Troy ran as fast as he could. He crossed the park where he used to jog along with Danica. While walking on the road, wondering where Danica was, that was when he saw a black car hitting the familiar brunette girl. His body and soul both trembled as he saw her body falling over to the roadside due to the force.
��Danica!�� Troy hollered and ran towards Danica, who was now lying on the roadside, injured and her white tracksuit started turning red with blood. He watched the car going backward and disappearing. He took out his phone and clicked the picture of the license plate of the car to hand it over to the cops. Then he called 911 with his shivering fingers. After calling 911, he grabbed Danica��s hand, starting to rub it. ��Dani, can you hear me?��
Danica coughed as her vision started to get blurry. She mumbled to Troy in an almost inaudible voice, ��Aziel...take care of him.��
��Shut up,�� Troy said to her because she was telling Troy as if it was her last wish. He didn��t even want to picture his life without Danica once again. He picked her up in his arms. ��I cannot wait till the ambulance comes. I have to take you to the hospital. Stay conscious.��
Troy felt like he was carrying his fragile heart in his arms. Every passing minute was giving him negative thoughts, something he wanted to avoid.
Danica could feel her vision going blurry and she knew she would have a blackout soon, or worse, she would die. ��Love you���� she breathed out, her vision going darker than before and her body aching in pain.
��I love you and I can tell that to you a million times,�� Troy finally confessed his feelings in a panic. If he knew something like this would happen before, he would have confessed the very first day he met her again. ��Just keep talking, Dani.��
A small smile took over Danica��s lips��a smile of peacefulness. She was grateful that she could hear his confession. Soon, darkness engulfed her.
��Dani,�� Troy called out, noticing her eyes closed. That was when he saw the ambulance on the way. ��Here,�� he hollered and the ambulance stopped near him.
The people inside the ambulance helped Troy to put Danica in and said to Troy, ��Get in. We have to take her to the hospital as soon as possible.��
Troy nodded and got inside the vehicle. He took out his handkerchief from his pocket seeing the wound over Danica��s forehead. With trembling hands, he wiped the blood slowly which was on her forehead, silently praying for her to be safe and sound once again.
Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Trevor were busy comforting a crying Aziel. Ever since Troy left in a hurry, Aziel was crying to meet his sister because he was feeling bad. Gabrielle decided to dial Danica��s number, which was switched off.
Trevor handed Gabrielle the glass of water. ��Give it to Aziel and make him drink it. I will call Troy,�� he said to Gabrielle.
She took the glass and made Aziel drink it.
Trevor dialed Troy��s number, which he picked up after three rings.
��Troy, where are you? Is Da���� Trevor stopped midway hearing the quivering in Troy��s voice.
��Tre-vor����
��Troy, what happened? Where are you now?�� he inquired his heartbeat fastening, afraid of Troy��s response.
��Dani met with an accident.��
As soon as Troy said that, Trevor sucked in a deep breath. He had to stay calm for his best friend, girlfriend, and Aziel. ��Where are you now? Which hospital?��
��I�� I don��t know. I am in an ambulance and,�� Troy spoke up after a few mumbling with another person, ��Trevor, we reached here. Track my phone and come here.�� With that, he cut the call.
��What��s wrong?�� Gabrielle asked from behind, making Trevor jump a little at the sudden question. When he didn��t answer and checked his phone, she asked one more time, ��Why aren��t you answering me? What��s wrong, Trevor?��
He glanced at his girlfriend and then at Aziel, who was sitting on the couch, wiping his tears. ��Let��s drop Aziel at Tatiana��s house. We have to go to the hospital.��
As much as Gabrielle wanted to ask what had happened, she refrained from doing so because of Aziel and said, ��Okay.��
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Gabrielle and Trevor ran to Troy, who was waiting outside the OT, drowning himself in memories of him with Danica.
��What did you say to her, you asshole?�� Gabrielle asked, smacking Troy��s head. ��If she doesn��t recover, Troy Kingston, I swear, I wil����
��She will be fine,�� Troy said to Gabrielle desperately, not even looking at her. He was sitting outside on the bench, covering his face with his hands.
