Chapter 30: Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Worried about You

Kendra’s P.O.V:

It was late in the afternoon when I finally made my way home. I had taken a shower and changed into one of Grace’s spare jeans and tees at the club and then Daniel had driven me to the hospital to get a thorough check up. The results had been quite alarming.

Due to excess alcohol consumption in the past few months, my liver has shown a very small amount of enlargement and now the doctor has told to strictly stay away from alcohol for the next six months and eat a hell lot of healthy shit until my liver goes back to its original shape. And not to mention a bunch of medications that I’ll have to take twice a day. I hadn’t realized how bad my condition had gotten until now. And to make matters worse, my head was still hurting and I felt like crap; pretty sure I looked like crap too since I didn’t have any makeup on me.

But when I reached my apartment, I felt my heart nearly leap out of my chest as I found Victor slouching on my doorstep with yesterday’s clothes still on him.

“Victor?” I called out lightly to wake him up. He looked like he’d been waiting for me the whole night. Guilt was a hard punch to the gut, but I refused to let it get the best of me since he was the one at fault her. Why should I care if he waited here all night to apologize?

Victor’s eyes snapped open and he looked around alarmed for a second before his eyes finally landed on me. I expected him to question me where I was all night. I expected him to accuse me of being a slut and insulting me for staying out without letting him know. What I didn’t expect however, was for him to jump to his feet and throw his arms around me and crush me to his chest.

“Thank God you’re okay!” He wrapped his arms tight around me and placed his head on my shoulder. “I was so worried about you.”

I don’t know if it was because I was dead tired or because of all the incidents that had happened yesterday, but I found myself wrapping my arms around him just as tightly and draw in his scent into my lungs. It was the most comfortable I’d felt in a while and I wasn’t ready to let go. It was also the most vulnerable I’d been with Victor.

“Will you carry me inside? I’m tired.” I murmured against his chest.

Victor gave a small chuckle before nodding and lifting his head off of my shoulders. “I don’t know where the keys are.” He said. So I pointed out to him the hidden location of my spare key, knowing full well that I was giving him more access to my life than I should, but at this point, I didn’t feel like caring.

Victor took the spare key out of its hidden location and opened the door, leaving it wide open before placing the key back in its place. Then he came back to me and just as I’d asked him to, he lifted me up into his arms and carried me inside.

“Which one’s your bedroom?” He asked when we entered and he kicked the door shut behind us.

“Second door to the right.” I whispered as I placed my head against his shoulders and yawned sleepily.

“Okay, ma’am.” He whispered back softly and carried me to my room and placed me on my bed. That’s the last thing I remembered before my head hit the pillows and I was out like a light bulb.

Victor’s P.O.V:

I felt Kendra fall asleep the second I placed her on the bed. She looked dead tired and pale. There were dark circles under her eyes that didn’t just appear overnight and her skin looked dull, sickly.

I checked her forehead for her temperature and found it a little higher than normal but nothing alarming. So I took her purse away from her and pulled off her shoes and socks, as well as her belt put them aside while I went to rummage through her closet to find something comfortable for her to sleep on.

I took out a long oversized t-shirt and changed her clothes before dumping the clothes she’d been wearing into the laundry basket. I then pulled the covers over her and tucked her in so she wouldn’t have any trouble sleeping. But as I was about to head out so she could have some rest, before something caught my eye.

It was relatively unnoticeable except for the bright orange colour that had faded to a duller orange over time, but still, it had been able to catch my eye. It must have dropped out of the closet when I’d taken out a change of clothes for Kendra and was now lying partially hidden between the closet door and the laundry basket.

Walking over to it cautiously like it was some kind of animal ready to pounce at me, I crouched down on the floor and pulled out the jersey from its hidden position and stared at it. The colour might have faded away but the symbol of the Canberra High School Soccer team was still intact. I’d always hated this colour; it was like wearing a bright neon sign on your body. After High School I hadn’t bothered with this jersey anymore and had left it in the store room so I’d never have to face it again. But looks like someone else found it.

I turned it over and found my breath catch in my throat as I read the name Summers written in bold black ink at the back. It gave me new hope that if she’d stolen this jersey from the store room, if she’d kept it close to her for two whole years...then this was a confirmation that she had been lying. That she did have feelings for me.

Getting back up on my feet when my calves began to ache, I folded the shirt and put it back inside the closet. I was completely exhausted by staying up all night outside Kendra’s door but I decided to come back again after I’ve had a shower and eaten lunch. And once I came back, we’d be having a nice little chat about my soccer jersey and our feelings, whether Kendra liked it or not.

But again, just as I was about to exit, Kendra’s phone began to ring.

I know I really shouldn’t be poking around but I couldn’t help but reach for her purse and take out her phone from inside it and answer the call.

“Daniel?” I asked, a bit surprised that he’d call Kendra instead of Grace. Was everything alright with Grace?

“Hello? Victor?” Daniel asked just as surprised. “Are you with Kendra?”

“Yeah? Why? Did you have something to say to her? She’s just fallen asleep.” I told him while backing away from the room quietly. I didn’t want to disturb Kendra right now and the ugly green monster inside of me also wanted to know why Daniel was calling her.

“No, it’s alright. I was just calling to check on her.” Daniel replied.

“And why exactly where you checking up on her?” I asked a little suspiciously.

“She didn’t tell you?” Daniel asked. “She was at the club last night. She got really drunk and fainted. I called in a doctor to check up on her and he’s given her some pills to take. Can you make sure she takes them on time?”

“Yeah. Yeah, I will.” I nodded my head even though Daniel won’t be able to see it.

“And please don’t tell Grace about it. She’s already stressed about her work, I don’t want her to stress even more. Just stay by Kendra and make sure she eats properly and takes plenty of rest.”

“Alright. I will.” With that Daniel hung up.

Kendra past out yesterday due to too much alcohol consumption? Thank God it was at Daniel’s bar or someone could have hurt her! How could she be so careless?

Looks like we’ll be having a long chat indeed.