Fateful Encounter (Completed)

Chapter 34

At Suthilak house hold in the morning of the incident.

Kovit and Klahan almost arrived simultaneously at the Suthilak residence around 9.00 am. They'd both been on their way to work when they had received an urgent call from their mother to come home. They were alarmed to hear the tears and panic in her voice and had immediately raced home. 

The two brothers didn't delay to chat and immediately went to their father's study. Krekrai was just ending a call and Apsara was sitting on one of the sofas eyes red rimmed and looking expectantly at her husband. She turned when the door opened to admit her two elder sons and extended her hands in a silent gesture.

Kovit and Klahan both went to their mother and hugged her. Sitting on either side of their mother they waited for their father to talk. They were both alarmed at the grim look on their father's face. In all their lives they've never seen him look like that.

'Dad what is it? What happened?' Klahan asked urgently.

'It's Kongpob, isn't it?' Kovit asked, accurately guessing from the atmosphere. Klahan looked at their parents, a sense of trepidation creeping in his heart.

'Kongpob got into an accident at the site. Apparently there was a landslide and Kongpob and his two bodyguards were standing on the location. So the avalanche took them. The drop was relatively law but Kongpob had received a lot of injuries....' Krekrai explained the incident to his two sons. Apsara couldn't help but cry, listening again to how the bodyguards had not been able to find Kongpob for about an hour, how he was found, in which condition and how he was taken to the Chiang Mai National Hospital. 

'Good so he's at the hospital and must have received proper medical attention right? Did you call the director? Should I go there myself?' Klahan asked exuding nervous energy.

'No, there's no point in you going there. Kongpob has already received surgery and he's being transferred to a VIP suite as we speak. Later when he's stable we'll bring him to the Bumrungrad by the air ambulance. I've arranged everything with the hospital director and Tan will ride with him.' Krekrai said.

'So that's good right? He'll be fine right?' Klahan asked.

'That can't be all. Dad what exactly did the doctors say about Kongpob's condition?' Kovit asked looking at his father. Krekrai closed his eyes for a moment still trying to absorb what had happened to his youngest son. He looked at his crying wife and at his two older sons and sighed. walking to the sofa, he sat on the coffee table directly in front of his wife. Leaning forward, he gently took his wife's hands and squeezed the tight.

'Honey, I need you to be strong OK? Kongpob is badly injured and we'll have to be strong for him OK?' He said. Apsara sniffled, tears poring down her face.

'What did the doctor's say Krekrai?' She asked, her voice determined. Krekrai took a deep breath.

'He's got fractures in his arms and legs and three cracked ribs. His shoulder wound is not fatal and the doctor's said that with proper care it would be back to normal withing one or two months. But he was in the water, unconscious for too long and he's got pneumonia.' Apsara whimpered. Klahan's bent head was supported by both his hands and Kovit had his arm around his mother listening with growing worry.

'They have put him on life support, and given that Kongpob is healthy strong and young, the doctors are very optimistic that the pneumonia condition would not be a problem.' Krekrai immediately consoled.

'But that's not all, is it?' Kovit asked making everyone look at him in surprise. Krekrai sighed again making everyone look at him again.

'What? What is it? What are you not telling me?' Apsara urged shaking Krekrai's hands that were holding her's.