Chapter 25: Chapter 25

As weakly and slowly as she could handle herself, Aims adjusted her head up and instinctively gasped— her eyes wide at the familiar figures in front of her.

“ Vicky?~ Martha... Rita? ” She groaned, every part of her body felt sore— shock etched her face. “ You? why are you doing this to me?”

She cried but they just scoffed and Vicky giggled along. “ I don't think I need to answer that— do I?” She asked, turning to Martha and Rita who answered with a “ No.”

“ What do you want from me...?” Aims shouted, and a strain of tears rolled down her eyes.

“ Shut — up, bitch! ” Vicky roared as she clenched Aims' jaws. She couldn't help but just stare at her with tear-stained eyes~ her grip was so strong that, she could feel the pain and the anger with which she held her.

Vicky smirked with a roguish gaze. “ Did we have to come this far?” She snorted with a chuckle. “ I warned you, Aims but you refused to listen — that thing you poses is mine and until you return it, you'll know no peace .”

She spontaneously shoved her off with a chuckle. Aims shrieked, her gaze followed Vicky who made a halt after a few paces away from her.

“ Did you think distracting us was the end— did you think I'll just let it slide off ?” She roared; landing a slap that made her roll off to the floor.

“ That was your biggest mistake !” She growled, her eyes red with fury.

“ What is it that you want from me?” She cried, trembling with tears.

“ Mart!, Aims... It's Mart I want, don't you get it? ~ Mart is mine and I'll never let you have him.” Vicky answered which spontaneously lit Aims' face with a faint smile.

“ Is that your wish?” She chuckled. Vicky, Rita, and Martha who were amused by her sudden expression just stared at her in confusion.

“ Sorry to burst your bubble, sister but he's already mine— all mine and there's nothing you can do about it...you know why?” She snorted. “ Because he loves only me and there's...”

A bang instantly cut her short.

“ Vicky!! ” Martha and Rita screamed in shock. Aims fell to the ground, the floor was soon covered in blood. “ What have you done, Vic?” Martha cried.

Vicky trembled at the sight and the gun spontaneously fell off her hand. "Umm... I don't ...know~ I don't know what happened.” She was was so furious that she didn't know when she snatched the gun and how she shot her.

Although they planned to get rid of her yet it wasn't her intention to do it by themselves. For a brief moment, they were thrown into a state of dilemma.

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On arrival, Mart heard the shot from the building. He panicked, the first thing which came to mind was Aims. “ Oh, no...Aims!— Aims!” He called, rushing into the building.”

On his way, he had already called the police with the destination to which they were yet to arrive.

“ I'll never let you have anything that's mine~not even when I'm dead.” Aims whispered in a weak voice. Enraged with her statement, Vicky shot her again—right in the chest.

Mart who was almost close heard the shot once again. “Aims!!” He shouted. He couldn't help but race over; only to find her in a pool of blood— unconscious.

Not taking note of the three ladies, he rushed over to where she lay. Vicky and her friends instinctively sped out, knowing that was their best chance to escape.

“ No, Aims?... Aims?— stay with me, please .” He cried, scooping her away in a haste.

OUTSIDE

The cops arrived right on time before they could escape. Vicky and her friends were immediately apprehended and sent to the police station.

Aimscious, with the help of Mart and an ambulance, was rushed to the hospital for immediate treatment.

“ Hang in there... Just a little longer, please.” He prayed.

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Aims were immediately rushed to the operation room on arrival. They couldn't waste much since her condition kept deteriorating with every passing second. As worried as he was, Mart couldn't bring himself to settle just for a second. He kept pacing in front of the ward.

A ring from his phone finally brought him to a halt. Distracted, he answered without checking the caller— thinking it was his mother since he had failed to call earlier as promised.

“ Oh, goodness~ Mart, finally...” The voice hit him; it was Solidad but as late as it was, he couldn't hang up.

“ You got me worried sick~ Can I talk to Aims?... her line is off.” She explained but Mart couldn't utter a word. Silent tears trekked down his cheeks and he couldn't bring himself to tell the situation.

“ Mart?... Can you hear me?— where's Aims?” She pressed. In sobs, he broke the silence.

“I'm sorry, mum.” That were the only words he could bring himself to utter.

“ Why?~ where's Aims?... What happened to my daughter? ” She said with a flinch.

“ She's in the operation room—”

“ What's she doing there?” Solidad cut in, sounding sarcastic. “ What the hell is she doing in an operation room~ is there where she studies now.”

“ She was shot~ "

“ Don't tell me this is happening...which hospital?”

“ Ridge hospital...” Mart answered. With that, the line suddenly dropped dead.

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Soon, Mart noticed Solidad approaching from the entrance, shuttered. “ Where's she ?— Where's my baby.” She cried, holding on to Mart.

His blood-stained shirt told Solidad how critical her daughter's condition was and she couldn't bring herself to imagine the state of her baby. Her knees instinctively felt numb and she fainted on the floor, wailing.

After hours of waiting, the doctor finally came out— in that instant, they sped to him.

“ How is she now?” They both chorused.

“ Slim chances of surviving— were're still doing our best. Let's pray she makes it because she lost a lot of ....”

Solidad's cardiac arrest spontaneously cut him short before he could complete his sentence.

Mart and doctor both rushed to her aid. “ Help us, please .” Mart out to the nurses at the reception while the doctor checked pores. They hurriedly moved her I the emergency ward while Mart waited at outside.

Upon hours of earnest wait, the doctor came out but the look on is face wasn't a pleasant one. He panicked; he instinctively knew something was wrong but he couldn't tell what exactly .

“ Sorry, but we lost her.” He announced .

“ No...no doctor— I mean, how?” He cried.“What I'm I to tell her?” His hands held tight on doctor's garment.

“I'm really sorry for your lost it we did our best.” The doctor consoled.