One last time - Chapter 333

Silvia’s hands fidgeted and shivered while she was unbuttoning the shirt, her heart was telling her that it wasn’t her Kevin but the evidence and circ.u.mstances made her brain believe that feeling was killing her. She had no idea what she would do after she confirmed that the body lying in front of her was him or not.

When she opened the shirt and noticed the missing tattoo of her name in the dead body’s chest, she breathed a sigh of relief. “He isn’t Kevin,” she remarked before crawling away from the body.

Squatting beside her, Rocky placed his hand on her shoulder. “Really? Are you sure Sil?” What Silvia said gave him a little hope in his heart. Though all the evidence and the situation concluded that the dead body lying in front of them was Kevin, it was still hard for him to believe it.

“K-Kevin had a tattoo of my name in his left chest.” Pointing towards the dead body, she stuttered, “T-This body doesn’t have it, this is not Kevin.”

Just then uncle Herpi arrived along with uncle Thomas.

“Silvia,” uncle Thomas called her out before rushing towards her.

“D-Dad—” Hugging him tightly, Silvia shook her head vigorously, “T-This is not Kevin, he—”

Patting her head to calm her down, uncle Thomas sighed, “It’s alright, don’t worry or panic, we will look for Kevin.”

“We found Mr. Austin’s wallet inside the dead body’s pocket but since Mrs. Austin claims otherwise, we will immediately start looking for him,” An officer stated.

Before anyone could answer any further questions, another police officer approached them. “We found someone in a half conscious state in the backside of the building.”

“It must be Kevin—” Silvia muttered before getting up.

“Please Mrs. Austin, calm down. Let me confirm whether it’s Mr Austin or not,” the officer explained before talking to the other officer’s through the two-way radio communication.

After a while, the officer said, “We found Mr Austin.”

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“Kevin,” Silvia shouted when he saw him sitting near the paramedic van. The sense of satisfaction and calmness she felt after seeing him was beyond explanation.

Kevin quickly got up when he saw her and was about to say something when she pounced into his embrace. Wrapping his arms around her, he sighed, “It’s alright, everything is okay.”

Pulling away, she started checking him out. “Are you okay?” Looking at the wound in the corner of his lips, she pursed her lips. “I was so scared, I thought—”

Wrapping his hands around her, he kissed the top of her head, “You don’t have to be scared, I am fine.” He hissed in pain when she placed her hands on his back.

“Hold on a sec—” Taking his blazer off when he turned around and groaned in pain.

Looking at the back of his shirt which was drenched in blood, she gasped, “Kev this—”

Balling his hand into a fist, he hissed in pain, “Don’t touch it.”

“We need to get you to the hospital,” Rocky exclaimed before guiding him towards the ambulance while Silvia followed them behind.

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Hospital

Outside the emergency room.

Giving Silvia a hug, Ron sighed, “Everything is okay, don’t worry.”

“I just had a talk with the doctor incharge, the wound is not that deep,” Janet added.

Hugging Ron tightly, Silvia started crying again, “I was so scared—”

“He is okay now Silvia, you have to stay strong,” Ron remarked.

After Kevin was shifted in the room, Rocky sat down beside him. “How are you feeling now man?”

“I guess I’ll feel better until the painkiller works,” he chuckled.

“Look at him laughing and smiling like a shameless man.” Gritting his teeth, Chris snapped, “Do you have any idea how panicked and worried we were? Silvia couldn’t stop crying and your mom almost fainted, Rocky was crying and I was crying too.”

“Matt took a flight an hour ago and he will be here any time soon,” Rocky added.

“I could have been dead but well, how could I leave my wife alone and die—ouch babe.” Rubbing his head, he frowned, “That hurts.”

Smacking his head again, Silvia hissed, “Do you think this is funny?”

“I am perfectly alright babe.” Rubbing the side of her arm, he added, “Can you please get me a glass of water and something to eat? I am famished.”

“Let me talk to your doctor first, what do you want to eat?” Without waiting for her reply, she sighed, “Nevermind, I’ll get something healthy for you.”

After making sure that Silvia was nowhere to be seen, Kevin inquired, “Where is my phone?”

“Hold on a second.” Taking out Kevin’s phone from his pocket, Rocky asked, “How did all this happen?”

“And what were you doing in the back of the building?” Chris frowned.

Turning on his phone, he opened the call log and took out a number. “Can you find out whom this number belongs to?”

“Okay but what is all this about?” Rocky inquired.

“I was at the award function when I received a call from this number. The man from the other side told me if I want to save Silvia and find out more about SPIRIT then I have to do as he says.” Pausing for a while, Kevin added, “That man asked me to give my wallet to a waiter and leave the building, he asked me to meet him in the back of the building.”

Scrunching his brows, Chris inquired, “What happened after that?”

“I was waiting for that man but suddenly someone attacked me from behind, he was wearing a mask so I couldn’t see who it was. I somehow managed to free myself from his grasp and attacked him back. I wanted to remove his mask but before I could do anything, the explosion—” pinching the bridge of his nose, Kevin sighed, “I don’t remember anything after that.”

“The man who was wearing the same clothes as you had your wallet,” Chris explained.

“If not for Silvia and that tattoo in your chest, we would have been making arrangements for your funeral by now,” Rocky scoffed.

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