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Chapter Twelve

Broken

The paramedic rolled out another stretcher containing an unconscious man. The paramedic said as he rolled the man into the hospital, "Peter Summers, thirty-year-old male, was seating in the passenger's seat. Received full impact of the crash. Used jaws of life to get him out of the car. No pulse for twenty minutes."

Darien looked stunned. "He's already dead."

The paramedic said solemnly, "He's DOA. I just need you to declare the time of death."

Darien glanced at the black analog clock on the wall with a heavy heart. "Time of death ten -nineteen." The paramedic rolled the stretcher away as he covered up the deceased man's body.

Dr. McDonnell helped the paramedics lifted the mother on a gurney to be taken to trauma. He glanced up at Darien with a confused expression as he directed the patient to trauma. Darien felt he was losing control and everything was going extremely fast. He tried hard to remain alert as he helped lift the sobbing little boy off the stretcher onto the hospital gurney. The little boy started shaking hysterically as the monitor beeped erratically. Darien quickly turned to the little boy who was having a seizure as his eyes started rolling into the back of his head. Darien rushed to the boy's bedside.

The paramedic shouted, "V-tach. B.P. dropped out."

He yelled out, "He's crashing! I need a crash cart!"

One of the interns hastily brought over a crash cart. Darien yelled, "Charge to one hundred! Clear!" The boy kept jumping around. "Charge to two hundred! Clear!" He calmed down and the monitor started beeping normally again. Darien sighed in relief.

Darien sat in the CC's coffee shop downstairs on the first floor of the hospital. He was sitting across to Karen, who only received a few scratches and bruises and mostly whiplashed. She was discharged after a couple of hours. She had a small cut on her right cheek and upper lip that were still slightly swollen. He came out a few minutes ago after performing surgery on her son to inform her that Derrick's surgery went fine and that he was stable. He was now sitting off from the rest of the customers still dressed in his scrubs and wearing his scrub cap.

He sat down in silence next to Karen as they sipped their coffee. Her red hair was longer and she was dressed in blue pants suit with black heels and her long legs crossed. Darien asked breaking the silence, "I'm sorry about your husband." Peter Summers was her husband and was killed instantly when the other car slammed into them.

Karen sniffed. Her eyes red from crying, "Thank you, and thank you for saving my son." She smiled sadly at him.

Darien hesitated. He blurted out, "Is he mine?" Karen smiled faded.

Karen cut her eyes at him. "You know he is."

Darien asked weakly, "Why didn't you tell me?" Karen scoffed wiping the tears away from eyes. She was informed by the doctors that her husband was dead only an hour ago and Darien acted so indifferently and cold like he was back in college. His condolence was only a mere courtesy but insincere. He did not mean it. He did not care. The world revolved around him, and he only cared how the situation affected him. In her mind, Darien Shields was a selfish man.

Karen said angrily, "I tried to call but you wouldn't return my calls. Then, I found out that you dropped out of school."

Darien groaned in disbelief covering his face with his hands for a minute. "But we didn't have sex. I don't remember us having sex."

He was pissing her off. Karen answered angrily, "I guess not. You were wasted. I brought you home and we had sex. It was quite enjoyable until you called me Serena."

Darien groaned. "I didn't use protection." He was talking more to himself than to her.

Karen said, "The condom broke while you were inside of me. You were kind of rough."

Darien bit out angrily, "You should have gotten rid of it."

Karen snorted in disbelief. "You're really an ass, Darien!"

Darien bit out angrily behind gritted teeth, "I was in a relationship. What kind of slut sleeps with someone who is already taken?" Karen slapped him across the face with violent eyes drawing the attention of everyone in the shop. He could see the rage of emotion in her eyes as she fought to remain strong and not break down and cry.

"I don't regret my little boy. My only regret is who his biological father is, because Peter was a great dad." She became emotional as she stood up. "Now, I have to wait until my son wakes up to inform him that his daddy is gone." She walked off.

