When Fate Decided to Play its Part

CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR;

Hospital

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The telephone clanked after Melanie placed it back. After that, the noise faded into the background, she, and the other two were standing still next to her. The three adults in the room were still processing the information they recieved as fast as they can so they will not scare the little boy that was with them.

Kai was sitting on the chain near from them. His arms were laying on the table and he was dangling his feet. He's structure is small after all. He still needs support when sitting down or getting off of the chair sometimes. The little boy was silently staring at the back of the adults, his eyes that he got from her mother were still, it was as if he was fallen into a deep thought.

He heard everything they said on the phone, his youbg brain still can't fully understand the conversation at all. But the look on their faces and the emotion laced with worry, hesitation, and disbelief on their voices made him think:

'Something bad happened to mother.'

It was his little heart whispered to his brain. Kai clenched his small fist on top of the table and finally talked to break the silence in the room. "How... How's mother?"

His small voice echoed out, it was small, low, and it contained meekness that is not usually heard on his voice. This shocked Melanie and the other two. The three managed to conceal their shock and secretly glanced at one another.

Jack and Becca was looking at Melanie and their eyed were saying that she should handle it. Melanie sighed internally but she can't deny the fact that none of them except her can handle it without scaring Althea's kid. Jack is careless and often does things without a single sensible thought. Becca does things silently and she has no way with words.

Composing sentences that contains soft words begun to weave in her mind as she approaches the table where Kai was sitting. The little boy with his cute round eyes followed her movements. Melanie sat in frot of the kid.

"Kai," she said slowly. Try not to scare the kid. "Do you know that your mother went to a party right?"

Kai nodded his small head. "Yes."

"And you know that the hotel where that party was held were under hostage taking right?" She paused, trying to find words that can make a kid understand. "You know what hostage taking means right? Uhm-"

"There are bunch of bad guys inside there that is holding a scary weapon to scare the people inside the hotel!" Jack saved her. He walked towards them and stood on her side then tried explaining with animated movements. Even the emotions on his face were strangely exaggerated. He eas trying so hard to make it sound less serious. Melanie can't help but smile silently. "Unfortunately, your mother was there too! You know that right?"

Kai stared at him for a good whole minutes. Jack's smile was faltering but he was serious about making a face that says nothing serious is going on. Kai tried to play along. "Hmm. So what happened to my mother?"

"Uhm, about that," Jack sounds so hesitant. He looked over Melanie and she understood it right away. "Let Melanie explain it, so you can understand."

'And I won't get accountable when you cry after heading it.'

Melanie suddenly had the urge to punch him.

in the hospital. Your mother was shot by the, uh, bad guys." Melanie closed her eyes and had an internal screaming before opening it again and continued her

was hurt? So where's the hospital? Can we go now?" The eagerness was evident in his voice. He looked at the three

for now, we have to wait for Victoria's call, or message. We don't know which hospital she's in at the

telephone rang. The pairs of eyes looked at the counter wher the telephone is placed. It was

line and was constantly nodding her head. Her eyed

the address of the hospital. Melanie heaved a sigh of relief and

grab his jacket on the chair. It was cood

giving off a soft smile. It seems like he's going with them. She was actually considering about leaving him here with Becca

fine. He can just sleep on the truck, the vehicle they uses when Jack does deliveries, since going on the hospital will take at least

Becca. "Go grab yours and

road. Jack was the one who's driving while Melanie accompanied Kai on the front. Becca was the only one at the back, although she

along, he was just listening to the honks of the horns of the other cars and the constant complains of Jack. Melanie wants to plaster his mouth so he can shut up, but decided to go against it. She sighed again- as of now, she

mother?" She pondered a bit, trying to remember her name. "Charlier? What

the windows. "Charlotte. I have to

mother attend the party for her and her

echoed the

the phone and reached for it. Melanie thought he doesn't know hoe to use it, but when she was about to take it back and type the

was surprised. "You know how to make a

nodded. "Charlotte

the small face of the boy tgat was lighten up by the phone's light and asked herself:

do it in case..." He paused because Charlotte

so he asked.

bad guys.

The two adults

over protective to her son. What a good friend she

That was their thoughts.

A groggy voice answered.

"Charlotte, it's me."

Her voice suddenly sound lighter and full of life.

It seems like she's really bad

am- oh, we have 12 hours difference- it's already 9 in the evening there! Did your mother

So it's 9 in the morning at where she at but she sounds like she

head. "No.

["Shot?"]