Chapter 14 - The Midnight Threat
The hours crawled by like a slow torture
the silence of the room filled only by the rhythmic ticking of the wall clock.
Megan woke up around three
her face tight with a sudden pain.
"Jake
it hurts,"
she gasped
holding her stomach tightly.
I panicked
jumping out of the chair and pressing the nurse call button repeatedly.
"What hurts
Megan? Is it the baby?"
"I don't know
it's a sharp pain in my lower abdomen,"
she cried
tears springing to her eyes.
Within seconds
a team of nurses and Dr. Reynolds burst into the room.
"What's happening?"
the doctor demanded
moving quickly to her side.
"She's having severe abdominal pain
Doctor,"
I explained
my voice shaking with terror.
He began to examine her
his expression turning serious as he looked at the monitors.
"Her blood pressure is spiking
and the baby's heart rate is dropping,"
he announced grimly.
"The stress might be inducing early labor
or worse
a placental abruption from the physical trauma."
"We need to get her to the operating room for an emergency C-section right now."
The room erupted into chaos as the nurses began to disconnect the monitors and wheel the bed out.
"Jake!"
Megan screamed
stretching her hand out to me as they rushed her down the hallway.
"I'm right here
I'm coming with you!"
I yelled
running alongside the gurney.
But as we reached the double doors of the surgical unit
a nurse stopped me.
"You can't come in here
sir
you need to wait in the surgical lounge,"
she said
pushing me back gently.
The doors swung shut
leaving me alone in the sterile corridor
my hands covered in cold sweat.
I stood there
feeling completely helpless
the weight of the entire world crashing down on me.
My wife and my unborn child were fighting for their lives inside that room
and it was all because of my mother's cruelty.
I walked slowly to the surgical waiting room
which was empty and dark.
As I sat down
the main doors opened and two men in security uniforms walked in.
They weren't the hospital security guards from earlier.
They were the private security guards who had been with my mother.
"Jake Evans?"
one of them asked
his voice cold and devoid of emotion.
"You need to come with us."
I stood up
backing away from them until my back hit the wall.
"Get away from me
or I will scream for help,"
I warned
looking around for any sign of life.
"There's no one here to help you
kid,"
the other guard said
reaching into his jacket and revealing the handle of a firearm.
"Your mother wants to see you
and she doesn't like to be kept waiting."
"If you come quietly
nothing happens to your wife inside that room."
The threat was clear and terrifying.
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They had infiltrated the hospital
and they were holding my family's survival over my head.
