Chapter 20: Chapter 20

Kimberly Brown's POV

"Oh my God..., Alex..." I cried the moment I walked into the ICU and saw the state my son's in, Vicky came to my side and I didn't know when I unconsciously turned to hug her,...

My legs suddenly trembled and I feel like they can't carry my body, "my boy Vicky..." I cried again not knowing what to say, as tears began to pour from my eyes,

I turned to look at Alex again, looking from all the medical equipment in the room and the tubes connected to his body to them, and an oxygen mask on his face...

I still cannot believe that this is Alex, a healthy child that left home happy this morning, a child that agued with her sister over a toy, who was so full of life, I could not believe that is the same child lying here unconscious on a hospital bed...

I feel like my mouth is in my throat, and I wish that I could somehow turn back the hand of time, I would have turned it back to the moment where he and Sandra argued over a toy, they could mess the whole house up, I wouldn't mind, I said within me, still looking at my boy lying here almost lifeless.

"That b*stard," I cursed, "he did this to you, he is going to pay for doing this to you..." I cried and turned towards the door,...

"Where are you going, Kim?" Vicky asked, as she held onto my arm, holding me back.

"I need to go and see that b*stard, he needs to pay for what he has done to my son..." I snapped,

"Calm down Kim, you don't need to do that,..." Vicky was saying, and I couldn't help it...

"Calm down, calm down, how can I calm down Vicky, look at Alex, is this the Alex you went out with?..." I cried, tears keep coming down my face,...

"Take a look at Sandra," I told her, pointing at Sandra who is crying on Jimmy’s shoulder as she sees Alex, ..."Look at me, that b*stard put tears on my face, he put tears on my daughter's faces, he put tears on my mum's face and took away her life, now Alex? Is he going to take Alex from me too?" I asked and pulled my arms furiously away from her grip...

...my heart heavy with anger, "not again Vicky, I need to make him pay for what he has done to Alex..." I told her shaking my head sideways...

"Not like this Kim!" Vicky said again and rushed to hug me this time, in other to stop me I guess...

"Don't do something you are going to regret, look Sandra is watching you, Alex too, please Kim..." She continues as I tried to pull myself away from her,...

"Get a hold of yourself, Kim, look at Sandra, what do you want her to think? Alex is going to be alright..." Jimmy told me...

"Come on Kim, let it go, for now, Alex will be fine... I don't want you to make a scene..." Vicky said too, still holding me...

"Make a scene? I don't care if I make a scene..." I snapped again, my heart swelling more with anger... "Who's side are you on anyway?" I asked feeling very frustrated right now...

"Mummy don't cry..." Sandra said to me, the sound of her voice froze me and instantly, as if it brought me back on my senses, I stopped trying to pull myself away from Vicky forceful, she suddenly let me go too when she saw my reaction to Sandra's words...

I turned slowly towards her... "sweetie, mummy is not crying anymore, look, am not crying anymore..." I said to her in a near trembling voice, wiping the tears away from my face...

Jimmy put her down and I knelt on one knee and hugged her, Sandra too must be suffering, I said within me, still holding her and looking at Alex on the bed...

And then the image of Kyle flashed through my head, he looked alright, am sure the man has not seen hardship and this made me even angrier, ... I bit my lower lip as I recalled his speech earlier too, "...am going to pay whatever it takes to make your son better..." as if he is also going to make the pain he feels go away, or the pain I and my daughter feel go away...

"Is Alex going to be an alright mummy?" Sandra asked looking at Alex when Jimmy picked her up again away from me, I guess he sees how distorted I looked.

"Yes, sweetie... sure..." I replied to her question still in a near trembling voice, trying to hide my tears from her.

"Alex is going to be alright Kim, let's just wait for him to wake up, as the doctor has said..." Vicky told me putting her arms around my neck,...

I realize just now, that her hands are trembling, I turned to look at her face, she is trying to hide how she feels.

"Vicky, are you okay?" I asked, she nodded in response and gave me a weary smile, but I sensed something is not right,...

Here I am wallowing in my pain that I did not take note of others around me, I turned to look at Jimmy who is standing by our side as he heard the question I asked Vicky, his facial expression too seemed so dark...

"Are you alright Vicky?" Jimmy asked, touching her face.

" Come and sit over here Vicky, you don't look good," Jimmy told her, taking her hand and leading the way to a chair here.

"Am sorry Kim, this is all my fault, I should have paid more attention to your kid's, I should have..." Vicky said as tears started rolling down her cheeks,

I quickly covered her lips with my palms, shaking my head sideways as she tries to speak further... I did not realize how hurt Vicky is because of what happened... I mean she is also like a mother to them and she loves them very much like they were her children,...

I failed to see her pain as well, she has protected my kids right from when they were in my stomach, and if it weren't for her I would never have met them... "Am so sorry Vicky, am so sorry."

"No Kim, I am,..." She said, I shook my head sideways again, and threw my arms around her neck, feeling a little energy in me now that I remembered I am not alone in this.

"Excuse me," a nurse said to us, "Please you can wait at the lobby, it's over there..." the nurse said, pointing to a corner outside the ward.

"Okay, thanks," Jimmy told the nurse.

I took a glance at Alex before walking behind them, out of the ward.

A few steps away into the lobby, I sighted a figure of the man I despise so much in the world...