THE BILLIONAIRE’S PERFECT MATE

“What are you talking about?”, Ellie asked, staggering, while getting up from her bed, wondering if she had heard wrong.

“I am sorry to say this again, but your granny is dead. Someone found her dead body in the female restroom, some minutes ago”, the nurse said, with empathy and apologetically.

“Are you sure of what you are saying? She left here barely an hour ago. So, what are you talking about?”, Ellie queried, still not believing what the nurse had said. Ellie couldn’t believe what she had heard. Kevin, who was already aware of granny being dead, didn’t feel shocked nor sad, but had to pretend as if he was, just to avoid Ellie’s suspicion.

“What are you talking about? How can granny be dead?”, Kevin cut in, pretending to be shocked by the news.

“I am sorry to break the news to you but that is the pure truth. You can follow me downstairs to confirm her body”, the nurse said. Upon hearing this, Ellie collapsed on the floor. Kevin moved to her where she was sitting on the floor, emotionless, trying to calm her down.

“Calm down, Ellie. We haven’t confirmed if she is the one yet. Let’s go confirm but i am sure she can’t be the one”, Kevin said, holding Ellie close to his chest. With his support, Ellie stood up with his shaky legs. They trailed slowly behind the nurse with Kevin, serving as a means of support for Ellie as she walked. On getting to the room where granny’s dead body was laid and covered up, Ellie couldn’t brace herself up, to enter the room. Although, she wasn’t convinced that granny was dead, she was scared her fear might become a reality. She felt her legs too heavy for her to carry, but with Kevin assuring her that she would be fine, she entered the room, walking sluggishly. As she got to where granny was laid, she held the hem of the cloth granny was covered with, and slowly uncovered her face, with her shaky hand. Upon seeing that granny was the one really lying there lifeless, Ellie couldn’t bear the pain of not seeing her granny anymore. And with tears in her eyes, Ellie fainted, becoming unaware of what was going on around her.

She woke up to the shiny light in her room and at first, wasn’t conscious of her surroundings. It took her a while to realize where she was and the memory of what had happened before she fainted seemed to have been wiped away. While still trying to process what was going on, Kevin came in.

“Ellie, you are awake? Are you fine?”, Kevin asked, moving hurriedly towards her. Upon seeing him, she seemed to have realized why she had fainted and the pictures of granny’s lifeless body she had seen before collapsing, came flashing across her face.

“Where is granny?”, Ellie asked in a shaky voice, removing the drip from her hand and hurriedly rushing to the door. Kevin ran after her, stopping her from running further.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“Calm down, Ellie”, Kevin said, after getting a hold of her.

“Let go of me. I need to go see granny”, Ellie whimpered, shedding tears and trying to free herself from Kevin’s hold but Kevin wouldn’t let go of her.

“Ellie, calm down. Granny is dead. We both saw her dead body”, Kevin said, trying to make her accept the reality that was right before her eyes.

“Shut up!!!! What are you talking about? Which granny is dead? She told me she was coming. She told me she would be back. Shut your crap and stop telling me she is dead. She can’t be dead!!!!”, Ellie yelled, while beating Kevin’s chest, trying to make him let go of her. Seeing the tantrum she was throwing, Kevin yelled at her, to make her come back to her senses and accept the reality.

“Don’t you get it? She is gone. She is dead. You will never see her anymore!!!! She is gone and gone for good. Try to get that into your skull!!!!!!”, Kevin yelled at Ellie, which got her scared. It seemed as if what Kevin had said made her accept the reality, as she gently stood up from the ground and hid in the corner of the ward, after realizing and finally accepting the fact that she would see her granny no more. She sat there for hours and no matter how hard Kevin tried to pull her out of her shadows, she never budged.

It was time for Carla to check into the hospital ahead of her operation the following day. Kevin had to leave Ellie all alone at the hospital and went to get Carla prepared for her surgery. He didn’t tell Carla about granny’s death, as he knew she might cause a tantrum just like Ellie and, not get the surgery.

Granny’s body was moved into the morgue for investigation on the cause of her death. As the investigation kicked off Carla’s operation was also carried out. Carla’s operation was a success and she had to stay at the hospital for a while, for her to heal. The police concluded that the death of granny was as a result of the fall she had. With the help of Carlos, Kevin was able to go scot-free with granny’s murder, with no one suspecting him, to be the one behind her death. During this period, Ellie never said anything, as she had become a shadow of herself. She didn’t see any reason for her to live anymore as the only person whom she had seen as her confidant and her only family was no more. Granny’s funeral preparation was set in motion and was solely handled by Kevin. Although, he felt guilty for granny’s death, he was also happy that he had taken away his only obstacle.

On the day of her burial, Carla couldn’t attend as she wasn’t aware and she was still in the hospital, healing. On the day of the burial, Carla wore a simple black dress, a sign of mourning, which hung loosely on her frame. She was tired of crying. As she watched her granny being laid in her grave, her gaze was fixed on her coffin. Her face was a mask of sorrow, her eyes red and swollen from crying. Pain was etched on her face as she had just lost her granny. Her shoulders were slumped, weighed down by the heaviness of grief. She wore a simple black dress, a sign of mourning,

As she stood there watching, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath to steady herself. Memories of her granny flooded her mind, each one a bitter sweet reminder of the loved they had shared. After granny had been laid to rest, Ellie turned away from her graveyard, her steps were heavy as she made her way back to the world. She knew her life wouldn’t be the same without her granny, but at the same time, she knew she had to find a way to move on.