Chapter 21

-------------Los Angeles, California.

------------------ Lily's hospital( During the attack)

Zainab

" Hey!" I screamed as I found a female nurse and another male nurse in Faryah's room as they were about to flee. The police were behind me and the two nurses immediately took to their heels. I didn't mind them because I knew the police were going to catch up with them, I knew Faryah was in danger. I rushed into her room and found the nurses and body guards all with bullets in their respective bodies. Oh my goodness. I found Faryahs door wide open and found her room disorganised. Her respirator was out of her and so was catheter. They had basically dismantled her infusion pump. Only Allah could save Faryah now. For all I knew, she was 90% dead.

Some nurses and doctors were already on their way. I tried fixing her respirator back into her mouth and that went well. " Zainab, we need you to leave, you can't be in here, nurses please fix everything in here" Doctor Mike said as he rushed into the room with the nurses beside him. " No, I want to help" I said as tears rolled down my cheeks. " You can't, not in this condition, just go please" he said as he checked Faryah's eyes and mouth. " No, I'll stay in here" I argued. " Nurse please go get Naloxone quickly" He ordered and a nurse instantly ran out. " We can lose her in the next two minutes, you shouldn't be here, Zainab leave, Nurse escort her out" Mike said as a nurse came beside me. " Sir, here's it" The nurse that rushed out seconds ago announced as she handed a syringe and a small bottle to him.

I was escorted out and they closed the door. I didn't move an inch when they closed the door. I wanted to get a close look. He was injecting her now as they fixed her infusion pump and got her a new catheter. They began the CPR. She needed to make it. They were running out of time. I watched her heartbeat and saw that she was coming back. She was alive, they made it. My eyes teared up more, this time, it was tears of joy. Mike finally gave me a thumbs up and a smile as the nurses exited the room.

" If we arrived three seconds later, we would've lost her" He began as he came out. Stretchers were already brought to take the body guards, nurses and Anna. " They administered another full overdose of Fentanyl to the patient, they really put her life in great danger" He added as he took off his nose mask. " She's okay now right?" Khalid wouldn't have been himself if we had lost her. " She is, still in a coma. After we revived her, I saw some finger movements from her" She was going to wake up soon. " She's showing signs of waking up very soon, we really hope for the best for her" He added with a smile. " We really do" I said as I looked towards her. " You seem calm even after what happened downstairs" He said and I turned to look at him. " Yeah, about that, What exactly happened downstairs?" I only heard screams and gunshots from my office and that was how I knew Faryah was in danger. So I ran to her.

" Your son was shot" Oh no. " What do you mean my son was shot, which one of them, where is he?" I panicked as my eyes widened in shock and fear from what he said. " Khalid was shot, he's downstairs in the ER" My goodness. I quickly took off and ran towards the elevator. I got out of the Elevator and ran towards the rooms. " Khalid, doctor, where's my son" I cried as I asked the only doctor I could find in the area. " Mrs Olyster, he was rushed to the operating room, he was shot in the stomach, but I'm sure the wound wasn't deep, he'll be fine" No, that wasn't a guarantee, as long as he was still in the operating room, his life was still at risk. I ran towards the OR again. It wasn't far from here, I didn't need to take the elevator. Immediately I got there, I found the doctor coming out from the room. It was Natasha Aguilar. Pamela's friend.

" Hey, Hey, Natasha, how's he?" I asked as she walked out. " Mrs Olyster, you're related to the patient?" she asked as she took her nose mask off. " Yeah, he's my son" I said as she formed an " Ohhh" with her lips. " Well ma'am, he's fine now, the bullet didn't hit any of his vital organs so he's safe, he's on his way to the recovery room now" She said and I sighed as I took a seat. " Thank you Natasha" I answered as she nodded and walked away from me. All this in one day, I almost lost Faryah and my son. I guess it just wasn't their time to leave us.

I buried my face in my palms as I began to think of what my family was facing, what my babies were going through. Going through all these hassles just keep our family safe. These were the perks of being very rich and famous. " Zainab" I could never forget this awful voice. The voice that made my life miserable for a few years. " What are you doing here David?" I asked as I rose my head up from my palms. " I came to see my son" He was his son after all. I mean he looked like a changed man. I needed, we needed to find it in our hearts to forgive him. I couldn't look at him right now, or else I was going to break down.

