When morning came, the sun shone through the window pane of JC's room, which was covered with sheer, translucent curtains. Annastacia got up and walked to the bathroom to start her day.

Jocelyn was not at Anna's bedside when she woke up earlier. Anna's sister prepared a simple breakfast of french fries, sausage, and fried eggs that she found in JC's refrigerator. After the homemade breakfast menu was ready, Jocelyn walked into Anna's room and shouted from outside the bathroom door, "Anna, breakfast is ready. I'll be waiting in the pantry."

"Okay, Jocy. Thanks," Anna said and then rinsed the soap off her body under the shower.

Max and Jocelyn were chatting and laughing together at the pantry table sitting next to each other. Anna sat across from the two of them. "Good morning," said Anna and started eating her breakfast.

Max watched Anna then said, "Today I'm going to take you to the hospital and then leave you Anna because I have to take care of my other artists too. Jocy seems to have to work at Glenneagle Hospital in California too. I hope you can take care of yourself, Anna."

"Calm down, Max. I'm fine alone, anyway JC is still not awake, there's nothing we can do," replied Anna casually.

Before 09.00 am LA time, officers from the LAPD who will temporarily escort Annastacia arrived at JC's house. A man in his early 30s with a stout body typical of tough military training with long black hair, he introduced himself as Jeff Hanibal. "Anna, I'll meet you at the hospital later because I brought my motorbike," Jeff Hanibal said and put his helmet on before driving his motorbike out of JC's house.

Before leaving for the Young Talent Entertainment office, Max took the time to visit JC from the ICU room window. The foster child was still lying unconscious. He also said goodbye to Anna and left her with Jeff Hanibal.

"I'll say goodbye, Anna. Maybe later after work, I'll visit Jason again. You be careful, as much as possible not to be separated from Jeff. JC fans may still follow you," Max messaged then hugged Anna before walking away towards the car park hospital.

Annastacia stood in front of the ICU room mirror staring at the motionless JC. She also asked the nurse in charge of the ICU if she was allowed to accompany JC in the ICU. It turned out to be allowed, but Anna had to wear a sterile gown and a face mask over her clothes.

She looked at the monitor that recorded the vital signs of JC's internal organs, everything was stable except for his brain which was still showing no sign of consciousness. Annastacia took a small basin of water and a washcloth to clean JC's palms and arms. She gently wiped the dry and slightly dusty surface of the skin.

Because JC never regained consciousness, the nurse did not dare to bathe the patient. Anna understood that too. So she wiped JC's face and neck carefully with the half-wet rag to keep it clean and fresh.

To Anna's surprise, John Baldere visited JC. The man was standing in the window outside the ICU room where JC was being treated. Anna saw it and John gave her a code to get her out of the ICU. Reluctantly, Anna kissed JC's forehead and left to meet John.

"Hi, John. Did you see Jason?" said Anna who was hugged and kissed on the forehead by John.

The man sighed heavily, that's not what he meant. He didn't care if that damn artist lived or died. In fact, he had only come to meet Anna and coax her back to Grenada.

"Hello, Anna. Are you okay? The dark circles under your eyes are so obvious," John said and put his arm around Anna's shoulder to walk to the bench in the corridor in front of the ICU.

"I'm fine, John," Anna replied flatly.

"Anna, maybe you'd better come back to Grenada with me because maybe JC is still awake for a long time. Aren't you tired of waiting for something uncertain?" John coaxed stroking Anna's head with a warm gaze. His love for Anna never diminished in the slightest.

"No, John. I still want to wait until JC wakes up," Anna refused firmly and consistently with her answer from the start.

John tiredly brushed his hair at Anna's stubborn answer. He had to try to be patient a little longer, but how long? His father would surely urge him to return to Grenada immediately.

Several pairs of eyes watched Anna who was sitting chatting with John. They looked at Anna with hatred and disgust. They thought, when JC was unconscious, Anna was making out with her husband in the hospital. This time Anna had to feel the same pain as JC.

Jeff saw Anna was with John, so he felt safe to leave her to the toilet and maybe get some lunch in the hospital cafeteria. He also left the corridor of the ICU room.

A woman approached the bench where Anna and John were sitting and said to John, "Sir, you are waiting for the LAPD officer in the hospital lobby."

Without feeling suspicious because his mind was full of problems, John said goodbye to Anna to go to the front lobby of St. Petersburg International Hospital.

Now only Anna was left on the waiting bench in the corridor. A woman dressed as a nurse approached Anna and said, "Miss Annastacia Brighton, there are hospital files you need to complete in the administration room at the end of this corridor."

Anna, who did not know the hospital layout, believed it and followed the nurse to the end of the corridor on the ICU floor.

When the door at the end of the hospital corridor opened it turned out to be a dark emergency staircase. Anna turned and wanted to ask if they had gone the wrong way.

"This is not an administration room, Sister, are you a new employee here?" asked Anna unsuspectingly.

However, the nurse pushed Anna's body down and rolled down the emergency stairs. Anna's body aches and pains from hitting the hard floor of the stairs.

This time Anna felt her heart sink, this isn't right, she thought. 'Good grief! Are they the JC fans who terrorized her last night?!' Anna thought frantically.

One of the women who surrounded Anna laughed horribly. "Look, guys. That bitch freaked out!" said the fat woman in a tight black dress.

"Cuihh! Kill you, Bitch! We won't spare you!" shouted the blonde woman who appeared to be in her early twenties who Anna remembered having taken a photo with JC at Disneyland. She grabbed Anna's long, flowing hair so hard that it fell out.

"Aawww!" Anna groaned in pain.

Another woman stepped forward and slammed Anna's head against the iron railing of the emergency stairs until her forehead was cut and fresh blood was pouring out.

"Good job, Cindy! We have to make her suffer the consequences for teasing and harming our dear JC!" cried the fat woman in black.

"Marry, what should we do with her now?" asked the other women, all of them wearing black masks covering their faces. Anna didn't recognize the woman other than the blonde.

A woman from the crowd slapped Anna's face so hard that she broke her lips and bled from the edges. While her friends held Anna's hands which were struggling.

"Don't fight, Anna!" cried the woman who slapped Anna in the face and then spat in Anna's face.

"Maybe we just slashed her face with a knife so that JC and her husband would stop fighting over her. Which man would want an ugly woman?" suggested the fat woman who was called by the name Mary.

"Great idea, Marry! Who's going to do it?" said the blonde.

They also conferred at the corner of the stairs while taking knives because some did not seem to have the gutt. However, they did want Anna to be defaced. Mary wielded a dagger that seemed very sharp, but she was reluctant to do it herself. When their attention on Anna was not focused, Anna immediately released herself from the grip of one of the women who was guarding her and banged her head against the iron of the stairs just as she had received. Immediately Anna ran up the stairs to the ICU floor. She hoped that Jeff or John could save her.

It turned out that John was sitting on a bench in the corridor in front of the ICU. He saw the disheveled and bloodied Anna running towards him. Then immediately hugged Anna's body who was panting for breath from running. "What's this, Anna?" asked John anxiously.

"JC fans want to harm me, John. They molested me just now!" cried Anna frantically.

Anna looked behind her, but none of the women who had ganged up on her emerged from the emergency staircase. They didn't dare to go after her. They almost harmed her!

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