Chapter 4

Jared came from work and headed directly to the hospital to visit her mom who is still unconscious until now. He was on the elevator, and when the doors opened, he was confused by what he saw. Two doctors are rushing to her mother's room, and a lot of nurses are after them.

"What happened to my mom? Is she awake?" Jared asked to one of the nurses who are rushing to his mother's room, thinking that Jacquelin is awake.

"Your mother is having a complication right now, sir. Excuse me." the nurse answered and ran to the room.

Jared froze for a bit, and when he got back to his senses, he ran quickly to her mother's room, just to see the all the lines straighten in the ECG monitoring machine beside his mother's bed while a doctor is trying to revive his mother.

"Save my mother, please." He said in a low voice. 

Jared was shocked by what happened, he cannot believe what he's watching right now. He feels like everything went in a slow motion while watching the doctor reviving his mother.

The doctor was trying his best to revive her but after a few minutes, the doctor already stopped and sighed.

He faced Jared and said, "I'm sorry, we did our best but Madame Jacquelin is didn't survive. She is too weak for a surgery, we can't do anything now but to accept that Madame Jacquelin is gone. We're sorry for your loss, Mr. Creed."

"Time of death, 12:15 am." the other doctor said while looking at the clock above his mother's bed, and that made his heart stop beating for a second.

"No..." he whispered. "No, please, no! I already lost my father, I cannot lose my mom too! Do anything to save her, please! I'll pay you any amount, just save her!" he screamed. "No, save her! You are a doctor, save her!" he shouted at the doctor. The nurses are trying to calm him down, and good thing that he calmed immediately.

"I can't lose my mother, please..." he cried on his knees.

He cried like a child beside her mother's bed while holding her hands. He cried loudly and begged the doctors and nurses to save his mother, but they just stood there because they can't do anything but to accept the fact that Jacquelin is already gone.

"We're sorry, Mr. Creed." a female nurse said, and then they left Jacquelin and Jared inside the room.

*Door Knocks*

He didn't stop crying even if he heard continous loud knocks. He tried to ignore the sound but the knocks are getting louder and louder.

Jared was having a nightmare when he was woken up by continous knock on the door. He lazily wiped his tears that the nightmare caused and get up to check out who knocked because he didn't realized that he locked it before he had fallen asleep, and he got annoyed when it was just his assistant, Kane.

"What happened to your eyes, sir?" Kane asked when he saw Jared's swollen eyes. 

"Don't mind me." He said.

"Did you cry, sir?" Kane asked him again, but this time he's trying to annoy his boss. That made Jared glare at him to make him stop from asking about his swollen eyes.

"What is it?" Jared asked, he is obviously annoyed by Kane, you can tell that because of his annoyed tone of voice, "Make sure what you're going to tell me is important, or else, you know what will happen to you." Jared warned him, making him became serious.

"I'm sorry for waking you up, sir." Kane apologized  "What are you up to these past few days?" he asked.

"You came here and woke me up just to ask me that!?" Jared said with an angry tone.

"No, sir. I just need to figure out who's tracking you."

"Tracking me?" Jared aked with his one eyebrow up.

"Yes, sir. There is a person who wants to trespass our company."

"Let's not talk here. Follow me." Jared said and led the way to the rooftop.

"I do nothing much lately, in fact i've been silent for the past two weeks." Jared said when they got on the rooftop and sat on the couch while Kane stayed still.

"Earlier this day, one of the staffs in the company noticed that some of the devices in the office were being hacked, the hacker installed virus in our devices," he explained. "This person also hacked into our systems. He already has access to our security system. And now, this person is trying to have a full access in our company." he added.

"Who may be the person behind this?" he asked.

"I have no idea for now, sir. But the team is already tracking the hacker." Kane responded.

Jared is about to speak when Kane's phone rang.

"What!?" Kane was shocked when he faced Jared.

"What is it now?" Jared aked and sighed out of frustration.

"Three planes of our airline crashed at the same time. Two of them were about to land in London and Spain, but it crashed minutes before the landing. The other one crashed in the middle of a forest in Arizona."

"What the hell is happening!? I'm in chaos now! First, my mom suffered from heart attack and she's still unconscious, and now that!? What the fuck is wrong with those people!? I haven't done anything wrong to them! Fuck it!" he screamed.

"Do you have idea on who's behind this?" Jared asked Kane.

"None, sir." Kane responded.

"Idiot! I'm paying you to work for me, and now you'll say that!?" Jared screamed to him out of frustration and stress.

"Pardon me, sir." Kane apologized while his head is down.

"Leave, and never show your face to me without any good news with you!" Jared shouted. Kane just nodded and left.

'I just hope that the person behind this is not that lady on the airport. I hate hurting an old person.' Jared said in his thoughts.

Jared suddenly remembered his father because of what he said to his self. He remembered how those people hurt him to death when he was young. Jared and his father were kidnapped by unknown people when he was just 10, and those people also died being shot by the cops. James, his dad, died because of internal bleeding, they were tortured by seven people, and his dad died while covering him with his own body to protect him. If not for their family surgeon, he may be dead by now like his father.

He was staring at the blue skies while the cold wind touches his face when a nurse came out of the elevator, rushing to him.

He stood up when the nurse stop in front of him.

"Mr. Jared Creed, right?" the nurse asked while catching her breath.

"Yes, do you need anything?" He asked with a poker face.

"Madame Jacquelin is awake and she's looking for her son."

Jared's poker face became shocked because of what the nurse just said. He ran quickly like a cheetah, he ran quickly like a cheetah. He was catching his breath when he reached the VIP room where his mother was. When he opened the door, he saw his mother smiling at him. He ran towards his mother and hugged her.

"Careful, sir. Madame Jacquelin is not yet stable." The doctor reminded him.

"Mom, you're awake." Jared said with teary eyes.

"Yes, I'm awake. As if a heart attack can kill me." Jacquelin joked.

"Mom," he cried. "that isn't funny."

"Oh, my dearest son, I know I made you worry so much. I'm so sorry, my baby." She said and hugged her son tight.

"Please don't leave me, mom. Please?" He asked.

"Never, son. Never." She responded.

He cried like a baby while hugging his mother. Jacquelin let him lie beside her as if he's still a kid. She hugged her son to stop him from crying, and Jared hugged her back until he fallen asleep.