Kapitel 27: CHAPTER 27: I'M SORRY, HONEY!

"Is everything set?" Aisha asked Hunter.

"Yes, I already set up everything. You will be able to monitor them through this phone." Hunter handed him a smart phone.

"Will you be able to trace them on your computer as well?" Caleb asked.

"Yes. In case you lost that phone, I can still track them." Hunter explained.

"Thanks hunter." Aisha sighed in relief. Caleb looked at her.

"So how's Ethan?" Caleb suddenly asked her.

"He's good." She indifferently answered while cleaning her gun.

"So how are you two doing? Have you talked to him already?"

"We don't have time to talk. He comes home late and I go to work early."

"Haha… or should we put it like this; you always go home from work early so you could sleep before he comes home---- oh, wait! Or should we say you pretend to sleep? AND, you wake up early just so you can avoid him?"

"Tsk..! What are you? Caleb the soothsayer?" She joked.

"But seriously Aisha, are you going to ignore him for life? It has been a week. Do you think you can live with him like that forever?" Aisha didn't answer.

"Do you think it helped you? Let me ask you, what did you gain from avoiding him?" Suddenly, Aisha received a call from Lisa.

"Yes?" She answered

"Aisha! It's Ethan! He was rushed to the hospital!" Lisa stammered.

"What?! I'm coming!" Aisha hung up then she rushed to the hospital where Ethan was. She saw Larry outside the room,

"What happened?" Aisha's eyes were full of worry. The door to the VIP room opened. A guy came out.

"I'm sorry but who are you?" Aisha asked.

"Stacy, my name is Clint. Your husband's best friend. We met before. I guess you have forgotten about me." Clint offered his hand. Aisha received it.

"I-I'm sorry. I have a short term memory." She smiled hesitantly. "But how is he? Can I see him?"

"Yes of course, You can go inside but he is still unconscious for now."

"W-what happened?" She asked Clint as they entered the room.

"Well, how could I explain to you how foolish your husband was?" Clint caresses his temples. "The thing is, he was so upset coz you haven't talked to him for a week now. You're not even answering his calls. He set up many surprises for the whole week yet you never showed yourself even once. This morning, he decided to go all out. He hired the whole restaurant and he tried to decorate it himself. I told him to let the staffs do it instead but he insist to do it alone. That was when he slipped his foot then he fell down from the window. He banged his head and injured his arm." Clint explained all the details.

"What a stupid man!" She cried. A tear escaped her eyes. Clint looked at her expression then he smirked.

"Seems like my plan is working..." He thought to himself.

"But is he okay? Did he damage his brain? Can he walk?" She asked him.

"Uhm… that depends on what the doctor will say. He is still under observation though… the doctor will see you in a while."

"O-okay… thanks for your help though. I'll take it from here." Aisha answered then she walked past him to sit beside Ethan. She inspected him from head to toe. He had bandages on his head, his arms was surrounded by cast.

Clint exited the VIP room. He looked at Larry and showed him a thumbs-up signal.

"It's working!" Clint whispered. Larry laughed.

"Let's see the doctor then…" Clint continued as they strode to the doctor's office.

***Aisha didn't know what to say or do. She was blaming herself for what happened to Ethan. If she was not so selfish, he shouldn't be hurt by now. If only she knew, but it's too late.

"I'm sorry Ethan. I never knew this would happen. I don't hate you at all. I can't hate you even if I wanted to. I was mad when I saw you with that woman. But then I realized, I don't have the right to claim you coz you were never mine in the first place. I don't want this feeling anymore. So I'm doing my best to avoid this if I can't control it." She sobbed as she mumbled those words.

"Please wake up. Don't make me nervous Ethan." She continued. Her eyes were close while her tears kept flowing. Suddenly, a hand was wiping her tears. She opened her eyes.

"Ethan!" She exclaimed.

"I'm sorry honey. I'm sorry for making you cry." Ethan said with a broken tone.

Aisha sobbed even more. She shook her head as she held his hands.

"I'm sorry. I just couldn't bear to see you mad at me." He explained. "I'd rather die than to lose you, AGAIN." Suddenly Aisha hit him in the head.

"Ouch! What was that for?!" Ethan was surprised.

"That's for your stupidity! Why do you have to do stupid things that could cost your life, huh?!" She yelled at him as if he was a child.

"Do I have a choice? I have to do it since you're avoiding me for a week now!" He yelled back.

"Now it's my fault?! Who told you to kiss that woman in front of me, huh!?" She was upset.

"I didn't! She was the one who forced herself to me. I was trying to avoid her." He explained. Aisha pouted.

"Look, I'm sorry, okay? I never loved her---"

"But she likes you!" She pouted. Ethan laughed. He pulled her close to his chest.

"But I love you. Only you." He bent to kiss her lips. "You don't have any idea how I miss you so much!" Then he hugged her tight. She embraced him back.

"Ahem ahem!" Clint was standing at the door as well as Larry and Lisa. "I guess you don't need me anymore bro. Time for you to repay all my efforts." They were all laughing. Aisha creased a brow as they all entered happily.

"What's the meaning of this?" Aisha was puzzled.

"I'm sorry Stacy… I rejected them but they were so persistent. Caleb even joined force with them!" Lisa explained. Aisha suddenly looked at each and every one of them, and then she glared at Ethan.

"So, you mean--- ALL of these? Everything was just a show?!" She yelled at them then she hit Ethan's stomach. She held his casted arm and forcefully removed his head bandage. He was fine. He didn't have any wound. Once again, she glared at the smirking Ethan.

"I hate you!" She was about to leave when Ethan held her arm and pulled her back. He embraced her.

"I'm sorry. You left me with no choice!" He laughed. Everybody in the room laughed with him except Aisha as she pouted in annoyance.

FLASHBACK:

"That's a stupid idea, Clint! She's too smart to believe such a fake drama. Do you really think she will fall for it?" Ethan exclaimed.

"Bro, we have to at least try. As you can see, your efforts for the week were all wasted!" Clint laughed at his best friend. Ethan sighed.

Ethan was lost in his thought. Indeed, Stacy has been avoiding him lately. He never had a chance to talk to her, not even in their room coz Stacy was deep in sleep when he got home. Sometimes, she slept in Eli's room. Agreeing with his best friend's idea would be his last shot.

"Don't worry man…. Leave it to me." Clint assured him. He sighed.

Yesterday, Clint spoke to Lisa and Caleb about it. They agreed knowing that Ethan has been doing everything he could to reconcile with her wife.

Faking Ethan's accident was orchestrated by his best friend Clint with the help of Lisa, Caleb and Larry. After seeing how the husband and wife reconciled, they tapped each other's shoulders for the job well done.