Laura’s POV 104
“Cameron …” I let out a long breath, “I won’t forgive you … I can’t forgive you! ”
The pupils of those dark eyes snapped shut.
“You can’t forgive me?” He sneered, “You think I’ll be able to forgive you?”
“Laura, in the beginning, you used every means to stop me from recognizing Sunny as father and daughter, you even tried to sneak away from me with your child … What are you doing this for? That day at the pier, I already gave you a choice, it was you who didn’t want it! It was you who wanted to get the child back and fell off the cliff!”
“Cameron!” I snapped, remembering my daughter, “Where’s Sunny? Did you bring her?”
“No.”
“Where is she?” I sat up and grabbed him by the sleeve of his shirt in a death grip. “Cameron, you give Sunny back to me … you give me my daughter back!”
The corners of his mouth hooked up slightly as he held my hand. His expression was cold and mocking, like a god of death walking out of hell.
“Want to see Sunny?” he said, “She’s at Jerez State right now, at my house, with a nanny to take care of her. If you want to see her, you’ll never see her in your life unless you come back to Jerez State with me!”
“Do you have to do this Cameron?”
“That’s for me to ask you,” he looked at me coldly, “Do you have to stay in Hallstatt? What is it about this place that you can’t let go of Patrick?”
“You shut up!” I glared at him, “Brother Patrick has always been good to me, if it wasn’t for him I might not even be alive! It’s not as nasty between me and him as you think!”
“Heh, then what is it between you two? Pure friendship?” Cameron violently lifted my chin with one hand, “Since it’s friendship, there’s nothing to give up! If you want to see the kid, go say goodbye to him tomorrow!”
“I haven’t repaid him yet.”
“I can repay him for you, as long as you’re not giving yourself to him!”
“Cameron …”
“Laura!” he said each word like a sharp blade across his heart, “Don’t test my patience! If you don’t come back with me tomorrow, you’ll never see Sunny again in your life. I’ll tell Sunny that her mom heartlessly abandoned her and would rather take care of a class of kindergarteners a hundred thousand miles away from her than come back to take care of her!”
I don’t say a word, and an icy silence spreads across this hospital room. Cameron smiles and strides out of the room.
I sat on the bed, not knowing where to go from here. I know Cameron’s character, he is ruthless, he does not care about anything, he is just like a devil who came out from hell, the consequences of disobeying him will certainly be unbearable for me.
The next day when I returned to my apartment and packed my bags, Patrick knocked on the door and I stood there for a long time looking at him, I saw his throat move as if he had a thousand words to say, but he couldn’t say a single word.
He shoved a cute little stylized ragdoll into my hand, and I remembered that it was a sleepwalker doll, Sunny’s favorite.
“Give this to Sunny for me,” Patrick smiled, “There’s an uncle in Hallstatt who remembers her!”
“Thank you.” My nose flared and tears almost fell from my eyes.
I let him in the door and as soon as he came in he smelled the soup being made and smiled and exclaimed, “It smells so good!”
This was the last time I made him soup.
I served him a bowl and brought it up to him and he gulped it down and I wanted to cry the whole time.
“Patrick …”
Before the words left his mouth, he beat me to it, “Make sure you take care of yourself back at Jerez State.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“In fact, Cameron that person …” He paused and laughed, “You also know him, hard mouth and soft heart. He often has a heart of gold, especially to you. I’ve investigated the incident where you fell into the sea, there was indeed an undercurrent where you fell, and if it wasn’t for the fact that your clothes got caught on the iron anchors on the pier, you might never have gotten up again. Cameron, he saved you too, but his people aren’t a professional salvage team after all, and he had to look out for Sunny, so … ”
“Don’t you dare speak for him.” I was a little heartbroken, “Patrick, you’re always thinking of others, when can you think of yourself?”
“I’m fine now!” He hooked the corners of his mouth, but it looked forced anyways.
“Laura,” he put down the bowl and looked at me quietly, “I’m getting over you … now. I prefer to think of you as family, as a sister, and Cameron, who I’ve always thought of as a brother. I would love for you and him to have a good time, even if it’s for Sunny’s sake, you guys have to be good.”
“Well …,” I choked, tears falling uncontrollably.
