Devouring love (7 page)

I didn't care at that moment. My thoughts one way or another somehow managed all the time to return back to her blue eyes.

“Maybe you can tell me what the hell had just happened?” my brother decided that I had enough time to ponder about that event.

We both sat next to the table. I put my hands on it, trying to find the right words to start this conversation.

“I don't know,” I said in the end and looked straight to my brother's face.

He frowned.

“I read her file while you were gone. It didn't mention about ...things like this one,” he said in disgust.

I nodded. It really didn't mention that. It only told to everyone that the girl was only a beautiful statue at which everyone would like to stare for hours. It was a pity that this beauty was not able to live a life she had to.

“It is a progress,” I said honestly.

“But how have you agreed in the first place? Really? The Spring family?“ He seemed genuinely surprised by that fact. I could say I was too.

“They are rich and powerful,” I answered simply like this could explain why I decided to be that girl's doctor. But deep inside me I knew that the reason wasn't because it was the Spring family. It was because of the girl.

“But you know that you shouldn't annoy them. So many gossip is about that family. One of them is saying that they can kill whatever they like if the person managed to rile them.”

I lifted my eyebrows. My brother really knew how to cheer me up.

The problem was that I knew where I put my head. After all, I had heard all those rumors about this family too before I accepted their offer.

“Well, how I know, I am doing a great job, so I don't need to be afraid of them,” I said and took Miss Melody's file into my hands. I opened it and found a blank page on which I quickly noted to myself about my new discovery. The girl could hear.

“And what happened to your other patients?” my brother didn't want to let us both be in the silence. He wanted to chat.

“The Spring family ordered me to ditch them,” I confessed. “They want the girl to open her eyes. Two years is a long time,” I took a deep breath.

“How do you think, why did she suddenly open her eyes?” he was wondering as he leaned back on his chair.

“I guess she heard our conversation,” I answered without hiding anything.

“Heard?” he put his finger on his chin. “She is a virgin I presume,” he grinned.

I didn't answer to that. I didn't need to know that kind of information.

“Mr. Merdian Spring told me she is a shy person, but I didn't believe that only some words could have such a great effect over her. We need to try it again and this time don't let her to close her eyes until we will make sure she won't come back to that stage.”

“You said shy,” he heard only what he wanted to hear. I rolled my eyes. That was my Nick which I loved and hated at the same time.

“And how we see, her shyness will help us to bring her back to the life.”

Melody

Strange. That was the word which described how I felt when two men started to touch my body. But what was even funnier, that only one of theirs touches I could feel. They belonged to the doctor. I felt his warm fingers against my skin and I liked that, although I didn't understand how I could feel them now. I had spent two years not feeling anyone's body warm. So, why now? What had changed?

I didn't have the answer to that question, but I wished I could have. Unfortunately, there wasn't anyone I could ask what was happening. Even my devil didn't come to see how things were working for me. Although I thought a lot about him.

I tried to listen to my doctor and other person. After all, I didn't know what else I could do and it seemed to be a good activity after almost leaving this world. It was really strange to think that I was so close from leaving this world, from leaving Merdian and my little sister.

Annabelle... I missed her voice. Merdian brought her to me sometimes, but only to prove that she didn't remember me. If I didn't wake up soon, I would be a stranger in her life. I didn't want to be a alien in my sister's life.

I tried to shake thoughts about my sister away. I could think about her later when I be alone in this room and I won't have anything to do. Right now there were two men next to me and having a conversation.

I tried to focus on what each of them were saying when that stranger's words suddenly begun to scare me. He was talking about using my lifeless body for his pleasure? It was gross and on the same time really scary. I didn't know who they were, although I doubted that my doctor would do what his friend was suggesting, because Merdian would kill him for even having these kind of ideas in his head. But that other guy? He sounded confident and serious. He wasn't kidding.

