Chapter 34

• Lilian woke up from her sleep. She didn't feel any jabbing pains anymore but she was terribly weak. She asked the maid to please bring her some water to drink. The maid left. The doctor's instructions were that she was to drink lukewarm if she got thirsty. Lilian desperately craved cool water but after drinking shower water for three days, anything else was way better. She was left alone for a few minutes and she thought about poor Antonio. He was probably lying helpless in bed and his wife was beside herself with worry. She somehow blamed herself for all this. If she had not attempted an escape, Damian would not have locked her up and Antonio wouldn't have had a heart attack. As she thought, tears came to her eyes. Soon she heard a knock and a click and she immediately dried her puffy eyes. The maid was back with the water. She looked at the clock, it was well past 2 p.m. Soon the maid left again for her lunch break and Lilian was alone again. She closed her eyes and hoped that Antonio would be alright and she also missed his cooking. This Sean guy seemed a little bit funny. She knew a lot of Sean's and they were all bad so she didn't have any faith in this one. And besides, what kind of professional chef goes by the name 'Sean'? They all had fancy names like Giovanni, Alejandro, and even that TV chef, Bobby Flay. Not Sean. She shook her head weakly and continued to think about Antonio. Time passed by fast and soon it was past 3. The maid came back. It seemed she got carried away by the chores she had left undone while watching Lilian and decided to finish them off while she was still downstairs. She came in took her seat and continued to watch Lilian. Now that Lilian was awake, there was a kind of awkward silence between them. Soon Lilian spoke up.
• "Will Antonio come back?"
• "I really don't know Miss ..."