Evelyn's heart skipped a beat when she heard that her husband was shot.
"How? When?" Evelyn asked her.
"A few minutes ago. In front of my family's company," Jocelyn answered.
"My Goodness. Is he alright?" Rebecca asked
"The bullets were immersed in wolfsbane, so it is not looking good"
"Where did I put my car key?" Evelyn asked herself as she began searching for it.
"Don't worry I'll drive you" Jocelyn told her.
After a while, Jocelyn arrived at Wolvetin castle.
"What are we doing in your family's castle? Shouldn't we be going to a hospital?" Rebecca asked
"My brother is here receiving treatment. We couldn't take him to the hospital as it would raise suspicion"
Jocelyn drove into the castle and was greeted by Brian.
"Welcome back Miss Jocelyn," he said with a smile on his face.
"How is my brother Brian?" She asked on their way into the castle.
"Master Michael is recovering well ma'am and Dr Andrews successfully removed all the bullets"
"Thank you, Brian"
Evelyn was relieved when she heard that her husband was better. It would have been awful to lose him right after everything that happened in the past few days.
They went straight through the main hall to the upper chamber of the castle where Michael and his immediate family resided.
In front of the room where Michael was being treated, several women were standing outside, with just a man. Moving up close Evelyn saw Mr Wolf, his wife, and the wives of Michael's brothers.
"Hey, mum. Hey, Dad" Jocelyn hugged both her parents
Evelyn and her friend went over to greet the family."Good morning Mr Wolf, Mrs Wolf"
"How are you, Evelyn?" Mr Wolf asked
"I am fine sir"
"Come here darling" Mrs Wolf embraced her daughter-in-law.
Rebecca also greeted Michael's parents before sitting on the sofa in front of the room.
"How is Michael?" Evelyn asked her in-laws.
"He is much better now. We are just waiting on Dr. Andrews to come out and confirm his situation" John's wife said.
"Georgia, how have you been?" Evelyn hugged her.
"I am very well thank you" she answered.
"Won't I also be getting a hug?" Another woman told Evelyn.
"Hannah, you are looking great" Evelyn hugged her. " I hope Sam is okay?"
"He is fine darling" Hannah replied.
"By the way where are Sam and John? Why are they not here?" Evelyn asked
"They went to look for the culprit that shot Michael this morning," Georgia told her. "The person had the guts to shoot Michael in public and in front of the company too. My husband and the rest would find whoever did this"
"Don't worry Evelyn, the culprit would get what he deserves" Hannah assured her.
Evelyn was hardly interested in the culprit. She was desperate to see her husband and tell him how she loved him. He was the best thing that happened to her and she wanted to let him know.
"Rebecca, how is your father?" Mr Wolf asked.
"He is fine sir" she replied.
"Can you pass a message to him for me?"
"Well, of course, Mr Wolf" Rebecca answered.
He brought out an envelope and gave it to her to give to her father. "Make sure he reads it okay "
"Yes sir," she said after collecting the envelope.
A few minutes later Dr Andrews came outside of the room and was quickly surrounded by the family to inquire about Michael's health.
"He is out of the woods for now. I have patched him up real good we just have to wait for the wolfsbane to leave his system so that his body begins to heal itself" Dr Andrews told them
"Thank you so much, Doctor. I appreciate your help" Mr Wolf thanked Dr Andrews.
"It's alright sir. I am just doing my job"
"Can we go see him now?" Mrs Wolf asked
"Well you can go in one after the other"
"Evelyn go in and see your husband," Mrs Wolf told her.
"Thank you, Chief. Evelyn told Dr. Andrews as she went inside the room"
"You are welcome" he answered and was escorted out by Mr Wolf.
The room was filled with several hospital equipment that cost a lot of money. Evelyn saw Michael on the bed breathing through a ventilator. She sat down next to him and saw how pale he was. His blood was being drawn out through a drip and taken back into his body by another drip after being filtered of the wolfsbane.
Evelyn began to cry as she watched him struggle to breathe with the aid of the ventilator. She felt helpless and prayed for his quick recovery. He didn't look like he was out of the woods yet unlike what Dr Andrews told them earlier. Sometimes, doctors lie to comfort the patient's family. She knew that because she had done it several times.
Evelyn held his cold hands and hoped that they catch the coward who shot her husband. After a while, there was a knock on the door and Jocelyn came inside the room.
"The person that shot Michael was caught. He is in the basement as we speak" Jocelyn told her "In case you wanted to see the coward you are welcome to join us."
Evelyn cleaned the tears from her eyes" Just give me a minute. I'll be there soon" she said.
"Okay. The nurse will take care of Michael so you don't need to worry about him. She's just outside the door" she told Evelyn before leaving.
Evelyn went out of the room and saw nobody there except for the nurse. She went down to the basement underneath the castle and noticed the whole family was there. The culprit was tied to a chair and was being beaten to a pulp by John.
Evelyn went inside to take a closer look at the bleeding man but could hardly recognize him.
"Why did you shoot my brother!?" John punched the man in his face with an iron ring. "Who sent you!?" He asked again.
The man did not answer any question John threw at him. It was like he was dumb.
"Let me have a go at him" Sam took a metal chain and hit the man with it several times "Who are you? and why did you shoot my brother?"
The man looked up at Sam and still refused to talk. The two brothers continued pounding him until they were worn out. Evelyn could hardly watch the torture but she needed to hear the truth and so she stayed behind.
Sam completely infuriated took out a knife and stabbed the man's left hand. "Do you want to talk now?" Sam asked after the man let out a painful groan.
"Stab the other hand," John told his brother to continue torturing the culprit.
"Okay" Sam stabbed the man's other hand but could only get another groan from the stranger.
"Break his legs!" Jocelyn shouted
Sam took out a large metal rod. "You better answer the damn question or you won't be able to walk again" he warned the man.
"Stop! Stop this now!" Evelyn shouted
"What? Why?" Sam asked her
"This is illegal. We shouldn't be doing this to a human being".
"Evelyn this is the man that shot your husband five times in the chest and you want us to stop?" Jocelyn told her.
"Breaking his legs won't do a thing. It looks like the man has made up his mind not to say anything. We are only wasting our time" Evelyn told them.
"So what do we suggest we do?" Mrs Wolf asked
"Take him to the police"
"You are joking right?" Sam asked her
"I am dead serious right now and besides Michael is getting better..."
"There is no way we are giving him to the cops. He messed with our family and so he needs to face the repercussions" John said.
"Then I am leaving. I won't be a part of this" Evelyn said and opened the basement door attempting to leave.
"I will only talk to her," The strange man said.
"What did you just say?" Sam asked astounded that he finally spoke.
The man spat on the floor. "I will answer all your questions but only to Evelyn".