The compassionate kidnapper

Court day

After a week of work on the case and investigation, no charges were proven against Reyes, and his files were so ambiguous that after the court's decision, he was acquitted.

On the morning of the twenty-eighth of July...

At nine and twenty minutes, the court place was surrounded by noise and the constant movement of people. Judges, lawyers, and defendants were everywhere. I was outside waiting impatiently for Rais to arrive. Moments after his arrival, he got out of the security car, wearing prison clothes and handcuffed by the police. Holding him, he was looking in all directions until he found me, and I was looking at him from afar, as if we were waiting for each other from a long journey, walking towards me while I was wearing my robe and in my hand was the evidence.
And if there was a moment that was not taken into account, the moment in which I thought that I would lose everything, a second separated me from life in another dimension.
Distracted, I was restricted from doing anything logical.

Then, Bryce notices the arrival of a black, shaded car, from which only a hand can be seen holding a weapon, aiming at Rossana.
He shouted cautiously and forcefully, with panic on his features.

_Rossana... go away

To push those holding him while he was bound with his strength, throwing them to the ground. All he saw was Rossana and his fear for her, as if the place had been stripped of all people and nothing remained but her. He ran towards her and the moment the sound of the weapon sounded, he stopped in front of her.
The bullet penetrated his body and he stood in front of her for a few seconds, looking at the details of her face before he fell to the ground and his blood bleed on the ground.
People's voices became louder and louder in the place, and their feet increased in speed. The police surrounded the court and intensified security.
After I unconsciously shed tears, I sat holding it in my hand while pronouncing my letters stammeringly:

- What did you do? Please get up, Reese

Reese, with his intermittent breath, is unable to collect his letters:
_Ka... I had to protect you, Rossana. I will not let anything bad happen to you

At this moment, I remembered the words of the old woman, which my mind had not forgotten for years when she said:
"One day you will meet someone who carries what you carry in your heart."
Before the ambulance arrived, Reese was taken to the hospital and said:
- Your eating ice cream that day was my favorite sight, and your favorite flavor of berries also became my favorite after I couldn't stand it.
He smiled at me before closing his eyes and continuing.
_Watching you was my pleasure.

The paramedics came with an ambulance bed carrying Reese to the hospital quickly after the police called them. I was with him the whole way and my hand did not leave his hand. I had a look of fear on my face and shock at what happened. I looked at him with blood covering him and he was breathing hard and the paramedics were treating him until he reached them. To the hospital, the bullet penetrated his stomach and right side.
When we arrived, the doctors were quick to transfer him to the operating room without delay.
After they entered, a shocking calm fell around me as I looked at my hand filled with Rais's blood and my memories of what happened reminded me of the scene and I thought why these people wanted to kill me....
What if Reese had not been there, I would have lost my life then, but he saved me the second time. What motivates him to protect me?
What if he died now? Why was he watching me before?
I knelt down on my knees to cry a cry I had never cried before, even over the death of my father. Heartbreak occupied my chest, pain rose in my head, and my tears fell without stopping, like rain on dry land after years of drought.

Not a few hours later...

I was with the police in front of the room waiting for the doctor to come out. I was terrified for him
And I am afraid of his words:
_Relax, doctor

To reply:
_Praise be to God, he was strong enough to hold on. He is alive, but his condition is serious. He has lost a lot of blood, and I will transfer him to the emergency room until his condition stabilizes.
I sighed and threw myself on the chair after I had calmed down and felt a little reassurance in myself. I added:
_Can I see him?

_No, it is not allowed now.

_Please just a few minutes..

_I apologize, his condition is unstable. Let him rest a little to protect him and leave.

After I looked around and the policemen were surrounding him, so there was no need for me to stay here. I went to the hospital ward to wash my hands and remove the blood from my hands and clothes. I looked in the mirror with exhaustion on my face, and then I went out to hire a car to take me home and put my head down. Next to the car window to close my eyes for a little while until I arrive.
This time, my house is far from Claren. After my work, I moved to a new house, and this time it is larger than my old house, and the windows are more, allowing air to enter from every side, and it has a garden in which I grow plants and flowers, so this was my hobby after my loneliness.
After I arrived, I turned on the lights and went to the kitchen to drink water to quench my long-standing thirst. I put my bag on the table, and then I went to my room to throw my body on the bed.
As I looked at the ceiling of the room before I fell asleep, I thought of Bryce
It was as if I left my soul with him and left with only a body.

_The next morning..

I went back to the hospital to see him. He did not allow me to enter him, but I was looking at him through the emergency window. He was sleeping on the hospital bed, with medical equipment around him, an oxygen machine in his face...
I look at him with remorse and my soul says to me:

_I am the reason he is in this condition. If I moved a little and did not let him save me, I wish you a speedy recovery, Reese.

I looked at him for a long time, then my contemplative gaze was interrupted by the nurse entering him, to ask her before she entered:
_How is he?

- Fine, his condition has stabilized now

_Are you the one taking care of him?

_Yes, I am.

_Can I ask you a request?

- Sure, please.

-After I extended my hand to her, this is my phone number. Call me when he wakes up.

_What is your relationship with him, no one has visited him yet except you?

After I hesitated to answer...
_ A A... I am his lawyer.

_Okay then, when he wakes up I will call you.

And then I left the place...

_End of Part Thirteen_