Chapter 18
As the week went by Ella got better. She was outside getting some fresh air. Tawan saw Ella down by the sunflowers patch. He smiles as he walks down to see her. It was getting chilly so Ella decides to go back inside. As she turns, she feels weak and wobbly.
Dodge: Woo there. (hold her before she fall)
Ella: Thanks. (look up) Dodge? (hold onto Dodge arm)
Dodge: Are you okay?
Ella: I think so…What are you doing here? I thought you said you would come out here when it’s the wedding.
Dodge: (look at Ella) I came out here on a business trip. So I decide to stop by to see you also how thing going for you?
Tawan got there and saw Ella in Dodge arm. He was a few feet from them. He stared at them talking and Ella laugh at what Dodge said. He haven’t see Ella laugh like that before. Somehow he feels like he didn’t her to be around Dodge when she laughs like that. He walks over to them.
Tawan: (look at them) There you are.
Ella and Dodge look at Tawan.
Ella: Tawan?
Tawan: I just came to get you. My mom wants to see you. (lie)
Ella: Oh. Tawan, you remember Dodge.
Tawan: Yeah. (give Dodge a stared)
Ella was about to walk when she stumble a bit. Tawan was about to go to her side but Dodge was there and hold her for stably.
Dodge: Are you sure, you’re okay? You don’t look to well. (look at Ella)
Ella: (cough)…I was fine a few minutes ago. I don’t know what got into me. (look at Dodge)
Tawan was getting annoying by looking at Dodge and Ella so he went to grab Ella arm.
Tawan: If you didn’t feel well, you shouldn’t have come out here to get sick.
Ella: (look at Tawan) What got into you?
Tawan didn’t listen to Ella. He lift her onto his shoulder and carry her away as Dodge stared at them.
Ella: Put me down. (hit Tawan back)
Tawan: No. (smack Ella butt and smile)
Ella: Hey! You’re embarrassment me in froth of my friend. (hit Tawan) Tawan!
Tawan: Will, if you didn’t want to be embarrassment in froth of your friend, you shouldn‘t have come out here to get sick and have people worried about you. (walk to the house)
Ella: What’s that suppose to mean?
Tawan: Oh, nothing. (grin)
They got to the house. Tawan put Ella down on her feet. Before she can turn to walk inside the house, Tawan stop her and pull her face to face him. He holds her face still as he stared at her.
Ella: Tawan? (look at him)
Tawan: Why do you have to make things so hard when we together?
Ella: What are you saying?
Tawan: I’m talking about this…(kiss her passion)
Ella was caught in the moment of the kiss as she went weak. After a few second Ella came back to realty and push Tawan away.
Ella: Why did you do that for? (mad)
Tawan: That for all of these stupid emotions I’ve for you these couples of week now. You drive me craze when I look at you.
Ella: Will you don’t have to look at me! I’ll be gone!
Ella turn and ran up the stairs to the house. Tawan ran after her.
Tawan: Ella. (ran after her)
Inside Ella bumps into Joy.
Joy: Ella? Something wrong?
Ella: (look at Joy) Nothing…(walk away from Joy)
Joy look at Ella leave and wonder what wrong with her. Just then Tawan walk. Joy look at Tawan. She notices something was odd.
Tawan: (look around the room) Have you see Ella?
Joy: She went to her room.
Tawan: Thanks. (walk away)
Joy: Tawan?
Dodge walk up to his sister as he see Tawan leaving the room.
Dodge: Seem like he falling in love with Ella.
Joy: (turn to look at Dodge) When did you get here?
Dodge: I got here a few minutes ago. I saw Ella so I went to talk to her first.
Joy: Glad you’re here.
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Ella got to her room. She stared to cough a lots.
Ella: What wrong with me? (cough and some blood came out)
Ella looks at her hand and knew something was wrong. Tawan got to Ella room and ban on the door. She look up at the door and her eyes became blurring and the light were becoming dark.
Tawan: Ella! Ella, are you in there? Open up! (ban on the door)
Ella try to keep her eyes open but fell too. She fainted on the ground.
Tawan: Ella! (break threw the door) Ella…
Tawan look around the room and saw her laying at the end of the bed. He went to her side.
Tawan: Ella? What wrong? Ella? (carry her onto the bed)
Tawan laid Ella on the bed then he notice her right hand cover in blood. He stared to get worried something bad have happened to her. He left to go call the doctor.
Vill look at Tawan leaving Ella room. She knew her plan have work. She laughs to herself as she walks back to her room. Ella will be out of the pictures.
The doctor got there and checks on Ella. He was shock at what he found.
Doctor: You need to get her to the hospital right away. She has been poison.
Tawan: What?! (look at the doctor) How did she get poison?
Doctor: I don’t know how she got poison but right now she need to get to the hospital fast and get the poison out of her body.
Tawan went over to Ella and carry her out of the room as he rushes her to the hospital. Everybody was worried Ella might die.
Vill: (put on a worried face) I hope Ella won‘t die from this.
Joy: (look at Vill) She won’t die that easy.
Vill: I wonder who could do such a think to Ella, she so kind to everybody.
Joy: Who know? It might be you.
Vill: Why would I do a thing like that to Ella?
Nana: (look at both girls) Enough! No more talking.
Joy and Vill give each other glare.
