Chapter 36: chapter 36

I stopped my car under a tree and searched for her. God! Show her face! Show her face! A few seconds after, she came out of the graveyard talking on her phone. She was wearing a black sweater and jeans with matching black shoes. I let out a breath, relieved. Shit! She is good. My stupid mind! I cursed it, You scared me for whole 10 minutes.I battled myself, whether talk to her or not. No! You promised that you won't disturb her. Leave her alone, you came to see her, she is well and safe. I sighed and eyed her, Ana Thomas What the hell you did to me? Why can't I replace you? Within a year, she changed much. She became lean, her hair colour is now brunette, but still the same feathered bangs. Her works, I don't even have words to appreciate it. Most of them who I met had a good opinion of her. I'm so proud of her, she built her empire from the base. I can assure she'll challenge that Collins very soon and I'll stand with her no matter what happens.She crossed the road to reach her car,  which is parked on the opposite side. Out of nowhere, a car rushed towards her at high speed. She was in the middle of the road, still on her phone. A hole formed in my stomach and I lost my breath. No! I need to do something. I did what first struck my mind.I stepped out of my car and ran shouting her name, "Ana! Look on your right!" She looked up from her phone and got confused seeing me. She turned her right and saw the car. Her legs refused to move out of fear. She let her phone on the ground, still processing what's happening.I ran with all of my energy and pushed her away from the spot. She landed near the footpath. But before I can save myself, that car hit my legs. That's all I sensed, after few seconds I was laying on the road with unbearable pain in my legs and head.A few minutes before,     After making a decision, I took my phone to dial Chris. What a coincidence! He called me! Maybe we have a telepathic connection. I smiled and tried to dial his number, but I got a call from Gideon I answered it, "Yes, sir?""Umm...Ana I called to Thank you"."For what Sir?""Without your information, we wouldn't have arrested the entire gang"."Seriously Sir! I have nothing to do with it. I came there for my personal life. It's purely coincidental"."Whatever it is! If you didn't bring Dylan to me, I wouldn't have arrested Mossimo and his henchmen. So, I owe you one".I came out of the graveyard, "Ok then, it's accepted"."Thanks again"."Umm...what about Dylan?""Well, he is in custody for now. We need to enquire some things with him".After leaving Chris in his place, I immediately dialled Gideon and explained Dylan have nothing to do with this."Are you gonna arrest him?""No, I don't think so. We don't have proper evidence to do that. He just came to meet his client. But we can arrest that client for sure. He'll be leaving once we get what we need" he chuckled.I crossed the road, "Okay, sounds good and congratulations on the arrest"."Yeah...also with that, be careful. That Mossimo still has connections. If they come to know you are the reason for his arrest, there will be consequences. Mostly, I'll cover for you and don't worry about Dylan I'll take care of him" he warned me."No problem, I can manage it"."Ana! Look at your right!" I heard a voice shouting at me. I recognised it, it's Chris. I turned to look at the place where the voice is coming. He was sweating and pointed to my right. I immediately turned to look. Omg! A car at high speed is approaching me and it's not slowing down. My hands shivered and let my phone down. I tried to move away, but my legs refused to move. Omg! Omg! I'm gonna die. I closed my eyes in fear.Suddenly, someone pushed me away. I stumbled and fell near the footpath with my face hitting the road. As a result, I got a scratch near my lip and it bled. It took a minute to sense that I'm okay. I turned to look at the car, my whole world stumbled. There, Chris was hit by that car and he went up in the air and landed down after a minute. That car rushed away immediately. I tried to look at his face, but I had a good note on the license plate. Son of a bitch! I went near Chris.He lay still on the road, "Chris! Chris! Look at me!" I shouted and took his head in my hand. I felt something wet in my hands, omg! It's... its blood. His head was bleeding. He was in and out of consciousness."No! No! No! Chris! Chris! Don't leave me! look at me! Please! Please! I beg you!" I held his hand, "Look! Look! I'm gonna call 911".I looked at my phone, it was few distances apart from us and broken. Fuck! I searched his pocket and found his phone. I dialled 911 with trembling hands, within a ring a male voice answered, "911, what's your emergency?""I...I...we...we...met with an accident...I need an Ambulance. He is bleeding, please come soon!" I sobbed."Relax! Mam! Tell me your location, we'll send medics"."The...the...Evergreen cemetery...please send them soon...he is getting unconscious and his head is bleeding...please...please"."Ambulance is dispatched to your location. Until then, don't let him unconscious. They'll be there in two minutes"."Thank you" I hung up.I looked at him, he was losing his conscious shit! "Chris! Chris!" I bought his head close to my chest, "Please! Please! Stay with me!" I begged him.He tried to open his eyes, "I...I...never thought I'll say this in this situation" I kissed his forehead weeping, "I...I...love you, Chris. I want you, Please! Please! Don't leave me. I love you so much. You are the one for my life. Please!" Tears rolled down my cheeks.Still, he tried to open his eyes, "Look! Look! We can marry. We'll give our kids what we lost, a perfect childhood. Please! Chris! Don't leave me".An ambulance came, I felt a little relieved. They rushed up and made him lay down on the structure. He held my hands firmly until he was taken into the emergency room.I stood outside alone in the verandah, his blood was all over my clothes and hands. I sobbed and prayed, Jesus! Please! Don't take him from me. I love him.I called Jamie and Chuck from Chris's phone and told them everything in a broken voice. After few minutes, my whole gang came with a shocked face. I hugged Jamie, "He is there because of me, Jamie. He was bleeding, I should be inside now, he took my place" I cried."Ssh...ssh...he gonna be okay" he rubbed my back. Others surrounded us and gave us comfort. Jamie gave me few seconds to cry, "Ana, you are bleeding too" Alex said in a worried voice."Yeah, you need to see a doctor" Jake replied."No, I wanna be with him" I sobbed."You can after dressing, come with me" Aaron pulled me out of Jamie's chest.I was given dressing to my wounds and fresh clothes. I came back to the emergency room as fast I could, Chuck was there."Anything from Doctor?" I asked."No, they are operating him" Jamie sounded worried."Ana, what happened?" Chuck asked anxiously.I explained everything to them, "So, it's not an accident" Henna asked, "He knows what he is doing"."Did you see his face?" Alex asked.I shook my head, "No, but I got his licence plate"."Then what are we waiting for? we need to find that bastard" Chuck grind his teeth.I tried to resist, but I couldn't. Fresh drops of tears rolled out of my eyes, Jamie touched my shoulder, "Ana! No!""I am the reason for this...if anything happens to him...I'll...I won't forgive myself"."No...nothing gonna happen to him" he tried to assure me."I wish the same, Jamie" I wiped my tears away, "Cause if he didn't make it" I clenched my fist, "That scumbag who did this won't be alive. This would be last day on his Earth"."Ana! Calm down!" Alex tried to touch me."There is nothing to calm down" I shouted and shrugged his touch, "You are right. Come on! We have to hunt that son of a bitch".Jamie and Chuck looked at each other, "Umm...maybe we can handle it" Chuck said, "You may stay with Chris".I sniffed my nose, "Either you guys accompanying me? Or I'm alone?"They once again looked at each other, "With you" they both replied in a ghostly voice."I bet that guy will die" I heard Naira mumbling behind me.