Chapter Fifteen

The ambulance arrived as soon as I had placed the call. I didn’t want Alexander to die even though we haven’t been on the best of terms for the past few months. I wanted him alive and healthy. When I heard the approaching siren from the ambulance I thanked God. By now the scene was filled with well-wishers and newsmen who were trying to cover the incident first hand. I still held him in my arms, his blood gushing out from his shoulder. I was sure he was going to make it but the injury was severe. Clear, the medical team began to scream the moment they arrived. Those who surrounded us with cameras and those who made the scene with their phones paved the way for the medical team to reach me with a stretcher. You may step aside ma'am, the team leader told me. I let go of his head and knelt beside him as he installed the oxygen mask over his nose. He was still bleeding so they quickly put a bandage over it to limit the blood till they got to the hospital. They gave him a few injections th