Karen stayed in Derrick's room while he slept as he recovered from surgery. She leaned against the bed as she held his tiny hands. Darien had one of his interns collect a sample of the child's blood. He knew that Karen probably did not want him to come in. She already requested another doctor.

Darien took the blood sample and compared his blood to Derrick's. There was a ninety-nine percent match that he was Derrick's father. After he finished his rounds for the night, he glanced into his hospital room. Karen was fast asleep on the hard sofa against the wall while Derrick still remained asleep. Darien walked off with a deep sigh. He had a son, and he had no idea how to tell his wife.

In bed that night, Darien lied on his back restless as his sleeping, oblivious, and happy wife slept cuddled next to him with his arm loosely around her hip. He knew that Derrick was going to be at the hospital for at least a week.

He strolled into Derrick's hospital room the next day. Derrick was sitting up in the bed playing with his airplanes and making flying noises as he moved it around. His mother was not there. He looked up and smiled when he saw Dr. Shields.

Derrick's face lit up when he saw him. "Hi! Dr. Shields."

Darien smiled as he sat on the edge of the bed next to him. He asked, "Wow, you're doing well."

Derrick said placing his airplane on his lap, "I know. I always heal fast Dr. Shields." Darien checked his vital signs.

Darien smiled. "I am going to ask you a series of questions to see if your brain is functioning fine okay." He did not have to, but he wanted to find out more about Derrick and his mother.

"Okay, Dr. Shields."

"How old are you?"

"Eight."

"When's your birthday?"

"January sixteenth."

"Where's your mom?"

"She had to go to work."

"Where does she work?"

"She works at a bank."

"That's cool. Is she a bank teller?"

"No, she's the bank manager. She graduated from college in finance." Darien was relieved to hear that. She had an income and hopefully not after his money.

"Do you have any other family? Any siblings?"

Derrick shook her head. "No, it's just me and my mom. My grandmother died last year from cancer so my mom freaked out when the doctors ran tests on me and found out that I had a tumor in my brain."

Darien smiled. "Yes, but yours was benign."

Derrick looked perplexed. "What does benign mean?"

"It means nonthreatening. Most brain tumors are dangerous. You're a pretty lucky kid, and good thing we caught it early."

"So will it come back like my grandmother's cancer did?"

Darien shook his head. "I doubt it. We removed all of it." Derrick smiled. "Well, I have to go check on my other patients, but I'll check on you later." Derrick looked slightly disappointed. Darien ruffled his hair causing him to smile.

Darien turned around and stood up to see Fredrick standing in the doorway with a shocked look on his face as he glanced at Darien and the boy. Darien walked passed him.

Darien paced down the hallway with Fredrick hot on his tail. Fredrick said, "I knew that was your son. You totally lied when I asked you if you tap that." Darien knew he was referring back to medical school when he told him that he did not sleep with Karen after watching Serena on the tape.

Darien said irritated, "I don't want to talk about it." Darien pushed opened the exit for the stairway. He did not want too many people to see him this emotional.

Fredrick laughed following him. "You must have fucked her brains out, but that little boy looks exactly like you." The doors closed behind them as Darien raced down the stairs.

Darien bit out, "Shut up, Fredrick! I'm not in the mood." Fredrick knew that Darien was pissed.

Fredrick said, "Don't worry about it."

Darien stopped in his tracks and turned to Fredrick outraged. "What do you mean don't worry about it? I just found out that I have another child with some random chick that I hooked up with a bar. My wife is going to kill me when she found out."

Fredrick shrugged his shoulders. "First of all, stop acting like you're fucking perfect. Karen is not some random chick. You knew her for over a year since she went to school with us, and you have cheated on Serena many times."

Darien looked confused. "What the fuck are you talking about?" Fredrick saw the confusion on Darien's face. He honestly did not know.

