Chapter 37 - 37

The doctor sat at his seat as he recalled every detail of Reiner's case as to narrate it to us, but my heart could hardly wait to hear what he had to say. Whatever he is going to say can either put my mind and heart to rest or kill me. I won't be able to forgive myself if at all it is true that I am responsible for Reiner's condition.

"Ahh, I remember now. It was on a weekday that day when Reiner was brought in by his sister. It was a very scary day for not just the siblings but the whole hospital."

"Why? What happened?"

"Reiner was brought into the hospital in a very critical condition. He was having seizures and his heart was acting up in a way that none of us could explain. His sister had placed the whole hospital on lockdown and threatened to ruin the hospital if we didn't save him."

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Flashback (8 years ago..)

"Doctor, I need help!" Rocky screamed as she rushed into the hospital.

"What is the problem miss?" asked one of the nurses at the hospital.

"My brother. He is in the car and I have no idea what is wrong with him. He was complaining about pain in his heart and then he suddenly fainted," she explained to the nurses she forcefully pulled her to her car to take a look at Reiner.

They helped get Reiner out of the car and got him admitted to the hospital but as it was a busy day in the hospital the doctors were all occupied with patients. Rocky sat next to her brother and held on to him as he took heavy breaths. Fear ran down her spine and she lost her mind.

She couldn't imagine losing her brother after all that they had been through together. She still had a lot to say to him and make up for. She had just begun redeeming herself as a sister and now life threatened to take her brother away from her. She shouted for the doctor to come and attend to him but the nurses kept giving her excuses. Her blood boiled when there was no one to attend to her brother.

"Micheal," she shouted and a man in a black suit rushed to her side.

"Yes miss," he answered.

"I want every doctor in this hospital attending to my brother now!" she demanded. "And if any one of them refuses then I want you to make sure that even their tenth generation won't ever forget this day," she added her whole body trembling with anger.

Micheal went out for a minute and when he returns all the doctors in the hospital were rushing to attend to Reiner. The whole hospital was closed from the windows to the doors and the other patients wondered who the important figure could be that is being treated in the hospital.

Reiner was taken to the ICU and the doctors and nurses were doing their best to stabilize him but they couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. His heartbeat was far from irregular and other than that all else seemed to be fine with him. They conducted all the known tests on him and all of them returned negative.

They put him on oxygen to help him breathe but all their efforts seemed to be in vain. His heart would stop beating for a while and then start the next minute. They had the honor of pronouncing him dead six times only to have his heart start beating again.

Rocky on the other hand waited outside impatiently. Her head was hurting from all the worrying but she couldn't help it, she called her father and informed him of what happened to Reiner. She hesitated to call her mother after what the woman had done to her and her brother but with Reiner fighting for his life in the ICU room. She set aside her anger and hatred and gave their mom a call.

"Hello," said a sweet voice at the end of her call. Rocky tried to get the words out but they were stuck in her throat. She just couldn't look past the pain that she caused them. "I know that it's you, Rocky," she said but Rocky remained silent.

She had not heard that voice in a long time that she had forgotten what her mother's voice sounded like. "Reiner's life is in danger at the city hospital," she said in one breath and hung up immediately. All that mattered is that she told her, whether she decided to come or not was entirely up to her.

She paced up and down. Her mind thought of Brandon and how worried he must be about Reiner. She dialed Brandon's number on her phone but her hand froze before she pressed the call button. She recalled the big fight that the two had. Her mind raced like lightning at that very moment and many facts were coming up in her mind.

"Reiner was upset because of him. He wanted to leave because of him, today happens only because of him. He must have done something to Reiner for him to have called me at this hour to pick him up from the school. "

The last thing Reiner said before he fell sick " He prefers to be with Zane," she recalled her brother's words.

"And if I am not wrong he is said to have weird heart disease. Could he have infected my brother with hid disease," she asked herself and gritted her teeth? She wasn't just angry but her heart was filled with bitterness for Brandon.

"If anything happens to my brother. I will destroy you, Brandon," she swore. She deleted Brandon's number from her's and Reiner's phone. "If you survive this then I will make sure that Brandon is nothing more than a bad memory for you," she said and sat down.

"Rocky," she heard a familiar voice call to her from behind.

"Dad," she said turning around and running to him. She embraced him in a tight hug and let him comfort her. She held on to him tightly as her life depended on it which it did.

"What happened?" he asked worried about his son.

"Brandon," was all she gave him as a reply. She buried her head in his chest and enjoyed the warm comfort that he provided. She could feel him getting angry and tensed after she mentioned Brandon's name.

Mason Avery knew too well who Brandon was and the relationship he shared with his son. He was in no way against the idea of their relationship as long as Reiner was happy. But that boy had brought nothing but pain to his son's life that he felt like doing something that he would regret.

He had watched his son cry a lot since Brandon came into their lives but he stayed out of it but now he would have to do something. He couldn't allow his son's life to be ruined because of someone else's heartlessness.

"Mason," they both heard and turned towards the voice. "How is my son?" asked the woman in a short blue dress.

"As you care," Rocky retorted and walked away to get away from her.

"Lara, I don't have any news. The doctor is still attending to him," Mason replied. Lara and her husband sat down in the waiting area and waited for the news about Reiner from the doctor.