" He's in the recovery room, he's fine, he was shot in the stomach but it didn't hit any of his vital organs" I answered as I felt him sit beside me. " How did you know he was shot?" I asked again. "you don't need to know how" whatever. I rolled my eyes and sighed. He was still arrogant. There was a moment of silence before he finally broke it. " I'm sorry for what happened in Turkey, believe me, I am deeply sorry, I wasn't myself when you two left me, I am sorry, believe me please, I am a changed man, I painfully regret what I made you go through" All the beatings and sleepless nights I got when I was still in Turkey came rushing back into my head. The tiny baby cries from Khalid, they all came rushing back to me. " It's going to be very hard for us to forgive you, just let us be for now, we tried healing but now that you're back, the wound feels so fresh" I said as I tucked my hair behind my ear. I watched him sigh and take a closer look at me. " You're not wearing your hijab or scarf anymore" He began and I knew where this was heading. My religion isn't specific. I grew up in a Jewish home for 18 years, My Mother and Father were both Turkish, but they were Jews. I went to Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, to study Medicine in Universiti Malaya, Jalan Universiti. That was where I met Aleeyah, she was a Muslim. She became my best friend then and she made me convert. I became a Muslim then because for her. She let me in on almost everything about the religion and I found peace in it. It really was a religion of peace. I converted and it caused the death of my father, he got a heart attack. I blamed myself for his death but later on, I stopped. It was my life I was living.

I found David in Malaysia, love at first sight. He was a Christian, well just by name. Hardly no practice. After getting married in a court, he took us back to Turkey and converted to a Muslim too and changed his name to Salman, he rarely used it though. That was how I lost contact with Aleeyah, I was never going to forget her. Faryah reminded me of her, they looked pretty much alike. We lived peacefully for a year and after I had Khalid, few months later, David changed. I handled the beatings for six years and finally fled to LA, where I found Brandon. We began to get along, and fall in love. I couldn't marry him without divorcing David, at that time, David couldn't contest the divorce in court, so the court favoured me cause of the abuse I went through. I didn't file any case against him. I just prayed for him.

Brandon wanted us to get married in a church. I didn't want to defy him then, after all what he did for me and Khalid, I felt indebted to him. That was the only condition he gave me. To convert. I was desperate at that time so I agreed. I tried talking to him about Islam time to time after we got married but he always changed the topic. I managed to live with that and the fact that Khalid was happy in his new home made it hurt less. I didn't want us to have a problem. But deep down, I still worshipped and prayed to Allah for forgiveness, protection and guidance and for Brandon to listen to me. I had a good feeling about it when Faryah arrived. I knew she was going to change things I couldn't and I was going to support her. Always. I believed in her. " Zainab" David called as I came back to reality. " Uh, This is how I live now" I answered and avoided his gaze. " I didn't, I'm on the right path because of you, why did you change?" He asked and I tried holding the tears back. I didn't need to explain myself to him.

" Let me be David" I answered as I heard clicking of heels coming our way. It was Pamela. " Mama Zainab" she called as she gave me a light hug. " Good day sir" she greeted David. " what happened to Khalid?" she asked as she sat on my right. She was worried. Poor girl. " He was shot but he's fine now, I'm sure we'll be allowed to see him soon" I answered as I watched tears roll down her cheeks. " He's okay, don't cry" I consoled as she cleaned her eyes. I watched as two of the police men that were outside the hospital walked past us hurriedly. I quickly got up and followed them. " Excuse me, wait please, what happened to those that attacked the hospital?" I asked one of them. " They got into an accident a few blocks away from the hospital, the accident caused their vehicles to explode" oh wow. Blonde twist. " They're dead" I said out loud. " One is, the other one is in a critical condition" How can someone not die from an explosion and car crash all together. " Thank you" I answered.

I heard my default IPhone ringtone from my coat pocket and stuck my hand inside to get it. " Excuse me" I said to them as I walked away to where Pamela and David were. I looked at the caller ID. It was Brandon.

" Brandon?" I answered into the phone. " Sweetheart, where are you?" he sounded worried and in panic. " I'm at the hospital, why?" I asked. " Don't leave there, at any cost, stay in your office, don't see anyone, don't leave" He snapped, making me scared. Something was going on. " What's wrong?" I asked. I heard him sigh before talking. " I got a call from Sophia's body guards, and Neill's friends or so" Please No. Not them too. " What happened to them?" I asked, I could feel the tears preparing. " Sophia was taken, and Neill is nowhere to be found, it's possible he was taken as well" No.

No, not my babies. This was too much for me to take in at once. I couldn't say anything more, I froze. I felt my phone slip from my hand, hitting the ground as I slowly joined it. Everything became dark and everywhere became silent.

---------------South Korea, Seoul

----------------- Lee's modelling agency.(Same day)

Miss Ji Hae Soo

My business was crumbling down quicker than I expected. I never even expected that an ordinary textile agency was going to ruin my business.

