In the Shadows of the Past

21

This chapter is from Ekim's perspective!!
(unedited)

I feel my body weakened because I kept screaming for help and I think Eldar gave me something because I don't feel well at all.
— Why are you doing all this, you bastard? Why?, Kanat shout.
— You really don't remember, boy? Or maybe you didn't know?
Eldar laughs, but like a mentally ill man. Kanat takes a few steps looking sometimes at me, sometimes at him, but Eldar comes behind me.
— If you hurt her again, I'll break your hands. I don't care that we've known each other for years, I'm going to kill you.
— I have the advantage, Kanat. I can hurt your girlfriend, don't forget that.
I feel something cold near my neck and when I look down I see that it is a gun.
— Kanat, stop it, please. I don't want him to hurt you.
— Beautiful, I'm going to hurt you, not him. That way it will hurt him much more.
— Ekim I will save you. You'll be fine.
— My brother, why couldn't he be well, you bastard? Huh? Do you remember when you stayed in Izmir and one evening you had a fight with some weirdos?
Kanat looked at him strangely, but nodded.
— You left after a few days and didn't look for us again after that evening. I had problems with them, and my brother paid with his life. Because of your nonsense, my brother was in a coma, and he died a few weeks ago.
Eldar cries, screams last words and points the gun at Kanat. I am shocked by everything I hear and I don't even know what to say. Kanat looked at me scared and sad, he didn't move at all, he just looked at me.
— He was my little brother and you only cared about your silly reasons. My mother died of cancer, and my father abandoned us, I only had him. You knew that, Kanat. You are so selfish.
I look blankly and realize how serious is the situation in which we find ourselves. I don't know what it will be. Really I don't know.
— I'm sorry for your loss, Eldar. But you won't bring your brother back if you hurt Ekim. And he wouldn't have wanted you to do something like that.
He squeezes my shoulder with one hand, and with the other he puts the gun closer to my head.
— Let her go. You want me. I am the culprit.
— Kanat, no. Please no, Eldar.
I can't formulate anything coherent or correct, my head feels heavy and the whole room is spinning.
— Ekim, love, hold on a little longer, please.
— And what will you do? Huh?
Kanat pulls out a gun from behind him and points it at Eldar. This is not good at all.
— So that's how you want to play, Mr. Kanat. Know that I will be the winner.
— Let her go. Only the two of us remain here.
— You won't see that, Kanat.
Suddenly there is a lot of noise and people from the police appear. The sounds of many bullets are heard and without realizing it I closed my eyes. I stay like this until I feel that someone freed me from the tightness of the ropes. I open my eyes and see Eldar on the ground with a bleeding wound, and when I turn my head I see Kanat slumped to the ground.
— Call an ambulance quickly. Two people are bleeding.
I run towards Kanat and tears start to flow down my cheeks. He is wounded and blood is flowing from his chest. I put my hand over the hand he has over the wound.
— My love, please stay with me and don't close your eyes. Don't leave me, I beg you. Think about the beautiful future we will have together.
Policemen are talking around me, I just ignore everything and just focus on Kanat.
— Do you remember what you kept telling me? That you can't live without me. Kanat, I can't live without you either.
I put one hand on Kanat's face and caress him, his eyes are almost close completely.
— I love you, he says and his eyes close.
— Kanat, no, open your eyes, please.
The ambulance arrived because loud sounds are heard from it, some people quickly enter the room and come towards Kanat and Eldar.
— Please step aside, says a lady and carefully takes me away from Kanat.
They put Kanat on a stretcher and Eldar the same, but I walk close to Kanat and hold his hand until I get to the ambulance. I will not leave him, I will go with Kanat.
— I will come with him.
— Who are you Miss?, a man asked me.
— His future wife, now I am his fiancee.
— Come with us then.
I get into the ambulance and sit on an empty seat. There is commotion around me. The car starts. The woman looks at me sadly, and the man checks Kanat's pulse.
— He has a pulse, so he's fine for now.
However, I can't enjoy what I hear because I don't know what will happen. But I try to have hope.
The lady strokes my head and then leans over.
— Look, he lost blood, it's true, but try to hope. I know what you two went through is a trauma and it's terrible because you and he are so young, I can see that. I'm sorry that you both had to go through this.
I smile and thank her for the nice words. After a few minutes, the car stops, the doors open and Kanat is taken out of the ambulance, they move him from the stretcher on the hospital gurney and I continue to walk next to him. As long as I can, I will stay by his side.
— Miss, this is the operating room. You can't come here.
— Kanat, be strong. I won't leave you. I'm with you, love.
I tell him and the doors close. I collapse on the hospital chairs. My tears flow non-stop, I sigh and I don't know what to do to help him. I want him to live, be well and never leave me. I love him more than I could have ever imagined.
— Ekim, dear. My soul. Are you ok my child?
My mother comes and hugs me. I start to cry harder because images of what happened start to run through my mind.
— You have blood on your face. Where are you hurt?
— Kanat, mother. Kanat was shot.
I look at the hand on which I have his blood and I start to tremble.
— Baby, calm down. It will be fine, you'll see. We have to take you here to a doctor to see you.
— Mom, I'm not moving from here. I want to know his condition.
— Ekim, Kanat would be so upset to know that you are doing this, and I am your mother and I want the best for you. Let's go.
My mom helps me get up because it's hard for me now and we walk a little and enter a cabinet.
— Hello. She is my daughter, Ekim. Could you give her a consultation? She doesn't feel too well.
— Certainly, Mrs. Neșe. Ekim, sit down there.
I sit where he tells me and he consults me in a few minutes. I feel like I'm out of breath, I want to know how Kanat is.
— Ekim, your blood pressure has dropped, but you'll have to do some tests because you don't look too good.
I nod my head because I want to get out of here as quickly as possible and return to the operating room. The doctor gives me a pill and tells my mother to stay a little longer, I leave the room after thanking him and return to the hospital chairs. 
There is no one here, no movement is visible. I wish I could ask someone something. I feel like I'm going crazy without knowing anything about his condition. Why do these horrible things happen to us? It's not good that Kanat fought with those boys back then in Izmir, but it's not his fault that Eldar's brother died. I knew he had anger issues because of his father, but the truth is that it's really serious. I really want to help him, but I don't know how to do it anymore. I don't want any of us to live something like this again.