Ultimate Satisfaction

CHAPTER THIRTY THREE

Davina's POV

My heart pounded hard against my chest when the gun went off again, i thought i got shot, but then i slowly opened my eyes. Why was zane standing in front of me? Why did he have that look on his face? Why was he slowly slumping?

"Z-zane? Zane!" I held onto him, as we both hit the ground, i felt a warm liquid on my hands. Blood?
"No, no, no, zane please. Get that bastard!" I yelled at the men who now surrounded maxwell, he tried to run but they ganged up on him and hit the gun off from his hand.

"Caden? What the hell happened? Someone call the ambulance!" Grandma yelled with a trembling voice.

"Zane please hang on, stay awake."

"Da....." he tried to talk as blood spilled from his mouth.

"Don't....please..." I was crying so much i couldn't talk either.

Shortly after the ambulance came, i tagged along with him to the hospital and he immediately transferred to the ER for an emergency surgery. Grandma came seven minutes later, she had the stinker eyes but i was more concerned about zane than her judging look.

"You better pray nothing happens to my grandson woman, pray he survives this." She warned.

It's probably not the right time to tell her about zane's brain tumor, he was supposed to travel for surgery in four days.

Kayden hudson and a young lady appeared two hours later before doctor leo came out of the ER;
"How is my grandson?"

"How is my brother?"

"Please calm down, the bullet has been extracted but he went into shock."

"But he'll be okay?" I asked

Doctor Leo looked at me and sighed, "I'm afraid we have to take out the tumor as soon as possible, his condition is not looking good."

"Tumor?" Kayden asked

"What do you mean by that?"

"Zane has malignant brain tumor."
Grandma gasped, holding her chest. I rushed to her side to help her sit but she refused my help, the young woman that came with kayden assisted her to the sofa.

"What?! How? When?"

"I'm going to explain everything, but right now i need the consent of his family before we have the neurosurgeon flown in for the operation."

"Is it even safe to carry out a craniotomy on him in this situation?" The young lady asked, Zane had talked about kayden's lady doctor severally.

"His vitals are going to keep dropping, we'll do our best to stabilize him. But if we decide to wait until he recuperates from this, surgery will no longer be possible."

"Damn it!" Kayden grunted.

"There's no time kayden, we need your consent and we need it now."

"Alright fine, i will sign the necessary documents, go ahead and do what you have to do."

"Why did this happen to my grandson? Brain tumor?" Grandma Hudson broke into tears, kayden went to hug her. I was standing alone in a pool of my own tears with no one, it felt like there was a heavy stone weighing on my chest.

Please be okay zane, please....

As soon as kayden returned from signing the consent form, he took me unaware.
"You didn't seem surprised about the news, did you know?" He asked.

"Huh?"

"I asked if you know about his condition? You once called me mr. allergy when you thought i was him."

"I...i..."

"You better don't lie to us." Grandma added

"He made me swear not to say a word, i pleaded with him to tell his family but he refused."

Kayden scoffed, "Of course, that fool!" He dragged his hair and wiped a tear off the corner of his eyes.

I continued, ready to let everything out.
"When...we came to the hospital three days ago...and got the confirmation that he could go back and get surgery in germany, he was waiting for you to arrive so he could tell you."

"Go back?" Kayden frowned.

"Zane's had surgery before, actually seven months ago now. One of his three months trip to germany was for an operation to take out one of his kidney that was infected."

"Oh my...." grandma gasped, she held her chest again and i felt like i should shut up already.
"Go on! What else has he been hiding? Speak!" She yelled at me, thankfully we were already in a private waiting room.

"That's all i know, i swear."

"Davina." Lilian came into the room at the right moment, she hugged and consoled me as my sobs grew louder at the sight of her.

Doctor Leo came into the waiting room after two hours and gave a full detailed information on zane, he left as soon as he was done talking. Thereafter, he returned six hours later to inform us that the neurosurgeon had arrived and surgery will commence immediately. After much persuasion from kayden, grandma returned home to rest, he offered to stay back and i insisted on staying as well.
When it was only just two of us, kayden asked;
"Was he in much pain? Did he suffer so much?"

I sighed, "Zane would never admit weakness, he'd rather suffer with a smile th......"

"Than tell you he's hurting." Kayden combed back his hair with his fingers aggressively, he stood up and began to pace.
"How could i be so blind, i should have seen the signs. The change in behavior and lifestyle, the frequent trips to germany, especially the sudden 'three months' vacation, three months. Zane never takes time off work for any reason, the signs were there..."

"You wouldn't have known, don't beat yourself up because zane made sure you or grandma never found out. He made leo, jenny and i swore......"

"Hold on, did you say jenny? Jenny knows about this?"

"Yeah."

"That stupid....grrrrrr!."

We waited in silence, switching turns on who keeps an eye for the doctor while the other get a little sleep, it was late into the night before the operation was over.