CHAPTER 35

She thought she knew everything about her but she was mistaken. She couldn’t even tell anyone about what she heard or saw. They wouldn’t even believe her if she snitched. But how did she survive when she was stabbed like that?
“I’m glad you woke up pumpkin. I thought I was going to lose you,” her mother said.
“I’m fine now. But how am I alive?”
“Baby, you are special. Apparently your heart is on the other side. The knife stabbed you but not your heart,” she explained.
She was shocked by that. So did it mean that Haven knew this beforehand and stabbed her fully knowing she wouldn’t die? She didn’t care she was going to make a mess of Haven when she leave the hospital.
“I didn’t know.”
“It’s shocking. I didn’t know it too,” her mother said.
“How long have I been here?”
“One week now.”
A week and what had been Haven been doing in that time.
“When will I leave the hospital?”
“Your father and I will let you leave after you recover fully; now just don’t do anything.”
“Okay and did Haven stopped by?”
“She did once but she is out of the country now.”
“Did she say why?”
“It was business related but she calls often. I thought you were with her when you didn’t come that night,” she said.
“No, I went out for a walk and ended up that way.”
“Don’t go anywhere alone. We were worried sick. It’s a good thing someone dropped you at the hospital or we would have never known what was happening.”
“I’m sorry mother, I will be careful.”
“I’m just glad you are here with us pumpkin, don’t make me worried again.”
“I won’t mother.”
She looked at her mother. She had never seen her like that. Her face was all puffed. She had been crying nonstop. What she needed to find out now was about what she heard. Somewhere on the internet she was going to try to find all the information about this Viper business.
“Can I have a laptop?”
“Why do want it?”
“I just want to check on something.”
“You need to rest.”
“No mother, please.”
“Okay.”
Her mother left the room and she looked for her phone and found it. There was a text from Haven and it only mentioned the words she whispered to her before she blacked out, ‘I’m sorry but it had to be done.’
Was she kidding her? She nearly got killed and she knew about it and didn’t do anything. Why would she do that to her?
Her mother came I holding a laptop and gave it o her.
“The doctor said you shouldn’t be doing that for long, you need to rest.”
“Okay, I will be done soon. Can I have some fruits?”
“I didn’t bring any since you were unconscious.”
“Can’t you buy me some? And bring father with you when you come.”
“If that’s what you want, I will do that. Your father is already on his way so I will go and wait for him.”
“Okay mother. I love you,” she said and her mother kissed her on her forehead before she left her room.
She began to search for every single word she heard when she was tied to that chair. She typed Viper and only those vicious snakes came out. She tried Viper legends, myths, sects and cults and then it popped out.
What she saw was so scary that she needed to print the pages out and read them carefully without the interference of the light. Lucky for her a nurse came in to check her vitals again.
“Do you mind printing these pages for me?” she asked.
“Anything for you,” she answered with a bright smile.
How could they say no? It was her family’s hospital after all.
She gave the laptop to the nurse who returned minutes later holding a huge pile of printed pages. She returned the laptop to her.
“Thank you, I won’t forget this.”
“Just take a rest. Don’t overwork yourself.
“I won’t, thanks.”
The nurse left and she began to browse through the pages again. Her mother and father came in twenty minutes later and she smiled. She had missed her dad so much. He went to her and hugged her.
“I thought I was going to lose you,” he confessed.
“I won’t go anywhere dad,” she said smiling at him.
“I’m glad. What are you reading?”
“Oh, it’s something I found on the internet. I wanted to look at myths and legends. It was interesting.”
“Which one did you find?”
“Have you ever heard of the Viper sect?”
“I have but I don’t believe they exist.”
“Why do you say so?” she asked taking an apple from the basket.
“It’s really absurd. It is said that they have a leader who must be chosen by the Goddess herself; someone who first started the sect.”
“Is she alive?”