cousin walked in with Junior who followed behind with a frown like he was forced to come.
It back with disappointment. I was expecting to see Ana but was greeted by my cousin and her son’s presence.
“Quinn, why were you chasing a criminal for Christ’s sake?” My cousin hit me on the other arm and I winced in pain.
“Ouch, your hand hurts,” I said but got a glare from her.
She continued with her nagging and Veronica joined in, both of them yapping about how careless I was and how I jumped in to face danger even when 1 knew that I could have lost my life in the process.
There was a knock on the door again and this time around, I knew that it had to be Ana.
Fleur opened the door and just as I suspected, Ana and Grandma Mira walked in. Grandna Mira ran towards me, using the back of her hand to feel my temperature while Ana folded her hands and stood with a frown.
I didn’t know if she was pissed that I put myself in danger or if she was pissed to see Veronica. Either way, I felt uncomfortable having both of them
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in the same space.
“Is my condition that bad? Lasked smiling at her but she glared at me.
“Why did you chase a criminal? What relationship do you have with a criminal son?” Grandma Mira asked, looking worried but I held her hand with my free hand and told her not to worry about that.
“We just had some scores to settle, nothing you should worry about.”
Telling her that I chased after the criminal who hit her would make the room tense and it would make Veronica suspicious so I had to keep her worry at bay and leave things as they were.
“Don’t go having scores with criminals Quinn. I don’t know you to be one to be one to have scores with that sort of people” Grandma Mira queried further
She probably didn’t know that the criminal in question was the driver who hit her but from the way
ay Ana stared with a frown without spoken, I knew she caught onto it.
any
words:
“Where’s Moon” I asked, trying to deviate from being the topic of the day.
“Wow, is she Moon’s mom‘ She’s so pretty for real. I wish you weren’t so complicated, Id have loved to hook you up with her.” Junior said out of the blue, making everyone turn to him in both awe and anger, by Veronica of course.
“Junior” My cousin called him out but we both knew that it wouldn’t stop him from saying more if he could.
I didn’t blame him, I didn’t take Ana out when I was married to her so he never got to meet her. I didn’t even know if my cousin knew who she was. “Moon’s home with his nanny, and thank you for your compliment,” Ana replied with a smile at junior.
He reciprocated the smile and I couldn’t believe that the duo just did that
It would be over for me if Ana got close to Junior.
“So, when am I getting my payment?” Junior asked with his hand stretched forward.
I almost choked on nothing as everyone immediately looked at me inquisitively,
“What pay? What work did you do for him!” His mom inquired and I coughed, Junior smiled with satisfaction at my reaction.
He enjoyed putting me in such a position. What a little brat he was.
“Uhmm, Junior, can’t you see that he’s unwell now? Why not leave that for now? Let’s focus on getting him back on his feet. Fleur tried to intervene but Junior pouted with a confused look.
“He looks fine to me, only his hand is hurt. His mouth still works well. I gritted my teeth and saw Fleur do the same too. Junior was a real brat.
Everyone now turned to look at me, expecting me to say something but I was dumbstruck. Just then the door swung open and we all averted our gaze to the door.
