CHAPTER 26

Unable to bear the pain in Kathy's face, Hallie rushed to Kathy, protesting shakily and stop crying. " Stop it, Yuri!", " Oh, God. Kathy. " Hallie hugged Kathy to make her calm but it didn't stop.

" This has nothing to do with you, Hallie! " Yuri snapped.

His eyes swung back to Kathy, and a shudder racked her body at the fury in his gaze.

Yuri saw Kathy's lips start to move in her usual feverish chant, and his temper snapped. He started shaking her shoulders. " Stop that! "

But her lips continued to move, and every movement was like a slap against his face, telling him that he loved her so much he had failed to realize she wasn't just insane but a murderess, too.

" I said stop it, Kathryn! " Yuri shook her harder. " Just admit that you lied! "

" But I didn't lied, Yuri. Please believe me. "

" This goddamn moment, you're lying to me! You told me you wouldn't hurt me, remember? You promised me you wouldn't do anything that would cause me pain! But do you think seeing you like this now, seeing what you did to Lily! Don't you know that's hurting me? "

Kathy's world started to spin.

She had...promised him that, hadn't she?

But she had caused him pain?

So she had...lied?

Even when she didn't do anything to Lily, she had still...lied?

She stared sightlessly at Yuri.

She could no longer see anything.

She was back in the dark.

She was alone.

She feel the pain.

Her mind shut down.

Hallie and Aria screamed.

Yuri caught Kathy just before her head hit the floor. Terror seized him as he felt for her pulse, and he only allowed himself to breathe when he felt it beating, faint but steady.

" Is she okay? " Helios demanded as he rose to his feet with Kathy still in his arms.

" You are too much, Yuri. I hope you will not regret this of what you did to Kathy. Remember, you are the one who caused the pain to both of you. " Andreus, said.

Yuri didn't answered what Andreus said. He nodded to Helios. " You don't need to call an ambulance. I'll get a doctor I know. He's on standby. " And as he said the words, he knew then that he had made his decision. He brought Kathy to her room, and after asking Kellion and Aria to look after her, he left the room and placed a call to Dr. Simon Corba.

" Bring your team. "

Dr. Corba tried to keep the excitement out of his voice as he answered. " They will be there in half an hour, Mr. Athanas. "

The doctor was true to his word. His team arrived in a black nondescript van, and three men in white uniforms came out. A voice inside Yuri's head told him everything was moving too fast, and he was making decisions too quickly, but he forced himself to ignore it.

Hallie paled as she listened to the conversation between her brother and the medical attendants. When he turned towards the stairs, she hurried to him, asking brokenly. " Yuri, are you sure about this? You will regret what you have done. Think about it again, please. Don't do this to Kathy. "

" Yes, its for her own good. " His voice was hard, and he no longer sounded like the brother she knew and loved. He is different now.

Yuri led the team upstairs but asked them to stay in the hallway.

" I'll speak with her first. "

" Of course, sir. "

Entering his suite, he thanked Kellion and Aria and asked for a private moment with his fianceé.

Nodding, Kellion slanted a warning look at Aria when he sensed she was about to protest. But then they came out and when Aria saw the medical team waiting, she spun around to face of Kellion, her eyes blazing.

" Over my dead body! "

" Aria! " His voice was grim. " It's not your choice to make. "

" But... Arggh!!!! You will regret this Athanas! I swear! "

" Let's go. You know that. " Kellion said.

Unable to say another word without breaking down, she walked away furiously.

Inside the room, Yuri slowly approached Kathy.

She didn't look like the suffering Madonna now.

She only looked...lifeless.

" Kathy? "

She didn't turn, only facing the window with blank violet eyes. Her lips no longer moved. She was perfectly still.

He sat beside her on the bed. " Kathy, I know you can hear me. "

She still didn't turn to face him. " I want you to know that what I'm about to do is because I love you. "

" Liar. " She whispered.

" Kathy... "

" I know you don't love me, I'm just fool myself that you love me the way I love you. You know me, I didn't lie to you, but you shouted at me in front of them. I'm too much in pain. I feel like I'm a killer. I didn't do anything, but you don't believe me. " Her tears ran to her face.

He didn't answered. He changed the topic. He swallowed hard. " I need to send you away with Dr. Corba. "

Her head snapped to him.

Yuri forced himself to meet her gaze. " He's the only doctor who can help you right now. He will make you... Okay. "

Her lips slowly parted.

" No! Let me go back to Greece! But I will not go with that doctor! I want to go home! "

And then she was releasing a blood-curling scream like he had just stabbed her.

" NOOOOOOOOO!!!!! "

She tried to scramble off the bed, and he automatically held her down, against at how she was reacting. " Listen, Kathy. It's going to be alright. They're outside, waiting for you, but I will be with you. "

" Noo!!!!! How can I trust you, Yuri? You are such a liar! I hate you! "

And this time, Kathy seemed to have inhuman power, managing to push him away.

