Give Me Your Hand's

A Choice

Later that night, police forced Kenan and Mehmet into the car. From behind the window of the patrol car, Kenan could still see Ivy who kept calling his name. Slowly the voice and figure of the woman disappeared in the middle of the dark night.

Ivy..hold on.for the sake of our child.

Medics began arriving at the scene. They put the lifeless body in a plastic bag . Only Kenan, Mehmet and Ivy survived. The Police Captain and some of his men checked the warehouse and secured all the firearms and sharp weapons they found.

“Send everything to me. Tell the police that you are not involved,” Mehmet told Kenan after they were both in the same cell.

“What do you mean? Handing all these mistakes to you?” Kenan scrunched his forehead, but all that was seen was a piece of bandage covering the wound in that place.

“Your wife is pregnant. What if the judge sentenced you to life or death? Don't you want to see your son grow?” With both hands holding bars, Mehmet tried to convince Kenan of his idea.

Kenan was silent for a while. He stuck his forehead behind his iron bars, feeling the cold metallic object piercing through his injured skin. “What you said is true, but I can't let you endure all this alone. How can I live out there, while you put such a huge burden on my shoulders!”

“Think once more,” refer Mehmet. He could not get his legs to rest on the floor, as police doctors had treated a puncture wound to his thigh.

Kenan closed his eyelids and showed Mehmet the back of his hand, as if he were asking him to stop talking. “I can't! If you are punished, I must be punished. If I'm free, then you should come out with me too!”

“If you are in prison or sentenced to death, what about Cansu? Didn't you think about it, too?” Kenan stared intently at Mehmet's round face.

They also fell silent. No one wants to continue the conversation or start a new one. Two folding mattresses without a wooden frame became their current bedmates. Night or day is no different in that room, everything remains the same.

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The day changed. The leaf and time of the life of the whole man has just begun. Yellow light penetrates the light green mosquito net and illuminates the room which is only 3x4 meters in size. The room was occupied only by a woman lying on an iron bed. Two empty chairs in red became the sweetener of the all-white room.

The slender hand attached to the infusion needle moved to rub his forehead. The eyelids slowly opened, giving rise to a green pupils. After the night of the horrific incident, Ivy fell unconscious as she endured the pain she had in her stomach. Some police officers took him to the hospital.

The aquarium tub's eye beads slowly observed the contents of the room that was not his room, as he began to realize that he was inside the hospital. His stomach was flattened, his thin lips were shaking withstanding his cries.

Is this fast you're leaving me, little angel?

“Good morning, Madam,” greet a nurse who just walked into Ivy's room. In front of him was a stroller containing blood pressure gauges, several infusion bags and a medical note belonging to Ivy.

“Morning, Sister,” Ivy replied after she wiped her face wet with tears. Greeting the nurse with her flat face.

The nurse checked Ivy's blood pressure then recorded it in her medical records. When the nurse opened the medicine storage, the nausea began to stir Ivy's stomach.

“Suster?” Ivy straightened her body and covered her mouth with one palm. The green-eyed bead looked at the woman in white uniform beside her bed with question marks.

“What's up, Madam? Do you need anything?” The nurse drew closer and made Ivy's stomach even more nauseous.

“I'm so nauseous. Can Sister close that medicine box?” With one hand Ivy pointed at the stroller behind the nurse. As for his other hand, he used it to cover his mouth.

After closing the medicine box, the nurse smiled back at Ivy. “Oh, it is already commonly experienced by pregnant women entering their first trimester.”

“I..mom pregnant?” Ivy looked at the nurse with a frown on her forehead.

He immediately grabbed the yellow map in the hands of the nurse. The wrinkle suddenly disappeared after he saw his medical records. He did not understand all the contents, but there was one sentence that made his hopes grow again.

His eyes began to glaze over at the nurse's face. “Ja..so fetus...my fetus is safe?”

“That's right, Mrs Ivy. You didn't miscarry. Your content is strong and the fetus in it grows healthy,” suddenly appeared a doctor who interrupted Ivy's conversation with the nurse, “yesterday You only experienced contractions and flecks."

Ivy immediately returned her medical records to the treatment and rubbed her face with both palms. Grateful to be given the opportunity to be a place for the formation of a small life.

“It is better that you do not get too tired and do not think too much, it will affect your fetus. Don't forget to always take your vitamin booster, Mistress,” explained the doctor to Ivy.

“Good, Doctor. When can I leave the hospital?”

“I strongly encourage you to bedrest a few more days, Mistress. It's for your pregnancy."

“Can I go out today, Doctor? I'd like to meet my husband,” please Ivy with her face clear. She wanted to find out about Kenan's situation after her husband was arrested by the police.

Before the doctor gave his answer, a knocking sound came from outside making everyone in the room turn towards the door. Two sets of footsteps entered the room. Two men with dark hair with black leather jackets.

“Good morning,” greet one of the two men with the sound of his bus.

“Ya, good morning,” reply Ivy and two medics together.

Both men showed their identification. “We are members of Istanbul Police. My name is Captain Cenk and he's my partner Sergeant Rifat. We'd like to ask the patient for information about the murders that took place in the old warehouse last night. Is the patient in good health, Doctor?”

“Yes, Captain. But please do not put emphasis on the patient,” replied the doctor who then left Ivy and the two members of the police.

At first the Police Captain asked Ivy's name and the young woman's relationship with Kenan and Mehmet. Then they asked about the true events to Ivy, the young woman told him all the things that had happened.

“They are innocent! They just want to free me from the savage act of Ferrite!” exciting Ivy, “Captain, please release them.”

“There were twelve people who died inside that warehouse, Madam. Our advice, just prepare a lawyer for them. Thank you for the information you gave. Excuse me,” the Captain told Ivy. The tall-looking man put his little book back in his pocket.

“Pe... lawyer?” Ivy's lips felt mute as she said one of the names of the legal devices.

“That's right, Madame Fallay,” replied Sergeant Rifat who confirmed the words of his superior.

“Wait, Captain!” The two police officers turned their bodies upside down when Ivy called him. “Can I visit my husband?”

“Please, Mistress. Mr. Kenan Fallay is still at the police station, we will transfer his case to the Prosecutor's Office.” After answering all of Ivy's questions, the two left her room.

Attorney. prosecutor.

Ivy's head suddenly felt dizzy and clear liquid returned to wet his ovary face. Ivy imagines Kenan being behind bars for long periods of time.

He rubbed his stomach and said, “Can you meet and know each other?”

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