I felt how fear started to grow inside me. I was scared. Really scared. Comparing this fear to fear which I felt when Kate was with me in the same room, was nothing. Just a really weak emotion.

I felt how my weak heart was pounding in my chest more and more. It almost seemed like it wanted to escape from my body.

I heard how computers started to beep, proving me that my heard really was alive. Was it a good or a bad thing?

And then I felt how I could control my body. It belonged to me again. That was strange.

I opened my eyes and saw two young men in front of me. On, who was taking about sex, jumped back and stared at me in fear. Another one seemed surprised. I was in the same condition too, but not this was so choking to me. It was the fact that my doctor was a good looking man.

Our eyes met and I felt how something shifted inside me, proving that my body wasn't just my coffin anymore. It was my body which belonged to me again.

I lowered my eyes to see his fingers on my skin. I didn't imagine him touching me. I really could feel it; his warm skin against mine. That was a new thing.

And then suddenly someone started to pull be back to the darkness, back to place from which I wanted to run away. I tried to keep my eyes open, but it was no use. My eyelids hid the world from my eyes and soon my body was stolen from me. My heart stopped beating in my chest wildly and I hated that.

I tried to open my eyes again, but it didn't work. I was doomed to be in the darkness again. At least I saw...colors again. And people. I only hoped that I would soon open my eyes and be a living person again.

Please, save me, I begged in my mind. That new doctor did something and it worked. For the first time I had a hope to leave the darkness and I would do everything to help the doctor. I would fight. Fight, I tell you.

Caspar

My brother decided to leave me alone and take a tour around the hospital. I didn't argue about that. I needed some time to be alone with my own thoughts.

I knew I should call to Merdian immediately and tell him some great news, but I didn't hurry to do that. I wanted to let this thing settle down in my head. It seemed so unrealistic. She opened her eyes. She really did that. Wow.

I stood up and started picking books one after another from my table. I browsed through all of them, trying to find ideas how to force her to be consciousness. I needed to find some kind of medicine to make sure that I would reach my goal.

I only could imagine how my life could become easier if Melody opens her eyes. Merdian really would be happy about that and....money, fame... This was my chance and I must not blow it away.

Someone knocked at the door. I lifted my eyes from the books and looked at the girl who came inside. I needed some seconds to remember who she was. Chelsea entered into the room. In her hand was a cup of coffee.

“Hi,” she said in a cheerful tone. I nodded. “I thought you will need one,” she said, putting a shy smile on her face as she put the cup on the table and took a seat in front of me. “I heard what had happened to your patient. I am happy that nothing bad... happened,” she bit her lower lip. I tried not to stared at her and quickly lowered my eyes to the book.

“Yea, tough night,” I said casually. “Mr. Spring almost ripped me into pieces. He thinks I am the main reason why it have happened in the first place,” I said, not hiding my anger.

“But it isn't your fault. The guard left his place,” Chelsea tried to cheer me up.

“I just don't get that family. They didn't call to the police. They just simply... walked with that woman.”

“Katherine, isn't she?” I nodded. I was surprised she knew that woman's name. “She had tried to give poisons to that poor girl before.”

“How do you know that?” I glanced at her face only to see how her cheeks got on fire.

“Mr. Spring's girlfriend is really interesting thing to talk about when we don't know what to do. Didn't you read about her in newspapers?” I shook my head. Was she so popular that media wrote about her?

“Should I?”

“Well, I think you should. That girl... Melody?” I nodded. “Well she doesn't move, she can't even breath without computers. She is...dead. Above all, no one knows what happened. According to papers, during the ball for her honor, she was found in her room. She was laying on the floor in white dress on which was red liquid. Maybe wine? Media didn't write about that.”

“You want to say that maybe it was...”

She shrugged.

“There are guesses, of course. Some says that there was a girl who wanted Merdian, but he made sure that everyone could understand that he was madly in love with Melody. So, that girl gave her something.”

“But maybe Melody did it to herself?” I wondered.