He saw her heading towards the windows, and he realized then that she was so intent on escaping the medics that she wouldn't even risk leaving through the door.

" NOOOOOOO!!!! " It was his turn to shout just as she managed to unlock his window.

He caught her before she jumped, and she went wild as he pulled her off the ledge.

The door burst open, and the medics immediately pried Kathy away from him.

" No!!! Please, let me go. I want to go home!!! " She was crying, howling, and fighting them off like her life depended on it.

" No! No! No! "

The sound made him sick to his stomach, and Yuri instinctively reached out to Kathy when one of the medics blocked his path. " Sir, I'm afraid it's best if you don't approach her right now. We can't have the patient think that she can do whatever she wants just because she cried. If you love her, sir, you must be firm. "

The words hit him in the raw.

Kathy's desolate gaze found his.

Yuri slowly let his arm fell back to his side.

The light died in her eyes.

The last teardrops fell.

And she became still.

" You don't loved me, Yuri. " Kathy whispered. " You hurt me so much. "

The medics put her in a strait-jacket even when she was no longer struggling.

Her words left him ashen.

" Kathy... "

" You lied. I hate you. "

The pair of medics took her away, and the third one clapped a hand over his shoulder. " Don't listen to her, sir. " He advised.

" They know what to say to make you feel guilty. They've... " His voice faltered when he saw the deadliest pair of blue eyes staring at him. He quickly withdrew his hand and hurried away. He had a bad feeling that if they didn't leave soon, all the careful planning with the doctor would only land them in jail.

Yuri remained frozen in his spot.

One. Two. Three. He found himself counting the seconds, and every second made it harder for him to breathe.

He could still hear her voice, he thought dully.

Sixty-Three. Sixty-Four. Sixty-Five.

He didn't think he would ever forget the sound she had made when she realized he wasn't going to stop the medics from taking her away.

One Twenty-Three. One Twenty-Four. One Twenty-Five.

Yuri sank to his knees.

One Eighty-Nine. One Ninety. One Ninety-One.

" Yuri. " It was Leo Blaze Arlotta, panting, and Yuri had only to hear that voice to know.

He just fucking knew.

Oh, God!

What had he done?!

Shoving past Leo, Yuri raced down the stairs and sprinted to the parking lot. Then he was firing down the road on his bike, his heart thundering against his chest.

Every damn second counted.

He caught up with the van just as it was a few meters away from the exit gates. But the van suddenly went into full throttle as if its driver was aware Yuri was after them.

One second to scan his surroundings, and he knew what to do.

Another second, and he positioned his beast then he let it fly.

Wheels screeched as the driver of the van tried to avoid the huge-ass motorcycle in front of it. He swerved to the right, forgetting there was a row of metal barriers on that side, and the van crashed into them with a loud bang.

Yuri was already running as soon as the van swerved, and he reached the back doors as soon as the van hit the barriers.

He pried the doors open and saw Kathy on the floor, her hands and feet tied, she cried silently, her lips bleeding and I saw her legs lots of blood and next to her was Dr. Simon Corba, hurriedly trying to pull his panty down.

Yuri went berserk.

Leo filled in the gasp while they waited in the hallway outside the hospital room where Kathy was sleeping, the doctors forced to put her under when she continued to struggle and cry despite Yuri desperately telling her no one was going to hurt her. And the doctor told Yuri that Kathy is pregnant and the baby is safe now.

" After Kathy told me her suspicions and I got in touch with her law firm, the first evidence we found against Lily Anne Smith was when we reviewed the CCTV footage at the hotel. "

" But we've reviewed that as well. " Helios said, frowning.

" Not the footage I reviewed. I'm assuming you checked the footage during the night of the incident and forward. What we reviewed was the footage prior, and that's when we found out about the room attendant Lily bribed to let her in and leave the message on the mirror. She had left similar messages on whatever glass surface there was in the room. She wanted to increase the chances that Kathy herself would see them. "

" Finally, she learned about which pre-booked room was Yuri and Kathy. She flirted with a member of our club and got the information out with pillow talk. "

Helios face went grim. It was the first time a member of the Alcolyte Triad had engaged in such an act of betrayal.

" From there, it was pretty easy to trace her calls, and that was when we found out about the connection between Dr. Simon Corba and Lily Anne Smith. We also found out about another volunteer here, Claire Jane Tamara. Lily paid her a substantial amount to whisper another supposed message from the dead and, afterwards, to strangle Lily and make it seem like Kathy had strangled her. "

Silence.

Leo looked at Yuri, asking harshly. " Don't you have anything to say? And yet Kathy is pregnant. "