The Devil Charming's
Part 49's
The festive atmosphere of the party that Edward held in his office made everyone there look to enjoy it. All business colleagues and extended family attended the event. Edward, who wrapped his hands around Lizbeth's waist, was seen chatting with some of his business associates, occasionally Lizbeth was also seen smiling, but it was clear that the woman occasionally sighed and looked around.
“No need to worry, dear.” Edward said after his guest went to get a drink.
“How not, if I haven't seen Gabriel since? I have to find him, Ed.”
Lizbeth looked seriously at Edward's blue eyes and removed the clenched arm from his waist.
Edward sighed and then nodded. “We search together.”
After saying that line, Edward and Lizbeth walked away from the venue and started looking for Gabriel's whereabouts. Edward calls Victor to have his men help him find where Gabriel is.
Meanwhile, the ten-year-old boy who was confusing many people was now in a spacious room with a long table in the middle and chairs surrounding him. Gabriel looked at the five big-bodied men who were cornered in the corner of the room with a terrible ambiance but did not make the boy feel the slightest fear.
“You can no longer escape, bad boy!” said one of those who kept moving forward getting closer to little Gabriel.
“Do you not want to shout call your parents to save you?” continued the person accompanied by a mocking laugh “Such a snot like you should not interfere in the affairs of k3a6m4i! Now hand over that thing or—“
“Or what parents? I won't let anyone mess up in daddy's territory!” snapped Gabriel who slowly pulled something out of his pants pocket.
“You!” the person who had just continued to babble now began to dare to grip firmly the jaw of Gabriel making the boy had grimaced “I will not be kind to a damned brat like you! Give me that thing or I'll crush your jaws!” he nodded at Gabriel.
“Take it if you can,” Gabriel said before thrusting something into the stomach of the person who was torturing him to make the grip on his jaw detach and nimbly Gabriel degraded himself under the table.
“Argh! F*ck! Kill him!” the man who had been hit by a smear from the object Gabriel had stabbed caused numbness in part of the person's body and his consciousness disappeared.
The others immediately aimed their hand gun to aim at Gabriel, who had taken shelter under the table, with the boy occasionally kicking the leg of the chair to the point of blocking those who were aiming at him, giving Gabriel a little time to catch his breath then muttered softly. “I’m sorry, mom. I had to do it.”
After that there was a sound of bullets that were mutually unpretentious. Gabriel shot the four men without missing a single bit however, it was a bit of a mistake since this was only the first for him. No lie that his heart was beating fast and cold sweat soaked his body watching his bullet dart perfectly through the calves of four people until there was a roar of pain and blood splattered everywhere. But it seemed that the four people did not want to lose quickly, Gabriel who still occasionally rolled on the floor, was, taking cover between the seats while they were still trying to hurl the bullet towards Gabriel until a bullet managed to injure the boy's stomach.
Gabriel sat on the floor, but still clasped his hand gun tightly even though he now felt a sensation of heat, pain and tenderness on the part of his body that had been shot. Gabriel is still a ten-year-old boy who still has very little experience in dealing with enemies as much as that alone, all this time he only practiced shooting dead objects, assembling weapons, assembling weapons, crack complex passwords and codes and occasionally experiment with explosives. Never once had he been more severely injured until he was shot like this. Seeming to see Gabriel who could no longer resist, the four who were also holding back the pain in his calf smiled vilely, approaching Gabriel and pointing one of their hand gun muzzles at Gabriel's temple.
“Give me that thing then you'll be safe!”
Gabriel stared coldly as the pain began to make him twitch, it seemed that he had shed a lot of blood.
“fuck you!” gabriel said boldly before he closed his eyes as his hearing caught the sound of gunfire. He just hopes his mommy will hear it this time.
“Mom.” Gabriel's voice weakened when he saw the beautiful woman running towards him with a worried face and immediately hugged him “MaaThan me.”
Instantly Lizbeth cries hysterically seeing her son unconscious. Edward immediately carried Gabriel's body out of the chaotic meeting room with his broad steps. His jaw hardened, seeing the condition of his son, lucky he came on time and quickly his men gave a head shot at the four men who were threatening Gabriel's life, although in reality Gabriel remains injured in his stomach because he had ignored the feelings of a mother who a moment ago continues to worry about the existence of his son and rightly, Gabriel is indeed in danger.
Lizbeth sobbed to see Edward carrying his son, they immediately got into the car and headed for the hospital. Gabriel's head was on Lizbeth's lap sitting in the back seat, while Edward sat in the front and ordered his driver to rush on the gas pedal of the car to the hospital.
“Gabriel, wake,nak.” Said Lizbeth sounding silly with Edward who was just silent with mixed feelings on his chest. Edward felt angry, sad and chaotic at the same time. Edward was angry at himself who was so careless and ignored the premonition of his wife, Edward was sad and chaotic to see the condition of his son and his wife's cry.
After arriving at the hospital, Gabriel was immediately taken to the ER for immediate treatment by a doctor. Edward approached his wife hugging the woman in the bloodstained dress tightly while some of Edward's men stood guard around and others were sure to clean up the mess left at the scene.