“As for me you don’t have to worry.” He said, “I’m here on a mission and I can’t go back to Jerez State until my work is done. I have no time to think about anything else with the amount of work I do every day. The only inconvenience is … not having your soup anymore, I might not be able to adjust for a while.”
His smile was warm, like the Hallstatt sun. I couldn’t hold it back any longer and flung myself into his arms. He stroked my back as if comforting a wounded child, and his clear voice was right in my ear as he whispered, “Laura, I want you to be happy.”
“I’ll feel guilty about you for the rest of my life!” I cried.
“There’s no need to feel guilty …,” he smiled, “I’m so good, God won’t treat me badly, I’ll meet that perfect person, don’t worry!”
I raised my eyes to look at him, his eyes clear, like a glance can look into the bottom of his heart.
I nodded and put away the little muppet he gave me. The appointment with Cameron was at 2:00 p. m. Patrick dropped me off at the airport, and when I entered the security checkpoint I looked back at him one last time, and he waved his hand at me, a faint, gentle smile still on his face.
I knew from that moment that I owed him more than I could ever repay in a lifetime.
Back at Jerez State, however, things weren’t as simple as I thought they would be. Cameron and I were silent on the way, and he was even more awfully silent after the plane landed at Jerez State. I tried several times to say something to him, only to be intimidated by his look of rejection.
As the car sped down the highway, I fidgeted as I watched his grim face.
“Cameron …” I asked, “Where are we going?”
“To take you home.” He replied coldly.
“Sunny’s at home?”
He stopped talking.
A bad feeling welled up in my heart.
This apprehension continued all the way to the front door of the house.
Cameron took me to this place I was unfamiliar with, a small cottage on the beach, the house was small and tastefully decorated with a bit of a tropical feel.
“Where is this?” Is this the home he was talking about?
He sneered, took me inside, and after ordering another person to carry my luggage in, proceeded to go out and lock the door.
I didn’t react to what was going on at first, but I panicked when I heard the lock drop. I ran over to the door and rapped on it, screaming hysterically, “Cameron, open the door! What are you trying to do? Are you going to lock me up?”
The man outside didn’t answer.
But I was sure he hadn’t left.
Maybe he was staring coldly at the door, the corner of his mouth curled into a satisfied smile.
So I continued to tap, “Cameron … can’t we talk properly? You’re the one who told me to come back to Jerez State with you, you’re the one who said I could see my daughter if I came back with you … What do you mean by that now?”
“Cameron! You’re a man, can’t you be a man? You deal with me like this, going back on your word, are you still a man?”
“Cameron!”
I was hysterical, but I didn’t see him trying to open the door for me even though my palms were red from slapping.
After a long time, he whispered from outside, “Laura, I left you here so you could reflect on the situation.”
“What do I have to reflect on?” I gasped.
“You wouldn’t let me recognize my daughter, and now I’m going to let you have a taste of what it’s like to not be able to see your daughter!”
“Hey!”
I heard his footsteps drifting away.
I tried my best to break the door handle, but the lock seemed to be specially made and wouldn’t budge. It was useless for me to scream any more; with the mountains at my back and the sea at my face, there were so few people here that no one would come to my rescue.
The phone line was cut off by him, and there was no internet connection.
It seems that he has made enough plans to cut off all my contacts with the outside world!
And not only did he give me a taste of not being able to see my daughter, he also let me know what it was like to be hungry – there was nothing to eat in the villa except a bucket of mineral water!
Literally, I turned the kitchen upside down, and went through all the bedrooms, even the old storage room, but I couldn’t even find bread crumbs.
The first day barely passed, the second day has been a little starry eyed, hold on to the third day, I have been lying in bed can not get up, and even hallucinations, I seem to smell a bread flavor … I barely hold up my body, when I suddenly heard a dog barking outside the window.
I was scared out of a cold sweat, almost crawling to the window. Despite the dizziness of hunger at that time, at that moment I was sure that I was not wrong … In the yard, there was really a strong and tall German shepherd dog tied up!
I screamed, my body fell to the ground with a soft body, my eyes blackened, and even my breathing stopped. Gradually, I lost consciousness.