She pitied her brother��s situation and sat next to him, placing a hand over his shoulder in comfort. ��She has to be fine,�� she said with a broken voice, tears streaming out of her blue eyes.
��It will take time for the operation to end,�� Trevor said and looked at Troy. ��Was it an accident or an attempt to murder?��
��I clicked the car��s license��s picture,�� Troy answered and handed the phone to Trevor. ��It was an attempt to murder.��
��I will find it out,�� Trevor said to Troy and walked away to make some important calls.
Gabrielle and Troy were sitting outside, in pin-drop silence, just waiting for the doctor to say that Danica was perfectly fine.
Troy��s mind drifted to the first time he met Danica. She was wearing glasses at that time when she was in middle school. No one could solve the math given by the teacher, but only Danica solved it; which intrigued Troy. After that class, Troy went to her and said, ��You are a beauty with a brain type of girl, you know?��
Danica gave a smile, which showed her dimples, making her look prettier as she said, ��Is that a good thing or bad thing?��
He had answered, ��It is good and bad at the same time. Ask why.��
��Why?�� she questioned and scooted to the next chair so that Troy could next to her.
He chuckled and sat next to her. Then he said, ��If someone falls in love with you, he will have a hard time controlling himself. He will have the urge to hit every boy looking at you in another way, and also, he will have the urge to claim you.��
��Then you can protect me,�� Danica responded and extended a hand. ��If we be friends, you can. I don��t want a stranger to protect me.��
Troy was impressed with Danica��s nature. He shook his hand with hers and said, ��Count me in.��
A small smile took over Troy��s lips, as he remembered the time Danica got drunk in the Junior year��s party and kissed him. She had no idea that it was Troy��s first kiss as well. She only remembered her pulling him into a kiss in a drunken state. But Troy was sober and he kissed her back at that time because his feelings for her continued growing.
How could she never notice his feelings? Silly girl, Troy thought.
Gabrielle��s mind drifted to when Danica was the first one to guess that she had a crush on Trevor. They were given an assignment to complete as a pair in middle school. Danica had said to Gabrielle out of nowhere, ��You should propose to Trevor Bennett if you like him that much.��
She was so shocked hearing Danica and since then, they became inseparable because only Danica would understand Gabrielle properly.
��She will be okay, right, Gab?�� Troy��s voice brought her out of the trance.
She looked at her brother, whose eyes were watery. When she watched a tear slide through his eyes, she wiped it with her hand and said with a sad smile, ��She will be. Dani is strong.�� With that, she put Troy into a hug, giving him the comfort he needed at that moment.
In the meantime, Trevor was waiting for a call to find out the owner of the car. He had received a message from Tatiana saying her phone was working now after Trevor made it fixed by someone he knew. Tatiana sent Kenji��s clip to everyone��s phone, including Hernan��s, so that everyone would have a copy of it.
Trevor started remembering how Danica helped him when he got bullied for the first time in middle school. Since then, he became so strong that nobody dared to bully Trevor Bennett; it was all due to Danica. She encouraged Trevor to stand up against everyone who would bully him saying he was weak and ugly due to his acne. She used to make homemade cream and give it to Trevor to cure his acne. Today, he was a handsome model and known for his charming looks; it was all possible only because of Danica. She took care of everyone with her heart and soul. She didn��t deserve to get the pain.
Soon enough, Trevor received a call. He picked it up at once and the caller said, ��Sir, the car belongs to Kenji Abraham.��
Trevor ran to Troy and Gabrielle after hearing this and cut the call. Learning it was Kenji, Troy was about to storm off to kill him but Gabrielle stopped him and convinced him to wait till Danica was okay. Then Troy and Gabrielle told Trevor about Danica��s cunning uncle and aunt as well.
��It means, Kenji is working for Danica��s aunt and uncle. Otherwise, he would hurt Gabrielle to get back at Troy, instead of trying to kill Aziel,�� Trevor connected the dots. Then he took his phone and called his father, who was one of the most famous lawyers. ��Dad, I need you to handle a very special case.��
