Chapter 2 Her presence

"If anything happen to my son, I'm gonna sue this fucken hospital!" A young lady approach her, pushing her roughly. Wendy fell, getting a scratch as a result of the intense push.

"Thought you're a nurse, fucken get a stretcher for him instead of standing there like a monument. Be useful for once!"

Wendy quivered as she stood up, rushing in to get the stretcher.

Returning shortly with the stretcher. She made to help the injured guy on it but was stopped instantly by an older woman whom she assumed must be the guy's mother.

"Cisca what's wrong now? Why are you stopping her?"

The lady who roughly pushed her yelled at the older woman. Not giving a damn if she was creating a scene or not. Rachel glared at Cisca.

"He is your fiance, then help him to the stretcher"

"What? You must be out of your mind, He is almost dead. You expect me to touch a semi dead man simply because he's my fiance?"

"Holy crap?" The look on the older woman's face was priceless. "Did you just call my son, Daniel a semi-dead man?"

"Yes, is he not half-dead?"

Wendy stared, unable to do a thing.

"Rachel!!!"

"Cisca! Anyway, just so you know. This relationship between I and semi-dead Daniel is over. I can't afford to be a window at a younger age" with that, she flaunt her hair, walking majestically to her Convertible before driving off.

"Ma, please we just need to take him to an emergency unit before it's too late" Wendy spoke.

Nurses helped Daniel into the stretcher as he was wheel into the theatre for operation.

Dejectedly walking out of the receptionist office, a call came in. Not checking the caller, she answered. "Hello"

"Darling, what's going on?"

"Daniel, our baby got involved in a ghastly accident" she sobbed

"What? How come?"

"I don't know either, but it seems someone tempered with his car brake which resulted in the brake failure"

The realization of her statement penetrated deep into his heart.

Someone tried killing his only child. His blood. His only kin.

Damn it! Whoever the motherfucker is should pray earnestly never to be found if not, he, Martin Paul will spill his or her blood. He vowed bitterly.

"Hello darling. Which hospital is he?"

"Hospital of pennyslyania (HUP)"

"I'll be there" the line went death. Cisca continue sobbing.

*******

Underground

He paced aimlessly around the room, waiting impatiently for their feedback. The place was dark, and hidden from views. One won't suspect there's an underground in orphanage.

Well, you couldn't blame him. That happens to be his hide out.

What could be taking him that long? Is the mission successful? He thought as he paced around while trying to suppress his rising fury.

Damn it!

The door opened quietly, revealing his presence.

"Boss"

"What the fuck kept you that long?" His back to the intruder, he asked unmoving from his spot.

"Needed to ensure everything went successful"

"how was it?" Pulling a stick of cigarettes, he light it as he smoke

"Good"

"Is he dead?"

"No,boss but badly injured"

"Better" turning to face the intruder, he took a long look at his outfit. His black shirt, over a black trouser with a black mask made him look like a mafia.

Hell no! What was he? If not a Mafia. The deadly mafia in Philadelphia. How he was able to win his heart over, is what he does not know.

His eyes were as cold as a monument, with no hint of emotion.

The heartless beast that can kill without blinking an eye

"You may leave"

Without another word, he sneaked out quietly

Feeling fulfilled, he let out a wicked laugh. "Hahaha" thanks to the sound proof in the room which concealed the sound of his laughter from been heard.

Yes! The son of a bastard is ruined. Who the hell does Daniel think he is?

"Daniel, I am just being generous in letting you live but mark my words, if your company wins this fifteen billion contract from J/S Company. I am gonna come back to claim your life!!

The veins in his neck stretched out as his fury ran out of check

damn it! With a loud thud, he broke the wine glass. "That's how I will break you Daniel into unrecognized tiny indivisible particles. I promise you! Arrrhhhh!!!"

**********

An hour later, Daniel was wheeled out from the theatre room to his ward. Luckily, the surgery was successful.

Impatiently, Cisca rushed to him. "Doctor, how is my son? Will he be alright?" unable to contend her emotion, she sobs. "Please tell me. He is my only child"

The pathetic look on her face alone stopped him dead on his track. He has seen cases like this during his years in this services, and having been in this situation before, he understood what it felt to be helpless when your loved ones are fighting for their life.

"Ma, you need to calm down. He is stable but unconscious. Probably by tomorrow he should be out of his unconscious state"

The assurance from the doctor was enough to help her relax. "Thank you"

Despondently, she entered Daniel's ward, sat at the edge of the bed staring at his pathetic state. A tear rolled down her eyes as she desperately fought back the tears.

Who could have done this to her child? She thought. Admittedly, they have a whole lot of enemies but whom in particular?

Daniel looked pale and lifeless except for the continuous beeping of the monitor which assured her of his life.

"This relationship between I and semi-dead Daniel is over" Cisca sobbed as Rachel's statement popped into her mind.

"Daniel, you see what you fell in love with? In your worst condition, she abandoned you. Please wake up"

Martin barged in, jolting Cisca out of her melancholy mood.

"How is he?" martin asked as he observed how pathetic he look on the bed with tube connected all over him. The need for a revenge increased simultaneously from forty percent to ninety-five percent. The bloody bastard who did this to him must pay! He thought as he clenched his fists in fury.

"The doctor said he is stable but unconscious"

"Have you informed his fiancée about his condition?"

Cisca eyes blazed with fury "which fiancée? Is it that slutty Rachel? The same bitch that called Daniel a semi-dead man?"

Martin gasped... "w.....h....a....t?"

"oh, I see you didn't know the bitch your son got engaged to" she sneered and continued "as a matter of fact, Rachel broke the engagement"

Mimicking Rachel's voice with a disgusting look "this relationship between I and semi-dead Daniel is over. I cannot afford to be a window at a tender age"

"Fuck! I swear on the grave of her castrated grandfather, if I ever set my eyes on her around my son. I am gonna squeeze the life out of her, I swear!"

"And I will joyfully break her bones and feed them to the wild animal in the zoo" Cisca added spitefully

Silently, martin sat on the bed, opposite Cisca "how are you coping?" there was an air of affection around him which pulls her like a magnetic force towards him. Drawn by his soft tone and eyes which held warmth. She admitted her feelings.

"Yes I was scared out of my wit. I mean who wouldn't be after seeing her only child in the pool of his blood and unconscious"

There is silence as martin waited patiently, sensing she has something more to add.

"I didn't know what to do if not for some Good Samaritan who rushed him to the hospital. I called Rachel but all she did was call Daniel a semi-dead man, creating a scene, flaunt her hair and walked out"

Pulling a white handkerchief out of his pocket, martin handed it to her "here"

Getting the handkerchief, she dabbed her eyes, unconsciously sniffing in his scent in the process "thank you"

"Your eyes are puffy. Enough evidence that you cried your heart out"

"Don't worry, Daniel will be fine. He is a strong head and I believe he will fight this battle successfully" he assured

Inwardly, he was praying for a speedy recovery. Unable to resist, he gave her a light peck on her forehead. "He will be fine"