“Seriously, what the fuck is happening to me, Sebastian?” I have never been this sick before.
Sebastian takes me in his arms rubbing my hair, “Kristy, I am not sure, although I am going to take you to the hospital.”
I feel so weak that he helps me off the couch. He takes me to my room. I brush my teeth then run a brush through my hair. I put on my flip-flops, and then we leave. Once I enter the lobby, I put my hand over my mouth running outside.
Sebastian quit walking because Jon is questioning him. Once he tells Jon, I am fine he comes outside. When Sebastian gets out to me, I am leaning against a wall. He picks me up carrying me to his truck.
I lean my head against the window. I am so worn out it takes no time at all for me fall to sleep. When we get there, Sebastian carries me to the emergency room. A nurse walks up to us with a wheelchair. Sebastian sits me in it. The nurse looks at him.
“Sir, can you tell me what is going.”
“I don’t really know. She is very fatigued and throwing up a lot.”
She wheels me to the front desk to fill out paperwork. I am so weak Sebastian fills out the forms for me. When he is done, she takes us to an examining room. She hands me a bowl, which I again use.
The nurse takes my vitals, and then looks at Sebastian, “is she on something?”
He looks at her as if she is crazy, “no, she isn’t! However, something is wrong with her.”
She leaves and a few minutes later, the doctor comes into the room.
“Let’s get her on the bed,” the doctor says to Sebastian.
He helps me to the bed. I am just so tired. The doctor listens to my heart and lungs. He shines a light in my eyes. He sits me up looking at Sebastian, “can you hold her there, please?”
Sebastian put his hand in the middle of my back. He is holding me up so the doctor can listen to my lungs from the back. I lay back down. I feel so incredibly weak.
“Ms. Price, have you been taking any kind of drugs?” I shake my head no.
“She was drinking in a bar last night then woke up sick this morning.” Sebastian tells the doctor for me.
“She looks like she has been given a drug. I am going to do a couple of blood test on her.” He explains to Sebastian. The doctor leaves the exam room to get the nurse again.
I shut my eyes. Sebastian does not say anything he just holds my hand. The nurse comes back into the room, “the doctor wants to get you hooked up to an IV. You are severely dehydrated. He also wants me to take some blood.”
She did everything she said she was going to do. Then she turns to Sebastian, “it will take two to three days to get the results back. It will take at least three hours for this medicine to go through her. We gave her something to settle her stomach, and some vitamin B.”
“Thank you. I just want her to get better.”
The nurse leaves the room. I fall to sleep while Sebastian reads a newspaper that was in the room. After a few hours, the doctor enters again. I open my eyes when I hear the door.
“Ms. Price, you will feel very tired for the next few days. If you can, I would like you to take some time off work. You might throw up throughout the rest of the night although the medicine should help that go away. You can try chicken broth or something light like that. The nurse will call you when the results come back. Do either of you have any questions?”
Sebastian and I both shake our heads no. All I want to do is leave. I am so ready to lay in my own bed.
“Sir, don’t worry, your wife will be fine.”
Sebastian is smiling like crazy and I am too tired to correct him. The doctor has me sign my release papers, and then we leave.
When we got back to my place, Sebastian settles me in on the couch. He goes to the kitchen to make tea. He looks through all the cabinets until he finds what he is looking for.
He walks back to me with a garbage can and a cup of tea. He lifts my feet so he can sit under them. He then puts my feet on his lap, “you will feel better soon, my wife.”
I look at him smiling and shaking my head.
He put one of his hands on my leg, “Kristy, please try to remember what happened.”
I close my eyes trying to remember. I feel like I am at a loss to what has happened.
“I went to a bar, running into Candice and some friends. We played pool. I think I got drunk. We came back here, had a drink. Then Zoe and Sophie left. Candice made her and I one more drink. That is all I remember.”
“Candice is a family friend of, Giovanni’s. I am certain you are not to trust her. You need to stay away from her.”
