Heart stopped beating

For the next two days, Lena's morning consisted of washing Gary then spending a good hour wrestling and rolling on the floor with Kris. Before that, Lena would go spend the rest of the day with Gary, but Kris has been dragging her to go work out with him too. He kept saying that she was too weak and she needed to build her upper body strength. Tye also agreed that it would be a good thing for Lena.

Kris was a less aggressive physical trainer than James, so that was one good thing. While Kris continued to nag Lena about her workout performance, James and Keso had a good time killing each other for practice. They went out to the forest for a shooting game.

They would all train until lunch and after eating, Lena sat down with Kris and Collin to go over their next agendas. Lena complained about why she needed to sit down in the meeting when nothing relating to the meeting was affecting her. Kris insisted that it was good for her to listen in and give them any comments if needed. He made a comment that her gut feelings may be useful.

Half of the time, Lena did not even know what they were talking about. Guns… tigers and bears. It was like Kris and Collin were talking in code the whole time.

It was Sunday the next day. Lena would have been here for almost a week now. She would be going home on Tuesday.

Like any other day, Lena woke up early so she can wash Gary. The nurse was already in the room. It was a different nurse each time. The rotate the duties so all of them have the knowledge to care for Gary. There was already a warm bucket and a dry towel on the left side of the bed. However, what was new today was that Kris was also in the room. He was standing near the windows.

"Why are you here?" Lena asked Kris as she walked and wet the towel.

"Just curious to why you enjoy doing this every morning but whine about any other thing throughout the day."

"This is not ENJOYING… this is called caring." Lena stretched her arm out and held the towel to Kris. "Do you want to try?"

"I might break all of his bones if I do."

Lena looked at the nurse and the nurse just smiled back at her. Lena shrugged and went back to finishing up her side of the washing. Lena was slightly humming as she did her washing, making sure to gently rub the cloth over the wounds. She has been humming lately because no one likes her singing. Gary's wounds have not healed as much as Lena's wound. The recent heavy workout also helped Lena's body feel more healthy and stronger.

"Since we're done here. I'll be leaving first." The nurse spoke. She grabbed the water buckets to go and dump them in the bathroom.

However, as she was walking, she tripped on one of the legs of a chair. There was an empty chair pushed aside to the window, where Kris was standing. Kris saw her fall but he reacted by moving further away from her. She dropped the bucket of water on her right arm and with her own instinct, grabbed onto Kris' arm, who was trying to back away.

She held tight to Kris' arm for support and that helped her fall down slowly. Kris stumbled a bit down as the nurse fell to her knees. The water bucket plopped onto the hardwood floor, pouring out its content.

Lena was going to say "Are you alright?" but what she noticed first was the reaction from Kris. In that quick moment of touch, Kris' heart stopped beating. His left arm, that was loose, starting shaking and he quickly flung the nurse's grip from his other arm. His heart started beating again but in an uncontrollable rage.

"I am so sorry Mr. Li!" The nurse quickly stood up and lower her heard.

"Jane!" Lena called out to the nurse. The nurse had her head down so she did not see that Kris was going to punch her. However, Lena anticipated that move coming. Lena quickly ran in front of the nurse and blocked the strong punch with both of her hands.

Lena was able to block that one movement but she was too slow to react to Kris' left hand. In an impulse, Lena pushed the nurse back a bit and took the slap right across her right cheek. Kris took a deep inhale and realized who he had just hit. Again, his heart stopped beating, but for a different reason this time.

He brought his left arm back up to touch Lena on the spot he hit her but she closed her eyes and flinched. There was a sharp pain in his heart and he let his arm down. Lena opened her eyes after nothing happened.

"Out!" She yelled the nurse who quickly ran out the door while Keso and James entered the room. They heard a few commotions.

Kris instantly fell to the ground on his knees. He was having trouble breathing. He held his weight with his right arm and put his left arm on his aching heart. He was taking short breaths. Lena bent down with him, ignoring the puddle on the floor.

"Breath slowly. Take deep breaths."

However, it seems like her words were not registering into his head. She looked up to James and Keso.

"I'll go get the doctor." James spoke and patted Keso on the shoulder. It was a signal to say that since he was going to leave, Lena better be alright when he returns. Keso responded with a nod.

Keso went to help Lena support Kris up to the chair that was by the window.

"Hold on." Lena went to the side of Gary's bed and grab out the oxygen tank. She did not know exactly how it worked but she has seen it used several times because her grandfather used one. She brought the mask to Kris' face but he grabbed her arm to stop her. He did not want that.

"You better take it or I will charge you an entire year of income for slapping me."

At that response, Kris grabbed the mask out of Lena's hand and put it onto his own face. He took a deep breath in and out. Lena made sure that the oxygen tank was on.