Treachery Affair

“Cassie! Cassie! Wake up, please,” He cried worriedly, running along with the nurses that were wheeling her to the emergency room. He couldn’t stop the tears that keeps rolling down his cheeks.

“We’ll take it from here, you have to wait here,” One of the nurses said, stopping him from entering the emergency room. He watched through the transparent glass door, as they fixed an oxygen tank over her face. He couldn’t help the tears that rolled down his cheeks, he felt like everything was his fault, if she had not come to save him, maybe he would’ve been the one laying on the bed and fighting to keep his life, and even so, he would be fine with it. For some reason, he felt hurt to see her in that critical condition.

“Mr, I think you should visit the restroom to clean yourself up,” He heard a feminine voice behind him and he glanced at the female nurse before glancing down at his clothes that were bathed in blood. All those doesn’t matter to him, he just wanted her to be safe, and that’s all, he didn’t care if his clothes were stained or not.

“I’m fine,” He replied simply, turning his attention back to the room watching her fight to keep her life. Seeing that he wasn’t going to change his mind, the nurse walked away leaving him to take care of himself.

Memories of the past came haunting him and he clenched his fists, he had lost someone important to him before, and he wasn’t ready to lose another one again, ever since she came into his life, he has almost completely forgotten about his past that has been haunting him for years now. The sound of his ringing phone pulled him back to reality, and reaching out to his phone which was in his pocket, he wiped his tears and picked up the call. It was his best friend, Craig.

“Hey man! Where the heck have you been keeping your phone? Your mom has been worried sick about you, she had called you a couple of times but you never picked up and I called too but you didn’t pick up. Are you OK? Where are you?” Craig’s worried voice sounded through the phone and he sighed deeply. If only he knows the pain he was going through now.

“I’m at the hospital, Craig. Cassie…, she got shot,” He said, tears rolling down his cheeks. Even if he wanted to control it, he just couldn’t, he was extremely scared of losing her, he had grown so attached to her that he doesn’t want to lose her, never again.

“What! What happened? How did it happen? Is she OK? Tell me the address of the hospital, please,” Craig said and he ended the call without saying a word to him. He texted him the address of the hospital before going through his phone and turned out that he had so many missed calls from both his mom, cousin, and his son too. Just when he was about to dial his mom’s number, his phone began ringing. It was his mom that was calling again this time around.

“Mom…” His teary voice called out and he burst into tears again. He didn’t want to get the poor woman worried, he wanted to be strong, but then he just couldn’t help being sad, not when the woman he had fallen deeply in love with, was right there on the bed, fighting for her life.

“Richmond, are you OK? What happened? Are you crying? Talk to me, please,” The woman’s worried voice rang through the phone and more tears rolled down his cheeks. He didn’t know how he was going to explain it to the poor woman, he didn’t know how he was going to tell her that some people are after his life, knowing she would be restless.

Just when he was about to talk, the crying voice of Nelson was heard from the background of the other end, chanting the word ‘mommy’.

“Mom… Is Nelson OK? Why’s he not sleeping yet? Why’s he crying?” He asked worriedly.Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

“He has been crying that Cassie left him. He won’t sleep until he sees her,” She replied, and he sighed deeply.

“Mom, Cassie is fine. She’s with me but at the hospital. She just… she just had a little accident and will be fine. I’ll come to pick Nelson up tomorrow to come to see her here,” He explained and the woman gasped from the other end.

“What! What happened? Wh…”

“Grandma, is that mom? Is she OK?” Nelson’s voice came on from the other end, and Richmond had to ask his mom to give him the phone.

“Daddy, mommy left me again…” The little boy cried painfully from the other end and Richmond sighed softly.

“Listen to me, Noah. Mommy is fine and she’s with me now, OK? She didn’t leave. What I want you to do for me now, is go to bed with grandma. I’ll come to pick you up first thing tomorrow morning to come to see mommy here. If you cry again, I won’t come to pick you up, OK?” He explained and he heard the little boy sniff from the other end.

“Alright daddy, I’ll sleep now,” He said in his tiny voice.

“Alright boy, I have to go now. I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning,” He said and with that ended the call.

The door to the emergency room suddenly opened and the doctor came out.

“How’s she, doc?” He asked worriedly.

“She’s out of danger now and needs some rest,” The doctor said and he sighed in relief.

“Can I see her, now?” He asked anxiously.

“Sure,” The doctor replied.

“Thank you, doc.” He said to the doctor who just patted his shoulder and walked away. He sighed briefly and walked into the room, where he met her lying on the bed with her eyes closed like she was sleeping peacefully. A smile laced up his lips, he couldn’t help wondering what would’ve happened if he had lost her. Yes, he picked her from the street, he took care of her and made sure that she was fine, but now she had captured his heart, now he had fallen deeply in love with her even without knowing it.

The sound of his ringing phone pulled him back to reality and reaching out to his phone, he picked up the call upon seeing the caller.

“You have to leave the hospital, now!” The masculine voice sounded through the phone and he froze on the spot…