My Desire

Episode 9
Kingsley and Francis ran after the nurses wheeling Sonia away, but they were sent back when they got close to the emergency unit.
Panic was written all over them. They were directed back to the reception by a nurse that rushed out of the emergency ward to get somethings.
Kingsley and Francis got to the reception but couldn’t sit down, they kept pacing round the room, none of them spoke,both minds were too occupied to speak.

For the next one hour, nurses just kept rushing in and out of the emergency ward giving no ear to questions thrown at them by the two disturbed men. This was driving them more crazy.

After about two hours of confusion, regrets, hot sweats mixed with tears in the well air conditioned room and fear of the unknown. The doctor came out of the ward adjusting the stethoscope on his neck and wiping sweats off his forehead with his white handkerchief.

Kingsley and Francis ran to him immediately to know the fate of Sonia. They were trying hard to keep their hearts in check with a pint of hope.
The doctor observed them and asked “who among you brought the lady?”
“I did!” Kingsley shouted facing the doctor squarely.
Immediately Francis spoke as well “Doctor, we brought her, please talk to us”
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The doctor sighed and spoke “well, there is no need telling either of you to follow me to the office,and you both are grown to handle the situation I suppose. But first, what lead to the stabbing, I mean, how….”
“Will you swallow all these gibberish and tell us the situation of things!” Francis flared up startling Kingsley who had never seen him get so vexed.
“Yes doctor, you are not meant to be asking us stories, please how is she?” added Kingsley after recovering from the shock Francis’s voice created.

The doctor adjusted the stethoscope once more, trying to calm down after the abrupt break, then he said “she’s in coma presently, with just 40% chances of survival. If you had brought her in five minutes later, we would have lost her. She is on life support,all we can do now is to keep the life support on for as long as she is still alive, and to keep passing the drips, hoping she wakes up. Don’t forget i said it is a 40% chances of survival”
When Francis heard the news, he rested on the wall with the whole part of his body vibrating. He wasn’t strong enough for such news. “Oh Sonia, please don’t die” he wept bitterly in his heart.

Kingsley tightened his fist and felt dumb all over as he stared blankly at the doctor. “Sonia can’t die! No way!” he screamed within himself.

The doctor watched them react to the news he gave them, then added “right now, you have to make a deposit of seventy thousand naira so that we can begin the treatment proper. Delay might be dangerous. Subsequent payments will be passed across to you. So please see the receptionist, she will direct you on how and where to make the payment. Also, i will need to see the reciept once you make the payment. Which among you should I be expecting?”

“I’ll pay” Kingsley and Francis said simultaneously. Francis faced Kingsley and spoke angrily “young man, she is my fiancé, and you are nothing but a betrayal!”

Kingsley felt like punching him, but he tightened his fist in his pocket and spat out angrily too “oh really?! Was that why you tried murdering her? She is my bestie! And I will so make you pay for this either she recovers or not!”

“what the heck are you talking about? I will never do such a thing you bastard! Get away from here you son of a bitch!” Francis got more pissed. How dare he accuse him of such?

Kingsley tried saying something else but he was met by a blinding punch right on his nose. He couldn’t believe a meek man as Francis could give such a punch that would cause his nose to bleed.
The doctor came between them immediately to stop them from fighting, reminding them they were in a hospital and patients wants no noise.

The doctor had Kingsley attended to by a nurse, while raging Francis went to make the payment through transfer. He had no choice than to book a hotel close to the hospital pending Sonia’s recovery. He made a call through to his boss in Lagos and explained the situation of things to him. He was then given a month leave out of his actual three months leave which was to start towards the end of the year.
He had the urge to call Sonia’s mum and explain things to her, but again, he felt he could handle it and save her and her husband the stress. So he never called. If only he had known the help a call to them would do.

Kingsley was angry he couldn’t deal with Francis right at the hospital. He was in so much pain with his nose plastered.
He thought hard on what to do, then he made a call to his police friend, who happens to be an inspector…