Chapter 22

"Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!"

Allena immediately woke up when she heard the shout of Xander. She seemed shocked and terrified about what she witnessed today. Her son was in a coma for more than three months, and even the doctor told him that Xander would remain unconscious for years.

Xander was tortured many times. The abductors paddled his legs intensely which caused him to be disabled and couldn't walk again for a long time. His face was splashed with acid which turned his face into a burnt one.

"Nurse, I need help! Please assist us, my son is now conscious and recovered."

His mother shouted assuming that somebody could hear her. Since nobody responded, she didn't have a choice but to just leave the room and go to the admin.

Xander is still catching his breath it looks like he came from a mile marathon. Unfortunately, he cannot see clearly, so he brushes his eyes with his hands but still the vision is blurry. When he failed to fix his eyesight, he began to get wild and furious.

"Aaarrggghhhhh!" He yelled and pushed the glasses on the table until they dropped on the floor.

"Where fucking am I? Why I can't see? Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!"

The entrance opened when Allena pushed the door. The nurse became nervous when she saw the patient gone mad and too emotional. She felt pity, so she acted too fast to provide some remedy to calm Xander.

"My son, why are you yelling? What is the problem? Please calm down... Calm down, your mother is here." Allena hugged his son and it resulted in peace and calmness.

She heard his son sobbing, her heart just pinched when she realized her son was crying. Her tears began to drop as she couldn't just bear how her son acted dramatically and was very sorrowful.

"Xander, you are now safe. No one will hurt you."

When Xander heard those words from her mother, his anxiety was triggered. The phrase he just heard gave him uncomfortable feelings. He touched his head and messaged it. He closed his eyes and eventually his jaw started to tremble. Just a few seconds passed, and he breathed heavily.

"Don't you ever touch me! Keep your hands off me! Arrrggghhhh!"

Her mother was worrying about what was happening to her son. Her son was acting abnormally and she thought Xander was getting insane because of the unforgettable traumatic experience.

"I-I'm sorry, son. I didn't know I could trigger your anxiety with my words."

"Oh my Lord, please help me... Nurse, what is going on?"

Xander was urged to run and leave the room. He imagined that he was still in the darkroom where he was almost killed. He immediately touched his left hand to remove the needle for dextrose, then tried to get up. Suddenly he dropped on the floor and he felt the excruciating reaction of his fractured legs.

"Ughh arrrggghhhh! Arrrggghhhh!"

The nurse cannot just look at what happened to the patient. She excused Allena for a while to call the doctor. Luckily, the doctor has just arrived immediately with the syringe full of liquid to calm the wild patient.

Xander froze when the needle was injected into his arm. In just a few seconds he became silent and fell asleep.

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After a few hours, the time for lunch has come. Allena's alarm has just rang with her phone and it wakes her in just five seconds. She reached her left hand in her handbag to pick up the phone.

"How poor you are, Xander. I don't know how your life would be. The abductors destroyed you so much. You have a fractured leg, you were mentally abused, and the worst is..." She sobbed and began to cry.

Xander yawned and stretched his arms. Surprisingly, he woke up in a good mood and his eyes were working now, however, he was curious about his physical look. He already knew that he could not walk, but there were things he still didn't have a clue about.

"Give me a mirror..." he requested a thing to his mother straightforwardly.

His mother began to be nervous and worried. The time has come that he will face the worst truth.

"Where is the mirror?"

"Why, son?"

"I want to see my face."

"But why?"

"Why are you keep asking? Will you just give me a mirror? Damn!"

Allena gasped and cleared her throat. She picked up the mirror in her bag just to satisfy his son. She didn't want to be panicked again and saw his son being mad and wild.

Xander received the mirror and face it to his face. In just one second, he bit his lip and went mad. He threw the mirror on the floor and he yelled.

"MY PRECIOUS FAAAACEE! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FACE? AAARRGGGHHHHH!"

He cried out loud and covered his face with a blanket. His heart broke when he saw his face malformed and burnt. He cannot look at it or let someone look at him.

"My son, don't be sad. Everything will be fine."

"Fine? After what happened to my face, I will just act fine? Just bullshit! I hate my face now!"

"Have you forgotten that we are rich, we can buy or pay anything. Just be calm, okay?"

Xander didn't respond and just cried. Allena didn't disturb him, she just came out of the room to find a silent place. She immediately dialed the phone number of her Korean friend. After a few seconds, she reached the receiver of her call.

"Oh hi, Allena. Why did you call?"

"Kim, I badly need your help as soon as possible."

"What happened?"

"My son already saw his burnt face and he is mad at it. He was admitted to the hospital three months ago, I think this is the time to do plastic surgery just to regain his self-esteem and confidence."

"How sad, I felt pity for your story. Don't worry, I will come quickly. Just text me the address. Okay?"

"Thank you."

Allena felt relieved after the affirmation. South Korea is not that far from the Philippines and would not take long to travel by plane. While she was waiting for her friend, she went back to the room of her son to feed him.

"My son, I have just called my Korean friend and she is a plastic surgeon. You don't need to worry about your physical appearance as she will come here within the day. She already confirmed she can come to have the operation as soon as possible." she announced the good news and patted the shoulder of her son.

Her son deeply sighed, "Thank you, Ma. I thought my face would remain ruined."

"I am lucky I have many connections. Thank God that Kim has just solved my problem. From now on, you will regain your self-esteem and confidence."

"No doubts, Ma. I have so much trust in you and you ever give me what I want... But uhhmmm..."

"What is it, my son?"

Xander started to have a headache. He felt dizzy and even nauseating. Every time he tries to remember anything about his identity, he always experiences this and it is killing him.

The door opened as the nurse arrived to check the vital signs of the patient. The nurse came on time since she caught the patient experience aches.

"What is happening to my son, nurse?"

"Don't panic, he will be fine." The nurse handed Allena a pill.

After Xander drank the medicine, he eventually felt better and got back to his senses. He felt sleepy as well which forced him to rest.

The wait is over, Kim has just arrived. It looks like she was already in the Philippines. She was welcomed by Allena and they hugged and do beso-beso.

"It looks like your son was tortured, didn't he?"

"Exactly. It was too hard to accept the truth that he was a victim of abduction and kidnapping."

"Luckily, I can still fix his face. However, I will change his looks since he was a victim of a criminal. In that way, he will be protected. I advise you to keep off his pictures."

"Yes, I will."

"Now, let me examine his face now."

"Go ahead, please."

And the procedure has just started. Kim studied the form of the face and traced its normal shape. She drew an illustration on the paper on what would be the new look of the patient.

Before she proceeded, she asked permission from the owner of the hospital where she operates here and gladly she was allowed to do so. In just a couple of hours, the massive creation of a new look was done.

Xander waited less than a month to finally see his face. Before Kim removed the bandage, Xander received some documents for legality.

Surprisingly, he stared at the pieces of paper and didn't leave a single signature. Allena wondered that his son didn't even know where he would sign.

"What is my name? Where I can put my signature? Who am I?"