" Ma'am we have news from LA" At least this was going to cheer me up, even a little, I knew I could trust Haengbog with Carlos in this mission. " Do I have good news?" I asked as I took my eyes off my MacBook as I took a closer look at our sales. It had dropped drastically from the police raiding in LA. " Ma'am I'm sorry but No, we have no good news for you" What the hell. " What do you mean?" I snapped.

" Then why are you here?" I asked angrily as I looked closely at the person in front of me. She was my right hand after Haengbog. Yoo Mi. " Ma'am, we tried to get rid of Daisy and the customers but we couldn't find them. The police have them under full observation" Goodness gracious. " What the, why?, why huh, tell me why?" I screamed at her. " Ma'am it just so happened that way" She answered straightforwardly. " Ugh, what about Haengbog and Carlos?" I asked as I got up from my seat. " Ma'am" She started and paused. She was trying to avoid my gaze. " They failed?" I snappily asked her. I couldn't believe this. Why was nothing going my way.

" Ma'am, they managed to Kidnap two of their children, they took them to San Francisco in California, they also got to shoot another one but apparently he survived and the last lady was revived" I instantly threw a glass vase across the room in anger. " Where are those two?" I asked as I sent her a death glare. " Ma'am, they were chased by the police after they were done in the hospital, but they had an accident.....a...ann....annddd w..weee..... lost them ma'am" I felt my world crumble slowly.

I couldn't lose the two children I considered my own. Why, how, I couldn't cope. I couldn't live without my babies. " What?" I asked again calmly to confirm what she said. " Ma'am they got into an accident with a truck carrying petrol and their car exploded, they didn't make it" I broke down instantly those words rang over and over in my head. " No" I whispered as I looked for something to hold.

I couldn't lose them, Bong Bong and Carlos, even though they weren't mine, I still treated them like they were, they were my children. I wasn't able to conceive with Jake and they made me feel like I did. All the memories we had together, everything we shared. They were all gone now. We had no more to make. That was it.

They were both gone, forever. " Nooo" I screamed this time as I threw my MacBook across the room. " Noo, Bong Bong, Carlos" I cried louder as I felt tears roll down my cheeks. Those Olysters were going to pay. Badly. " Ma'am, that's not all" Oh Lord. Why was this all happening to me. Why, I couldn't bear to lose more. " What else, huh, What else can be worse than what I'm going through Yoo Mi, tell me, what else?" I asked annoyingly as I cried, crawling up to a side of the room with tears pouring out my eyes. " The police are on their way, they know you're the Green Viper and that this is your hideout" Today wasn't my day. " Ma'am we need to go, The Jet is waiting for us, we'll soon be surrounded Ma'am, we have to leave" I needed to be strong, I was going to mourn later. I couldn't risk getting caught, not now, not ever. " How did they know I was the Green Viper?" I asked as I got up from where I sat.

" Ma'am, They have evidence, Concrete evidence from Daisy and they also got a sheet of paper from the History of your husbands industry” This was very bad. " Does Jake know all this is happening?" I asked her again. " Yes ma'am, he's preparing to leave for Kenya" He was obviously going to somewhere no one could possibly think of finding him. My smart husband. I quickly opened my safe and asked Yoo Mi to get me a bag for it. I stuffed all the money I could save and gave it to her to take to the helicopter. " Ma'am we need to hurry, the police are here, we're surrounded" Yoo Mi panicked as she came back whilst cracking her gun.

I took two pistols and a rifle from my weapon cabinet and took my phone from the table and hurriedly walked out of the room with her. " Let the rest of the men stay and handle everything here, compensate their families every month if anything happens to them. Leave everything behind, we're going to Qatar for now" I had a secret hideout there. No one could think of tracing me down there. We ran out through the underground tunnel that led to my private jet. We could already hear gunshots, luckily for us, no one knew this place existed.

We got out of the tunnel and ran a few metres before a few police men caught up with us. " Don't move" I was so used to those words. I rolled my eyes and cracked my guns and began shooting at each of them, alongside Yoo Mi. Blood shed was like a beautiful view in my eyesight. We took all twenty of them down and rushed into the Jet before more police men arrived. " Lets go" We were leaving the ground. Some Police men were trying to shoot us down still yet. They really didn't know who they were messing with. I collected a Machine Gun from Yoo Mi and fired all of them down from the distance. They couldn't catch us.

We got rid of them and went towards my plane hanger that was close by, I was going to lay low in Qatar for now. " You mentioned that two of the Olyster's children are still with us right?" I asked Yoo Mi as I took my phone from my pocket. " Yes ma'am" She answered.

" Get rid of them, this time do a good job" I ordered.

I wasn't the only one that was going to lose my babies.