Chapter 287: Can I See Him?
(Arata)
After the gut-wrenching call to his Ma, I began to pace the emergency waiting area. The police came for our statement and we told them everything we saw and remembered.
Soon Mom, Zaylen and Uncle Kail joined us and hugged me turn by turn.
"Arata! It will be fine." Mom kissed the top of my head, holding me tight. I simply nodded, finding solace in her warmth.
Baba discussed how everything had happened with Zaylen and Uncle Kail.
"They knew where we were and had come armed. If Karsten hadn’t been fatally injured, I would have assumed he had planned it but this is someone else."
"Baba, he would never put my life in danger. Not like this. It’s not his doing," I spoke up, separating from Mom.
"I know, Arata. I saw how he saved our lives. I am not doubting him now." Baba was going to soften towards him. He valued loyalty and now Karsten had demonstrated how important I was to him, more than his own life.
"Could be another old foe," Uncle Kail added, turning to Baba. The men began to discuss who it could be
"Sit and relax. Stress in this condition is not good for you." Mom walked me over to the stiff metallic seats of the emergency theatre. The pungent smell of phenyl from freshly cleaned floors made me dizzy but I had to be here for him. He could wake up any second.
My heart wouldn’t settle, not for a second. Now I could feel how he must have felt staying outside my hospital room when I was unconscious and being operated on.