Fredrick sighed then said, "When you are extremely drunk, you black out. It's like you become a different person. You flirted and fondled her. You made out with her once at a party and you constantly let her give you blowjobs. You said that you did not want go inside of her because you reasoned that was considered cheating on Serena, not the flirting, the fondling, and the blowjob just vaginal intercourse. You confessed all this to me when you're drunk. I even walked in on you getting a blowjob from her. Then when you are sober, you act like you don't remember. I thought you were just blowing her off, but you honestly don't remember." Darien looked confused as he diverted his eyes from Fredrick. He did not remember any of that. He did not remember having sex with her, yet the DNA test confirmed that Derrick was his son.

Fredrick looked at his friend crumbling before him like he was on the verge of tears. Fredrick sighed. "It doesn't count." Derrick looked at him. "You slept with Karen when you and Serena were taking a break."

Darien said, "Then I fucked Serena like three days later. Rini and Derrick are the same age. Serena is not going to forgive me for this." He closed his eyes trying to blink the tears away.

Fredrick shook his head. "Look Serena is going to forgive you for this. She always forgives you."

Darien laughed sadly. "Not this time." He walked away as Fredrick looked at him remorsefully.

Serena smiled as she dismissed her class for the day. As she walked off campus towards her car, she heard someone called her name. "Serena!" She turned around to see Jenny. Jenny was a cute, petite brunette with big brown eyes who wore her hair in a bob that stopped a few inches below her ears. She had a homely look about her and dressed in plain clothes. She was Dr. Rick Thornton's wife. At the age of thirty-six, Dr. Thornton was a handsome man with wavy brown hair and brown eyes. He was a well-built man six feet tall with two hundred pounds of pure muscles. Serena noticed this along with the other wives at a pool party that the Thorntons threw over the summer inviting all of their friends and their families. Dr. Thornton emerged out of the pool with a ripped body and black swim trunks clinging to his muscular thighs. Still, Serena still did not like him or his meek wife.

Dr. Thornton was an attendee at the hospital where Darien worked and was Darien's friend and colleague. Darien admired Dr. Thornton's work ever since he studied under him at Harvard. He was one of the world's best neurologists and his work has won many prestigious awards and has been published in some of the top medical journals throughout the world. He was a living legend, and Darien was his prodigy. In Darien's eyes, Dr. Thornton was God and could do no wrong.

Jenny said in a soft voice, "Serena, can you give me a lift home?"

Serena smiled when inside she was irritated. She did not like Jenny or her husband. They made her skin crawl. Yet, Darien was obsessed with Dr. Thornton constantly gushing about how Dr. Thornton let him assist on this surgery and that surgery. How Dr. Thornton removed this inoperable tumor out of a woman's head or how he helped a man that was supposed to be paralyzed walked again. She hated when Darien made her go out with them. He did so by making her feel guilty since it was Dr. Thornton who recommended Darien remained in the medical program at Harvard when they wanted to dismiss him when he did not show up the first year due to being killed by Galaxia. He wrote him a letter of recommendation to join him at Baltimore Memorial. He also practically gave Darien and Serena their home after Darien told him one night at a dinner party how Serena loved the house.

Serena could not find a good reason as to why she did not like Dr. Thornton besides being a sexist pig. One night when they were having dinner at the Thorntons' mansion, a very beautiful and stylish home, Dr. Thornton asked Serena about herself. She told him happily that she worked at the local community college as an art teacher. She could see the disgust in her eyes as he told her that a woman's place should be at home. She should be worried only about her two children and satisfying her husband as a wife should do as it is stated in the Bible. She waited for her husband to defend her, but he remained silent. When she argued with Darien about it after the dinner, he dismissed it with humor saying that Dr. Thornton was old school but he still was a brilliant doctor. Serena did not find it amusing and did not sleep with Darien that night much to his discontentment.

Serena feigned excitement. "Hey, Jenny, what brings you to this neck of the woods?"

Jenny smiled holding up her shopping bags. "I'm cooking a dinner tonight. We're having a dinner party."

Serena looked around. "How did you get here?"

Jenny said happily, "I took the bus."

"Don't you have a car?"

