Chapter 353: DEVASTATED
After Robert’s wounds had been treated, the doctor was almost through with Emma but Robert still stood by the door and sent the man whom John had instructed earlier away and ordered to do the job by himself.
As soon as the doors were opened, he quickly rushed inside to check up on Emma’s condition.
She still looked the same way just that the bloodstains weren’t on her face anymore and her injuries had been bandaged up. Seeing that her clothes had been changed, Robert turned towards the doctor with anger burning in his eyes.
Launching an attack on him by grabbing him by his collar, Robert questioned,
"How dare you see her nakedness? Did I ask you to change her clothes?"
Without waiting for a reply, Robert launched his fist on the doctor’s cheek, nearly sending him flying.
The doctor tried to speak but Robert didn’t give him a chance to and continued to beat him up mercilessly.
John arrived at the room and when he saw Robert beating up the doctor, he tried to separate the fight but Robert didn’t give him a chance. "Let him go," said John, trying to separate the fight.
"He saw Emma naked!!" Robert yelled out loud as his grip on the doctor’s collar only tightened more and more, refusing to let him go until he’d achieved beating the doctor to death.
"He didn’t! It was a female nurse who changed her clothes!" John yelled out as loud as Robert had done, trying to get his words into Robert’s head. When Robert’s attack didn’t slow down a bit, he added. "A female nurse came with the doctor and she was the one to change her clothes. The doctor wasn’t in the room when it happened."
Robert finally stopped trying to kill the doctor whose face had already gone pale from how tight Robert was holding his collar, intending to strangle him and also beat him to death.
"He wasn’t the one?" Robert asked John to be sure of what he’d just heard and John shook his head.
"He wasn’t the one."
Robert stared at the doctor completely ashamed of his actions. He couldn’t bring himself to apologize so he lowered his head in shame and turned to sit on the chair next to Emma’s bed who didn’t wake up after all the noises that he’d caused.
John gave a signal to the doctor and the man excused them as fast as possible. As much as he respected John, he didn’t want to be in the same room as the person who nearly ended his life.
"How did you know where we were?" Robert asked John once the doctor was out of sight.
John sighed, took the other seat next to Emma, and crossed his legs before he replied.
"Emma called me, explaining to me that Francis caught you already. At first, I wasn’t surprised about the news at all since you told me before that Francis had seen you around the area of Beatrice’s house. So, she sent me a screenshot of the paper you’d handed over to her. The paper contained the address of Francis’ hideouts. It was as if you knew that you would be caught."
Robert didn’t remark and continued to stare at Emma, hoping she would just open her eyes, stare back at him, and hug him. But in the middle of thinking that the doctor was doing something inappropriate, he didn’t remember to ask the doctor how long it would take for her to wake up. He suddenly felt stupid.
"The reason I was late was because I wasn’t sure which hideout you’all were in so I visited four hideouts out of the six before I finally found that one..." John drawled, staring at Robert who looked like he wasn’t listening to him but knew very well that he was listening to him. "I’m sorry," he suddenly apologized. "I should have come sooner."
"It was all my fault, I’m a coward who couldn’t even protect his own family." Robert raised his head to look at John before adding, "I will make Francis and that ugly girlfriend pay for what they made me go through today."
John nodded, completely understanding that statement since he’d expected it from Robert.
"I will help you. I will help you get your revenge but for now, you need to get better and also help Emma get better," he suggested, glancing at Emma before his eyes returned to Robert who nodded in understanding.
"I want to have my children’s funeral done soon. I wanted Emma to be part of it but seeing her in this condition, I don’t think she will be able to handle the pain of losing three children in one day."
John was slightly shocked by Robert’s statement but didn’t comment on it.
"If that’s what you want, then no problem. I will have the funeral arranged soon," John replied.
The room fell in silence, no words were being spoken but it was obvious from Robert’s eyes that kept darting here and there that there was something else he wanted to add.
"Thank you." Robert suddenly said. "If it wasn’t for you, I would have been dead by now," he added.
As much as he regretted the fact that he wasn’t able to protect his children and wife, he believed he was saved so that he could avenge their deaths.
"Anytime friend. I keep suggesting this though, if you later have any interest in joining the army, just let me know. I kept telling you, that working for a corrupt politician isn’t going to take you far in life but look at what that has caused you. You know right, I won’t scold you right now. I will do that some other day," said John, standing up and ready to leave the room. "If Emma makes any movements, I’m sure you know what to do," he added and left the room.
Immediately he left, tears fell from Robert’s eyes as he squeezed Emma’s wrist. "I’m sorry."