By the time I was conscious again, I was lying on the bed. A cold sting on my arm, I opened my eyes to see, in front of me sat a gentle and beautiful girl, she smiled gently at me and continued to focus on the syringe in her hand.
I was startled, “What … are you injecting me with?”
“Don’t be nervous.” With skillful movements, she pulled out the syringe and pressed a cotton ball into me, raising her eyes and smiling at me, “It’s just a nutritional injection. You’ve been starving for three days and your stamina is low, you can’t make up for too much at once at this time, or your stomach and intestines won’t be able to take it. You can only start with the nutritional injection first, and then slowly drink some porridge to slowly restore your strength.”
After three days of starvation, physical strength is not supported …Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.
I snapped back to these three days that felt like years!
“Cameron the son of a bitch …” I gritted my teeth, “Where is he? Didn’t he try to starve me to death? What’s with the nutritional shots now!”
“Hey, don’t move!” At this time another big hand pressed my shoulder.
I looked at it, it was a man with handsome features, about the same age as Cameron, also a mature and stable temperament, between the eyebrows … seems to be a little similar to this little beauty.
“You don t know us yet, right?” The little beauty took the initiative to introduce to me, “My name is Gina Curry, a doctor at Jerez State Hospital No. 1, and he is my brother, called George Curry. We are both Cameron’s friends.”
“Gina… George? “I looked at the two men dumbfounded.
Gina laughed softly, “From what Cameron said, you used to be in the media business too? Then you should know my brother’s name, right? He is famous in this business!”
I was stunned for a moment, just now when she said the name George, I felt that it sounded familiar, and now since she said so …
Suddenly it dawned on me.
“Oh!” I looked at George, “Could Your Excellency be the … George of The Curry Group Media?”
“Aiya, a small media company only, what big name, don’t listen to my sister’s nonsense!”
I laughed, “Where is a ‘small’ media company ah, The Curry Group’s big name whether inside or outside the industry, is a golden sign, many of the popular first-line stars are The Curry Group to bring out! ”
“See, I told you my brother is great, right?” Gina looked proud, “But Ms. Laura you can’t move around right now, you haven’t regained your strength yet, you have to stay in bed and recuperate.”
“What about Cameron?”
Gina smiled and shrugged. “Forget about Cameron for now, he’s pissed you off enough this time, hasn’t he? All the more reason for you to get well and deal with him!”
At that moment another dog barked outside the window, and I stiffened, clutching the sheets, too nervous to move.
George looked at me and asked softly, “Are you … afraid of dogs?”
I laughed miserably and nodded in embarrassment, “I was bitten by a dog when I was a child. The dog that bit me was just like the one downstairs … black and strong, with sharp teeth … Since then, I’ve been especially afraid of dogs.”
“That’s really sorry.” George said, “That dog downstairs is my … Cameron wanted to borrow it over here two days ago, I thought what he was doing, but it turned out to be scaring you …”
“Huh?”
“But don’t worry, my dog is very good, just barking twice, won’t bite.”
I bit my lip and secretly cursed Cameron in my heart.
“Brother,” Gina said, “We’d better take Hani back later. Ms. Laura is afraid of dogs, it’s not good to put it here …”
“That’s natural!” George laughed, “If I had known Cameron was borrowing Hani for this purpose, I would have never lent it to him!”
“Hey, speaking of Cameron …” he bristled, “Gina and I have known him for a long time. We went to college together, and he’s good at everything, except for that stinking temper …”
“Heart and mouth!” Gina added.
“Yeah, that’s right!”
I laughed, only to hear Gina tell me again, “I used to hear ‘Laura’ from him all the time, and I was curious about the name at the time, and once I saw it today I realized why he’s always pining for you!”
“What?” I froze, “And he talks about me a lot?”
“You’re a big name among our classmates!”
“He didn’t say anything nice about me, did he?” I drooped my eyes.
The two siblings looked at each other and snickered.
“Anyway, we know,” George said, “that you’re the most special person to Cameron.”
“Yeah, special …” I sighed, “so special that he wants to starve me alive.”
“I told you, he’s got a temper! But that being said, he does have an irritating temper.” George rubbed his fists, “Laura, if you don’t think it’s annoying, or I’ll call some people to beat him up …”
As he was talking, the door suddenly opened and the tall, slender figure slowly paced in.