Babysitting The Billionaire’s Adult Son

A MONTH LATER

Melanie’s eyes flutter open, slowly adjusting to the bright light of the hospital room. Her sights are groggy and disoriented, trying to make sense of where she is and what had happened.

Her body feels heavy and weak, her limbs moving slowly and with difficulty. As her senses return, she becomes aware of the beeping machines around her, the scent of antiseptic in the air, and the bustling activity of the medical machines around her.

She turns her head sideways to see Alfred, sitting on a chair beside her bed with his back to the wall. He seemed to be asleep.

Melanie smiles, seeing how cute he looks even when he’s asleep.

“Alfred?” she calls out to him, her voice so low that she could not hear her own voice.

Since she finds it hard to talk, she presses a button beside her bed which makes a loud noise.

Alfred jerks up and rushed up to her, he seems shocked to see her staring at him with a smile on her face.

“Melanie? You’re awake?” Alfred gasps, he goes on his knees and wraps his arms around her. “Thank you for waking up, Mel.” he presses a button and speaks into the microphone.

“VIP patient Melanie is awake.” I wipe his tears as he makes the announcement.

“You’re awake?” Alfred bursts into tests, hugging her head to his chest.

Melanie winched and moaned into his chest, she couldn’t make sense of what she is doing on a hospital bed.

Doctors storm in a moment later, Alfred stands from the floor and paves the way for the doctors.

“Please leave us for a moment, Mr Gordon.” says one of the doctors, Alfred nods his head and heads out of the room.

Walking out of the room, he sneaks his hand into his pant pocket and takes out his cell phone, punches in some digits and presses the phone to his ear.

“Yes, she woke up just now, the doctors are attending to her.” he smiles, tears rolling down his cheeks and he wipes them with his thumb.

“I will come to get you, okay?” he ends the call and slides it into his pocket.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

Alfred moves closer to the private ward and peek at the inside through the glass door. There, he sees the doctor, checking Melanie’s pulse. He moves his palm to his mouth and sobs quietly.

Just then, his phone makes a buzz and he slides his hand into his pant pocket to fetch it.

“Mother?” he moves away from the door to receive the call.

“Okay, I will be with you shortly.” he hastily ends the call and rushes out of the hospital.

Getting to the garage, he gets into his car and drives off from the hospital.

Getting to the front of his mansion, the gate opens and he drives in. He pulls the car to a halt at the garage and steps down from the car.

“Dad!” Skye rushes out of the house and jumps into his arms. “How’s mommy? Is she still sleeping?” the little girl pout her small lips.

Alfred smiles, caressing her hair. “Mom just woke up now, Daddy is here to take Grandma to see Mommy.” he peck her forehead and walk inside the house.

“Child!” Granny Vera walks out of the kitchen with an apron tied around her waist. She looks a bit lanky, her lips parts in a faint smile when she sees Alfred, standing by the door with Skye in his arms.

“Granny! Where’s Skye?” Archie races down the stairs, panting heavily with his phone in his hand.

“She’s awake!” Alfred smiles in tears, hugging Skye tightly to his chest.

BACK TO THAT NIGHT

Kayla staggered backwards and tumbles down the high cliff. Then, with a splash and a deafening roar, she hit the water. The ocean swallowed her whole, the cold and dark enveloping her as she sank.

The world went silent, and Alfred goes on his knees in shock.

“Kayla?!” he roars, tears streaming down his cheeks as he hears the blasting sirens of the police car.

The area gets surrounded by the cop, they handcuff Mia who’s trying to fire her gun but she is already out of bullets. March who’s groaning on the floor is taken to the police car.

Harley’s lifeless body and some of their boys’ body was taken to the cop van.

An ambulance bus arrives at that moment, taking Melanie to the bus. Alfred runs after them, Granny Vera who is standing a mile away collapse to the floor when she sees her daughter, soaking in her own pool of blood.

Archie runs up to them, only to see his father, entering the Ambulance with Melanie who is bathed with her blood.

He slams his palms against his mouth, suppressing himself from crying out loud.

The ambulance drives away from the scene with Alfred wailing profusely as a nurse attends to Melanie.

Getting to the hospital, the doctors on duty rushed up to attend to Melanie when they realise who she is.

The doctors step out of the private ward and walk up to Alfred who seems to be fighting the urge to break down in the quiet place.

One of the doctors speak up, his voice is gentle, but the words were heavy and hard to hear.

“I’m afraid I have some bad news to share with you,” he begins, a frown forming on his lips. “Your wife has slipped into a coma, and the prognosis is uncertain.”

Alfred feels like the room is spinning, and the world around him becomes a blur. It is hard to believe what he is hearing, but the doctor’s expression tells him it was all too real.

He goes on his knees and cries his eyes out on the cold floor.

He tries to run up to the room but the men pull him back.

Alfred gets home that night to meet Archie pacing back and forth, his hands curls into a fist. He lands a punch to his father’s face as soon as he walks up to him.

“It’s your fault, it’s your darn fault that mom got shot. It’s your fault that Ms Officer’s body is in the pit of that cold stream. How could you be so cruel to chase your woman out? The mother of your fucking daughter! How could you?!” he yells, sending another punch to his father’s face.

Alfred couldn’t move as he is trying to make sense of what his son is trying to spill. He grabs Archie’s arms and pulls him to himself.

“What did you mean?” he groans, his hands trembling as he stares into the little boy’s eyes.

Archie grips his father’s hands on his shirt and slaps it off. He narrated everything he heard to his father, how he had a one-night stand with Melanie and how she searched for him but couldn’t see him. How Andy helped Melanie to uncover the truth behind the necklace she possessed.

The news seems too much for Alfred to take in, he asked his son where little Skye is and he leaves the house to look for them.

After meeting with the old woman and discovering the truth behind the little girl’s birth, he takes them to his mansion and asks for the old woman’s permission to have the little girl in his custody.

A week later, Kayla’s body was found in the lakeshore and she was already dead. Kayla’s body is laid to rest in the police cemetery.

Mia and her gang were sent to jail for murdering Selena Kent, Lieutenant Dean and Kidnapping of Vera Watson, and Skye Watson and attempted murder of Melani Watson.

After mourning the death of his crush, Detective Ben tenders his letter of resignation and left for the state.

Alfred’s uncle stepped down from being the chairman and handed over everything to Alfred. Alfred who seems to be guilty of everything declines the offer, but his uncle is too ashamed of his daughter that he left the organisation after signing every necessary document in Alfred’s name.

Alfred continue to check on Melanie at the hospital, hoping for the day she would wake from her long sleep.

Just when he is beginning to lose hope of her recovery, she wakes up, giving him all hope that he seems to have lost.