Cassandra's POV
"Your children are missing, someone kidnapped them," Daniel said.
I stood up for my wheelchair turning to face Daniel. I held my hands together praying and hoping that this was all a joke and a lie.
"Daniel, where are my children?" I asked my eyes tearing up as my vision became blurry and my voice breaking.
"I'm sorry Cassie. I promise we'll find them. We are searching every corner of this hospital and looking at every video footage. I promise we'll find them." Daniel said trying to reassure me
Xavier tried getting up, out from his bed but failed. I could tell he was struggling and in pain.
"Xavier, you should calm down. You need to rest." Daniel said.
"How can I, my newborn children are missing!" he yelled.
"Calm down sir, we have the situation under control." The doctor said.
"If you had the situation under control they wouldn't be missing in the first place," Xavier replied.
I felt light-headed and weak my head spinning. As I was falling, I felt a hand on my back before passing out.
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I opened my eyes slowly, Lynne staring directly into my face, her face frowned as if she was doing an investigation.
"She's awake!" Lynne exclaimed, moving away from my face.
I was back on my hospital bed staring at the ceiling, remembering everything that happened before I passed out.
A part of me was still hoping that it was all a bad dream, that I would be greeted by the cries of my newborn babies. But even I knew better.
I was lost in my thoughts when Lynne noticed where my thoughts were headed, she looked at me downhearted then quickly looked away.
Ethan was standing in a corner, his hands on his chin with his 'brainstorming' expression on.
My whole life was a tragedy.
One misfortune followed after the other. Whenever something good happened, I couldn't help but wonder what bad was going to come next.
Now I've lost my children. The only people that gave my life meaning and that truly kept me going.
I couldn't help but wonder if they were alright, or if they were still alive.
I wasn't giving up until I have them back into my arms. I'd hold them so close to me, I would never lose sight of them again.
After a couple of hours of silently crying, I finally gathered the energy and strength to get up.
The nurse wouldn't let me out of her site or allow me to go and look for my children myself.
I felt so hopeless, and I hated that feeling.
All I knew was that there was a search party and they were doing the best they could, which wasn't good enough.
I was feeling completely numb, with my head spinning but the thought my children gave me the strength I needed.
The nurse was giving me an injection when I heard the sound of the doorknob turn.
Daniel walked in, his eyes narrowed onto the ground avoiding eye contact.
I focus my eyes on him as you walked towards me. I hoped and prayed that he had good news, for once. That they had finally found my children.
"I'm sorry Cassie," He said then swallowed hard, his Adam's apple moving down. "We couldn't find them."
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***SIX DAYS LATER***
"Cassie, you need to talk to someone," Lynne said.
Ever since I left the hospital, I haven't spoken to anyone nor have I said a single word.
Lynne was staring at me. Daniel and Xavier standing behind her, Daniels's arms folded.
Xavier stared at me his eyes whelmed up in emotions.
"You can't go on like this anymore. I know you hurting, we all are. I want you to know we here for you and to help you." She continued.
They hadn't found my kids yet, despite all their efforts.
The past four days I've kept myself locked in. Xavier was discharged from the hospital and, so was I. His wound wasn't as serious as we thought. I can tell that he is still in pain. He just refuses to show it, although he can still do some things on his own.
Lynne wouldn't understand, she still had her baby safely in her stomach.
"If you wanted to help me you would find my children," I finally spoke.
"Cassie, they are doing the best they can. We will find them." She said.
I'm sick of hearing 'they're doing the best they can' when it isn't getting them anywhere closer to finding my children.
"Just get out," I said.
Lately, I've been lashing out on everyone around to me, it's a way of me dealing with this.
"We're only trying to help you," Daniel said coming closer, but immediately stopped when I glared at him.
"I just want to be left alone, please leave," I said.
Xavier didn't utter a word. His eyes narrowed to the floor as if to say you felt the same way.
This time they didn't keep on persisting. I didn't want to end up saying things I didn't mean.
They walked out, one after the other. Lynne gave me a small smile before shutting the door.
Deep down I was crying for help, I didn't know how to handle this thing alone.
I laid my head onto the pillow.
My mind went back to the first time I held my children. I was overwhelmed into my thoughts, the anxiety creeping in. I felt like I couldn't breathe. I wanted to shout. I was out of breath while my heart was racing.
"Breath," I kept repeating to myself mentally.
I closed my eyes trying to breathe, but it was only deteriorating. The more I tried, the more I failed.
This room was overwhelming me, I hadn't stepped a foot outside of this room in the last four days. I needed to get out of here.
Gathering up all my strength, I stood up from the bed and walked to the door.
Reaching for the doorknob, my hand suddenly stopped. As much as I wanted to breathe, I wasn't sure I wanted to face them.
That's when I heard the mumbles down the corridor.
Focusing on their voices, my panic attack suddenly stopped. It took the attention away from my panic attack which helped me relax, finally able to catch my breath.
I wanted to know what they were talking about, they seemed deep into conversation.
All I heard was my name and then a few loud yells which I couldn't make out what they were saying.
I turned the doorknob and opened the door. Walking into the corridor, my heart rate began to ease.
The voices were coming from Xavier's study. The door was closed but now I could make out perfectly what they were staying.
"Someone must have planned this. Around that time, all the cameras in that area were shut down. No one can explain this," A deep gravelly voice said.
"The nurse who took the children for the apparent check-up has also gone missing. No one has seen her in the last four days." Another voice said.
I couldn't listen to this anymore, maybe it was time I accepted my new reality.
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