Chapter 6

-----------------Los Angeles, California.

---------------------- three days later, Olyster textiles.

I had lots of meetings to attend to, Brandon was out of town in a meeting with our investors. I had already spent four hours in the office and I needed a break. I dialled my secretary and waited for her to come in. " Yes sir" she said as she walked in. " Uhmm can you order me a beef burger and fries, with a large milk smoothie from the nearby eatery?" I asked and she nodded and walked out. I still had a lot to do, I had contracts to go through and sign.

There was a soft knock on the door and it could possibly be Ethan or my secretary. " Come on in" I answered, not taking my eyes off the contract I was reading as I twirled a pen in my hand. I heard the clicking of heels and took my eyes off the piece of paper to see who it was. " It's been a month Khalid" she said as she stood to look at me. She was in white stilettos and white skinny office pants with a high low, black, long sleeved shirt. Her black side bag hung on her right shoulder. Her hair was curled as usual and the butterfly necklace I gave her still hung gracefully on her neck. She was wearing little make up today. She was very beautiful, she was the love of my life, my reason for living. I slowly got up from my seat and walked over to her, I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to tell her. " Here, have a seat" I said as I showed her to my couch and sat beside her. " I missed you so much" she burst into tears as she hugged me tight. I didn't know how to respond, deep down in me I felt this was wrong, but I didn't know why it was. I hugged her back and patted her hair as she cried on my blazer.

" Those 31 days without you were unbearable Khalid" she sobbed as she slid out of the hug. " I.." I started but she cut me off as she placed her middle finger on my lips. I noticed the ruby ring I got for her on her middle finger. She was wearing it, I left it there at the garden that night. She was going to marry me, Oh my God. " You're wearing the ring?" I asked and watched her nod. " Being away from you for so long and not hearing a word from you almost made me go crazy, I couldn't bear it" she said as she held my face in her palms. " Khalid I love you so very much and thank you for making me realise that I am nothing without you, Thank you so much" She said as she kissed me lightly. I missed the peachy taste of lips. It was always so good. " Khalid I am willing to settle down with you now" Why did this have to happen now?. Why?. Her face was brimming with joy, I couldn't let this opportunity get by me. " Ella.." I started but she cut me off. " I'm sorry for taking long to realise this my love, forgive me okay" She said as she placed her soft hands on my cheek. I couldn't tell her about Faryah, I couldn't bring myself to tell her. I pulled her into a warm hug, I didn't want to let her go. " We'll get married" I said as I patted her curly hair. I felt as she hugged me tighter. I needed to talk to grandpa as soon as I could. " I couldn't stop thinking about you Ella" I said as she sat in my arms. " I couldn't even work properly" she said as she intertwined our hands. " You want to watch a movie tonight?, at my place?” she added. I wanted that more than anything. " Of course" I answered and kissed her forehead.

I watched her smile and we sat together in comfortable silence. " I have patients to attend to later, I'll see you at my place" she said as she got up from my side. I got up with her and followed her to the door. " I'll see you later okay" I said and kissed her forehead. " Bye" She said and walked away from me. I was in very big trouble. " Sir, your lunch is here" My secretary said as she opened my door. Good, I needed food. " Thank you" I said as she dropped my junk food on my desk. I needed to get back to work. I had to distract myself for now, I really needed to figure out how to tell Pamela about Faryah.

-----------------Los Angeles, California

----------------------Same day( Olyster residence)

Everything here was boring, luckily I had my phone with me, Raihanna had already texted me back from three days ago. It was weird that she wasn't online for three days. Ummi had already replied me saying she and grandpa were okay, and she added a little advice that I knew well to heed to.

RiRi

• I'm still in Malaysia

• And you won't guess what, I saw a male version of you, Wallah Faryah you two look exactly alike.

I found that text seriously funny, a male version of me. Wow.

Faryah

• Oh my male Doppelganger, cool, how cute is he?

She just replied me now.

RiRi

• well, he is pretty charming, he has an amazing smile

Faryah

• How did you even meet him?

RiRi

• Well his mother is my Ummahs friend, she's a psychiatrist, her son is a paediatrician, and he looks like you.

• How's LA?

Faryah

•Well, LA's boring, the house is boring too and I'm all alone, I can't even really move around, my feet is healing, it has healed but I still limp.

Oops, I really didn't want anyone to know about that, they were going to be seriously worried and bothered, I didn't want that. I couldn't delete it, she had already seen it.

RiRi

• What's wrong with your feet?

I didn't want to lie to her, I couldn't bring myself to.

Faryah

• I stepped on glass, accidentally.

RiRi

• How did you step on glass?

Faryah

• Well, a glass cup slipped from my hands

RiRi

• Well, you didn't just step on them, did you?

Faryah

• I was pushed

RiRi

• By who?

• Say everything Faryah

Faryah

• Fine, Khalid's younger brother has anger issues, so he made me step on them angrily.

RiRi

• my goodness, are you okay?

Faryah

• Don't tell my family anything please and you should forget about it.

RiRi

• Take care of yourself Faryah please

Faryah

• I will

There was a soft knock on the door, I walked over to open it and found Sophia in a pair of white pants, a crop top and sneakers, her dark curly hair was well brushed. " Uhmm hey, I just got back from class and I was wondering if I could give you a little tour round the city, what do you think, are you fit to go out?" yayy, boredom was gone. I didn't mind limping, I could manage. I nodded and quickly went to get my veil and fix it properly on my head. " You look cute" She said as we walked down the stairs, side by side. I smiled at her and adjusted my trousers. " We'll go to the mall first, then maybe Ice cream, you like Ice cream right?" she said as she got her keys from her bag. I nodded as I followed her out of the mansion. I watched as a driver in a black car stopped in front of us. " Thank you, Faryah get in lets go" Sophia said and I followed behind her and sat at the front. The car was so neat and really pretty, all black, the air conditioner was on too.

" So Faryah, you studied business administration right, still studying or you're done?" Sophie asked as she drove along the street. " You're still studying?" she asked and looked at me. I nodded and watched her give me a pitiful smile. " Last year?" She asked and I nodded again. " I'm in my last year too, medicine" she said and I smiled at her. " Haven't you thought of enrolling in an online class?" I had thought of that but I didn't know how it was done. I nodded at her. " I'll help you enrol if you haven't" she said as she stopped when the traffic light showed red. I smiled at her again and bowed my head a little. I really liked how I was friends with her. She was the only one getting close to me and Alhamdulillah, I was grateful. She and Mama Zainab took care of me through out my healing, they were always with me when they were home, which was usually late at night and early in the morning. I couldn't see Khalid for the past three days, well I was mostly in my room all day, my feet had already healed but I was still limping.

The lights turned green and Sophia continued driving. She was driving fast this time. My eyes widened in shock as a red sports car sped towards us from the left. I sat shocked as Sophia screamed her lungs out and moved towards the right, away from the car and I watched as it hit another black car behind us. The black car flew into the air before it scrapped the ground. We watched in shock as the car flipped multiple times. It was a very horrible sight. Sophia drove further and stopped a little bit away from the incident. " Holy shit" Sophia cursed as she got down from the car. I followed her down and looked at the red sports car, it was fleeing, the road was not so busy so it was easy for him to flee. I looked at the man in the car as he fled, he had pretty dark long hair and looked really cunning. I looked at the car that was almost in flames, the lady driving it was with her little daughter. I could already hear sirens from the ambulance, police and fire department.

Alhamdulillah they were rescued. That could've been us and if we weren't lucky, we would have been dead. My head ached a little, I felt a little bit dizzy, I looked at the incident again, I saw another little figure that looked like me. She was little and covered in blood. She was looking for her mother, crying and groaning in pain. What was going on?