His Ex Wife

Present

Yvonne thought a lot after Iyan had left. She did not know how to approach Scott again after last night, he had been very ignorant to her. She had to bow to her ego if she really wanted to get even with Zachary Scott Anderson. But his last message that had said sorry came to her mind.

She wondered if he had melted after her caring speech last night and then came about that it was Scott she was talking about, if only he had a heart…

Yet, she tried to not think of that- thinking about that would have made it worse- and opened her phone to call him. He did not pick up the first time. Restless by now, she tried his number again and it was picked up at the very first ring this time.

“What do you even want Yvonne?” Anna replied, irritation slicking off her tone in every word.

Yvonne’s mouth was agape by now, she did not even know what to make of this. Just yesterday Scott had announced his divorce with Anna and today they were already back together? She rejected this theory thinking about what Scott had said last night about that other girl but that still did not answer the questions that rose one after the other, like bubbles in a soda, in her mind.

“Anna? What are you doing with Scott? Where is Scott?” she asked in complete disbelief.

She heard her sigh in annoyance hearing her myriad of questions before she replied very strictly to her, “If you’re so bothered to know, come to Welkor Cornell Clinic, emergency unit, room 908,” and hung up.

Yvonne would have asked what had happened but Anna was not really the type to let information out very easily but she could guess that it was not something good that had happened, no wonder she had been feeling very uneasy since the morning- she had probably not even stopped thinking about Scott.

She quickly got dressed in her casual blue jeans and formal green top and got a small purse that did not exactly match her outfit, but she had no time to get a perfect match for clothes right now, this was no trip to the mall. She braided her hair and quickly sprinted outside the door to get in her car. At least she knew how to drive, it was a small car but sufficient to get her around.

As she drove to the clinic- which was an hour’s drive away, the thought of calling Iyan crossed her mind but she assumed he was already busy, it was too early to bother him for things like this. She preferred to deal with all this on her own.

When she reached the clinic, it was already 6 pm by then. Her stomach grumbled as she struggled to find a parking; she was already feeling too nervous…Scott, his ex-wife…It was just not something she had her mind prepared for but she walked in the emergency unit anyway.

Not being able to find anyone she knew around the busy corridor of the - Anna, that is- Yvonne asked a nurse where room 908 was and she pointed to the end of the corridor. She still tried to look around for Anna but no sign.

As soon as she entered the room 908, there he was, the richest man in New York City, Scott Anderson, lying on the patients’ bed like a child. He looked anything but powerful right now, rather he was pitiful. But Yvonne was in shock to see him like this.

was barely visible due to all the bandages. His left hand also lied fractured, well positioned on his lap so he could not misplace it. His eyes were peacefully shut, he would not wake up

the room with a young man in a white coat, he had X-Rays in his

you?” the man

face was turned into a total grimace by now, it was so evident that she did not even want to stand

she spit out vehemently throwing a death glare to Yvonne but Yvonne’s attention was divided and torn between the

her voice was filled

at Yvonne questioningly and then looked back at Anna like he relied better on her. But Anna only looked away in

Yvonne said calmly, “What

pause and then looked at Anna, “I

do you want to know anything else as well?” Anna retorted loudly and rather, irritatingly and rudely to the doctor,

eyes, Yvonne explained, “I am his first wife, Anna is

to remain quiet. This was not the first time she was seeing Yvonne, she had been watching Yvonne since she had gotten after Scott in Italy. Of course, she had known her far before then as well. Her strategy to seduce Scott and break his marriage would not have been successful if she had not first observed Yvonne and tarnish her image first

towards Yvonne, she seemed like a much more comfortable or in his mind- safer option than Anna at

explaining, “In the accident Scott Anderson had last night, it was only luck that saved his life, his death was definite in any other

actually bearing the tag of Dr. Lolark, now showed Yvonne the X-Rays of Scott’s head, specifically focused on the brain, “The accident actually caused him a fair amount of damage to his internal brain structure known as the limbic system. Temporal lobes in this brain structure have been broken, generally these structures lie deep within the center of your brain and thus, the hippocampal function has also been affected. The limbic system actually controls all your emotions

unable to absorb all this information at one go, Yvonne asked again, “So

at this stage, the X-Rays that we took right after he was brought here indicate high possibilities of Amnesia but he has not regained conscience till now. He has already been unconscious since the past 8 hours, if he does not regain conscience by tonight, I’m afraid it might be a

the wall for support. The man who lied in front of her had given her nothing but pain, betrayal and misery all her life and yet, she prayed

hand on Yvonne’s shoulder looking at how seriously she was going to take this, “He is not brain dead though, which is a good sign…It’s going to get better, hope for

turned to Anna and asked if she was ready to sign the papers about the patient’s future responsibility and custody. She looked at Yvonne for a long moment, expecting Yvonne

Scott to have a closer look

decorated on his shoulders and women lying at his feet, was now just vulnerable and weak, at the mercy of God if He chose to

but she found a boy standing at the door, lost. The boy was around 10, his dark blue and hazel eyes were