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Chapter 3

Sirens' voice could be heard all over the streets. A huge traffic-jam formed due to the accident which had happened in the crossroads. A big crowd gathered near the place of the tragedy determined to catch a glimpse of the victims.

'Move away, please, move away!' Police officers girdle the cars with police-strings, trying to send the pryings away. Reporters clicked their cameras and cameras from different television-companies were there as well to give an outside-broadcast to the onlookers.

'Today, a little after four…'

'According to the witnesses one of the cars passed the red light….'

'The victims are still in their cars, the firemen are trying to pick them out…'

The correspondents said standing near the location.

'Okay, pull it!' shouted a fireman. They were trying to hoist one of the cars' top with a crab. The other was totally crashed, there was no chance to rescue it's conductor that way. Several firemen were around the vehicle desperately trying to cut the doors out.

'Bring a stretcher!' One person was finally out. It was a woman. Her whole body was covered in blood and she had been unconscious for at least half an hour. The ambulance immediately took her to the nearest hospital. About five minutes later the other victim was out as well. It was a man. He too was bleeding from numerous cuttings. The ambulance car took him away too.

When the injured were rescued from the busted cars, the press attacked the police-officers and the firemen.

'We are investigating the event although it is almost sure that the accident was caused by the woman. We were told by some witnesses that she crossed the road during red light. The other driver tried to avoid the accident with sidetracking but the cars were already too close to avoid the tragedy. Both of them was sent to hospital, now all we can do is to wait' declared the chief constable.

The leader of the firemen was asked by another reporter. 'The cars crashed into each other quite brutally so it was a hard job to rescue the victims from their vehicle. One of the cars' front was totally wrecked and the other's side was pushed into the driver's seat. It's a miracle that they were still alive when we pulled them out.'

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'Twenty-six-year-old woman, injured in a car accident. She lost a lot of blood, her pulse is weak, she has been unconscious for half an hour' said the ambulance man as they pushed the girl into the building.

'We lob at three. One, two, three.' The woman now laid in an emergency room. The nurses was cutting down her clothes and cleaned her wounds to have a better look at her injuries. Doctors examined every part of her body searching for any sign of broken bones and inner bleedings.

'Three broken ribs, a broken leg and a broken wrist. Her spinal column is unharmed.'

'There are several cuttings on her head but there aren't any lesion on the skull.'

'Her lower abdomen is stern, clearly the liver is hurt. We must operate.'

All doctor spoke in a rush, every wasted minute could be the death of the patient. After ballasting her state she was carried up to the operating room where the surgeon was waited to perform the intervention.

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'Thirty-six-year-old man, the same accident as the previous woman. He's unconscious but his state is stable. He only has an open break on his left shin.' The other injured arrived at the hospital a few minutes later.

'And his face?' asked the doctor who went for him to the ambulance car.

'Not the accident caused it. The firemen found a mask in the car so obviously it's from a prior event.'

The doctors went through the same procedure with him. The ambulance man was right, in spite of his broken leg he was all right. Feasibly his black-out was due to the shock. He was carried to an operation room too where a surgeon fixed his leg. After it he was brought to a hospital room where a nurse checked on him in every ten minutes to see if he was awake.

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'Excuse me' a police officer addressed the doctor who attended the two. 'I'm here in the case of the car accident. Is Mrs Christine de Chagny or Mr Erik Destler questionable?'

'No, not yet. Mrs Chagny is being operated and Mr Destler is still unconscious. And they need rest even after they've come to their senses. So I advise you not to disturb them for a while.'

After around an hour Christine was brought out from the operating room. The doctors managed to stable her state as well so she could be brought to a simple hospital room. For hours neither her nor Erik woke up. Some doctor started to worry that perhaps after all they have skull-injury. But the CT didn't show any sign of it so they hoped.

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'I…I'm here to see… Christine… Christine de Chagny' panted a man at the reception's desk . 'She has been in an… accident.'

'Are you related?' asked the receptionist. She needed to be sure that this man wasn't a reporter.

'Yes, I am her husband, Raoul de Chagny.'

'Yes, mister. She's in room 254 on the second floor. But before you go to her speak with Dr. Ross, he fixed her out. And since she's still unconscious I'm not sure you'll be able to see her.'

'Thank you' said Raoul before he rushed to the elevator.

A minute later a middle-aged man entered the hospital with a worried expression on his face. He immediately went towards the elevators but the receptionist stopped her.

'Excuse me, mister, but where are you going?'

'I came to see Erik Destler. He was in a car accident and I heard that he's in this hospital.'

'May I ask how are you related to him? Only relatives can visit him.'

'We're not related, I just work with him. But he has no family so practically I'm like a brother to him. Please miss, I must see him' pleaded the man. The receptionist saw that this man really cared for the patient so she decided to let him up, notwithstanding the doctor's order that only relatives can visit.

'All right but please tell your name. I have to note everybody's name down who goes up to the hospital rooms.'

'Nadir Khan' answered the man with relief.

'Okay, he's in room 255. Probably he's awake now.'

'Thank you so much Miss…'

'Catherine, Catherine Shaw.' Nadir smiled at the blondish woman before he disappeared in the elevator.

Up on the second floor he found Erik's doctor already talking to a man. First he didn't want to intrude but when he heard that they were talking about the accident he approached them.

'Excuse me but are you talking about the injured of today's accident?'

'Yes' replied the doctor. 'Are you here too for Mrs de Chagny?'

'No, I came to see Mr Destler.'

'I see. So as I already told to Mr de Chagny, both of them are stable but still unconscious. Mrs de Chagny had an operation because her liver was hurt and Mr Destler was operated too with an open break. Aside from these they don't have major injuries only some cuts and bruises. If there won't be any complications they could go home around six or seven days later.'

'Thank you' the visitors said in union. 'Could we see them?' asked Raoul.

'Yes, but just for some moments. They need rest.'

The two entered the rooms. Raoul slowly walked to his wife's bed then broke down in cry. He couldn't believe that he was having sex with another when Christine was in an accident. Guilt was eating his soul. He touched her limp hand and caressed the back of it with his thumb.

'Forgive me' he whispered. 'Please forgive me…'

In the other room Nadir was standing beside Erik's bed. He was shocked to see that his mask wasn't in place. Surely it fell off while he was lifted out from the car. But he needed it so Nadir knew that he has to bring one. But till then he sat down on a chair and watched his old friend lying between the white sheets.

So, there it goes!

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