I knew she was a friend because Giovanni has told me that. I wonder how close of a family friend she really is. Sebastian takes my feet off his legs standing up.
“Kristy, I have to make a call. I will be back in a minute.”
He then leaves the room, going outside. I finish my tea. The only thing I can hear him say is something about, Sophie.
On the way back to the living room, he stops to put my sheets in the dryer. When he gets to me, I am sick again. He brings me another cold towel, putting it on my face. He climbs in behind me on the couch. He holds me as I fall to sleep. He watches a couple of movies while I sleep.
I feel Sebastian move. He stands up to go make my bed. After he finish he goes to the kitchen to make himself dinner. He thinks I am sleeping although I only have my eyes shut. He calls Giovanni, “hey Giovanni, it’s Sebastian. I had to take Kristy to the hospital today. She is very sick to her stomach. She is also very tired.” Sebastian gets quiet, so I know Giovanni is talking.
“Pregnant? Wow, Giovanni, I don’t think so. I am thinking that maybe she has the flu. They took blood, if she is pregnant you will find out in a couple of days.”
Again, he goes quiet. This time, for a while.
“I will keep an eye on her, no worries. Brody called you. Yes, Sophie, and Candice. Okay, I will see you tomorrow maybe.”
Sebastian hangs up. He comes back, pacing the living room. He starts to talk aloud, “pregnant, wouldn’t that be a bitch. If she was going to have a baby, then I wish it would be mine. Whatever, I just want her happy.”
He comes over to the couch picking me up. He takes me to my room, lying me in bed. He gets in behind me. He holds me all night as I sleep.
When I wake up the next morning, Sebastian is in the kitchen making a pot of coffee. He is arguing with Giovanni. I can hear G’s voice on speakerphone. I sneak to my door so I can hear what they are saying.
“Giovanni, you have Angelo watching her too? If you are so concerned with what is going on with her, then you should be here! I do not mind keeping an eye on her at all. I think you should just step up to the plate. If she was my woman I would be with her no matter what.”
“Sebastian, I am stuck here in Washington. I just need someone to watch her. I have a lot going on here. I am planning to be there soon. Just because I am not there does not mean I do not love her. I am trying to protect her.”
I can hear Giovanni crying. That is breaking my heart. I hate that he has so much going on. I hate that I do not know what is going on. I open the door to go talk to G, except they have already hung up. Sebastian has not seen me, so I creep back into my bedroom.
I feel somewhat better today although I am still tired. I brush my teeth while trying to remember what had happened to me. I cannot remember though. I get frustrated, so I head to the kitchen. I get a cup of coffee, taking it to the patio where Sebastian is.
“Good morning, Kristy. How are you feeling today? Any better?”
“I feel better, just tired. Thanks for taking care of me. I heard you arguing with Giovanni. What was that about? Why did he ask you to keep an eye on me?”
Sebastian shifts in his seat. I can tell he is feeling uncomfortable. He takes a drink off his coffee, thinking about what to say.
“He is just concerned. He wants me to take care of you until he can get here. He has a lot going on now.”
Yeah, I am thinking. I already heard
that repeatedly. No one is telling me why!
“So Sebastian, why is Angelo watching me also?”
“Kristy, he is only showing his concern. Nothing is going on. If he cannot be with you, he wants to make sure someone else is. That really is all I know. You will have to call and talk to him if you want any more information.”
I take my coffee to my bedroom. Picking up my phone, I call Giovanni. No surprise, he does not answer the phone. I sit down thinking about things. I have no idea what is going on. I am also tired of trying to figure it out.
After I get dressed, I go back into the living room. Sebastian is watching TV. He gets up when I get to the couch. I lay on the couch. He returns, sits down, and put my legs up on his thighs.
“Sebastian, I am thankful you stayed with me last night. You did not have to. I am feeling a lot better now. You can go home. I don’t need anyone watching me.”
