Chapter 70: Fragment of Memory
A week passed slowly, but that was just Lucasta’s feeling. For busy people like Harvey, no amount of time was enough for them to handle the pile of work.
Since seeing that man’s face, Lucasta kept vaguely seeing him appear in her dreams. She felt that he was quite familiar as if she had seen him somewhere before.
However, every time she tried to remember, her head throbbed.
As soon as dinner ended, Harvey quickly returned to his room to finish the remaining documents from the day.
Lucasta also climbed into bed after cleaning everything. She curled up in a warm blanket and closed her eyes.
Harvey took very good care of her, from meals to clothes and shoes. Although he did not let her show her head outside, he bought her many expensive dresses and shoes.
She had to admit that his aesthetic taste was quite good and trendy.
When the big clock in the city square struck midnight, the nightmare came to Lucasta.
She saw the car crash and burn. Inside the car were a man and a woman who looked very much like her parents, their bodies covered in blood.
And she saw that man carrying her out. Accompanying him was another guy. Next, she saw Samson, his body was also covered in red blood, his angry eyes were staring at her and his hand with long claws slowly reached forward, intending to touch her body.
– No… don’t… stop… ah… ah… ah. Lucasta squeezed the blanket and cried out.
– Wake up, Lucasta, wake up. Harvey quickly shook her and called her.
As soon as she opened her eyes and saw his face, she screamed in horror. It took a while for her to calm down.
He also patiently sat still waiting for her. Just now, while he was working, he heard her screaming so he quickly ran over and saw her whole body sweating profusely even though it was winter.
– Are you okay? You’ve had nightmares, right? Tell me what did you see? Harvey asked gently.
– Accident… blood and… and… Samson. She trembled and answered.
Harvey didn’t say anything more, moved closer, and pulled her into his arms, patting her sweaty back.
He guessed her brain was stringing together events that messily happened in the past, forming those nightmares.
Honestly, he didn’t expect her to remember, there was nothing worth remembering about such a tragic past, it would be better to forget.
The warmth from the vampire made Lucasta feel safe and gradually fell asleep in tears.
Harvey didn’t dare leave her alone, so he just sat and held her so she could have a good night’s sleep.
Samson’s once chubby little girl is now no different from the skinny models he sometimes sees on TV. Hugging her made him feel like he was hugging a lifeless tree.
In the following days, taking advantage of Harvey’s absence, Lucasta turned on the TV and searched for information surrounding the accident of the late director of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Walter.
Although she tried her best, she only knew a few pieces of information.
As time went on, she became more and more certain that the nightmares were things that happened in the past because sometimes they appeared in her mind when she wasn’t sleeping.
Fragmented memories told her the man’s name was Ben. It seemed like she heard the person accompanying him call his name like that.
Witnessing what William did to her, she suspected that the accident in the past had something to do with him. Perhaps he had coveted that property even when her parents were alive.
– Look what I bought for you. Harvey gave a large hotdog to Lucasta as soon as he saw her welcoming him behind the door.
– It’s so big, how can I eat it all? She took it and said.
– Eat more, you’re so skinny these days, you’re about to turn into dry bones in the laboratory.
Lucasta pursed her lips and looked at his tall figure. If he allowed her to go out, maybe she would be able to eat a lot. Being confined like this made her feel extremely depressed and lose her appetite.
She wanted to rebel, but because she knew the person she lived with was a vampire, she had to suppress all her emotions.
These past few days, she always watched the time he came home from work to welcome him, but not simply to welcome him home like before, but to peek at the password to open the door.
But Harvey pressed it so fast that even now, she could only see the first two numbers.
After a few more days, seeing that she was still anorexic, Harvey drove to Aurora’s house after work.
Honestly, he missed Aurora, but because he didn’t want to cause more trouble, he tried to restrain himself and not go to see her.
Today, he gave himself a good reason to break the rule he set for himself.
– Harvey. Aurora spoke up emotionally.
– Yes, hello.
– Come in quickly. She stepped aside to make way for him.
Last night, somehow she dreamed that he confessed his love to her. She swore that in that brief moment, she felt the highest peak of happiness.
Now suddenly seeing him, she was extremely embarrassed even though she knew he wouldn’t be able to know about her strange dream.
– It’s not yet time to send blood to the forest. Aurora spoke up after closing the door.
– I know, the blood you gave to Maris and Samson was enough for them to use throughout the winter. Harvey answered tiredly.
