Chapter 11

Jameson

Amaya has been driving me crazy about finding this guy.

I went to the hospital the other day after she told me about it. They said that he came into the hospital and got diagnosed with schizophrenia. He left the hospital without any treatment. I don't understand if he is missing or he has gone AWOL.

I made the board of the hospital meet with his wife Meera. Poor girl she looked devastated after we showed her the footage of him leaving the hospital. I promised her that I would help her in finding her husband and have been working with the police ever since. It's been 2 weeks since she told me about it. Amaya is the reason we got closer to finding Meera's Husband. I remember it was 1:15 am in the night and that's when I got a phone call from her.

"Hello Jameson, I need some help Can you come to this address?, it's an emergency" she whispered into the phone

"Are you okay? And what are doing downtown" I asked her looking at the location she sent.

"I can't explain everything now. Forget it, I'll call someone else. I should have known better." she hissed at me

"Fine I'm coming give me like 8 minutes." I told her, and she cut the call.

I was so worried, What was she doing in those dark alleys in downtown? Those are the scary places people generally avoid. This girl always goes right into trouble. I know that's the only reason I met her but sometimes I get worried about her. I parked my car and started walking towards the location it's so dark and I couldn't find her there. I tried calling her, but it was going to voice mail. Where is she? did she call someone and leave? Did something happen to her?

"Thank god you are here, help me get out of here." she sneaked up from the back side and held my hand. Thank god she is okay, I observed her face she was sweating.

"Are you crazy what are you doing here?" I yelled at her.

"Stop yelling, they will find us we have to run." she hissed at me in anger as we heard some footsteps she started running pulling me with her.

"Can I know why I'm running in a dark alley that too in the middle of the night?" I asked her.

"I'll tell you, take me to your car first." she said and then we ran towards my car as I parked it near to the location she sent me. We reached the car, I gave her some water from my trunk and sat on the path way.

"Promise me that you won't yell" she asked me, and I nodded into a yes.

"It's been a week since Meera asked for help and you didn't do anything about it. So I decide to take things into my own hands and.." I cut her off and said.

"I didn't do anything. I spoke with the police and I showed you the proof that he left the hospital and we are still working on it."

"Do you wanna know why I'm here or not?" she asked me giving me a stinky eye.

"Fine I won't disturb continue." I told her and drank some water.

"I got all his details from Meera. I called his phone service and told them I lost my phone and asked them to give the last location. This was the last location they got from his phone." she said

"You should have asked me to come with you. Instead of going alone what if something happened to you?" I asked her

"I thought of asking Aarav but it's the middle of the night and I didn't wanna wake him up." she said. I felt a sting in my heart when she said she thought of calling Aarav instead of me.

"Why did you call me then? You should have asked Aarav to help you." I yelled at her.

"I don't know, in that situation you were the only person I could think of. Aarav and Rick have girlfriends or families with them" she said in a low voice. Her answer made me happy now because she thought of me when she was in danger. She looks so worried and delicate, her hands were shivering. I feel like hugging her and give her some comfort.

"When I reached the location and was walking nearby, there were like 3 guys following me. I asked them if they saw Meera's husband, They said yes and they would take me to him one of them was about to touch me. It felt creepy, so I pepper sprayed all of them and took their pictures and started running and lost the way to my car." Listening to her made me so angry that I wanted to find and kill the bastards who tried to do that to her.

I am mad at her for being so careless too. I know that world is not fully developed for a girl to roam outside anytime. I wish I was there to protect her.

"From tomorrow, I'll be taking you to office and drop you back home. You will not be going alone anywhere. How can you be so careless?" I yelled at her and I immediately felt bad after looking at her face. Her eyes filled with tears made me realize, she must already feel vulnerable and I made it worse.

"You don't have the right to boss me, Stop yelling at me." she said in a whisper and brushed of her tears. So, I dragged her towards me and made her sit in my lap and hugged her it was like a side hug. She tried to move but I held her tight.

"I'm sorry, I was angry that I couldn't help you with them. Please let me drive you around I can sleep in peace if I know that you are safe." I said to her. It feels so good to have her in my arms she is so small like a baby.

"You don't have to worry about me, I can take care of myself. You already did so much for me and I don't wanna impose" she said to me looking at me. I kissed her on the cheek as I couldn't stop my self as she was so close to me.

"It won't be a problem, I wanna know that you are safe, and I would do anything for you." I told her and held her close to me. I don't wanna lose her. I get this feeling of protecting her from everything bad in the world. She snuggled closer to me and leaned her head on my chest.

"I can share my location with you, so you can check up on me. Thank you for coming I was so scared." she said closing her eyes.

"I got you, everything is fine now." I said in a soothing voice to assure her and brushed her hair back and she looked so peaceful. I like her so much all her craziness today made me realize that I would do anything for her. I will kill those bastards who tried to touch her. Thank God she is strong and able to protect herself. I'm not going to think about the what if's. She is with me now and I will have her with me forever. Her breathing got slow and her body got warm indicating that she is asleep. I carried her into the car and took her to her house and was with her the whole night.

Knock, Knock

"Sir, you have a call from the detective John, he says it urgent." Theresa my secretary informed me.

"Forward it to me." I told her, and she went back. I got the pictures from Amaya and I hired a detective to look into those people. They found the guys and one of them had Meera's Husband phone on him.

They told us that he looked like a homeless person and he mugged it from him. Ever since we have been looking at every homeless person in the city. Schizophrenia does that, you act crazy and people might think that.

"Hello Sir, we found him. He was at the local food shelter the other day one of my guys are following him right now as we speak." John said to me. Phew that was a huge relief!

"Take him to the hospital and call me once you get there." I told him and cut the call. Amaya would be so excited to hear this. I can imagine her jumping in joy.

My brother and his family are here for Christmas. My niece is keeping my parents busy, so they won't be at the hospital. So, I have to look for another doctor to treat him. If no one's there I could ask mom to come in.

By the time I got to the hospital, they already diagnosed him. The Doctors told me that it was a brain tumor which could be misdiagnosed as Schizophrenia. Meera was there when I went towards the ICU.

"Thank you so much Mr. Browne, I don't know what I would do without your help.." she said with tears in her eyes and she gave me a hug.

"It was our responsibility to not let a mentally unstable person leave the hospital. I hope he gets better after the surgery and don't worry your husband is in good hands. Dr.Sophia is the best surgeon" I told her and adjusted my suit. I know Sophia, we grew up together and she was the last girl I dated. We broke up because she thought I was more interested in work than her and we both wanted different things in life.

"I'll wait in my office upstairs. Let me know if you need any help. Did you tell Amaya that we found him?" I asked, and she said no. I told her that I will let her know and left from the ICU waiting area. I called Amaya.

"Hi, can you come to hospital right now" I asked as she lifted the call

"Are you okay?" she asked me with worry evident in her voice. I could hear a man's voice in the background asking if everything was fine.

"I'm fine, It's about Meera's husband and are you with someone?" I asked her and then she asked the person with her if he could drop her at the hospital and he said anything for you.

"I'm with a friend and I'll be there in 5 min" she said and cut the call.

Who is she with, I have to see him so I looked at her location. I went down to the lobby of the hospital to get a clear view of the guy. She got down from the car and then there was another Indian guy with her. They hugged each other, and she hit him playfully when he said something. Looking at them being close is making me angry. She is mine only I can hug her.