Blood Ties

Chapter 11

Eda held her hands in anxiety while Serkan paced.

The doctor came out of the ICU, a dark expression on his face. Eda rose.

"How's she ?" She asked on edge.

"We're sorry, the complications and blood loss were too much, we couldn't  save her. She passed away, time of death, 8:43." The doctor clinically let out.

Eda froze, feeling her heart crack and explode in her chest. Her eyes widened and she struggled to breath. "Hayir..." She shook her head in denial.

Serkan shut his eyes painfully and reached for her forearm as she held them out to steady herself.

"I am so sorry Eda hanim, I tried my best." The doctor left on those words.

"No..no.. Kiraz ! My baby, she can't leave me..." Eda cried in disbelief.

"She's gone Eda." Serkan sobbed holding her shoulders as shock marred her face.

"KIRAZZZ!! BEBEK BENIM!!" Eda screamed in realisation, collapsing to the floor in a heap.

Serkan held her, sinking with her, trying to calm her. "Eda, Eda lütfen.." He cried.

"KIRAZZZ!!!" She screamed fighting his embrace and hitting his chest.

"Sshhh Eda..." Serkan sobbed himself holding her head firmly against him as she loudly cried in grief.

"I want to die too, please take my life, I want to be with my baby girl, I can't live without her!! KIRAZZ!!" Eda screamed again, a hand to her chest, feeling like it would explode from the pain it felt.

"Don't, she wouldn't want you to. Lütfen Eda..." Serkan stroke the top of her head through the torrent of his own tears.

"Get away from me!! Don't touch me!"  Eda pushed him away, shaking.

"This is because of you, it's all your fault, I'll never forgive you Serkan!! You didn't want her, you hated her since she wasn't born!! You're a monster, my babyyy!!" Eda cried in grief.

Serkan shut his eyes and sobbed, bending in two from the pain.

Eda woke with a start to the buzz of the Hospital, she had yet another nightmare. She held her forehead, swallowing and briefly shutting her eyes.

"Iyi misin ?" Serkan asked sitting a seat away from her, still.

"Iyim." She breathed, looking at the clock on the wall, she had only slept over half an hour, head resting on the back of the seat against the wall. Yet the nightmare had been so vidid.

"You hungry ?" Serkan asked and she shook her head in negative

"Your stomach was growling even in your sleep." Serkan noted.

He brought them croissants up from the cafeteria as breakfast, both hadn't eaten anything in over 24 hours other than water and the coffee machine's coffee.

Eda refused to eat at first, not untill she knew the transplant went well and Kiraz was fine. Serkan managed to get her to eventually eat.

"Would you, tell me more about Kiraz ?" Serkan asked softly.

Eda looked at him, eyes filling but softening at the same time. "What do you want to know ?" She asked.

Serkan thought for a minute, his eyes picturing their adorable daughter, he could barely believe she was real.

"Whats her birthday ?" Serkan asked.

"March 15th." Eda awnsered and could practically hear the wheels turning in his head as he did the maths going back to her conception. They loved each other so much, even through the pain of his cancer. There was desperateness in his touch back then, and immense pain, almost longing, but it was always coated in lovemaking. How had they become so broken, they were like strangers now.