EMERGENCY CALL

NOAH'S POV

(PRESENT)

I dragged myself outside the bed and got ready for another dull day of my life. Another sleepless night passed and still no word from Alex.

But I am not going to wait for Alex to call me back, I have already hired a team of private investigators.

They are now working on collecting all the evidence against Andrius Serrano and at the same time, they are also trying to find how Aurora ended up here.

Aurora.

I was itching to catch a glimpse of her once again and I am going to do just that once I receive a green signal from the doctor.

I have hired a few extra nurses to take care of her at the asylum and I also asked them to send me her pictures with regular updates about her mental health.

According to the reports, she is not showing any signs of improvement and they don't have much hope either. I wonder what will happen if she'll see me or Alex once again.

I asked her doctor and she said that there are two possibilities.

One: if she recognized me then all the memories can hit her at once and she might not be able to take it, which can result in seizures or something worse.

Second: My face might help her in regaining and unlocking a few more of her memories and if she regains the good ones then it's fine but if she regains the bad ones then they could trigger her and she might try something to hurt me or herself.

I can't stop blaming myself for her condition.

My heart was always in the right place, I somehow knew that something was wrong with my plan but I followed my brain and paid the price.

This is the first time I was betrayed by my brain but when it comes to Aurora, I feel like it's too late now.

Maybe I can't help her anymore, maybe she is too far gone and I might never get her back let alone her forgiveness.

I did my morning business and left for work, I was not in the mood for breakfast but I had to stop by just for my Gramps because according to her breakfast is the most important meal and one should be thankful that we have something to eat in our plates when there are people dying out there because of lack of food and this gets me every time.

This reminds me of the days when I used to be in that position, when I didn't used to have money to buy anything not even enough food for mom and myself.

Gramps knows about my past, how I became a multi-millionaire and she is proud of me. Gramps loved Aurora too, but I was too arrogant to see what my gramps saw in her.

I fed myself enough so that Gramps can relax for the rest of the day without worrying about me but I knew that she could sense that something was wrong with me.

I won't be able to face her once she got to know about Aurora's condition.

I was in my car when I received the call from Alex which was surprising because I almost accepted that he doesn't want to get involved in my plan.

"Noah, where are you?" He asked me in a panicked voice and I slammed the brakes instantly. Something about his voice seemed off.

"Why? I was on my way to work." I answered.

"You need to get here fast." He said hurriedly and I frowned.

"Get where?"

"To the hospital stupid. Aurora…she-she saw me and something happened to her, come fast." He said and I mentally cursed him for making things worse for her. I quickly turned around and rushed towards the mental asylum.

I trotted towards Alex as soon as I saw him pacing around at reception.

"What did you do?" I shouted at him, startling him and the receptionist.

"Sir please…keep your voice low, this is a mental asylum and if you don't want me to book a therapy session for you then it would be better if you behave." The receptionist said and rolled her eyes.

It was a different woman today but I didn't pay much attention to her, my focus was more on Alex whose face looked pale as if he had seen a ghost.

"What the hell did you do Alex?" I questioned again through gritted teeth.

"N-nothing. I did nothing, I just came here to check on her, to see her, to assure myself that it was her. But she saw me first and…and oh god!" he ran his hand through his already messy hair and closed his eyes for a moment.

He sighed and I waited for him to continue.

"I think I know what is wrong with her and maybe I can help her, maybe we can bring her memories back." He said and my eyes widened.

"Wait….what? How-I mean it's good news. But then why are you panicking?" I questioned.

I was elated to hear this, but at the same time, I was confused as to why he was saying all this. I mean….he should be happy but he doesn't sound or look happy.

"In order to do that, she will have to go through all that pain once again and I don't want that. My heart is already filled with so much guilt that I never did anything for her or I never stood up for her but seeing her going through all those things again will break me more than her." He answered and I looked at him confused with what he was saying.

Is that even possible?

But doesn't that mean that he will have to involve his grandfather in all this as well?

"Where is she now? Did something happen to her?" I further questioned and he looked away from me.

"The nurses had to sedate her, she accidentally saw me and regained a fragment of her past. It triggered her and froze for a moment." He answered with teary eyes and I tried to calm myself.

It was not his fault, I cannot blame him for checking up on his sister at the first chance he got, after all, I encouraged him.

"Can we see her now?" I questioned again.

"Yeah, though she is unconscious I couldn't see her in that state so I came out of that room." He said and pointed towards a room in the corner.

I nodded and stepped inside the room to check on her as well, it was my chance to get close to her. Even though she can't see me, I would still be able to bask in her scent and relive those memories again.

Those memories now haunted me, her laugh, her innocence, her smile, her tears, everything about her reminded me what I destroyed and now in front of me was the same person but a different personality.

If she ever regained her memories I will spend the rest of my life to earn her love and forgiveness.

I don't think I can give my heart to anyone else.

I touched her cheek and felt the softness of her skin beneath my fingers. She didn't even move or flinch, she just lay there motionlessly.

"I promise you, my love, you will get the justice you deserve. Every single who hurt you will be punished even if it's me."