Chapter 101 - Hundred And One.

When Alexis woke up, her eyes found a different ceiling on the roof. It was white in colour whereas at home it was cream in colour. 

She moved her eyes around a little and found people surrounding her yet she did not say anything, not having the power to do so and went back to the dark world of unconsciousness.

The next when she woke up was to an irritating beeping sound. She had a cringe her face and slowly opened her eyes.

"Madam," Agatha whispered. "Are you in pain, should I call someone?"

"No..lights," she muttered, as her eyes fell victim to the bright lights in the room.

"Ah, yes." Agatha immediately shut them off since it was the day time and the certain did the worst job in minimising the light from the sun to come in.

Agatha walked back to the bed and saw Alexis open her eyes and look around the room. "I must call master." She whispered to Alexis. She didn't want to, but she had too.

"No." Alexis whispered. "Tell me what happened first." She said. Alexis was not trying to challenge his authority or command. She had learned to from that. She was simply asking what had happened.

"You..um.." Agatha hesitated a bit and looked away. What was she supposed to do?

"Tell me," Alexis pressured in a hoarse voice. "And give me a bit of water too."

"Yes, yes," Agatha hurried away, perhaps she liked the change of topic too. She got a glass of water with a straw and place it in the side table. Then she moved Alexis's bed to a higher angle. Taking the water she placed the straw on Alexis's lips. Alex drank her fill, slowly quenching her thirst.

"Thank you," she muttered moving her face away from the straw. She looked at Agatha who was looking at everywhere except her.

"Tell me," she said again. "And I serious Agatha. Tell me why am I here? And be honest."

She sighed and then looked up, as if for strength and sent up a prayer to God. "You fainted. When you had gone to the bathroom, you fainted and master immediately took you to the hospital. He thought that you might have either lost a lot of blood or that your wounds had gotten infected."

Alexis blinked. "and had they?"

"No, fortunately not."

"Then what happened? 'Why' did I faint?" She asked again with a sigh.

"I don't know.." Agatha sheepishly admitted. "I was not told anything about that. So, I can't tell you anything."

Alexis stared at her in irritation and sighed at last. "Why did you tell me that from the beginning?" She muttered. "Anyway, hand me my reports." She said, pointing to the end of the bed where they were usually kept for the doctors to see.

Agatha played with her fingers before saying, "It's not there."

Irritated to the bone, Alexis aggressively ran her hand through her hair. "Agatha," she seethed, "can call you someone? Or just hand me my phone?"

"Yes, Mada—"

"Alexis," Isabelle stood at the entrance as she let out a sigh. She came in, closing the door behind her. "How are you? Anything that you feel paining?"

"What happened to me?" Alexis shot right back at her. "Why are my reports not placed there like they usually are for everyone?"

Isabelle took a seat and Agatha stepped back. "Because you are not everyone else." She answered with her head held high.

Alexis stared at her and Isabelle stared back. "Pfft," Alexis let out. "That is some bullshit. Could you not get your story set straight while I was out?" She taunted.

"You should rest." Was all Isabelle said in return.

"That's it?" Alexis asked. "That's all you are going to say? Get more rest?"

"What do you want me to say?" Isabelle asked. "Tell me what you want to hear. I might be able to please you better."

"To begin with," Alexis chuckled. "How about you ask about what had happened but you probably know about it, do you not?"

"I do," she admitted. "But that is not what you want me to say. What you want to say is how it was Angelo's fault and how wrong he was." Isabelle didn't say anything. She practically stated what Alexis wanted.

"So was it? His fault?" Alexis asked. She had turned her face up toward the ceiling. No one seemed pleasant to look at now.

"It was," Isabelle admitted. "And I would not out it past him as both a Don and a husband. Whatever happens, he should have thought it through first." Said she. "That all want leadership is about. Thinking before doing."

Alexis opened her mouth but then closed it. Should she ask it? Right now?

"Does everyone know about this?" She asked in a low voice.

"No," Agatha immediately said as she shook her head. "No one does. Your office is soundproof unless standing right outside you can hear something and we made sure that no one did."

Alexis nodded. She did not trust herself to say anything.

"Do you not know?" Alexis turned to her mother-in-law. "Is that why you are not telling what happened to me?"

"Unfortunate as much as it may seem, I am afraid that is true." She looked away. "I was not told what happened. Only Angelo knows and if he has not told us, I doubt he would tell you any of this."

"Why?" Alexis raised her voice a bit. "That is me, we are talking about. My health is my first concern."

"I know but raising your voice will get you nowhere."

"Why, thank you for telling me that." Alex smiled sarcastically. "And pray to tell me, what will help me then?"

"Pay attention to everything that is going on around you," Isabelle advised. "Angelo is going to try to make up to you in the best way that he can and I want you to use that opportunity."

"For what? He buys whatever he wants and now I can buy it for myself." She shrugged. 

"My my, don't be that materialistic." Isabelle frowned.. "I want to you use that opportunity to strike, so that he would know better than to repeat this again."