Hot Tears

"Damn it, why did I have to meet them under these circumstances?" cursed Zay. She could feel the blood boiling all over her body, if only her body was powerful, surely Zay would have attacked them without further ado.

Moreover, Zay had seen the look of fear on Vern's face that made her feel terrible. Zay rebelled for Vern to remove the hand from her shoulder, "Let go! Let me rampage once more!"

"I won't! Your wounds need to be treated," Vern replied in a voice calm enough for someone who looked scared. He maintained the position with all his might, even pulling Zay into his arms. Vern hoped it would reduce Zay's rebellion.

"Let go of me, you piece of shit!" shouted Zay angrily, she could hear the sound of footsteps coming towards them.

"Hey, nurse! Hurry up and take care of my friend, do you want to be punished for letting people die!" Vern shouted louder at the hospital staff who were still standing next to his uncle's entourage. Sweat poured down Vern's shirt, mixing with Zay's blood.

"Ohh, my goodness!" screeched one of the nurses whose common sense had taken over. She pushed the ambulance stretcher to where Vern and Zay were. The action was followed by several of his colleagues, while the patients and uninterested people could only watch. There were even some who didn't care, then went back to their activities.

"Vern! How dare you show your face in front of me!" Jack was not to be outdone, he continued to shout with expletives as he quickened his pace to approach Vern.

"You're fucking! What are you doing! Quickly get rid of your hands!" Zay exclaimed. She was exhausted unable to move in Vern's arms. She could feel Vern's heart beating irregularly, perhaps out of fear or perhaps for other reasons. Zay didn't think about it further.

The hospital staff had already arrived beside Zay, as well as Jack's group who were already in front of Vern.

"You know, Roderick is now in a coma. If Ted hadn't told this hospital, Roderick probably wouldn't have been saved. It's all because your friend's mad dog went berserk. Assholes! You guys should be punished!" Jack explained with his breath rising and falling. He struggled to breathe as the chest pain made him clutch his chest..

"Mr. Jack! Breathe slowly, please control your emotions, sir!" begged Ted who knew that Jack had a heart condition that worried him.

Vern didn't care, he turned to the right where the hospital staff was as he said, "Help move my friend on the stretcher."

"Arggh, I said let go!" Zay didn't move for a while in order to gather the strength to rebel. She managed to break free from Vern's embrace, then pushed him backwards. Vern took a few steps back while bending down that made him very surprised after getting a sudden attack from her.

"You stubborn bastard!" grumbled Vern in annoyance. He bent down, resting his hands on his knees.

"Don't talk so much! Come forward everyone. Argghh, shit!" Zay held her bleeding hand and fell to the ground.

"Zay!" exclaimed Vern who had stood up and approached Zay, then ordered the hospital staff again, "Quickly take her to the stretcher!"

"Y-yes, sir." The hospital attendant was at a loss, as he and his colleague were caught up in the bloody cursing and were having trouble choosing which patient to prioritize between helping Zay or Jack. Finally he rushed over to Zay, helping her onto the stretcher.

Zay did not refuse Vern's help to stand up, she was already dizzy and almost fainted when she felt pain all over her body. Zay was already on the ambulance stretcher and ready to be pushed to the treatment room.

"Wait!" Jack was still looking down with his right hand holding the stretcher carrying Zay.

Vern turned to look at Jack, all his attention refocused on his annoying uncle. He held Jack's hand while glaring, "Take your hand away, Uncle! Remember our agreement, or ....,"

"Or what? Do you want to cancel the negotiations? Too late! Ha ha, Ted has already taken all the securities you have, while the share name is already in the process of being changed to Roderick's name! Ha ha, there's no point in fighting me, you know why? Because I'm better at tactics. Uhuk... uhuk!" Jack's originally sour face now turned into a satisfied one, happy because he felt his goal was achieved. Even though he coughed because of the breathing difficulty he still managed to laugh.

Zay didn't care about all the people around her, she could only groan and try to stay conscious.

What was Vern's reaction? He gave Jack a sharp look, undaunted by his bluff. Instead, he firmly gripped Jack's hand and pulled him away from the stretcher handle. Vern said with emphasis, "I heard all your talk about how my father could have died. While I'm still being nice, get out of my way, Uncle!"

"Now!" shouted Vern as he clenched his fists. The hot tears running down his cheeks made him look away as he remembered what Daren and Jack had said at the Vlodostok main house.

Vern's hot tears brought his memory back as he stood in front of Jack's private room. He was panting after running quite a distance from the front yard to Jack's residence.

"I need to quickly meet uncle Jack and negotiate with him," Vern muttered under his breath. Vern held the door handle and before he could turn it, he heard Jack laughing loudly from inside the room.

Jack's voice sounded quite far away, but it was still clear to Vern's normal ears. Jack said this, "Either way, that stupid boy has to step down. It's a good thing we killed Pharos Vandyke, otherwise he would've given us a hard time. Ha ha,"

"What, this can't be? This is really a very cruel cruel reality, it turns out that father was killed by my own uncle," Vern limped. He moved his hand away from the door algae, then the first hot tears fell unstoppably.

Vern cried silently for a long time, he shook his head quickly when he remembered the main purpose he came to see Jack.

"I have to be strong, if I want revenge. Yes, I'm not a lame CEO anymore!" Vern encouraged himself while wiping away the last tears.

"Vern, let's run!" Zay shouted loudly. Her vision was starting to blur so she didn't want to leave Vern with Jack's group of bodyguards.

As soon as Vern came back to consciousness, he held his cheek where the tears had dried up. He turned to Zay, "Wait, I'll be there!"

Vern prepared to run after the stretcher carrying Zay. But before that he had time to look at Jack's condition.

Jack's condition was very bad, he was surprised when his eyes met Vern's eyes, he really didn't expect it so he couldn't say anything. At that moment Jack's heart immediately felt like it was going to fall out, he held his chest which felt tight and soon he fell unconscious.

"Sir Jack!" exclaimed Ted who was right beside Jack and deftly caught his master's body. He asked the bodyguard to call the doctor immediately.

Vern didn't care and didn't want to bother with Jack's condition, he ended up running after the hospital staff to accompany Zay.

"I promise to avenge your death, father. Just wait and see!" Vern ran with determination. He clenched his fists with the intention of becoming a formidable Vern in the future.