chapter 12: Same hospital

The hospital room was rather quite, the only sound that could be heard was the sound of the heart monitor. Mr. Ambrose, Margret were in the room quietly staring at Lucy's face.

She suddenly had an hearth attack and was rushed to the hospital.

Desmond pushed open the door of the room and the smell he hates the most welcomed him, the smell of antiseptic! He breath out slowly before approaching his family.

" Maggie" His little sister hugged him tightly. "It's okay, she will be fine" he pat her back.

"She kept calling out to you on our way to the hospital" Mr. Ambrose said holding her hand. After all that has happened between the mother and son, she still longs for him.

"She will be fine Dad" Desmond said. He rested his hand on his father's shoulders. Just then, the Doctor came into the room.

"Mr. Ambrose, Desmond, nice to see you here" The Doctor turned to him with a smile on his face.

"How's she? Will she be fine?" He ignored the Doctors greetings.

"She will be fine, all she needs is to rest and please don't upset her. You can take her home after a day or two" The Doctor turned to the patient and examined her. After which he went out along with Mr. Ambrose.

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"I'm coming" Yolanda placed a hand at her back and got up slowly from the sofa. She took the remote control and reduced the volume of the television before going to attend to the door.

Maybe it's was Desmond, she hastened her steps, and before opening the door, she said. "Honey" But she suddenly went quite when she saw no one outside.

"Strange" She whispered.

She walked outside and shut the door behind her. She placed a hand on her tummy while looking around to see who it's was after all the door bell won't ring itself, will it?

" Hello!" Yolanda called out. She looked around once again before finally giving up. She went back inside grunting, whoever it's was just made her miss her favorite show!

On getting inside, she went straight to her phone. She picked it up and tried to call Desmond when the lights suddenly went off.

" Oh goodness! What now?" She murmur softly. She completely forgot she wanted to call her husband. She switched on her flashlight and went to the window and strange enough, their apartment was the only one with the blackout!

" What should I do?" She went back to the sofa and sat down thinking about how to go about it.

Suddenly, she heard a foot stamp at the balcony. Yolanda stood up, blinking nervously before approaching the sound.

" Hello, anyone out there?" Her body began to tremble slowly.

She sudden gave a scream and lost balance, the phone she was holding fell when she saw someone dressed in black, standing in front of her in the dark.She couldn't see the person's face but his appearance was intimidating.

Crawling backwards with her butt, Yolanda kept moving as the person kept coming closer. She stretch out her hand trying to stop the stranger from coming closer.

She panicked when she saw the man brought out a gun and pointed it to her.

" Please… D…Don't hurt me, I'm pregnant please" She pleaded before placing her hands on her tummy, trying to protect her baby in her own way.

She wasn't going to let the man hurt her baby, never! She stood up and tried to run out when he grabbed her hair tightly.

"Help! Someone help me! Desmond!" Yolanda screamed, hitting the man's masculine hand.

When the man saw she was going to attract attention to them, he hit her hard on the head with the gun and she immediately pass out. He carried her into his arms and took her out to a black car that was waiting for them.

"Let's go to the hospital" He commanded the driver.

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Desmond was sitting on the sofa in his mother's room when he suddenly began to cough nonstop. Margret stood up from her seat and quickly reached for a glass of water for him.

He took the glass quickly and gulped down to the water.

"Are you okay now?" Margret took the glass from him. And all he did was nodded his head. He reached for his phone and pushed his thumb on the number one and then Yolanda's name appeared and he dialed her number. With the phone on his ear, he went out of the room.

He gave her so many missed calls but she wasn't answering any. Desmond was wondering why she won't answer, maybe she's angry with him, he guessed. After all, he didn't call her ever since he left home and he knew how angry she could get over ever little thing ever since she became pregnant.

Desmond was outside at the reception when some of the hospital staff rushed in with a stretcher. Surely there was someone on it but the person's entire body was covered with a white sheet. He wasn't thinking too much about it and wasn't bothered. He only wants to reach his wife.

The person on the stretcher seems to be a woman, when her hand suddenly slipped to her side on the stretcher and was dangling as the kept moving.

Desmond hissed and turned his back to them but he suddenly stopped and looked back sharply. He thought he saw the woman's hand and she has a wedding ring just like that of Yolanda. Was he seeing right? He bite his lips slightly and before he could gather his thoughts, they were gone.

Maybe he was overthinking things. And when she couldn't get hold of Yolanda, he came to the conclusion that she might be asleep.

" Desmond, mom is awake" Margaret's voice made his body jive up a little from his thought before he ran inside the ward.

" Mom, how are you feeling now?" He held his mother's hand and kissed it.

" I'm fine, I'm glad you came. But I will be more happy if you can stay with me and don't leave my side" She said in a weak tone. She touched Desmond face and gave him a weak smile.

" What about his wife? She's expecting remember, he can't stay with you when he has a wife" Mr. Ambrose Interrupted them.

"Yes I agree with Dad.He needs to go home and be with his wife, Dad and I can take care of you" Margret said. Whatever her mother was trying to do was too obvious!

" Alright, I can't even stay with my own son because he's married, it's alright" Mrs. Ambrose looked away from everyone and began to sniff loudly.

Desmond sigh, he looked at her and his mind drifted back to Yolanda. They both needed him, so who will he go with? He rubbed his chin looking confused.

" Fine, I will stay with you but I have to go get my wife so we will stay with you together."

Looking at everyone's approving faces, his mother had no choice but to accept.

" Just do as you please, and take me away from here. You know I hate hospitals"

Desmond nodded quickly and gave her a quick kiss on her cheek. He picked up his keys from the table besides her and hurried out.