“In her place I wouldn't do that to myself,” Chelsea confessed. “Her parents were rich and after their deaths everything devolved to her and her sister. Also, she was in love with the most powerful and richest person. Not to mention, good looking man who only saw her. I can't understand why she should do such kind of thing to herself; not dead and not living. It's scary.”

I nodded. It was really unreasonable to do something like that to yourself. In her place no one would do it.. So, something gave her something? Why didn't anyone mention that kind of thing it was? Why wasn't it written down?

“What else do you know about her?” I wanted to find out more about Melody Watts. It was strange that my curiosity appeared only now. I should have made this kind of research days ago.

“Not much. She wasn't of those people who like to be in public.”

Shy, the word crossed my mind.

“Great,” I said a little annoyed. “Thank you for the coffee.”

“No problem,” she stood up, although her eyes proved me that she didn't want to leave me. She would stay and talk more with me, but I didn't need any kind of distraction. Not even a woman's. “See you later,” and she was gone.

I sighed. I knew I was sacrificing my own life for things which didn't matter a lot in life, but I didn't have another choice. I had to work.

Soon I found myself surfing the Net, searching for drugs which could do this kind of thing to a human. But there weren't any kind of those things. Of course, there were drugs which could put you to one long sleep, but not in that kind of sleep which Melody was in.

I stopped searching for information when someone knocked at the door again. It wasn't Chelsea this time. It was Merdian. With him was a small girl who walked gallantly into the room. Although she didn't look like her sister, I still found some similarities, for example, her eyes. They were blue.

I stood up. I needed some time to understand why that girl was with him here. I remembered that Merdian promised to bring Melody's sister, but after what had happened today... I thought he won't do that.

“This is Annabelle,” Merdian said. The girl grinned and walked closer to me. She lifted her small hand for me to shake it.

“Nice to meet you,” I said and touched her hand.

“I brought her to you,” Merdian said in a serious tone. The girl glanced at him. In her face I noticed not fear, but sadness.

“Great,” I nodded. “But before we...” I didn't know if I should tell him my discovery. Something deep inside me was warning me not to say him a word for some reason. I decided not to listen to that voice. “I have something to tell you in person,” Merdian frowned, but still nodded.

“Annabelle, wait for me in the corridor.”

“Okay,” she said in her sweet voice and soon was out from the room.

“Don't tell me that Melody's condition is worse,” he warned me.

“No,” I shook my head. “After you left, something happened,” I decided not to lie, but also, I didn't want to tell him everything. It would be only for the best if the part about my brother would be cut from the story. “Something interesting.”

“And that is?”

“She opened her eyes,” I said and lowered my face.

“She did what?” I heard a joy in his voice. I glanced at him. Merdian was smiling. My news brought happiness into his life. I should be flattered, but I felt only worse. I had just given him hope. What could happen when I kill it? Maybe I had to listen to my inner voice.

“She opened her eyes, Mr. Spring. Her heart beats and brain activity were normal. Is is a huge achievement-”

“How? What did you do?” he cut me off. He wanted to know what I did to wake her up.

“It was only a temporary thing. I don't know if it wasn't some kind of reflect or another thing. She is now in the same condition as she have been before.”

“How?” he was eager to know and I wasn't wishing for him to find out.

“Maybe it... because of what happened this night,” I said. “Maybe if it has affected her somehow. I don't know the main reason, Mr. Spring, but that doesn't stop me from trying to find out. I just wanted you to know ... about that.”

“It's a good sign. She will come back to me.”

I didn't say anything. He still won't listen to anything I say. He was now in his own little world. It was sad to see this young man in this condition. I wondered, why didn't he just move one? After all, he was a young, really good looking person. He could find another girl. So why was he so determined to bring her back?

It's love, I said in my mind.

“We will see,” I said in the end and waved my hand for Merdian to leave the room. We both walked out to the corridor where we found Annabelle talking with some nurses.