Chapter fifty five .
Song recommendation : the way you felt by Alex Benjamin and heart break anniversary by giveon .
Tending to her .
Emily groaned and tried to turn , what ! ?? She couldn't turn ?? Why ?
Thousands of needles were glued to her skin , or was she exaggerating? She tried to pry open her eyes , but they felt heavy . What the hell is wrong ?
She forcefully open them and sighed , one feat done .
She stared at the white ceiling and the smell of chlorine told her pretty much where she was .
Hospital! She was in the hospital but where are the others?
She tried to sit upright but gave up because her neck felt stiff . Just what happened to her ? The door opened and Micheal came in ,he was on a call and he didn't see that Emily was awake .
"Yeah . We will probably be back before this week runs out or latest by next week " He drew out a chair that was placed by the bed and sat on it . He ended the call and slid the phone back to his pocket , roaming his eyes around the room , without staring at where Emily laid on the bed .
"Micheal ? " She called him faintly . Her throat was sore and her voice was croaking . She thought he glanced at her way but he simply resumed what he was doing as if he didn't hear her .
"Micheal I need water . " She tried to increase her voice to catch his attention and thank heavens it worked . He snapped his head to her direction and his eyes grew wide at the sight of conscious Emily .
"You're awake ? How are you feeling . " He closer to her immediately knocking over the water that was placed on the table which Emily did not notice earlier

"I need water ?! " She pointed to the bottle and Micheal gave it to her within the speed of a lightning .
She took several gulps and the cool liquid soothes her throat she closed her eyes as she relished the smooth taste . Her throat felt better and her voice less croaky .
"Do you need more ? " He panicked for a while running his hand around trying to satisfy her and Emily shook her head in negative . This would only results in a disaster if he continues this.
"Why are there so many drip on me ?? I can't move . " She whined and look into his eyes

"I'll ....I'll get the doctor . " He sped out of the room closing the door gently behind him. How did he manage to do that ? Closing the door gently despite running Helter skelter.
He came in with the doctor or rather doctors as they were two doctor and three nurses . He was restless and rentless not knowing what to do again .
How many day has she been out of it to make him this worried? A whole Micheal Gerald?
The older doctor examined her ,speaking some medical terms and the younger one was taking notes . After all that he turned to Micheal and said
"She has passed the crucial stage ,all she need to do now is to complete her medication and have a lot rest . I'll take my leave" He smiled at Emily and at Micheal before walking out of the room and the others followed suit
Micheal grabbed his phone and made a quick phone call
"Yeah she's awake now. Bring her some foods and new clothes to change to . Be quick ! . " He ended the call and sat besides her
"Since when have I been out ?? " She pointed to the room , taking a good look at it and realizing that it was more big and beautiful than she initially thought .
"It's been three days now . Doctor said that you went into shock and you've lost a lot of blood ". He explained to her while still examining her with his eyes trying to look for signs that she was really okay
Three days ? That's quite a long time . But where exactly are the others and when and how did they later get out of that damn forest ?
"How....did ..we ..you know , get out of the forest . I actually thought I'm gonna die inside the pit . " She shook her head, as the memories came rushing in again and she could almost feel the sting in her skin again
"It's a pretty long story but let's just be glad that you're alive and well . I hope that this would be enough Adventure for your adventurous soul . " He spoke with a bit of sarcasm indicating to the condition that she found herself in . Or rather the condition that she had gotten herself into
"That reminds me , what about Nancy ?? " She gaze up at him and saw that he was yet on another call , this one seems to be important as he couldn't reply her , he simply motioned with his hands that she should wait for him to be done .
Emily played with her fingers , looking into her palm that was bruised and looked swollen . She was sure that the rest of her body would be no different from her palm .
She remembered scratching herself like a lunatic , frantically basking in the temporary relieve that caused some of her skin to peel off and blood to gush out from the cut . But she couldn't even care about that , all that matters then is just the thought of making the itchiness go away . Tears Welled up in her eyes as she remembered how vulnerable she felt when she thought she really was going to die in that pit .
