Hold Me Tight (Completed) ✔️

Chapter 49

Seokjin's pov

"Yes, I will be there." I disconnected the call before rushing out the house, harshly shutting the door behind me.

I was just out from shower when I got a call from an unknown number. Hesitantly I answered only to realise the call was from the hospital. Eliza was taken to the casualty in a critical condition.

My whole world stopped when I heard her name. I went numb. The energetic, cheerful girl whom I just saw a few hours back is now in a battle for her life. I couldn't get my thoughts straight as I quickened the pace to reach her as fast as possible. On the way I called and informed Emily.

"Excuse me a girl was brought a few minutes back to the casualty? Eliza." The words flowed out of my mouth, my mind still going haywire.

"She has been taken to the emergency room, sir." The staff informed after going through a quick search on the files. She gave me a form to fill in about my details and was told where to go to.

Without hanging by any more than already wasted I ran to the said location. Once I reached there, the doctor came to me to fill in with all that has happened.

"We had to bring her quick to the operation theatre. She was already unconsious when she was brought here." He informed calmly although his eyes conveyed there was more than he was letting me in.

"Doctor, what happened?" My voice was quivering and fingers were trembling with fear.

"Mr.-"

"Seokjin?" The doctor's words were cut off by a sudden shaking voice. I turned around to see Emily and her parents. All their faces were panicked and pale. The doctor hesitated to continue before I told him they are family.

"We are very sorry to inform you, but the patient is severely injured after the incident."

"What happened to her?" Her mother was crying and impatient seeing the doctor beating around the bushes rather than giving us a straight answer.

"Ma'am she had signs of physical assault." The doctor closed his eyes when he spoke out the words. The moment I heard him, my chest hurt. What did he mean by assault? Is she okay?

Unknowingly a lone tear left my eye. She was suffering and I wasn't there for her. I couldn't save her. I felt pathetic for not being with her when she needed me.

"What?" Emily asked her hands holding onto her mom, who looked very weak and broken.

"Is she alright?" Her father asked for the first time. His voice was strong and his face crumbled. But his eyes showed he was broken too. He was crying for his daughter.

"We can't tell anything more than this at the moment right now. Let's pray she will be able to push through this." The doctor couldn't continue anything more as he was called in the OP again.

We all were waiting at the door for about three hours. All we could do was hope and pray that she was going to be alright. The doors to the OP opened and closed numerous times but none of it was to inform a positive news.

I was restless thinking my whole life was fighting against all the odds on the other side of the room. After a few minutes Evan came too as Emily informed him. He was waiting on the lobby along with the rest of us.

Her mother was crying endlessly and has now laid on Emily's shoulders. Emily on the other hand have not spoken a single word, she was staring at the blank wall with red swollen eyes.

I couldn't stop but think about all the happy moments I spent with her. I want to see her so badly so I could make her happy and take all her pains away. My mind was a cluster of unanswered questions.

What happened? How did she end up there alone? Why didn't she leave with her family and went alone?

And above all who did this to her? Who saved her? My blood was boiling with rage and fear. I was disappointed at myself for letting her go alone.

My thoughts were broken off by the sudden blaring of a phone. I looked up to see Mr. John moving away from the room with the phone in his hand. Just then one of the doctors opened the doors of the OP, signalling us to come to his room.

Evan and I entered his private room leaving Emily with her mom. Evan didn't protest when I joined him even though he doesn't know anything about us.

"You are her?"

"Brother, Evan and this is Seokjin, her friend." He answered before the doctor could complete. "Doctor how is she? What happened?"

"One of the workers in the warehouse were the one who witnessed what happened. He informed the cops right away."

"Where is he?" Evan asked him.

"After bringing her here, we couldn't find him. He left. We got her broken mobile phone and that's how we came to contact you. If he wasn't there, her situation would have been worse than this."

"Did they-" Evan couldn't complete his words.

"No, cops reached before anything much more worse could happen. But she was severely injured before that. She have broken ribs. Her head was struck with something solid, which we assume is a rod or something like that. If it went anymore deeper than that, we wouldn't have been able to do much help. Let's say she was lucky."

I clutched my hands tightly to control myself from bursting in tears in front of her brother. I blinked the tears away thinking of what all she went through. How scared she would have been then?

"They also injected her with a drug GHB. It can also be fatal but fortunately she is a strong person. She must have lost her consciousness either due to the drug or of the blunt force trauma."

"Did the surgery go well? Will she be okay?"

"That's what we are waiting for. She had internal bleeding from the hit. We had taken care of it. But she still hasn't gained consciousness. The effect of the drug on her was strong too and it hasn't worn off completely. The impact from all these can still remain in her physically and mentally."

"What do you mean doctor?" I asked him.

"Let's say when she was brought here, her condition was worse. She had many bruises and injuries on her whole body. There was symptom of struggles. Many who have gone through what she had, needed time for recovery. All you can do is pray for her to be alright."

"Can we see her?"

"Sorry that's not possible for now. She's in observation. She will be moved to the ICU after she is conscious. Till then you will have to wait. If there is any more progress in her condition we will be informing you." He stood up taking the stethoscope from the table and hanging it around his neck.

"And stay strong and be there for her." He forced a smile before leaving us in the delves of our thoughts.