Chapter 75

ZAVIER [Zero]

I don't know how long passed before a doctor came out of the room. The man looked wary, as if he's going to the lion's den.

I crossed my arms and stared at himas he made his way closer to me.

"How's my wife?" I groaned.

"I'll be very blunt with you, Sheriff. We're doing all we can to help your wife and child, but she's in a critical condition. There's stress and pregnancy-induced hypertension, high blood pressure, her oxygen level is insufficient, there's placenta abruption and blood clotting disorders."

"We're doing our best right now but the truth is that there's more chance of your baby surviving this than your wife. She's critical. We'll be our best but the chances are limit---" he cut off suddenly when I grabbed his collar.

My eyes red, my muscles tensed, I was vibrating with rage and fear. "Look at me, doctor. Take a good look at me...." I can barely get words out with the way I'm feeling, "....this face will be the last face you see if anything happens to my wife."

His eyes flashed with fear. His cleared his throat and tried to compose himself. "Uhm..see, I know the way you feel but it's---"

"You've got no fucking idea how I feel!" I roared, unable to stop myself anymore. "Doctor, you'd better save Lani. I don't care what you have to do, you'd better save my wife, do you hear me? Or I'm going to kill you, you mark my words!"

"It's not right to threaten a doc---"

With my hand on his collar, I raised him off his feet and threw him across the room, my heart bleeding, my body tensed up. He landed on the wall with a thud and slid down, wincing in pain.

Real fear, rage and helplessness is what I fvcking breathed. I walked to the doctor who pressed himself deeper to the fvcking wall.

Out of the corner of my eyes, I held the commotions. I know I'm drawing a little bit of crowd but in that fvcking moment, I don't give a damn.

I reached the doctor and hauled him up from the fvcking ground. I forced him to look into my bloodshot eyes. Heavens knows that my goddamn eyes are the only window to my motherfvcking soul right now.

I want this doctor to see how I feel. I want him to see all my demons that has arisen for the first time in a fvcking long time. I want this man to see that he's joking with his life if he thinks he can give me my kids without my Lani.

"Doctor, I'm going to kill you. Your wife. Your four kids. I'm going to kill all the nurses in that room and their family. I'm going to take the patients out of this hospital and I'm going to burn it to the ground if anything happens to Lani." I stated matter-of-factly.

I ignored the terror in his eyes and stared at Lani's room. Tears burned my eyes again.

"Doctor, take all the fvcking doctors of this hospital and enter into that room..." I pointed at Lani's room, "...take all the professionals and send for more, I don't care. Take all of them and enter that room and treat my wife. I'll pay any fvcking amount, but give her and my kids back to me in one piece!"

The doctor nodded his head vigorously. "I-I'll try my best, just let go." He was struggling and choking.

I found out that I'm still holding his neck and loosened my grip. He coughed fanatically.

"Sorry." I grunted.

Three other doctors walked up to me. A much braver one cleared his throat,

"I'm doctor Roman, and these are my colleagues, Sheriff. We're gonna do everything we can for your wife and child, and---"

"Children." I cut him off.

"Children?" He asked, bewildered.

"Twins. They're twins."

"Oh..." He smiled a bit. "..congratulations sheriff. We're do our best for your family, just calm down and allow us do our best, alright?"

Be calm. They said, be calm.

I'm not calm. Heavens knows that I don't know how to be fvcking calm right now. For the first time in my life, I feel helpless.

To find that there's a situation where I can't be able to protect her and keep her safe...to find that she's in a very critical condition and I can't help her.

Drives me fvcking insane.

"I'll be calm, doc. I'll be.... But I swear to God, it'll be better if I leave this hospital in the end with my wife and kids, doc." I groaned, fisting my hands tight just at the thought of the reverse being the case.

The doctors nodded. "We'll do our best."

I watched them all as they entered Lani's room.

I faced the wall, leaned against it and let the tears roll from my eyes.

.

.