Jenny laughed. "No, Rick doesn't think women should be able to drive. He's says we're the worst drivers." Serena frowned as she unlocked her car. Jenny placed the groceries on the back seat then hopped in the front seat. "Thanks Serena."

Serena said as she back out and drove off. "You're welcome, Jenny."

Jenny asked, "How's the girls?"

Serena's anger resided. She said happily, "Rini and Katie are fine."

Jenny sighed in relief. "That's good." She turned to Serena. "Did you hear that Karen and her family got into a bad accident the other day?"

Serena asked confused, "Who's Karen?"

Jenny said, "She's a new member of the PTA. She recently moved here with her husband Peter at the start of the school year. You remembered you met her at open house. Rini and her son are good friends. They look adorable together."

Serena shook her head. "I don't remember her. I think I missed the first open house. Has she been to any of the other meetings?"

Jenny shook her head. "No, she's some top banker downtown so she is really busy, but she does help out financially with her donations and bake sells. She's a really sweet person. She lost her husband the other day."

"Oh my god, what happened?"

"It was a normal day. She was driving her son to school and her husband to work at a busy intersection. The light turned green for her to make a left turn and then some jerk running a red light smashed into her car instantly killing Peter and hurting little Derrick pretty badly. I heard Derrick nearly died on the table but Darien was able to save him." Serena smiled. "I feel so bad. Peter's funeral is on Saturday."

Serena smiled. "I'm so sorry for them. She lost her husband and he lost his father at such a young age. How old is Karen?"

Jenny said, "I think she's in her mid-thirties."

Serena smiled. "Let me know what I can do to help."

Jenny said, "You can come over and help me cook." Serena and Jenny laughed as Serena nodded.

Jenny and Serena laughed and joked in the kitchen. Serena called the school and told the office that her daughters were going to ride the bus with Jenny's kids to their house. Serena constantly yelled at her daughters as they ran around the house with Jenny's son and daughter.

Jenny said, "Serena, don't worry about it. They are only kids."

Serena dismissed her statement. "Umm…Jenny, I can't afford to replace anything in this house."

Jenny laughed. "It's fine." They were almost finished baking the apple pie and peace cobbler for Karen and her son.

Afterwards, they drove over to Karen's house, who Serena surprisingly found out only lived a few blocks away from her. Karen answered the door. She was dressed in sweats. Her long red hair was messy and all over her head. Her eyes were red from crying.

She walked into the small, modest but warm home. Serena gave her condolences as Jenny did most of the talking. Serena noticed a strange look creep across Karen's face as Jenny introduced her to Karen. She glanced down at Serena's wedding band. Serena was not wearing the engagement ring that Darien gave her yesterday since it did not fit her properly and needed to be resized. She gave it back to Darien, who apologized and told her that he was going to get it resized.

Jenny broke the awkward silence between the two women offering Karen pie.

The children walked up the stairs to Derrick's room. He was dismissed from the hospital after recovering very quickly. Serena looked around and her eyes widen when she saw pictures of Derrick along the walls. She remembered the first time she met Darien at a hospital back home in Japan. He was eight-years-old and she was four. Her mother was in labor with her baby brother. The boy looked exactly like Darien at that age. She felt something breaking inside of her. She glanced over as Jenny sat on the sofa comforting a distraught Karen. She glanced back the photographs. She saw a picture of Karen with her parents holding Derrick, about one or two years of age, in her arms dressed in a graduation gown, which read Harvard University in bold letters at the bottom of the photograph. Had she and Darien… did Darien know this woman…could it be just a coincidence? She closed her eyes as she remembered that night eight years ago when he thought she cheated on him and he said he was going to sleep with another woman that night. Serena glanced across the living room again seeing a now weeping Karen still being comfort by Jenny on the sofa.

