Emery by Miu

"Emery, I'm sorry, I have to take a detour to a hospital. Leanna was confined." Zhander said in all seriousness while his eyes focused on the road.

Zhander Jansen, my cousin, personally fetched me from our private airport.

I did not bother to ride with the other students since they were constricted with time.

I did not like it if I had to rush myself when I was enjoying buying snacks. Thus, I let the others went ahead without me and rode my own jet going back to New Haven instead.

"Leanna Lee." I murmured.

How did she hurt herself?

I just saw her a while ago in Izu island buying souvenirs.

I nodded and did not say anything more. I grabbed a vanilla coated creamy cheese biscuit and began to munch.

I already heard a lot about Leanna Lee from my grandfather and father and Zhander. It was not a secret to me that Zhander was once interested in the girl, but I always knew that he and Estela Fay would end up together.

I also knew that Leanna Lee was going out with the elusive, sought after bachelor, Cain Fay.

I finished a whole box of biscuit when we finally arrived at the hospital where Leanna Lee was confined. I hurried to catch up to Zhander when the man practically zoomed all the way to Leanna's room.

"Zhander!"

Estela hopped and hugged Zhander the moment she saw him.

I smiled when this handsome cousin of mine blushed – hard.

This is a first.

Zhander never blush and never lost his cool – until now that is.

I also saw Zoe Collin, looking all worried with tears in her eyes while Cain Fay was sitting beside Leanna Lee, holding her hand, his back facing us.

Leanna's half face was covered with bandages, and her right leg was plastered. Her limbs were painted in bruises and cuts.

What happened to her?

I did not expect that the first time we would meet each other; she would be unconscious, laying half dead on a hospital bed.

No one seemed to care for my sudden intrusion as everyone focused their eyes on the unconscious girl.

"What happened? Is she going to be alright?"

Zhander broke the silence and asked in a low voice – afraid to wake the girl up.

I felt the temperature dropped to terrifying degrees while the mood felt like a calamity would befall us soon.

Estela sadly smiled, looking all guilty. "Zhander, Leanna is going to be alright. I'll tell you about it later."

Zhander did not press anymore as he comforted Estela when the girl's tears fell on her cheeks.

It made me feel like it was her fault that Leanna ended up like this.

I also remained silent and reached for my purse.

Since my mother was always concerned about image, etiquette and all that. I secretly hid snacks inside my bags and learned a technique that allowed me to eat without being discovered.

Since biscuits and other delicacies made crunching sounds when chewed, I had to settle for something that was going to melt on my palate.

Ah.... heaven.

I closed my eyes, savoring the melty vanilla chocolate.

NOOOO!!

I almost choked when Leanna screamed.

I swallowed my chocolate and widened my eyes in surprise when Cain Fay, dubbed as an elusive cold man, coaxed the girl nonstop. And moments later, they were both lost in their love world, completely forgetting that we were currently here.

Afterwards, the tense dead atmosphere began to lighten at Zoe's shameless antics, and I smiled looking at the heartwarming scene in front of me.

Len-Len!!

I glanced at the door when out of the blue, a distressed voice echoed and reverberated inside the room.

Then the door violently slammed opened and came in a middle age woman and a middle age man and....

That boy?!!!

"You are that boy," I absentmindedly mumbled as I could not believe that what I was seeing was real.

"Ah. Homeless lady?!"

Homeless lady?

No one said that to me before.

I'll be homeless if you promise to adopt me forever.

....

....

I was rudely awakened from my wonderful fantasies when gasps after gasps resounded inside the room.

I saw that the pretty young boy had somehow...

.... doubled himself?