And amidst the tears and last thought , she saw him . His face floated to her head and she remembered the time when she was new to the Gerald communication company.
The time when Micheal was nothing other than a bratty boss and a dominant fellow who only cares about himself . When did that man change to this caring man that she was having a hard getting out of her head??
She sniffed and was taken aback when she felt a cold hand on her cheeks wiping away the tears she had no idea was falling . Then the tears she had been holding back came gushing down her face like a broken dam .
She sobbed and felt him tenses up , then he suprised her even more by standing up from where he was sitting and trapping her in his warm embrace .
His broad shoulders and taut muscles promised to shield her from all the bad things of life . He didn't say anything , did not object to the fact that his multi-million dollar clothes was getting strained from her tears and snots .
Instead he hugged her more tighter and patted her back , whispering sweet nonsense into her ears . And miraculously she felt comforted .
The little moment was cut short when the door opened and Nancy came in , with a basket of fruit .
Emily tried to straighten her back and backed out of the embrace , but doing it too fast she ended falling into his chest some more and she thought she saw a slight smile on his lips
Bastard! He was smiling at her predicament. Due to their position she found herself staring straight into his black deep eyes and she just couldn't stop .
"Hmmm. Hmmmm " the sound of Nancy clearing her throat was the only thing that made her remember where she was .
She quickly detangle away from Micheal and sat back primly on the bed as if she wasn't just hugging him just now .
"Hope you're feeling better now ?? We all were very worried . " Nancy smiled at Emily .
" M feeling better now thank you . You ?? " She directed the question right back at her . The door opened again and this time Mera and Hana were the only ones that came in , Mera was also carrying some food flask .
"Babbbyyy . How are you feeling now " Mera rushed to her side dropping the content in her hand on the table and moving to hug Emily gently .
"How did we get out of the forest guys?? I need to know " Emily said to them as Mera and Hana took a chair beside her bed . Both stared at each other and then back at Micheal and then Emily again . They almost shook their head frequently .
"Either Micheal or Samuel . One of them would be a better narrator of the can story but let's say we just got lucky . " Mera explained in a low tone and she held a apple and a knife peeling the apple.
Nancy looked uncomfortable and was looking away ,every passing seconds.
"It's actually very complex and if I'll say , we just lucked out with it . When you fell into the hole , Nancy was the one who came running to us despite the fact that she wasn't feeling well enough to . After talking a few gibberish , Samuel was able to register what she was saying . She told us that you fell into a hole and it looked like she blacked out too . " Micheal smiled at the expression on Emily's face right now . Shock and wonderment .
"Samuel was the one who found the pit and then there is still the issue of removing you , of carrying you out . Anyways I managed to carry you out but not before I got three or more thorns stuck to my leg and was even bleeding before I was able to get you out . I removed the thorns and was lucky I'm trying to stop the blood. Although the blood stopped , it was just for a few minutes . " Micheal paused and allowed Emily to take a peaceful bite at the apple before continuing .
And apparently not only Emily was listening, he had three more audience who were waiting for him to continue the story . Nancy , Mera and Hana were immersed in the story of a knight in the shining armor of a distressed princess .
Emily nodded her head as a sign for him to continue but he waited till she was done chewing and swallowing making Emily scoff loudly .
"So , I carried you and Samuel was the one who carried Nancy . And one more thing , how Micheal managed to do it remains a mystery to me right now . He had gathered some wild berries within the short period of time that I was in the pit with you . He put it in his bags and some dried twigs and leaves too , to which I couldn't care less to . All that matters was getting you to safety " Micheal shuddered thinking about the incident . Seeing her in such a condition broke his heart and he was at lose for words at the sight of blood all over her .
"We got to where the rest were sitting . Mera , Hana and Gabriel . It was late at night already and there was no place for us to seek shelter from at least till day break . That was when I remembered the cave we found when we were searching for the leading path . I told them about it and we all agreed to check the place out "