Rini looked around Derrick's room. It was a small blue room and all the furniture was decorated like red cars even his bed was designed like a red race car. He had a small table with Lego building blocks and he had a small treasure chest filled with racing cars and airplanes. His room was very neat. Rini knew this about him because their teacher constantly bragged about how smart and helpful he was. He had the highest grade average in the class followed by Rini. He was very friendly and all the kids liked him and he loved learning. He asked the teachers so many questions that their teacher eventually told him to allow the other kids to ask questions to the rest of his classmates' amusement. At first, Rini and Derrick did not like one another because before Derrick came, Rini always made the highest marks in class. Derrick was competition and they always competed with one another for the highest marks in class and even in P.E. Rini complained about him one day to her dad. He told her that it is good to have competition because it shows us our true potential. When Rini realized that, she started to see Derrick as friendly competition that brought out the best in both of them. They became friends afterwards and have been best friends ever since. Well that was until he told her that he liked boys better and Luke became his new best friend. He told her that it stopped him from catching her cooties. Rini frowned and yelled at him.

Rini smiled as she walked towards Derrick who happily sat up in bed as Luke and Penny sat next to him. Katie was off in the corner playing with Derrick's cars.

Derrick was dressed in his blue and white striped pajamas. Luke asked him what happened. Penny and Luke gushed when Derrick lifted up his shirt showing him his stitches from the surgery. Luke said, "That's awesome, man. That is so cool."

Rini said solemnly, "I'm sorry about your dad, Derrick."

Derrick smiled warmly at Rini. "Thanks Rini." He asked, "Are you going to be at my dad's funeral on Saturday?" When she hesitated, he added quietly, "I'll like you to be there."

Rini blushed. "I'll try to be there." He smiled as their eyes locked with one another.

"Mommy!" Katie said happily racing towards her mommy. Rini turned around and saw her mother in the doorway with a horrified look in her face. Derrick, Luke, and Penny looked confused. Rini wondered if she did something wrong.

Serena abruptly grabbed her children and rushed out of the house confusing everyone as Rini cried, "What's going on mom? Did I do something wrong?" Serena never responded. She did not talk for the rest of the day.

Darien came home late that night with a heavy heart. He walked up the stairs to his bedroom. He saw his wife sleeping in bed in the dark room. He stood in the shower as he allowed the cold water to pour over him. He soon emerged out of the bathroom a few minutes later. He was shocked when he walked out the bed room to see the lights on and Serena was standing across the room next to the window with an upset look on her face. She was dressed in a tank top and pajama pants. Her arms folded across her chest.

"Serena…"

She interrupted. "Is Derrick Summers your son?"

"Serena-"

Serena yelled startling him. "Answer me! You owe me for all the hell that you put me through!"

Darien's eyes became watery. She could count the number of times she seen Darien cry on one hand.

Serena yelled again, "Answer me!" Her eyes became watery.

Darien nodded as he began to cry. "It was one time a long time ago."

"The night that you thought I cheated on you?"

Darien nodded. "I was drunk and upset."

Serena said angrily, "They're the same age. They're in the same class. They're friends. They liked one another, Darien." Serena yelled grabbing the clock off of the wall and tossing it at him. Darien ducked at the clock smashed into the wall behind him. "Our fucking daughter likes her brother! How do I explain that to our child, Darien?" She kept throwing things at him as he ducked. "You're the fucking genius! Explain it to me, Darien!"

Darien yelled angrily when she tossed at vase with roses at him His eyes glowed golden as he held out his hand and moved his hand causing the vase to fly sideways into the wall shattering the mirrors and scaring Serena. "I don't know Serena. I made a fucking mistake, a stupid fucking mistake."

Serena said heatedly, "So did I."

Darien looked confused. Serena looked at him with spiteful eyes. The same way that Karen looked at him in the hospital. He asked afraid, "What does that mean?"

Serena said, "I fucked someone else too. Katie isn't yours." Darien became quiet staring at her in disbelief. He searched her eyes hoping that she was lying and trying to hurt him. When he saw nothing but anger and hatred in her cornflower blue eyes, he knew it was true and his heart broke inside. His world officially was turned upside down.