Chapter 7
John turned over and looked at the bathroom.
There was faint light leaking through the cracks of the bathroom door, and he heard some noises.
John took out his cellphone with a blank face. He then opened an IMessage chat window and texted someone.
"I'm in the hospital now. Drop by tomorrow and bring the laptop and the flashdrive."
Finishing up with the text, John threw the phone on the side.
He closed his eyes and continued to pretend to sleep.
………
John had no idea how long had it passed until the room was finally quiet down.
Jason came out with Andrea in his arms. He was still kissing her on the lips and didn't want to let her go.
John opened his eyes again but didn't have his glasses on. The light in the room was dim and all he could see was two people all over each other.
"Stop it... You need to go home soon." Andrea pushed Jason's shoulder, "We're really gonna wake him up if we don't stop now."
"Then I'll come back tomorrow." John finally let go of Andrea. "And I'll tell Grandpa about us at the family dinner in a few days."
"Once we got engaged, we can finally live together legitmately." John seemed really excited about it.
Andrea pushed him out while telling him "Okay, you are leaving now, and text me ok? "
"Ok, I'll text you when I got home"
"Alright, be safe."
After Jason had took off, Andrea glanced at John in the bed.
Then she took a long breath.
Thank god John was still asleep.
What just heppened was way to cross the line.
And she would be shamed to death if he had ever heard them.
Feeling really tired, Andrea turned off the lights and passed out on the sofa.
**
The sofa in the ward was not comfortable, Andrea woke up really early the next day.
On the one hand, she couldn't sleep, and on the other hand she had to serve the young Mr. Burns his breakfast.
After washing up, Andrea went out to buy some breakfast for John. And he just got up when she came back with the food.
"Here's your breakfast Mr. Burns." said Andrea while setting the table. "Bread and milk."
Giving her a cold shoulder, he didn't even look at her and just sat down to eat.
Andrea was happy with John being like this. At least the young Mr. Burns showed great mercy this morning and did not give her any trouble.
Andrea bought herself milk and pancake. She sat next to John and start to eat.
She was so tired last night that she had a really good appetite this morning. That pancake was so delicious.
John glanced at her, "What are you eating?" He asked all of the sudden.
"A pancake."
"Is it good?"
"Yeah... It's delicious."
John directly took away the pancake that Andrea had only ate less than one-third. His movement were fast and she can't stop him.
Before Andrea said anything, John had already took a bit out of it.
He tasted it carefully and showed a face of disgust.
"Ewww, gross!" said John while threw the pancake back at Andrea.
Andrea was so close to scold him for being a childish little jerk, but she didn't go there. "Maybe you just not used to this type of food Mr. Burns." That was all she said.
Andrea really liked the pancake and she didn't seem to mind that John just took a bit of it. She still picked it up and kept eating.
John caught a glimpse of her at the corner of his eyes, and he smiled slightly.
He picked up a glass of milk and finished it all up.
Chapter 8
Andrea felt that John was really being nice to her this morning, not to mention he even finished his breakfast.
Andrea then went back to the Burns' house to get John's lunch from the family cook.
John was left alone in the ward until somebody came in after a while.
The person who just came in looked like a college boy. He seemed a few years older than John but he was at his early twenties.
Brandon Jones came in with a computer bag while John was working on his practice questions at the table.
Brandon glanced at John's test paper "You are really going to kill everyone out there, aren't you?" He said with a laugh.
John was already the top of the entire class even when he just studied occasionally, not to mention that he still kept on studying even when he was staying in the hospital. He didn't seem to give anyone any chance.
"Where's the stuff?" said John closing his workbook.
"Here." Brandon handed over the computer bag,"The flash drive is in there."
John took out the laptop and the flashdrive from the bag. And assembled for a while.
Until almost 20 minutes later, John finally closed the laptop.
He put the flash drive in the compartment of his schoolbag and sat back down.
"What the hell? Why being so secretive?" Brandan asked.
John didn't say anything. He was always being like this , when he didn't want to answer people's question he would ignore them.
Brandon had known him for all these years, well aware who he was so he didn't care at all.
"Oh almost forgot, I saw Jason's girlfriend a couple of days ago when we were at the bar." Brandon said to Jason. "She's god damn hot, and my bro was like almost hit on her."
"Girlfriend?" Hearing what he called her, John took off his glasses and start to play with it.
Without noticing the complex and dangerous emotions in John's eye, Brandon kept on talking "Yeah, Andrea, your personal blood donor."
"Gees, when I saw her at the Burns before, I thought she was like completely lame. I never expect her to be so hot. I mean, no wonder she even got herself hooked up with your brother. "
Brandon was trying to picture Andrea's figure in his head as he spoke.
She's got the body that every guy would be dying for. Not to mention that thinnest waist, she's like a walking wild fox.
The night when Brandon saw Andrea dancing at the bar, he was already thinking that he wouldn't be able to keep it to himself if he were Jason.
Brandon was still young, and when thinking of Andrea's hip dance the other night, he couldn't help to slap his thigh and said "If I had known that she was so hot, I would be hitting that chick already. So jealous of Jason got to marry a girl like that. No wonder he can't even focus on his career anymore."
