Chapter 13 - See His Face (1/2)

The third point of view:

”This is crazy,” Arianna muttered to herself, clearly in a dilemma. She could leave this place and let Ruth deal with this mess, however, the man on the table made her rethink her decision. She couldn't let him die. God, she hated this!

”Fine!” Arianna gave in, speaking through gritted teeth, ”But trust me, this should be the last time that you call me in here,”

”I can't make any promises,” Ruth said, infuriating her.

”Ruth!”

”Don't you prefer to hear the truth than a sugar-coated lie,” She asked, head tilted to the side in a questioning manner.

Another annoying feature about Ruth, she was blunt to a fault. Sometimes it's a good thing and other times, let's just say you want to sew up that mouth of hers - just like now.

”Aren't you going to start the surgery or are you planning on bleeding out your VIP patient,” She changed the topic and as well, reminded the woman of the reason she was here in the first place.

”Fine,” Ruth went over to the table, assembling her medical equipment.

”What do you want me to do?” Arianna asked, glancing down at the man still groaning in pain, ”How is he even able to endure all this?” Arianna wondered, his wounds should hurt like hell.

She explained, ”There was a little amount of morphine that I could find. It didn't do much but it was something,”

She went ahead to instruct her, ”And now I need you to hold him still because trust me, this would hurt like a bitch,”

Oh boy, here we go, Arianna prepared herself mentally for whatever she would encounter during this surgery.

The man had a mask on his face and she wasn't surprised by that. It was a step taken by Ruth to ensure the secrecy of the patient. Any of their customers who had such a mask on only means they are a hundred times more important and dangerous than their regular customers.

Even Ruth sometimes doesn't know their identity because some of the customers always return and since they're used to the system, wear their mask beforehand. She told Arianna that her not knowing was for her own good and the only way she could protect her.

Thanks to all these factors, it had given Arianna enough reason to leave this kind of life behind. She loved her life and wanted to be safe. Unfortunately, the darkness could only swallow one, not save.

”Hey,” Arianna spoke to the man and he fixed his intense gaze on her and she gulped. He had the most beautiful electric blue eyes she had ever seen and its beauty tugged at her heart. How she'd kill to have such eyes.

”W-water,” He cried out hoarsely.