Thirty-three. He felt weak

Thirty-three. He felt weak

Monalissa had already coughed up a lot of blood and even passed out before the ambulance arrived. Hanabi and Luke were allowed to go with her as they were the closest to her. Mr Andrews granted them that permission. Something like this had never happened at the factory. All the drama started when this Monalissa arrived, Mr Andrews thought as he watched the ambulance move farther from the factory. She was an interesting fellow.

The ambulance arrived at the hospital within thirty minutes and Monalissa was laid on a stretcher and wheeled to the ER. It was a chaotic scene. Luke and Hanabi were also helping to wheel her to the ER.

"What happened to her?", the doctor asked as they wheeled the stretcher.

"She was eating and suddenly began coughing".

"What did she eat?"

"Porridge".

"99.9% of persons rarely have porridge allergies. She must have been poisoned".

Luke and Hanabi were shocked when they heard that. They were halted by the nurses outside the ER.

Hanabi was crying, tears streaming down her face.

"Luke....Mona, will she be ok?"

Luke held Hanabi's hands a little tightly. "She'll be fine. She's a strong girl".

Inside the ER

"We need to stabilize the patient. Check breathing", the doctor said to one of the nurses that was there.

"Her breathing is shallow".

After her breathing was brought to normal, the doctor looked at her. He checked her mouth for any other signs of the poison in her mouth. When there was remnants of it, he gave it to the nurse that was beside him to take a look at it at the forensics.

"While waiting, let's decontaminate her", the doctor announced.

"Yes".

That said, they removed the poison through gastric lavage however,at some point she started convulsing.

"Doctor, the patient is having a seizure".

"Her heart rate is dropping", another nurse added.

"She needs to be taken to the OR. Prepare for surgery.Where's her family?", he asked his voice tensed and veins popping.

"They're outside".

The doctor came out of the ER and met three people standing outside. The one who looked like the Boss rushed to him the moment he came out.

"What's the state of things doctor?", Ezekiel asked. He had arrived some minutes ago.

"Your wife needs surgery immediately. Are we doing it or not?"

"She's not..."

"You have to be fast unless she dies. She has less than two minutes".

Ezekiel's face paled at a speed visible to the human eye. "She shouldn't die....", he said and glared at the doctor.

"Should I take that as a yes?"

"I don't care what you do but bring Monalissa back to me!"

The doctor flinched and nodded. He couldn't believe that the husband of the patient was this aggressive. Where was he when she was taking the poison? He rushed in and soon was out with Monalissa on the stretcher also wheeled by other nurses.

Ezekiel felt the whole world go silent as he watched her lay on that bed. He didn't know what he was feeling at the moment. He wanted to bring down whatever was in front of him but couldn't. She wasn't a weak one. Walker wasn't weak. Who did this?! He was going crazy with anger at the thought of the person who had put her through this. No one else was qualified to touch her except him!

He couldn't even move his feet. And for the first time in his life, he felt weak.