
Catherine is being treated by a doctor. Aiden standing outside the ER. Harry is looking for Robert's whereabouts in the police department and securing the animals that Robert denies.
Aiden was seen sitting on a chair that was on the side of the door of the room. His gaze looked forward. Scraps of events a few hours ago filled his head again. When Catherine protects herself and sacrifices catherine's own life.
Ilove you... Aiden....
Those words ringed in Aiden's ears and felt so stifling to the chest.
"You must get back to health, cath." murmured Aiden rubbed his face with a huff.
A doctor came out of the examination room. He asks Aiden to follow him to his room.
"How's catherine doing?" aiden asked as he sat in the chair facing the Doctor.
Aiden looked so worried and there was fear in his sharp eyes.
The doctor seemed to sigh while confirming the position of the glasses he was using.
"How's it?" ask Aiden so softly. "He's fine, isn't he?"
"Miss Catherine is past her critical period. There's just a little problem" he exclaimed.
"What?" ask Aiden to wait for the doctor to say.
"Miss Catherine's condition overall is not so serious. It's just that the injury to his spine is quite severe" cried the Doctor.
Aiden was still waiting for the doctor to continue.
"The effect of spinal cord injury or spinal cord injury has an impact on the loss of all sensory (sensory) or motor (movement) nerve abilities. Depends on how bad the injury is" the doctor exclaimed.
"So what was Catherine going through?" ask Aiden.
"We can't be sure yet. This will be known after the patient is awake. This category of nerve injury does not function the patient's sense of taste, such as numbness. Not feeling heat, cold or pain. And the other category is paralysis."
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"Crippled?" exclaim Aiden.
"Yes. Not only will you often experience pain in the neck and spine. The patient may have paralysis of the hips down or both legs are unable to move anymore."
Aiden's face turned deathly pale. What he just heard was shocking. What if Catherine heard all this.
"We're going to follow up on this case that happened to Miss Catherine."
Aiden didn't say anything more. The doctor's explanation is clear. Now he left the doctor's room and walked down the hospital hallway blankly.
Aiden entered Catherine's room wearing sterile blue clothes. He saw the body of the woman he had always wounded lying helplessly on the cage.
Aiden took a seat on the chair that was at the side of the cage and stared softly at the pale face of Catherine who was asleep.
"Why do you have to do this?" Aiden Mumbles.
His heart rumbled and felt extremely claustrophobic and burning. All this because of him.
"Why do you have to help me, Cath?" aiden asked with his eyes reddened.
Aiden could not imagine how Catherine would react when she learned of her condition.
"Really Cath, you don't have to do this. How come?" he was unable to speak anymore. He felt something sharp clog his throat.
"I don't understand how you could have loved me this deep." No longer able to hold back his cries. Her tears washed her cheeks.
"I don't deserve this much love from you" he muttered looking at the still-sleeping Catherine.
"I hurt you often. But you returned me with such sincere love. How can I get all this. How should I repay him?"
"I'm not too late to love you and understand you. Even now I still can't understand you. How can you love me like this. I really don't deserve this much sacrifice from you."
"I should have been paralyzed and injured. I should have received all this pain. You don't deserve this pain. You should be happy."
Aiden could only cry in silence staring at Catherine's face.
"For now let me take care of you, make you happy. From this time on allow me to always be by your side. I want to repay your love. I want to be the one who can make you happy."
"Hurry and open your eyes. I'm waiting for you here." Aiden kisses Catherine's meninges.
***
Harry came to the hospital and saw Aiden sitting quietly in front of Catherine's room.
"How is he doing? Is everything okay?" asked Harry who took a seat on Aiden's side.
"Why should it be like this. Why am I not the wretched one. Why should he protect me. Why am I so useless," exclaimed Aiden rubbing his face with a huff.
"You don't blame yourself. All this is his destiny. There's nothing to blame for this."
"How can he love me this sincerely.".
"I don't know how love feels. I've never even loved anyone."
"Aidens... What about Catherine?"
The question made the two of them turn to the source of the voice where Evelyn was standing.
"After getting word here.how did you, I came straight here. How's Catherine?" evelyn asked looked very worried.
"He's still unconscious" Aiden said.
Harry looked red to his ears when he saw Evelyn there.
He felt his heart pounding fast and it felt like he wanted to jump out.
"W-how does Catherine get so badly hurt? Huh, that jerk really wants me to be mocked to be Robert's bitch!" exclaim Evelyn fiery.
Seeing Evelyn's innocent and funny behavior made Harry very anxious. I want to date Evelyn.
"It's all because of me" cried Aiden.
"What do you mean?" evelyn asked her forehead.
Aiden also suspects what happened.
"If Catherine hadn't protected me then. Maybe he won't lie there" he said.
"Don't blame yourself" cried Harry.
"really. You don't have to blame yourself." Harry felt very happy as Evelyn agreed to his words.
"Yes, you're right" murmured Aiden.
The three of them were silent and pensive with their own thoughts.
***
TBC...
04-05-2020