After exchanging a few jokes with the doctor, he hesitantly asked her if there was any medicine that would help a person who was as round as a ball suddenly become as thin as a stick to gain weight again.
– Do you think I’m a dietician? But… who is that person? Aurora frowned and asked, a bit of insecurity crept into her pounding heart.
– I believe you will know. That… that was someone who lived near my apartment, alone. Very pitiful.
– How old? Female or male?
– Oh, looks like a female, seems to be twenty years old?
– What? You can’t even distinguish that person’s gender?
After saying that, she stood up, took her cotton jacket and put it on, poured him a glass of blood, and told him to stay inside and wait for her.
She felt uncomfortable when she heard his ambiguous answer. That’s a sign of a cover-up. Who exactly is that person?
If that girl is as fat as a ball and suddenly becomes skinny, he should take her to a big hospital for a checkup.
After buying supplements and some functional foods for thin people, Aurora leisurely returned. The sad snow kept falling, landing on her white wool hat.
Harvey suddenly appeared, bringing joy to her. Not long after, he threw her infinite sadness.
Could it be that… he already knows how to love humans? A lucky sick person, huh?
Entering the house, seeing Harvey closing his eyes, she gently covered him with a blanket and used her fingers to wipe away the blood stains on the man’s lips.
– Harvey, you can love whoever you want. I’m just afraid that your identity will be exposed.
The words were spoken very softly, but because Harvey wasn’t asleep, he heard them. Turns out, she thought he was in love with his neighbor.
But how could he explain it? He didn’t want her to know he was keeping Lucasta by his side. He was afraid that in some magical way, Samson would know about this through her.
It wasn’t until seven o’clock at night that Harvey woke up. After listening to Aurora’s advice about medication dosage and nutrition, he said goodbye to her and put on his shoes.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.
– It’s still better to go to the hospital to get examined. Aurora said when Harvey had just walked through the gate.
– Uh. – He nodded and replied briefly.
Thinking that the food he bought for Lucasta was not nutritious enough, on the way home, he stopped by the supermarket and bought a lot of fresh food, fish, beef, pork, eggs, fresh milk, and red fruits and vegetables.
According to Aurora, they have the effect of nourishing the blood.
Seeing the handsome guy walk in with the bags in his hands, Lucasta quickly took them and brought them all into the kitchen.
While she didn’t know what he was planning to cook, he walked over, took an apron, put it on, and started preparing food.
– Why did you come back so late today? Are you trying to learn to eat like a human? Lucasta asked while helping him.
– Cook for you. You’re too skinny. Perhaps the food I bought outside is not nutritious enough.
Her movements stopped when she heard the answer. She knows her weight loss comes from many reasons, not just her diet.
That’s because she worries, thinks a lot, and misses Samson. But, how could she say it?
– Please go take a shower, I can cook.
– I’m almost done. Please try to eat a lot.
With extremely fast speed, Harvey soon placed a sumptuous dinner on the table, looking extremely eye-catching.
And because Lucasta didn’t want to disappoint him, she tried to eat as much as possible even though she didn’t feel like the food was good or bad.
Fortunately, he was busy taking a shower and didn’t see Lucasta’s miserable face while eating. She felt he was much scarier than Samson.
Waiting for Lucasta to finish eating, Harvey took out the supplements and functional foods and instructed her on the dosage before going back to his room to go to sleep.
Just now, he accidentally fell asleep for nearly an hour at Aurora’s house, but his body felt much better as if the sofa contained a good amount of medicine that was good for his health, penetrating through his skin.
Tossing and turning in bed for a long time, Harvey decided to call Aurora to partly explain the doubts in her heart. He didn’t understand why he was afraid she would think wrong of him.
– Are you sleeping yet? – Harvey spoke up when he heard the person on the other end pick up the phone.
– No, I’m giving nutritional advice to my neighbor.
– Neighbors? Men or women?
– I don’t know, maybe it’s a man. Aurora answered indifferently.
Harvey wasn’t stupid and he knew she was repeating what he had said. It seems that this girl is no different from a child.
– Aurora, I told you before, right? If I were forced to love someone, it would be you.
– Yeah, so what? Love is voluntary, no one forces you, Harvey.
Aurora quickly hung up the phone before Harvey could say more.
If she had tried to wait a few more seconds, maybe she would have heard the words she wanted to hear most in her life.
He intended to say that the person he loved was her, he intended to ask her if she would accept to live with him without having children.
– Fortunately, I didn’t have time to say it. This is not possible. Shouldn’t be. He sighed and closed his eyes.