128 Far away (1/2)

Abi's hand on the door handle tightened around it. She looked at him and the man's eyes looked extremely serious. Where did that come from? Why was he asking?

His question shocked Abi that she just stared at him and couldn't speak. She never ever thought that she would be having this kind of conversation with this aloof, stoic man! Her brain started to function again and she was about to answer but then, her phone vibrated.

Abi looked at it and saw that it was her dad calling her.

She looked up at Ezekiel Qin with a small apology in her eyes before she picked up the phone and answered it.

”Hello? Dad? Are you already here?” Abi looked outside the car window and saw her dad's car parked near the park. ”Okay, I'm coming,” she said and when the call ended, she looked at Ezekiel Qin.

”You can go,” he told her, not looking at her anymore.

”Thank you for the ride, Mr. Qin.”

”Mn.”

Once the door was closed, Ezekiel Qin turned and looked at the girl making her way towards another car.

”Sir, are we going back to the company?” the driver asked.

Ezekiel Qin didn't answer. He just stared silently at Abigail for a while before he spoke. ”No, let's go back to the hospital.”

Abi heard the car leave as she got to her dad's car. She turned around and watched it disappear before turning her attention back to her dad who was waiting for her. She hugged the old man and the two happily chatted as they drove out of the city.

That afternoon, Abi spent her time pleasantly with her family. She went to her room and stayed there for a while until it was finally time for her to go back.

Her family were all smiles as they said goodbye to her. They didn't give her any more advice like the last time she was here to visit. It seemed like they finally accepted that their girl was already a grown up lady.

Abi rode a cab back to the city. She was thinking about the request she should ask today as she stared out the window. That was when she realised that she really missed Alex. It had only been a few hours but she felt like it was days since she last saw him.

Letting out a sigh, Abi went to get her phone from inside her bag, when all of the sudden, the cab squealed into a full stop. Abi bumped her head on the back of the driver's seat as she heard a loud, deafening noise.

”Miss, are you okay?” the driver asked as he looked towards her.

Abi's hand was on her head. She was glad that the seat wasn't made of harder material or her head might be bleeding by now.

Seeing that she was alright, the driver climbed out of the cab.