Chapter 5 Left In Flames
Olivia’s Povil
The doctor stared at both of us with a frown. Richard released my hand and smiled uneasily.
“Should I come back?” the doctor asked.
Richard chuckled and cleared his throat, “Of course, not, Doctor, Please go ahead
“Miss Olivia has a serious head trauma and blood clotting in her brain. She needs to undergo a serious surgery so it can be fixed,” the doctor said.
My blood ran cold. Brain surgery? The irony, I smiled bitterly.
My mother went through this same brain surgery and she never survived it.
Years ago when she got into an argument with my father because she found out about Elena and her mother my father had angrily shoved her.
My mother rolled down the stairs until she hit the floor. I was fifteen then and I remembered crying and screaming at my father.
My mother had been rushed to the hospital and she had a hemorrhage in her brain.
My mother hadn’t survived the surgery. It was after that incident that my father had tried to adjust and make it up to me.
My father killed my mother and even though he spent the rest of his life making up for it I never forgave him.
I was only able to forgive him when he was about to die six months ago.
And now I was in the same exact situation. Fate had a weird way of playing the same cards.
“Miss Olivia?” the doctor called, snapping me out of my train of thoughts.
I blinked, “Yes?”
“We need to prepare you for the surgery,” he said to me.
Richard stared at me with a smirk, “Do you accept our previous conversation so I can pay for
your surgery?“||
I scoffed, “You’re the reason I’m in this situation, Richard and yet you are trying to blackmail me?” Richard sighed, “It’s not blackmailing, I’m only trying to help you see the reason why you should accept. For instance, you’re broke and can’t pay for the surgery.”
The doctor stared at us, Tm afraid, Miss Olivia doesn’t have time for this” Richard shrugged. “When you’re ready, Livia, you know where to find me.”
Then I watched as he callously walked out of the hospital room with a smirk.?
The doctor stared at me, his eyes widening. “Miss Olivia, I suggest you do everything possible to schedule your surgery right now.”
I nodded, “Perform the surgery, Doctor. Put it on my tab, Miss Bellaire”
The doctor’s eyes widened slightly as I flashed him something on my phone.
“Of course, Miss, right away.”
Hours later I opened my eyes and felt severe pain. Groaning, I squinted as I heard the sound of an EKG machine beeping steadily. “How do you feel, Miss Olivia?” I heard the doctor’s voice!
His voice sounded so far even though I could see him in front of me.X
“Focus, Miss Olivia,” he said.
I blinked and groaned, that action was also very painful.
“What happened?” I asked
The doctor smiled, “The surgery was successful and you’re now on your way to recovery.”
I could now focus on his voice and see him clearly. The fog and migraine was slowly clearing
“That’s good,” I smiled.
“How do you feel?” he asked.
I shrugged, “Everything hurts.”
The doctor nodded, “That’s to be expected. You’ve just had a major surgery so you need at least three weeks of bed rest.” “Thank you, Doctor” I smiled at him.
I grabbed my phone immediately after he left. Richard was nowhere to be found
I dialed the number that has been calling me constantly
“Miss Bellaire, what’s going on?” the worried voice sounded over the phone.
“I need you to come get me. I had a minor accident that’s going to affect me so I can’t leave alone,” I said softly “What’s your address, Miss?” the voice asked
I had just finished rambling off the name of the hospital when the door opened and I hurriedly hung up the phone.!! Standing in front of me was Elena with a scowl.
“Why didn’t you die from the same surgery that killed your mother so I can live in peace? Elena queried.
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My blood boiled in anger but I wasn’t going to react. I was in a very vulnerable position and I was certain she was trying tak for reasons to hurt me.”
“Leave me alone, Elena,” I said tiredly.!!
Elena frowned, “I don’t know why you keep hanging on like a fucking leech. Why won’t you just die and leave our lives.”
I stared at her, “I’m going to leave, Elena, don’t worry about it.“)
Elena chuckled, “You don’t understand, Livia, I don’t want you to just leave, I want you to die!“}
“Too bad we don’t always get what we want,” I scoffed.”
Elena smirked and I watched with wide–eyed eyes as she emptied a bottle of petrol around my bed
“What are you doing? I asked, panic evident in my voice.
“Burn in hell!” she smirked as she dropped a single matchstick on the floor.”
As she turned to leave. I weakly grabbed her dress pulling her back!
Elena screamed as she fell to the floor dragging me with her.li
Thick smokes filled the room as the smoke alarm went off.
I started coughing while Elena glared at me.
“You bitch, what have you done?” she screamed at me:
“Help!” she screamed, crawling toward the door
I heard voices outside.
“Sir, the fire service are on their way. You can’t get inside there” a voice said.
“No, Livia is still inside there,” Richard’s voice sounded outside.
I felt a sliver of hope as Richard broke down the door. His eyes landed on me as he took quick steps toward me.
“Richard!” Elena called out pitifully
Richard stopped, his face turning pale as he turned to his left and saw Elena.
As expected even though my heart felt like it was ripped out of my soul I watched as Richard whirled around and carried Elena out of the
room.
“Help me.” I gasped, coughing weakly.
But he didn’t spare me a glance and as he walked away I saw Elena smiling smugly at me as she mouthed, ‘Die alone, bitch.
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