“MaaThan I'm negligent, sorry.” Edward stroked his wife's trembling back.
Lizbeth shook her head “No, it's not your fault.” The reply was accompanied by heart-wrenching stuff. “I..I'm scared, Ed.”
A glimpse of the past that Lizbeth and Edward have experienced is now back to haunt the woman's feelings, it's like de ja vu where Edward was so badly injured that he fell into a coma and caused Lizbeth a tremendous shock. Now the incident is repeated in his son, the second man Lizbeth loves besides Edward. “Gabriel will be fine, believe me he's a strong boy like his mother.”
A nurse came out of the room where Gabriel was. “Mr.Miller.”
Feeling his name being called, Edward immediately let go of his embrace of Lizbeth and approached the nurse with a worried face following Lizbeth beside him.
“She lost a lot of blood and we need a donor with a blood type that matches her.”
“My blood matches her.” Said Edward quickly answered the nod of the nurse.
“Mari follow me.”
Edward peeps his wife's forehead at a glance “I go first.”
Lizbeth nodded and sat in a long chair with some of Edward's men who were still faithfully accompanied him including Victor there and let Edward himself follow the manicure. Lizbeth recited the heartfelt prayers of a mother in her heart while enduring her unwilling cries for compromise. “What happened, Ed?” alena asked who had just arrived at the hospital with the rest of the family, they were quite surprised to hear this news until Alena had looked pale looking at Edward who lowered his head.
“MaaThan me,mom. It's my fault for not being able to take good care of your grandson.”
Alena shook her head slowly “No, that's not the answer to my question. How can an incident like this happen and.and..cucuku.” Alena started not being able to hold her stuff “she could get shot. Who are they, Ed? What's your problem with them?”
Xander, who saw his wife asking Edward a row of sentences that could only quietly embrace Alena, brought the woman who was Edward's adoptive mother to sit down.
“We ask later, now we better all pray that Gabriel is fine,” Xander said gently and ended up crying Alena in his arms.
Edward could no longer cover up events like this from his extended family because the incident was known to many people when Edward left the party just like that and carried his bloodied son out of it. Even this news has become hot news in various newspapers and social media. There's nothing Edward can do right now but let the police investigate the case , it doesn't matter, because of course, Edward's men have been a little creative to change the story by eliminating evidence that Gabriel was carrying a weapon. What is there is an attack of five unknown people on the son of the President Director of the Company with alleged business competition, quite simply because it is clear that the complex part will be completed Edwrad himself. Regarding the shooting of four people, Edward's men made sure it would not be a problem because at that time Edwrad's men used weapons registered and had permission from the state, after all, the shooting was aimed at protecting the life of someone who was under threat.
Edward saw his wife who had stopped crying but still had a clear face there, Lizbeth sitting next to Ellena and Nathalie, while beside Edward there was Rafael, Xander and Alena. For a moment, everyone stared at the open ER door and made sure everyone moved from his seat to a doctor who was staring at Edward and Lizbeth.
“God's power, your child can get through his bad times easily. We'll move it to the outpatient room.” The doctor said with a smile when he said that to Edward.
“Thank you, Lord.” For the first time Edwrad voiced his gratitude, they heard the doctor's explanation sighing in relief and thank God still listening to their dao-prayer.
Xander squeezes Edward's shoulder and smiles. “takan your wife to clean herself and change clothes first, we will take care of her.”
Edward nodded and invited Lizbeth to go clean up while waiting for their child to be transferred to the treatment room.
***
“Have you found the motive for this incident, Ed?” lizbeth looked at her husband buttoning his shirt one by one before she went to help him.
Edward nodded then looked into his wife's green eyes which made him calm and comfortable.
“Should I go back to playing Eduardo like I used to?” “Are you asking me for permission?”
Edward nodded back. “At least I won't hesitate to make a decision if you allow me.”
After a long time they tried to avoid this situation even can be said since the birth of Gabriel, Edward never again played the role of Eduardo which means dealing with the mafia world and pulling the trigger without negotiations. As soon as Lizbeth was born, she was transformed into a wonderful wife and mother figure for Edward and Gabriel no gun, no blood, no war.
Lizbeth was silent for a moment, he sighed and then sat back down after all the buttons on her husband's shirt were neatly attached.
“You have been following my desire for many years to avoid such conditions, and my reason is clear because I do not want us to experience the same things as before, especially Gabriel.”
Edward, who had been sitting next to Lizbeth, was still silent and faithful to listen to every sentence that Lizbeth said, he already has a plan B if his wife does not give permission to move further than before.
“But, if it is like this I have no reason to ban you and if necessary I will stand beside you as I used to.”
“You are enough to take care of Gabriel for me,” said Edward “you surely know I will always protect you in my own way even if the life of the bet I will not hesitate to keep stepping.” “I know it,” replied Lizbeth softly.
Edward stepped up and reached out to Lizbeth and asked her to return to the hospital after cleaning up and changing clothes in their mansion which happened to be not far from the hospital where Gabriel was being treated.