
Ryan Flasback.
"RYAN..." All Ryan could hear was Chris' voice as he felt an excruciating pain in his chest. He turned his head and looked at Chris's face, but could not see him clearly as he floated down from the cliff. Ryan was shot and scared to cover him.
"I don't want to die, Rulianna's waiting for me with Ezra and Raylie. Ahhe... I can't leave them" Inner Ryan was in the middle of his body drifting down from the cliff. That was the only thing that came to his head. Ryan fell into the water and he found himself suffocating from the excruciating pain in his chest. And at the same time he was in the water. Ryan closed his eyes wanting to give up and let it go but...
"NO..." Ryan's heart in his heart for not being able to say. Ryan's mind was filled with Anna's smile and her way of asking Ryan to come back.
"I'll be back" murmured Ryan softly. Eyes open. And he pressed one hand on his chest and started swimming. It was the most painful injury Ryan had ever experienced in his life, but for Anna and her children, Ryan had to stay alive.
Ryan slowly came out of the river. After Ryan reached the riverbank, he fell on the sandy soil. Ryan took a few heavy breaths as he wanted to stay alive. His body was numb and all he wanted was sleep. Ryan knew for sure that if he fell asleep now, there would be no next day to look up at the sunrise. Ryan forced himself to stay awake without closing his eyes. And finally Ryan slowly forced himself to rise from the ground. When he looks around. Only the forest looks dark. There's only moonlight.
No matter how dangerous the forest looked, Ryan entered the forest and walked into the forest. Moments later, Ryan finds a large tree he can sit on. Ryan waited for a moment and caught his breath. Suddenly he heard a wolf howling. The wolf sounded so far away, but they would take at least fifteen minutes to come to the place where Ryan was if they smelled blood.
"Damn.." said Ryan while taking off the jacket and t-shirt he was wearing. Ryan looked at his own wound while sighing. Ryan is very lucky. Because that damn bullet went through a few inches of his heart.
"Rulianna, wait for me" Ryan smiled as he recalled his wife. Ryan quickly picked up the dagger he was carrying. Ryan felt his eyesight blurred due to the pain that plagued him. Slowly Ryan stabbed his wound with a dagger and tried to pull out the bullet.
"Urgh... Be ill... Damnit.. I should have listened to Rulianna and stayed home" Ryan said. His body began to numb and Ryan slowly closed his eyes. But his eyes reopened when he remembered that he had a family and had to go back there. Ryan calmed himself down and took a deep breath as he started to take out bullets, but the pain was something Ryan could not ignore.
"It's not the first time I've been shot but why is it so painful? " Murm Ryan. He tried for hours but couldn't because the bullet went too deep. His body became completely numb and there was no more strength.
"I don't want to die, but there's no way to survive without taking out this bullet" Ryan murmured to himself. His gaze slowly darkened and he felt like sleeping. It was exhausting, but suddenly Ryan heard footsteps and someone was walking on dry leaves. It wasn't an animal and Ryan swore. His eyes opened again and he quickly looked around and saw something that made his heart flustered and shocked. The one who came was a pregnant woman. Wearing a light yellow long dress and Ryan knew she was a young woman in her mid-twenties. Ryan was very curious, because of what a woman in a dangerous forest in the middle of the night did like this. Ryan watched her, but he couldn't even see her face clearly because her hair was so long. Ryan felt his heart pound as the woman walked towards him. Ryan had a dagger in his hand, but he also did not want to hurt a pregnant woman. Ryan looked at his feet that were not wearing sandals or shoes, and his skin that looked smooth. The woman stopped in front of Ryan and bowed then she raised her hand and touched Ryan's face. For no apparent reason, Ryan did not reject his touch.
"Ryan, look. You really are a stubborn child" said the woman.
"What the fuck? How the... How does he know my name? " Inner Ryan.
"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Ryan asked the woman in front of him as she grabbed his wrist. Then the woman looked at Ryan and smiled when Ryan saw her beautiful face. So beautiful and so familiar.
"Of course I know, I gave you this name, so I know it" replied the woman.
"Is he? Yes, she's the woman in the photo. There goes... My mother" Ryan was shocked and muttered inwardly.
"You've really matured and become the strong man I've always wanted to be. You caught my attention. And you're as handsome as Reishan. Little traitor" Ryan's mother pouted sweetly and took the dagger from my hand and removed it.
"You look so pretty mom" Ryan smiled at her mother and raised his hand. Then Ryan touched her mother's delicate skin. The blood on Ryan's hand was dirtying her mother's face, but without a care Tariana grabbed Ryan's hand and kissed him with a smile.
”Your father also said that. She had the same expression as you back then" A red gush appeared on her cheek and she smiled. Then she slowly started to pull bullets out of my chest.
"Fuck up. I can't hurt... Maybe because he touched. Very comfortable" Inner Ryan.
"Is my baby brother healthy? " Ryan asked and his mother laughed while nodding.
"Of course, he's a bully like you. Kicking mom and hurting mom all the time" Ryan saw her mother's face and his gaze fell on her mother's stomach. Ryan's mother doesn't have a big belly but she's very cute with that condition.
"Can I touch my mother's stomach? " Ryan was anxious to touch her but before that she asked her mother.
"Yes" Tariana nodded at Ryan while focusing on her son's injuries. Slowly Ryan put a hand on his mother's stomach and stroked her. Ryan smiled as he felt the fetus move. Anna's stomach was like this when she was pregnant with Raylie.
"Ryan, how's Reishan doing?" Tariana suddenly asked Ryan while looking at him. His face was filled with an expression of sadness.
"He's not okay, ma'am. But I've been staring at your pictures for hours and he won't even come out of his room. He misses you so much" replied Ryan He smiled broadly and nodded at Ryan.
"Tell him that I love him. Not only her but I love you too" Tariana pinched Ryan's cheek and smiled. Her smile is so beautiful. No wonder Ryan's father fell in love with him.
"Here, the bullet" Tariana gave the bullet and then tore off the tip of her dress and wrapped it around Ryan's chest to prevent blood from continuing to flow out.
"So Ryan, you walk through this road and you will see a small village. Then everything will be fine" Tariana stood up and pointed her finger in a direction.
"Will he leave me and Dad again? " Inner Ryan.
"Mom, come with me" Ryan immediately stood up and grabbed his mother's hand. Tariana looked at Ryan and smiled and shook her head.
"No, I can't. So please baby, listen to mom and go over there" Darianna kissed Ryan's forehead and said as she pulled her hand out of her son's hand. Ryan's eyes reddened as he watched his mother take a few steps back.