True love never dies 21/?
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Summary: The story is about Camilla/Sofie. She has an opportunity to visit London after several years. She is there on an assignment and also to meet some new friends. However, destiny wants something more when she meets an old friend that causes her to have to confront the memory loss resulting from a surgery done a few years back. Not possessing any memory of the old friend or what sort of relationship they might have had, she only knows that she has seen him lately in films.
Previous Chapter; Intro-1, Chapter 2-3, Chapter 4-5, Chapter 6-7, Chapter 8-9, Chapter 10-11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Chapter 17, Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Chapter 20
*Chapter 21*
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Dominic’s pov
This shall be the one I did find you went through, I promise to have better noticed about the continued parts and for safety thy will be named after the number it is and only one in each doc.
Lucky it didn’t take long to hail a cab and we were soon following the ambulance to the hospital. Berlinda ensured me that Sofie would be okay, even though she wasn’t awake when they took her away. Her words of comfort didn’t calm me at all and I still couldn’t grasp what had actually happened.
I ran the evenings events through my mind trying to get to grips with them. I was very emotional as I followed Orlando and Berlinda out from Borderline, and having to wait to collect my jacket was only making things worse. I stopped outside, not sure which direction to take as I couldn’t see anyone. I finally turned right, thinking that was the way to the closest station, and the way Sofie would have run.
I walked about 500 meters and spotted Berlinda. Then I saw what she was looking at. Everything happened so fast, but I saw Orlando snatch Sofie away from the path of an oncoming car, only to take the blow himself.
It didn’t look good. Berlinda and I ran as fast as we could to reach them. Both seemed to be out for the count, but Orlando quickly regained his senses. Maybe seeing his concern for Sofie made me understand that there was something deep going on between them than no-one had told me about. I still felt protective towards her though, after all, it was me she had gone out with this evening.
I was glad that Berlinda took command and tried to get Orlando’s attention. He was laying in the street, with Sofie up on the pavement. When he finally acknowledged Berlinda, she asked him if he could get up out of the danger area in the street. He was half under Sofie, so Berlinda and I took care of supporting her, moving her gently away from the edge. That gave Orlando the space to try and get up.
Knowing him as I did, I could see that he was trying not to show how much pain he was in. Small, hard wrinkles could be seen around his eyes, and his mouth was set in a hard line. Berlinda went to his side and I concentrated on Sofie.
She was still unconscious, which worried me. I had seen Orlando checking her over and it didn’t look as though he found any obvious injuries, so I didn’t understand why she was still out.
When Orlando finally managed to get to his feet and away from the street, he wanted to get back down to Sofie to check her out again. When Berlinda told him no, he looked down at me, a silent question in his eyes. I raised my head to look at him and couldn’t speak. I simply shook my head.
I was still fighting my emotions. I was angry with him and was blaming him for everything that had happened. Or was this anything to do with the accident she had mentioned earlier in the day? Did he know anything about it? Not knowing the answer to so many questions left me angry and frustrated.
My concern for Sofie calmed me down, and I concentrated on her again. I brushed some of the hair away from her face. It was thick but soft at the same time. I ran my fingers gently over her face in the hope of waking her up.
“Dominic do you feel any movement from her?”
“She is breathing, but she seems to be out.”
I was about to add that I couldn’t understand why, when she moved. She drew herself up into a fetal position and turned to one side. In the next second she began to throw up. Luckily she had turned away from me so I didn’t end up covered. I tried to keep her hair from the flow.
Between the heaves, her breathing was audible and didn’t sound good. After a few minutes, the heaving subsided and she sank back into unconsciousness which she hadn’t really arisen from completely.
It was a great relief when the ambulance arrived. As usual the paramedics were very efficient and had everything under control in no time. As I was the one holding Sofie, they aimed their questions at me.
“My friend,” I said and nodded at Orlando when I still had my hands supporting Sofie, “saved Sofie from getting hit by the car.” As I could see that the car had stopped and was still standing a distance away from us I nodded at that direction. “She has been out cold except for the minute she was threw up.”
“Do you know if she hit her head or suffer of anything else?”
“I don’t think she hit her head and she only drank two beers in the club.”
I watched as Berlinda let go of Orlando to bent down and give them some more information. “We drank one earlier this evening. I know she is prone to migraines, and something happened earlier that could have triggered one.”
Right then I probably realized that I really didn’t know all that much about her. She had been quiet about her life. She obviously was a very private person. Why was she so afraid to open up a little? Maybe it would be a good thing if she wanted to stay close to us.
“Does anyone of you know if she is allergic to anything?”
I had to shake my head in reply, as did Orlando and Berlinda. As one paramedic asked us questions while checking Sofie out, the other brought over a stretcher and soon they had Sofie in place and headed towards the ambulance. I rose and followed them. I didn’t want to leave her and held her hand so she would know she wasn’t alone.
“You should take Orlando with you. He took the full force of the impact on his back.” I could hear Berlinda tell the paramedics.
They stopped moving and looked over at me.
“It’s not me, it is my friend. We got him up from the street. He’s too proud to say he needs help, and he’s not too found of hospitals.”
They loaded Sofie into the back and one of them went over to where Orlando was standing. He hadn’t moved an inch. After the paramedic had removed his jacket and shirt to uncover his back, it was hard to stay silent. A huge bruise was already spreading right across it. They understandably wanted him in the ambulance too.
Of his question where they would be taken the paramedics said Charing Cross Hospital.
“Dominic did you hear that, can’t you come after us I still want to talk too you?” Orlando said.
“He can go with us in the ambulance.” I think it was the guy that said that and I was fast to answer; “No, I think Berlinda want to come too, we catch a cab.”
I didn’t want to leave her behind as she was Sofie’s friend. Orlando could hold Sofie’s hand in the ambulance, and the paramedics would look after both of them.
The cab quickly dropped us outside the hospital. Just as we were about to enter my mobile rang. I didn’t bother to check the caller ID as I was sure it was Billy. By now he had most likely heard what had happened.
No ‘hello’, he went directly to ask what had happened and how everyone was.
“I don’t know anything yet. Sofie was unconscious when they took her away. Orlando was hit by a car, his back doesn’t look good. We’re about to go into the ER to find out more.”
“Which hospital are you at?”
“At Charing Cross.”
“Okay, then I will come over to you. The guys can take my things. See you soon.”
I shut off the phone and told Berlinda that Billy was on his way. We entered the ER.
Next part; Chapter 22
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