Atticus wasn’t talking to me. Technically he was but he had developed Justin’s bad attitude and had been giving me short answers for the past week and it was making me mad.
I had asked him a million times why he was angry, which was stupid of me when I knew the exact reason he was angry but the fact was that he has told me the same one million times that he wasn’t angry and I should stop apologizing to him every time I see him.
It killed me to know that I was the one who had hurt him with my words and he wasn’t over it even though he wouldn’t admit it. Aside from my words, the fact that we haven’t caught whoever it was that sent that letter still bothers him and now I was stuck at home till they
found the person.
“It’s so scary that someone like that is still roaming the streets, you should be very careful hun” Danielle spoke from where she was sitting with Jennifer, Sandy and Ria.
They finally met last week and to my surprise, they clicked at the first meeting. I won’t lie when I say I was skeptical about introducing Danielle to the trio but I’m glad it all worked out.
“I Know right? I hope they can find that bitch so I can rip her arms from her body” Sandy threatened. I could see the fumes escaping from her ears. We were at Sandy’s apartment because I was so bored and tired of seeing the walls in my own space so I suggested we hang out here instead.
“That’s too violent Sandy, you would only go to jail,” Ria said. Sandy sneered at her and she jumped in shock while we all laughed at her.
“She should get worse for trying to harm Hazel, I mean look at her, why would anyone want to
do something cruel to her? If innocence was to be a human, it would be her” Sandy exclaimed and I had to move when she kept shaking me.
“Please get your hands off me” I laughed because she kept moving with me and shaking me as if it would explain her point better.
“I just hate that it has caused a pause in my life. Atticus won’t let me leave the house and I am bored out of my mind because I’ve been indoors. I want to make him understand that even the house is not safe if this is a very dangerous person but I only made matters worse and now the building is crawling with bodyguards too. He is being too much” I complained but no one agreed with me.
“He is just trying to make sure you are safe and I can confirm that he isn’t being too much. If someone threatened my husband or any of my loved ones that way, I may even do worse if it was in my capacity. Let him be dear, it’s the only way he would be able to get things done if he is certain you are safe” Jenny explained and I know it was her own way of consoling me.
“I understand and that is the main reason I am not making a mountain out of it plus I think he is mad over the words I said so I am trying not to do anything that would make him too mad at me” I confessed. I reached to collect a cookie from the plate and munched on it.
“See her talking as if she won’t be mad as well if she was the on the receiving end, the hazel I know would have caused a scene” Dani said and all of them nodded their head in support.
“I totally agree. She has to be the biggest drama queen” Sandy spoke from where she sat on the couch with her legs tucked underneath her, scrolling through her phone. My best bet was social media.
“I don’t agree with this.” I pointed to each of them so they would know I was talking about them “You should be supporting me and not trying to gang up on me like this” I accused them.
“No one is ganging up on you or whatever the hell you call it, we are just telling you to give the man more time. I wasn’t the one who was told those words but it hurts me to hear them” Jen’s tone was more soothing now as she tried to make me understand.
“I do. I understand, trust me but I don’t want him to be mad anymore. I can’t even think of anything else to do to try and make it up to him and it doesn’t help that he keeps saying that he isn’t angry with me” My frustration was visible in my voice and I even threw my hands up.
“Woah, calm down missy just give him time. He loves you way too much to be mad at you for too long anyway” Sandy piped in. I was so grossed out by the cookies flying out of her mouth and the others were as well.
“Sandy close our fucking mouth and chew” Ria groaned and slid away from her as she spoke.
“Girlllllll, that’s nasty” Danielle also spoke at the same time I groaned.
“You got to step up your eating game, you eat like an animal” I added but Sandy was not bothered at all by our comments and just continued stuffing her face with the cookies.
“I wonder how you keep that badass shape of yours when you literally inhale everything you see. Do you ever not get hungry?” Danielle's voice was filled with wonder as she stared at the unbothered Sandy.
Sandy’s reply was to rip the bag of chips Danielle was holding and started eating that as well. We just burst out laughing at this typical reaction of Sandy. She was crazy but we loved her like that even though it looked like we complained a lot about her habits.
I yawned and laid my back against the couch to catch my breath. Recently, I’ve been getting tired easily and even slept most of the time, which was one of the reasons why I decided to hang out here instead. I felt like I was sleeping too much.
“Are you okay babe? You don’t look so good” Ria pointed out and three heads snapped in my direction as well.
“I don’t feel so good. I feel a little bit nauseous but I think it’s because I have been sitting in one place. Lemme stand up and stretch it out” I didn’t notice how tired I felt until Ria pointed it out. I think it was one of those situations when you are so sick but because you were in the company of others, you won’t feel it.
I stood up so I could walk to the balcony but I think I did too fast so I was off balance and stumbled but thankfully, Sandy was really quick so she caught me before I fell. The room was suddenly spinning so fast it was difficult to get a hang of my bearings and I swayed in her hold but thankfully, she had a strong grip on me.
“Woah, are you fine? What’s wrong?” I was suddenly crowded and found it difficult to breathe so I tried my best to motion with my hands so that they gave me some space because my vision was getting blurry.
“Guys I think we need to give her some room to breathe properly. Ria fast, remove that pillow so I can lay her down and Jen, please get me a glass of water for her” Sandy Instructed still holding on to me as tightly as she could while the girls scrambled to get the task done.
“Shouldn’t we call an ambulance or something?” Danielle asked and I could hear the worry in her tone as she spoke. Sandy lowered me slowly to the couch and made me lie down straight. She grabbed the pillow from Ria and placed it gently under my head.
“Do you need water?” I heard Jen ask but it was difficult to see them because I could hardly focus on anything and it was so scary how everything changed within seconds.
I shook my head and I heard the glass being placed on the glass table in the room. Everyone was so quiet and even though I had my eyes closed, I could feel their eyes on me and I knew they were probably deciding on what to do next.
“Hello, Hey Atty, you need to come home now, Hazel isn’t feeling too well and she is running temperature” I flinched as cool hands descended on my forehead.
“I think he should meet us at the hospital instead. I will go get Justin so he can carry her to the car. His office is too far away for us to wait” Ria suggested instead.
“That’s better Ria. Danielle told him to just meet us at the hospital instead” Jennifer agreed and I heard someone scurry away from the room. I managed to open my eyes and saw Danielle still on the phone, listening to whatever Atticus was saying on the other end.
“Hey..are you okay? Don’t worry alright? We’ll take you to the hospital soon. Ria has gone to get Justin. It’s probably stress so I’m sure everything will be fine” Sandy sat beside me and brushed my hair away from my face.
I wanted to disagree with her and tell her that I had slept enough to last me a lifetime but I couldn’t bring myself to utter a single word.
The door opened and banged against the wall because of the force used and I even jumped from the shock. Justin raced towards me and took one look at me before he scooped me up in his arms and we were out the door.
The sound of feet racing after us let me know that the girls were running after us as well. We were in the elevator and soon in the car.
I wanted to tell them that I just needed to lay down for a little while and I’d be fine but I knew that if I uttered those words, I would likely get yelled at even though I was not feeling fine so I just curled into the person sitting beside me in the car and let sleep finally lure me into the welcoming darkness.
The only thing I prayed for as I slowly fell asleep was that everything would be fine and Atticus would have no choice but to forgive me since he would be scared of my situation. I could feel my lips stretch into a smile because I was getting him to finally forgive me even though it was through something as serious as falling sick.