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At the hospital Tawan was worried sick. He really hope Ella be okay. He doesn’t know what to do if she gone. Just then the doctor came out of the ER room. Tawan rush over to the doctor.
Tawan: Is she going to be okay?
ER doctor: She going to be okay. Glad you brought her here in time or else it be to late to save her.
Tawan: Thank you doctor. (relief)
ER doctor: You can go see her after the nurse take her to her room.
Tawan thanks the doctor and went to make a call to let everybody know Ella going to be fine.
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The next morning everybody went to visit Ella at the hospital.
Nana: How is she? (walk into the room with everybody)
Tawan: The doctor said she going to be fine. She just need to rest.
Joy: Have Ella woke up yet?
Tawan: No she hasn’t woke up yet. (glace at Ella sleeping)
Nana looks at Ella sleeping. Joy, Dodge and Vill were there. Vill went over to Tawan.
Vill: (put her arm around Tawan) Tawan, you look tired. Let’s go get you something to eat.
Tawan: I’m okay. (pull his arm away from Vill) If your hunger you can go get something to eat.
Vill: Tawan… (moan)
Nana: Vill, why don’t you come with me and Joy to get something coffee for everybody?
Vill really couldn’t do a thing since Nana was there so she went with them. After they left the room, Dodge look at Tawan.
Dodge: You look so anxious?
Tawan: Of course I’m anxious. I don’t know what to do if Ella dies.
Dodge: Who would do such a thing like this to Ella?
Tawan: (tiding his hand into a fist) When I find out who did this to Ella, they going to pay for it.
Dodge: Seem like you falling in love with Ella. (look at Tawan)
Tawan was kind of stun by what Dodge just said. He didn’t know what to say. Has he really falling in love with Ella? He couldn’t have. He love Joy not Ella, he thought.
Dodge: I hope you know what you doing? I don’t want either my sister or Ella to get hurt by you.
Tawan just stared at Ella. Has he really falling for Ella? And when did he fall for her? He questions himself.
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Sam didn’t go to visit Ella at the hospital. He was in his office talking on the phone with somebody.
Sam: How thing over there? (on the phone)
Por: Everything is fine but he keeps asking when he will come home. What should I said to him?
Sam: Don’t say anything to him yet. Let him stay there a few more months. I see if everything over here goes as plan.
Por: Okay.
After finish talking to Por, Sam hung up on the phone. He sit back in his chair and hope nothing goes wrong.
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Later that night.
Dodge: look at Tawan) Why don’t you go home and take a rest? You were here since yesterday. I’ll stay here and watch Ella for you.
Tawan: It’s really okay.
Nana: Dodge is right, Tawan. You should go home and take some rest and eat. You been here since yesterday and you haven’t change clothes yet. You can come tomorrow to see Ella again. She won‘t be going any where.
Tawan: (sigh) Okay. I’ll go home.
Tawan left with his mom, Joy and Vill. Dodge went to sit beside the bed and look at Ella.
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Tawan was laying on his bed thinking when have he falling in love with Ella when something flash in his mine.
---Flash---
Two bothers were fighting with each other.
Boy 1: I won’t let you do this. (punch his younger brother)
Boy 2: (punch his older brother back) I’ll do what I want and I don’t care about her. I never like her.
Boy 1: Then why did you get in engage with Neecha, if you didn’t like her. (grab his brother collar)
Boy 2: Because I know you also like her. (smirk at his brother)
Boy 1: (punch his brother in the face) I’ll tell mom and dad you’re just doing this to get back at me.
Boy 2: Will they believe you after I tell them you’re the one that kill Neecha parents. (laugh)
Boy 1: What are you talking about?
Boy 2: I‘m going to go kill Neecha parents and blame everything on you. (look at his brother evilly)
Boy 1: You won’t…
Boy 2: Yes, I will. (laugh evil & ran off to his car)
Boy 1: (shouted at his brother) Tawan!
---End Flash---
Tawan: (got up from his bed fast) Neecha? Tawan?
Tawan question himself what going on here? Why is he having these flashes back? Did something happen to him when he was younger? Just then there was a knock at the door. Nana bought dinner to her son.
Nana: I just bought dinner for you, since you were to tired to come eat with us a few hours ago.
Tawan: Thanks mom.
Nana: Don’t worry to much about Ella. (look at her son and feel sad)
Tawan: Mom, can I ask you something.
Nana: Sure.
Tawan: How did you know when you falling in love with dad?
Nana: Will…(wonder)…every time I see your father I get all shy, my heart beat so fast and you have this feeling you can’t describe. Why do you ask?
Tawan: I just want to know.
Nana: (look at Tawan) Have you falling in love? (smile)
Tawan: Of course not. (look away)
Nana: Then why did you ask? You should know what love is. You were fighting with us not to married you to anybody but Joy, the love of your life? (smile)
Tawan: I don’t know…since Ella came back thing stared to change.
Nana: I see…now you stared to question yourself.
Tawan: Yeah. Now I don’t know what to do?
Nana: Don’t think to much. Everything will take its course. (look at her son)
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During the middle of the night, Ella woke up. She looks around her to see where she was. Then she saw Dodge sleeping on the couch. She started to think what happened to her. She looks at herself and notices that she at the hospital from looking at her clothes. She moves out of the bed and slowly walks out of the room. Ella wonder around the hospital hall way.
Ella: What should I do?
Ella question herself as she look out the window into the night.