“I am not watching you. I am concerned about how you feel. You were sick last night. That is why I stayed. I care about you.”
He is unaware he is rubbing my legs as he talks to me. I put my hand on his so he will keep his hands still.
“I am really okay. I am going to lay around all day. You can go home, Sebastian.”
“I will go home for a while but then I will be back later.” He gets up taking his cup to the dishwasher. He walks back to me. He covers me with a small blanket and kisses me in the head.
“Kristy, let the front desk know I will be back in a few hours.”
“You really don’t have to stay,” I protest.
“I am going to take your key. That way if you are sleeping when I get back I won’t wake you up.” He kisses my cheek leaving.
I call downstairs to let them know he will be back. I start to watch whatever Sebastian had on TV. I do not last long. I had fallen to sleep. When I get up Sebastian is in the kitchen making soup. I walk in there, “hey, Sebastian. How long have you been here?”
“Not that long. I know you have not eaten much so I wanted to get something going before you woke up. I brought a gym bag with me. I am staying here until we find out your test results.”
I was going to complain, except I knew it was not going to make any difference. Therefore, I left it alone. I turn to go to my bedroom. I pick up the phone calling Giovanni again. Same as last time. He does not answer.
I return to the couch as Sebastian gets me some chicken soup. It smells so good. I end up eating two bowls. After we finish eating, he goes in cleaning the kitchen. We watch the news. I am enjoying his company.
“Sebastian, can you please tell me how well do you really know, Giovanni? I know you guys were childhood friends but how close are you?”
“Kristy, I know him very well. If he says he loves you then he does. Just give him a little space. He will get things worked out.”
I get up going to bed. I turn on my TV. I was not watching it; it is more for background noise. I think about Giovanni. I wonder what is keeping him from me. Did I do something wrong? Is he mad at me for something? I do not know. I feel like he is keeping secrets from me. I did not like that. That is what Hugh did. I drift off to sleep thinking of Giovanni.
CHAPTER 27
Sebastian had stayed with me for days. He did not let me do a single thing. I lay on the couch resting. I am beginning to hate my couch. He would cook, clean, go grocery shopping. He was totally spoiling me! He has taken over the spare bedroom. We are becoming close friends. We did not ever say anything about the kiss we shared.
I am still worried about Giovanni. I had not heard from him. I quit calling him because he never answered.
I lay in bed debating if I want to get up or not when Sebastian knocks on the door. He strolls in as I roll over to look at him. He hands me my phone, “you left this in the living room last night. It is Giovanni. Do you want to talk to him?”
I reach my hand out taking the phone. He turns and walks out of my room.
“Hey, G.” I have steam coming out of my ears I am so mad. At the same time, my heart is beating fast; I am excited to hear from him.
“Hey baby, how are you feeling?”
“Good.”
“Kristy, I know you are mad at me. I am sorry about that. I have some serious shit going on. I really want to get to you. I am just so afraid. I am trying to find the best possible way to do this. I just wish you could understand. I wish you could trust what I am trying to do. What I am doing is the best for us, for you. Please, please try to understand. I love you and want you to believe me. I need you to believe and have faith in me. Everything I do is for you, for us. I know you do not understand that. All I want is too take care of you. Please, just be patient and trust me.”
“Giovanni, if you have issues with me why don’t you just say so.” My voice is cold as ice. I am so bitter.
“It has nothing to do with you, Kristy. I love and care for you deeply.”
“G, when you figure out whatever is going on, give me a call. I have secrets in my life too. Trust me if you do not take care of them they will eat at you. When you are ready, to be honest, I am ready to listen.” I hang up the phone and start to cry a lot.
Sebastian hears me crying. He enters my room, “is everything okay, Kristy?” He comes to sit next to me on the bed.
“I don’t know what the fuck is going on. It’s really starting to piss me off.”
