Rizi nodded in agreement, "Can I see my mother?"
"I am afraid, she is heavily sedated. After what she had gone through, Doctors are afraid she might get hysterical because of her new environment. They have shifted her to a private ward but she will be kept sedated for the next 24 hours for her condition to improve, otherwise they are afraid it might worsen."
"Thank you!" Rizi sighed in relief at least her mother and her friends were out of danger. Captain Evans left in a while not before helping Rizi with coffee to calm her mind.
Rizi continued to wait outside the operating room. Each passing moment felt like an eternity to her, the agonizing wait stretching out before her like an endless expanse of uncertainty. She could do nothing but sit by helplessly, her gaze fixed unwaveringly on the red light.
