Water and Desert

50- Keep Breathing

"We need police, we need security forces. There's no way we are letting  this high profile criminal  go away from our hands." Brent told his assistant as he made his way swiftly  through  corridors.

"We are alert sir!" His assistant replied  chasing  his boss.

"Come on Shawn  pick up the damn call." Brent said in anxiousness  while continuously  dialling  his number. "We need to be quick. She could  do anything if we didn't  get there in time. " He said his final  words as he sat in his car while  trying  calling  Shawn but he wasn't  receiving  it.

Brent' s team got information about possible  location of  Hannah by tracing her and knowing  that she wasn't  at some specific place but heading  to some place  was making  Brent  worried.

"Sir she's  leading  towards downtown Toronto...to a restaurant. " His assistant  told him after hearing information  coming  from a device for in his ear. "Portuguese restaurant Adega."

"Fuck! I was afraid it would  happen." Brent opened  his own mic to address his team. "We are heading  towards the restaurant  now." He informed and started dialling  shawn's number again. "We have to inform detective Mendes right now.. call the hotel management  or do anything. "

"Ok sir but I think  she'd  be already  there till now."

"I don't  care just call. We can't  take risk.  He is with a witness of the most important  case having  no security out there."

"Right  sir!" The assistant  replied  making  his calls.

After 5 minutes they reached  the place with not a good news. Police sirens were  echoing  everywhere in the dark as the security forces reached the place before Brent. People  from the restaurant  were rushing  outside looking  traumatized and some were crying.  Brent didn't  like the vibe as he stepped  out of his car.

"Sir!" One of the policeman saluted Brent. "We are clearing  the crime scene. Unfortunately we didn't get in exact time and the girl was shot but we have captured the suspect with her gun."

"Who is shot?" Brent asked worriedly now crossing the crime zone.

"Sir Miss Cabello."

"What? Is she alright?" He asked as the sirens of ambulances  poured  in his  ears.

"It just happened few minutes ago. We can try our best to save her life."

As the police officer told him, the sight before Brent' s eyes made his heart break into pieces. Camila's body dipped in a pool of blood and her head was in Shawn's  lap whose hands were dripping  in blood itself. He was crying  like a child holding  her face telling  her to keep breathing  for him as the medical team was giving  her the first aid.  They were trying  to stop her blood from wasting. Brent  didn't  see Shawn  crying in his whole life. He always saw him as a tough heartless  guy but seeing  him like that, like a helpless scared man was a heartwrenching experience for him. For Brent  Camila's life  was just important cause of his case but for Shawn  it was far more important.  It was like shawn's life was dependent on it right now.

"Sir we have to take her to the hospital. " One of the guy from medical  staff told shawn who wasn't  letting  go of Camila's head. "Please  sir let us do our job so she could  survive. " Shawn  snapped  his head up for the first time after Camila  got shot. His eyes red, his face flushed in sweat and tears and his hair were a mess. He glared at the guy who got intimidated by that look but then released his hold on Camila. "Take her  but do anything to keep  her alive at any cost or I'll make everyone pay for their deeds." He said furiously.  The guy didn't  respond  but just hesitantly  removed  Camila  from his lap to put her on straiture.

Shawn got up and started moving  with the medical team as they took her outside the restaurant to put her in the ambulance. "Stay alive for me baby.  I know  you can do this. You're  so strong." He said stroking  her one hand while running  with a straiture.

"Sir please come with me, we need to do your checkup. " A nurse came halting  shawn in his way. 

"I don't  need  any checkup, I'm  alright. " He kept his eyes on Camila  as she was being  placed in the ambulance. "I'm going with her." He told them.

"But sir you need to be get in a separate  ambu-"

"Don't you fuckin hear me? I said I'm alright " Shawn  spat  in anger.

The nurse looked at him in fear like she had seen a ghost but a voice came from near to comfort  her. "Let him go!" Brent told the nurse and she got out of shawn's way. Shawn  got in the ambulance with Camila holding  her hand in his hand as the medical team started  their work. The whole time he didn't  let go of her hand and watched her keenly making  sure that she remained alive feeling her pulse beat from her wrist.

"Baby I know you're hearing me...stay with me please don't give up.." He pleaded squeezing  her hand as she was put on the straiture  again to move into the hospital.

"It's emergency, get away." One of the staff member shouted at the people getting out of the door.

"To the operation theatre. Be quick." The nurse came guiding them.

"Sir you've to stay outside this time. " The same guy from before told him.

Shawn looked at Camila for one last time with so much hope and pleading eyes.  "You know that I love you. Please don't leave me alone.  You're the only one I got. " He told her quickly kissing the back of her hand. Their fingers slipping away from each other as the straiture  moved inside the operation theatre.

"Shawn we need to talk. " Brent put his hands on Shawn shoulder who's gaze was fixed at the door of operation theatre.

"I can't now.."

"Ok but as soon as the operation will be over you've to record your statement.."

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