He holds me closely to him letting me cry. When I somewhat get myself together he makes me look at him. He tips my chin up holding it in place, “Kristy, I explained to you. He needs his space. Give him a chance to figure out what is going on inside of him.”
I shake my head yes. Although I still did not get it. “You know Sebastian; you really don’t have to stay here. I am doing well.”
“Unless you are putting me out I plan on staying here for the night. I want to see what happens with your test results. If you want I will leave tomorrow.”
I start to think I should not be mad at Sebastian. He has done nothing except helped me through all of this. He has done nothing except be nice to me.
“Sorry, Sebastian. You can stay as long as you like. You have missed a few days at work. You think you should go. I know I have spent more time away from work than I have at work. I will probably lose my job because of how much I have missed.”
“I’m good, no worries. Kristy, so are you for that matter.”
He stands up leaving my bedroom. I get myself together as much as possible. Walking into the kitchen for coffee. I am on the patio when my phone rings.
“Kristy, this is Lisa, from the hospital. We have your lab results. The doctor would like you to come in so he can go over them with you.”
“Okay, Lisa. We will be there in a little while. Thanks for calling.”
Sebastian is standing by the slider door. I look at him, “there in.”
He knows what I am talking about so he takes off to get ready. I go to my room to put some makeup on. I had not worn it for a week. The ride to the hospital is a quiet one. We are both in our own thoughts.
Once we get there, the nurse put us in a private room. We sat in a chair in front of the doctor’s desk. Sebastian is holding my hand. The doctor comes into the room taking his seat. Sebastian squeezes my hand.
“How are you feeling, Ms. Price?”
“I am doing well. I feel better every day.”
“The first test we took was a pregnancy test. The results of that were negative.”
Sebastian let his breath out. You could tell he is very relieved. I smile at his reaction.
“We tested you for Rohypnol, also known as the date rape drug. You tested positive for that. There were also traces of cocaine in your system. You are allergic to both. There is an ingredient in it that does not go with your body chemistry. Your reaction to the drug could have been much worse. You are going to recover. It should all be out of your system by now. If you can figure out who did this to you, you might want to press charges.”
I thank him then we leave. When we get outs
ide to Sebastian’s car, he turns me so I am leaning my back to the driver side door. He reaches up with both hands holding the roof of the car. He is trapping me so I cannot leave, “Kristy, I think you know what happened. This has to get addressed.”
I look at him then bust up crying. He holds me rubbing my hair. He gives me a kiss on the top of my head.
“We can talk about a solution when we get back to your house.” He tells me as he puts me into the passenger seat.
When we did get back to my place I head straight to the kitchen making us a drink. I take them to the couch. We both sit down he put my feet up on his thighs.
“Kristy, you have to talk to me. Tell me what happened.”
“Sebastian, I am so embarrassed! I do not want anyone to know about this. I cannot believe I let this happen. I am sure Candice did it. She made my last drink before I got sick. I woke up with cum on my stomach. You could smell the sex on my sheets the next day.”
I start crying. He picks me up sitting me on his lap. He holds me to him. He wraps his arms around my waist, “you cannot blame yourself for this. You are the victim.”
We heard an “ahem” at the door. We turn and look. Giovanni is standing there staring at us. He comes to the living room, “Kristy, you look comfy!”
I stand as he comes over to me. I hug him and kiss him. I am so happy to see him! He holds me so tight. Over my head, he says, “hi” to Sebastian. Giovanni looks at me wiping my tears away with his hand, “how are you feeling, my love?”
He looks me up and down. He takes me to the loveseat, placing me on his lap. He holds me so close to him.
“So what is going on? Did you guys find anything out?”
“Giovanni, we didn’t find out anything really. I think I had the stomach flu.” I lie to him.
Sebastian stands up taking my glass to get a refill. He comes back into the living room with three glasses. He gives one to me and one to Giovanni. He takes his back to the couch. He lets out a big sigh then takes a sip of his drink.
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