I will put you down gently, there you go.”
“We can be together again Karo my love.”
Jonathan smiled. He held Karolina passionately and tried to kiss her.
“Why are you acting like a crazy fool?”
Jonathan stood there for a while. He looked troubled and afraid for a minute or two. He walked very close to Karolina who was walking away back to the house. He leaped forward holding her before she turns around.
“Listen to me Karo my love. Stay away from Nick. I don’t know yet what he wants from you but whatever it is it’s not good. I am sure he stole my love for you. Until I figure out what is going on can you please stay away from him. Promise me Karo.”
He held Karolina’s shoulder and looked at her straight into her shining blue eyes. Instantly the noise of the door opening sends both into a frightened state. A strong trembling voice cut through the otherwise silent night.
“Stay away from my love before I blow your brains out.”
Karolina leaped in front of Jonathan.
“Nick don’t shoot him! He came to tell me that he is going away. Okay, Jonathan?”
She turned and looked at Jonathan.
Jonathan looked upset and annoyed. He just looked at Karolina with a face that seemed to ask, what?
“I am not going anywhere. He is.”
He looked at Nick with piercing eyes.
“What? And where am I going?” asked Nick a bit surprised and angry at the same time.
“To hell where you belong. You son of a beast! We were happy before you came.”
“Sorry the baby is mine. Start walking away right now.”
“Or else what? You, heart-thief?”
He pulled a gun too and aimed at Nick before a scream frightened both tearing the silent night. The barking of a dog introduced a break between the men’s conversation for a while. The two men stood face-to-face guns in the hands. Karolina hysterically tried to stop the two men shooting each other.
“We were happy before you came. I had love for Karo. Life was great. We were always happy. We had everything we needed.”
Nick laughed sarcastically and that annoyed Jonathan who instantly reacted by stretching his arm and holding the gun firm.
“What’s funny? You think this is a joke? Maybe shoot you first.”
“You just didn’t understand her. Even now you don’t know her that well.”
“What are you talking about?”
“She never wanted all that. She wanted a man who really loves her. A man who can start a family with her. Not some crazy fool who don’t even love her.”
Jonathan’s face creased with rage. He shook with anger as he pointed the gun at Nick. Karolina’s scream pierced the night. Across the road a light in one of the bedrooms came on diverting the focus and attention of the two men.
“Don’t talk nonsense. I loved her! You son of a beast!”
“Exactly! Loved her! Not now!”
“Shut up! I love her.”
“What! Do you really love her? Did I hear you correctly? Did you just say you love her?”
“That’s right! I love her?”
“You are getting me worried and upset now because you are lying. We both know you have no love for her. Do you walk away from people you love?”
“Shut up!”
Jonathan lowered the gun down and looked at Karolina.
“I just don’t know what happened but whatever it is I bet you had everything to do with it.”
“Please! She just chose a better man.”
“Better man? You? Ha! You mean bloody heart-thief.”
“If it wasn’t for Karo, I could have shot you. She is pregnant and stay away okay. Go now and stay away from my girlfriend.”
Karolina walked toward Jonathan and held his arm pushing him away.
“Go. I am with Nick now. If you love me, you will respect my wishes.”
“No! Stay away from him. I don’t know what he is after but whatever it is it is not good.”
“We are expecting a baby now okay so go?”
Jonathan stopped and looked at Karolina.
“He is not good for you. I just know it?”
Nick started walking toward them.
“And you are good for her? How can you be? You left her alone crying herself to sleep? Tell me right now how you are better? Right now, you just said it yourself that you have no love for her. So how can you say that?”
“You stole it.”
Nick leaped forward and punched Jonathan so hard that he stumbled and fell backward. He got up and turned around and aimed the gun at Nick. Nick with an angry face looked at Jonathan with piercing eyes, unmoved nor afraid. Karolina screamed in desperation as soon as she heard a click made by the cocking up of the gun.
CHAPTER TWO
A loud scream woke up the neighbors. Instantly a dog barked hysterically miles away. Karolina sat on the bed frightened. Nick lifted his head and looked at his chest with an agonized face. He screamed in pain. He touched his heart and lifted his head again before slumping on the bed.
“Ah my chest. Oh my God!”
Karolina sobbing looked at Nick for a split second before getting up and getting the phone.
“Come on pick up!” she whispered.
The phone rung for a while before a voice answered on the other end.
“Come quickly,”
The person on the other end didn’t say anything. As soon as he heard the stress patterns in Karolina’s voice, the doctor Dr. Hughes knew it straight away that it was an emergency call.
“The doctor is on the way. Hang in there, darling. Everything will be okay.” said Karolina beside Nick who was wriggling in pain on the bed. The look on his face said it all. He was in agony. He clutched his chest and looked at Karolina. Sweat droplets trickled down his face and neck before disappearing on the bed-sheets. His eyes instantly closed as he squinted in pain. Karolina simply watched not knowing what to do. Instantly Nick snapped open his eyes. He looked at Karolina before looking on his chest. The sound of a car engine outside caught Karolina’s attention. Instantly she got up and ran toward the door. Soon afterward Karolina and the doctor entered the bedroom. Nick had stopped moving. Sweat beads formed on his forehead before rolling down his face. He had an abnormal heart beat. The doctor looked at him and then at Karolina before kneeling next to him. He started checking his vitals. Karolina looked at him with asking eyes. He looked at her and nodded his head. The pair looked at Nick. He lay there without moving but his eyes were moving rapidly under the closed eyelids. His eyes were moving very quickly. His side temple veins had a high pressure that they could easily see the veins' movements as the blood thumbs past. The doctor looked at his chest. He was hyperventilating. His heart beat was beating very fast making his whole body, stomach and ribs to react to the vibrations.
“Is he going to be alright?”
The doctor continued checking Nick first.
“I guess so I have to stabilize him first,” replied the doctor.
Nick’s eyes instantly stopped moving underneath the closed eyelids. The doctor looked at Karolina first before looking at Nick. He lowered his head to Nick’s chest level. He lifted