CHAPTER 52: BONES!

"Caleb, Caleb! Please wake up! Caleb!" Lisa's tears were clouding her vision as she embraced the unconscious Caleb on her arms.

"Please open your eyes! Don't just leave like this!" She continued to sob. She was covering Caleb's wounds but blood kept on flowing.

"Please someone help! Please someone call an ambulance!" Lisa screamed on top of her lung. Some passerby stopped on their tracks as they looked at them.

After a while, an ambulance came over.

*** At the Williams residence, two people were standing next to each other under a starry night.

"What is it that you want to tell me?" Ethan asked Aisha.

"Ethan, I don't know if you can ever forgive me but it was never my intention to do such a thing. I-I, I am not---------" Aisha got interrupted when her phone rang. She smiled at him, and then her phone rang again.

"Answer it first, it looks like it's important." Ethan said in understanding. Aisha nodded then she asnwered her phone without looking at the caller's identity.

"Hello?" She answered. She could hear sobbing on the other line. It was Lisa! Why was she crying?

"Lisa, try to calm down first and tell me what's happening?" Aisha was a little bit worried.

"A-Aisha, I-It's Caleb, ldksfbdgfdbfsdjj…" Aisha heard Caleb's name but she didn't understand her next words.

"Lisa! Speak slowly and clearly please. Tell me what happened to Caleb." The next thing Aisha did was to grasp a breath as her eyes widened.

"Is everything alright?" Ethan went near her as he touched her shoulder. She faced him.

"E-Ethan, It's Caleb, he is in the hospital!" She embraced him.

After twenty-five minutes, Ethan and Aisha arrived at the hospital where Caleb was. They saw Lisa outside the operating room, crying all by herself while leaning on the wall, curling to her feet. She looked desolate so Aisha ran near her and embraced her tightly.

"Calm down Lisa, please." Aisha embraced her tightly as Lisa continued to cry on her shoulder while Ethan stood beside them, watching them with worry.

Earlier, Aisha fretted when she heard that Caleb was rushed at the OR because he was shot. Aisha didn't know the whole story since Lisa was also distressed when she called. Ethan couldn't let her drive alone with her mental state as of the moment so he accompanied her to the hospital. After a while, Lisa cooled down. Aisha held her up and led her to an empty seat.

"Lisa, can you tell us what happened?" Aisha asked her.

"W-we, we were driving halfway to my apartment when suddenly-----'' Lisa broke down as she remembered their traumatic experience.

"A gray SUV van had overtaken us. We thought they were just drunk so we didn't mind them, but they stopped in front of us. Some armed men got out as they approach us but Caleb was swift to shoot at them first. He tried to drive back to where most people are but they followed us. Caleb got out of the car, and then I heard gunshots everywhere. The last thing I saw was that Caleb was already lying on the ground!" Lisa tried to relay the story to them. Aisha held her breath. Once again, her fear rocketed. Not for herself but for the two of them. She grasped Lisa's arms.

"Lisa, did they see you?" Aisha's tone was deep.

"I-I think so." Lisa answered. Aisha's lips trembled a bit but she tried to hide it.

"Did you see their faces?" Ethan suddenly asked.

"I-I'm not sure. I was so afraid to look at them that time." Lisa answered.

Ethan was in deep thought when someone got out from the OR, running speedily. Aisha stood and held her arms.

"Excuse me, I just want to know how's the patient with a gunshot wounds?" She asked the male nurse.

"I'm sorry I'm in a hurry. We need to secure blood for him." The nurse answered then he left.

"Blood?" She creased her forehead. Caleb's blood type was AB+; hope they have stocks for that kind of blood type. She started to worry as she unconsciously walked back and forth.

"Hey, calm down! Everything will be alright." Ethan held Aisha's arms as he embraced her. At least, Aisha felt secure in Ethan's arms. After a while, the nurse came back as he strode quickly inside. Then after a minute the doctor came out.

"Are you the patient's relatives?" the She doctor asked.

"Yes Doctor, how is he?" Aisha answered.

"Hi, I'm Doctor Brown. You need to know that he is not in good condition since he lost a lot of blood. Unfortunately, we do not have any stock for his blood type as of the moment. Do you know someone with type AB+?" He asked.

"His father, but I don't know if he is in the City." Aisha was already baffled because she knew that Caleb's father was in the North State. They were not compatible either since hers was type B. Guess she didn't have a choice but to call Caleb's dad. She was about to dial General Archedeus number when she heard Ethan interrupted.

"I am type AB+." Ethan volunteered. Aisha looked at him in surprise.

"Don't worry, I got this." Ethan said then he kissed her forehead.

"Please follow us mister." The doctor requested. Ethan followed.

"Thank you." Aisha mumbled before Ethan totally entered the operating room.

Aisha and Lisa sat silently as they waited for the result of the operation.

"Who are those men? Are they bounty hunters? No! It's impossible!" Aisha was trying to be optimistic.

"Aisha, I forgot to tell you. Before Caleb totally lost his consciousness, he kept mentioning a word, I think it was "BONES"? -----'' When Aisha heard the word bones, she shuddered unexpectedly.

"I didn't know what he meant but he kept repeating that word." Lisa continued.

"No! How is that possible? Are they trying to mess with the people close to me to lure me out?" Aisha pondered in silence.