A Tale of Chase and Love s1

When Theresa was done crying, Ye Feng asked that both go to the kitchen to make something as mother and daughter. Theresa was excited and rushed ahead of Ye Feng towards the kitchen.

This would be the first time she entered a kitchen with no intention to bark at maids for not delivering food early or to get some expensive juice worth millions from the fridge. She’s going there today, though it is an ancient one, to cook with her new mother.

She prayed in her heart that her parents would be okay.

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Heidelburg, Germany.

Aarti Sharma-Williams, Theresa’s mother, is lying on an extra-large bed with a red blanket. She is wearing a patient’s gown and her hands are on her belly. She is currently in a coma placed on a drip with a nose breather mask fixed to her nose.

The room she is in, is for top VIP clients. The walls are painted in pink and there is a wardrobe at the other end of the room. The room was as big as Theresa’s room at home. A small teddy bear lay by Aarti’s side. It was one of Theresa’s toys though not her favorite. Her favorite is called Lovina.

Aarti has not been responding much to the treatment given her and Clark’s mind has been in disarray when he left for the airport to see if his daughter was among the dead found.

5 minutes later…

The door opened and a sad Clark weakly entered the room, teary-eyed and feeling helpless. His hair is now scattered in all directions and his eyes had dark circles. He slowly walked towards his unconscious beloved wife and pulled a chair to sit beside the bed.

A tear escaped his eyelids and fell onto the bedsheet.

“Aarti, my love, please open your eyes now. Your Clark is here,” he then held her right hand.

“I’m here darling. Open your eyes and see me. I can’t live without you. Don’t do this to me. Aarti…” he couldn’t finish his words before bursting into tears. He cried profusely burying his face in the blanket for a while.

He did not notice Aarti’s finger move. He continued crying for a while and then lessened his cries and started sniffing but still, tears continued to flow.

“My dear, this is the 2nd time I’ve seen you cry. Why do you cry this hard?”

Clark immediately raised his head when he heard the low voice. He could see that Aarti was awake.

“Oh, thank goodness you’re awake finally. My dear, you know very well that I’m not ashamed to cry in public. I don’t care about my image,” Clark said while holding her hands firmly.

“Clark… you should care about your image in front of me,” she complained.

“Yes, you are right. Don’t talk too much. You just woke up. Get enough rest. I’ll go alert the doctor.” Clark said as he rubbed her palms.

“My love, tell me the truth… Where is Theresa now?” Aarti asked. It could be seen in her eyes that she really longed to see her daughter again.

Clark smiled an ugly smile.

“My love, she’s fine. No need to worry… about our daughter. She’s fine.” Clark tried to reassure her by lying but his eyes betrayed him. Aarti has been with him since high school so she knows when he’s lying.

“Clark, don’t lie to me. I cannot sense my daughter. I feel a part of me has been crushed. Clark, where is my baby?” she cried.

“Aarti, calm down. You just woke up. She’s also my baby. I’d do anything to assure her safety. She is the result from here…” he placed his hand on his genitals and put it back on her hand.

He then added: “Theresa is my flesh and blood. She’s fine” Clark insisted even though he knew that she wasn’t buying his words.

“I don’t believe. Tell me the truth, my love. Is Theresa still alive? Tell me she survived. Just tell me that. Tell me, Clark..” Aarti cried.

The BP Monitor at her left began to beep loudly and at a fast rate. Seeing this, Clark was scared. He quickly ran out of the room to alert the doctor.

In less than a minute, he returned with a male doctor and two female nurses. The Doctor shook his head as he placed his stethoscope on Aarti’s chest.

“Patient’s BP is very low,” said an automated voice from the machine.

“Doctor, what are you doing? Save her. If anything happens to her…” he could not complete his sentence as the monitor made a final sound and showed straight lines instead of the earlier 22%.

Clark’s eyes widened when he saw the situation. He held her right hand and found it to be cold and stiff.

“No, no, no way. Aarti will not leave me. She promised to be by my side no matter what. No, I don’t believe it. She’s alive, right Doctor?” Clark shouted in between tears.

“Time of death, 8:35 PM,” the doctor said and one of the nurses noted it down in a small jotter. The Doctor walked to Clark and patted him on the shoulders.

“I am sorry for your loss. My condolences,” he said before taking his leave. The nurses pulled the blanket to cover Aarti’s head and bowed at Clark before leaving.

“Aarti, I’ll take revenge for you. I’ll pull down this quack hospital. Those bastards did nothing. There’s a conspiracy. I’ll deal with them… all of them,” Clark shouted before running out of the room along the corridor down to the Board room.

Coincidentally, the top doctors, investors and the chairman were holding a meeting. Clark kicked open the door and brought out a gun from his pockets.

“You bastards!” Clark yelled as he pointed his gun at the chairman, a man who is 76 yrs old. He is wearing a black suit and a doctor’s coat.

“Mr. Williams, what’s the meaning of this?” the chairman asked. The others got up from their seats.

“What are you doing? Drop that gun.” said the man closest to the chairman on the left. He is one of the top doctors in this hospital.

“I want all of you to slap yourselves and ask me why I am doing this,” said Clark.

“Mr. Williams we’re not kids. Tell us the cause of this irresponsible behavior of yours” said the chairman a frown on his face.

“My Aarti, you all killed her. Give her back to me.” Clark yelled, his voice resounding to the very ends of the board room, startling the others. Their faces went pale.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“You… mean… she…” one of the investors stammered.

“Give her back to me” Clark yelled again.

“Mr. Williams, please calm down. Also, we’re sorry for your loss” said the chairman.

“She’s not dead. She’s still alive. Just give her back to me. Why is it so hard for you old fools to do?” he yelled, his broad chest heaving up and down.

“Mr. Willaims, please put your gun down. Your thoughts are in disarray. Calm down.” said Mr. Tonga, one of the top surgeons.

“You demon,” Clark yelled before pulling the trigger at Mr. Tonga.

POW! POW! POW!

Clark shot thrice at Mr. Tonga but deliberately missed.

“I will pull down this hospital… you basta…” Clark couldn’t finish his sentence before the world turned blurry and he fainted.

There was chaos as they sought to admit him to a private ward as fast as they could. They knew they were in hot soup with no way out of the pot since it was sealed.

The Williams family are not a force even the government of Germany can trifle with and get away easily. Now their hospital had offended them and there was only one outcome waiting for them if they couldn’t appease his anger-Doom!

Meanwhile, Thomas Williams, Theresa’s uncle had just driven into the parking lot of the hospital. Suddenly, his phone rang and he picked it up. The caller was ‘blue diva’.

“Hello?”

“Sir, our efforts finally paid off. She is dead” said the caller.

Hearing this, Thomas smiled evilly.

“Good boy. I’ll reward you handsomely for this,” said Thomas.

“Thank you, sir. Please make sure that your brother doesn’t close down this hospital” said the caller.

“Do not worry. You’ve done your part. I’ll make sure of the rest. Make sure to ride on dragons in your dream tonight,” said Thomas.

However, the caller did not reply since he already cut the call. But Thomas did not mind it. He knew this guy’s nature. Thomas chuckled and stared at the dark clouds of the night.

“My dear brother, I offer you my condolences even before we meet. Sister-in-law, may your pathetic soul rest in pieces.” Thomas said before he started to hum to an unknown tune

He put his car keys into his pockets and got out of the car. He looked around and saw a few people both doctors and regular people discussing. Thomas shook his head before walking out of the park.

His destination? Clark!