Daddy’s Hot Sauce

Hours had passed and someone knocked and entered the room.

Emily was curious about that visitor, while Anders was busy on his tablet and phone, checking all his emails and papers about work while caressing Emily’s hands.

“Wow, sweet morning everyone,” greeted by the doctor.

Emily was mortified so she pulled back her hands and listened to the doctor

“Alright, so let me get straight to the point, please rest and don’t overwork yourself, I will release your discharge letter and recommendation for you to have follow up check-ups and take these vitamins, I indicated the instructions and meals that will be good for your health,” said by the doctor.

Then, he smiled as he looked both of them, “You look perfect together,’ and the doctor was about to turn but he looked at Emily and said, “By the way, you are so lucky to have that kind of man beside you, you must be proud of him,”

Anders smiled at the doctor and said, “Thanks Doc,”

Emily felt the heat on her cheeks once again after hearing the words came from the doctor. She could not even imagine him being worried about her and now other people said she was lucky to have him.

She furrowed her brows while staring at Anders closing the door.

“What?” he asked.

“Nothing, I just wondered what happened in the woods, why I ended up here?” she curiously asked.

Anders let out a heavy sigh and said, “Well, you screamed in pain, you were lying on the ground while holding up your head and you even said that your head was like breaking into pieces.” he looked into her eyes and saw worry on her face.

“What’s wrong?” he curiously asked.

Emily shook her head and thought about something, a memory that made her worried more.

“I-I need to go home, please?” she pleaded and was uneasy about the situation.

“Okay- but can you calm down yourself, please?”

Anders looked at her and saw that she was quite in panic in a sudden moment. He let out a heavy sigh and grabbed her things while the nurse was removing the tube that was on her arm.

“A-Anders, can you wait for me outside? I’ll just use the toilet, I need to pee,” she smiled at him.

Anders just nodded his head and went out of the room, while Emily was in a hurry to be in the toilet. When she opened the room she quickly walked straight to the sink and threw up on it.

The splash of red was scattered on the entire sink. Emily looked around and saw the swirling surroundings that made her lean on the wall.

“Shit!” she mumbled and stared at her in the mirror.

The blood was coming from her nose and that made her feel a sudden inexplicable weakening of her body. She immediately took the tissue from the dispenser and wiped it all on her face.

After a while, a soft knock on the door caught her attention.

“Emily?”

It was Anders who was calling her name behind the door.

“Coming! One more minute,” she shouted and washed off all the stains from the sink and even her clothes.

Anders was uneasy by her sudden changes of actions so he opened the door and saw Emily was washing her hands.

“Can’t you wait?” then, she rolled her eyes on him and walked outside the toilet.

Anders furrowed his brow as he was certain about what he heard a while ago. But, then he walked outside with Emily just to take her to her own house.

While at the hallways, the security was covering them just for the safety of Anders and Emily from being exposed to the public. Some people were looking at them and few of them were quite noticing Anders even though he was wearing a cap.

They walked straight to the parking lot and George was now in the driver’s seat while Anders and Emily was at the back seat of the car. When George started the engine, he looked at Anders and asked,

“Mr. Winston, where are we heading?”

Anders looked at him in the mirror and answered, “To Emily’s house,”

George was in disbelief about his answer and did not say any word but went out of the parking lot of the hospital.

Then, silence was now in between Emily and Anders, the fact that they were near to each other, and yet there was a wall that was in between them.

Emily was staring at the window and was having thoughts about something, and then after a while she felt his hand on hers that made her widen her eyes.

Anders moved closer to her and said, “I know there’s something that bothers you, please tell it to me and I will help you with that,”

Emily looked at his eyes and saw his sincerity, “I was just thinking about my parents,” then she plastered a smile on her face while staring at him.

Anders just nodded his head and knew that she had something that she was not telling him, so for now, he would let her be alone and have thoughts about it.

When the car stopped in front of Emily’s house in an exclusive subdivision, Anders went out of the car to help Emily. He was smiling while staring at her and quickly grabbed her hand while he was holding her things and walked inside her house.

Emily felt the warmth of his hands and made her cheeks flush while they were walking inside her house.

“T-Thank you, Anders,” she shyly said and was not able to look into his eyes.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“Don’t worry I will be at your penthouse tomorrow,” she gave an assurance to him and waited for his words.

Anders shook his head and said, “You know what’s helpful? Rest. Emily, you have to rest, okay?” then he held her hands and lightly pressed them together.

“Sorry for being a burden today, I ‘m just tired from all those things that I have done and-”

Anders put his finger on top of her lips and whispered, “Shh- You are not a burden to me, and you will never be, what’s more important now is for you to be healthy,”

“Okay- thanks again,” she said and pulled back her hands from him.

Emily could not hold help herself to stay calm while Anders was around so, she waved her hand at him and said, “Thanks for taking care of me, I’ll rest and be healthy again, I still need to fulfill the contract with you, Anders,”

Anders just nodded his head and left the house.

Emily was at the window and was just staring at him while going to his car and finally she felt free for the meantime, the happiness in her heart was unmeasurable but something was making her have second thoughts about her health.

When he went inside his car, he looked at George and started the engine. While at the road Anders asked George,

“Give me the status of Formonix,”

George stopped on the side of the road and answered him, “Well, after the incident of kicking out Mr. Johnson, other investors pulled it their shared to the company as well,”

Anders was clenching his fist and mumble, “Fuckers!”

“Mr. Winston, I think Mr. Johnson was making his way to put down the Formonix, one of our source said he was trying to convince the other investors that was left in the company to pull out their shares just like the other,”

Anders shook his head after finding out that MR. Johnson was stabbing his back.

“That mother fucker should be dead by now,” then, he heaved out a sigh and said, “Deal with it George and make sure that he would not cause any harm to the rest of the investors and others as well,” he seriously said and looked at the window.

“How about Charles?” he curiously asked.

“Still asleep, Mr. Winston, but Brian was looking for you for the past weeks, he was trying to convince me to take you to him,” George said.

Anders quickly said, “Call him this evening and I will talk to Brian tonight,” then, he crossed his arms and closed his eyes.

He was thinking other way around to make things right and was making sure that everything was in its proper place. Anders was a kind of man that was meticulous in every way. He always wanted everything in order in their perfect places.

“Mr. Winston your mother was now engaged in a syndicate just to fulfill her addiction in the casino,” George looked at him and saw his furrowed brows of Anders and that was an indication of the mad man.

Anders clenched more of his fist and said, “Let’s head to my mother’s mansion,”

“Sory to say this MR. Winston, the mansion has been sold to one of her creditor at the casino,” George said.

“Shit!” Anders exclaimed and tapped his knees after hearing those words from George.

He could not even believe that her mother sold the mansion, a place where his mother has a lot of memories with his late father. He let out a heavy sigh and said, “Take me to her now,”

George did not ask any more questions and just obeyed him as he was mad at this moment. He drove the car and made sure that he was focused on the road, he knew him and if you bumped into his madness you’ll be dumped in the bin.

Anders would do anything just to get the house back to his hands and would not let her mother be in that house ever again. He called his friend and said,

“Will you do me a favour about this house? I want to get it back-”

“Yeah-”

“Alright, George will bring it up to you by morning, thank you,”

He put down the phone and was thinking of other ways to corner her mother. He knew that her addiction would never do good on her and the family. He always cleaned her mess every time she was in trouble.