"He's not going to marry her." John replied with a blank face and put on his glasses continued to work on the questions.
Looking at John burying his head in his exam questions, Brandon felt that he wanted to laugh and weep at the same time. "I would've stop working myself so hard if I was smart as you." Said Brandon and give a pat on John's shoulder.
**
John stayed at the hospital for two days. After they made sure that there was nothing wrong with him, John got out of the hospital and went back to his class.
This afternoon, John came back home right after his class.
With his bag on the back, John walked into the Burns' front door with his head down.
As soon as he walked in, he saw the old Mr. Burns was sitting with his parents. They all looked very serious and seemed like they had something very important to discuss.
Jane looked very pale. Charlie sat next to her, patted on her shoulder and tried to comfort her.
Even when he was comforting his wife, Charlie didn't look good himself as well.
Not to mention the old Mr. Burns, he looked even worse.
More specifically, the old Mr. Burns looked obviously angry.
John pinched the strap on his backpack, and glanced over the three elderlies.
Finally, his eyes were fixed on the old Mr. Burns "Is there something wrong grandpa?" John asked.
David looked at John, his face was serious than ever.
John suddenly saw his intention "You want to ask me something grandpa?"
The old Mr. Burns stared into John's eyes and asked, "Do you know about your brother and Andrea?"
Chapter 9
John and David looked at each other and then looked elsewhere.
To David John was obviously dodged something.
David started to look angry as time passed by. Looking at John's reaction, he had already know the answer at heart.
David watched John growing up, so even if a slight change in his eyes, he could always tell what on John's mind.
“Tell me the truth John. Do you know something?" David asked.
John looked at David again, he still looked like he was hiding something.
"Umm...I'm not sure." John finally answered after a long while.
"What do you mean by "you are not sure"? Do you know anything or not?" David asked.
John didn't know what to say.
"Just tell us John!" said Jane immediately, looked a little bit anxious.
“ Well... it's probably nothing." said John while picking on his backpack straps. "I just saw Andrea going into Jason's room when I got up to get a drink the other night."
John said it so carelessly that no one thought he was telling on Jason.
"Maybe he just needed her for something." John specifically added as if he was afraid that anyone would misunderstood.
The moment John said that, the three elderlies looked even more furious.
It was one thing that if he didn't say anything, but once he said it, his words actually lead people onto something else.
Jane couldn't hold it anymore, not to mention she had a bad temper, which had already made her want to question Andrea about everything.
Charlie pressed on Jane's shoulder and tried to calm her down.
They never get to make the decision on the anything when the old Mr. Burns was still around. After all, it didn't matter what happened in Burns family, David always had the final say.
"That's all I know." John finally told all. "What's going on between Jason and Andrea?" He asked David.
David took out a paper bag and handed over to John. John opened it and inside was some photos.
David could tell from John's facial expression, he was obviously shocked.
John looked at several photos, then lift his head up to look at David.
"I really didn't know anything about this grandpa." John tried to explain. "Jason has always been nice to everyone in the family. Andrea often talks to Jason, but I didn't think it means anything so."
David catched the gist of the message immediately. "You mean they speak to each other on a regular basis?" His face turned darker.
"Jason and her are close." John nodded. "But I've never thought they were like ....this, you know." John said in a very casual tone.
David laughed, "Well, well, well. Looks like this girl has always been sneaking around and wanting something that she shouldn't have."
"Dad, we can't just let Jason do this." Jane was getting worried. She had always looked down on Andrea. To Jane, a person who was bought here to be a blood donor could never ended up with someone from the Burns family.
"No need to worry." As David tried to calm Jane down, he also said, "Jason can only marry the daughter of Walshes. "
"Charlie, does the youngest son of Adams interested in Andrea?" David suddenly remembered.
John paused from picking on his bag straps for a moment as soon as he heard what David said.
But everybody was busy talking about Andrea so no one paid attention to him.
John had a really deep impression of this guy.
The youngest son of the Adams named Paul, and he was at the same age with Andrea if John remembered it correctly.
Paul was famous for being a no-brainer who never worked a day in his life. And all he was thinking about everyday was getting laid.
It was a while ago that the Burns went to a birthday party of someone they were working with in business. Jane forgot to bring her coat and Andrea brought it to her.
That's when Paul saw Andrea and starting to flirt with her.
More precisely, it was more of a harassment rather than just a flirt.
Until the elderlies saw them, then Paul finally behaved himself a little.
Up until this very day, John still remembered Paul put his left hand on Andrea's lower back.
Suddenly he grabbed his bag so tightly in the hand, the blood vessels on the back of his hand were popping up.
”Yes, last time when we were at the family dinner, he was rude to her." John heard Charlie said.
"Well, since their youngest son likes her, why don't you set up a time for them to meet." David said. "The Adams are also filthy rich. It would be her best luck if he wants to marry her. "
"Well... Paul doesn't have the best reputation. I'm not sure she wants to meet him." said Charlie and sound a little hesitant.
David chukled, "It's not up to her though. I'll talk to her and you get in touch with the Adams, better to schedule a meeting with them for tomorrow. "