Chapter 90

"Pumpkin." Nathan called out weakly.

Hilda held onto Nathan's hand tightly as she cried tears of joy.

"Nathan,you are up."

"Yes." He responded as he squeezed his face from the pain with much difficulty.

When Hilda saw that she quickly said. "Lemme call the doctor."With that she began to wheel herself from the room. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't wheel it. She wasn't used to the wheelchair so she had no idea how to operate it.

She then yelled out. "Samuel." But there was no response.She then called out again. But it was the same deafening silence.

She felt dejected and turned to look at Nathan who had his eyes closed again.

She held him by the hand and shook him a little scared."Nathan?"

He didn't make any movement. Hilda freaked out and shook him again. "Nathan?" This time around, he responded weakly.

"Mmm" He was in so much pain that he couldn't bring himself to open his eyes again. And then seeing Hilda in the hospital gown, he couldn't fathom what was going on. How long as it been? To him, it had just been some few hours that he had been away.

And now. Hilda is in a hospital gown just like him but she was in a wheel chair. What else had happened since he was in the coma? Thinking about it,he blamed himself.

Nuella who had gone to use the washroom kinda heard Hilda's voice so she rushed in. "Mrs. Clemon, you called out?" She blurted as soon as she got in.

"Yes. Nathan is up. Get the doctor." She responded.

Nuella looked to the bed but could only see Nathan lying down still with his eyes still close. She starred back at Hilda but didn't voice out her opinion.

She was in the military. And in the military,you are to obey orders without questions. "Yes Ma'am." She turned around and walked outside to get the doctor.

But then she walked back inside again with a worried expression on. "Mrs Clemon,..."

"Please call me Hilda and why are you back here already? Did you get the doctor?" Hilda cut her off and asked impatiently.

Nuella explained worriedly. "AIright,Hilda."

"I am yet to call the doctor as it would be a little inconvenient for you if anyone is to see you in here at this time." She voiced out worriedly.

"I will take you to your room and from there, I will call the doctor. How about that?" She added.

Hilda knew her worries were expected. It would be questionable if anyone found her in here. But she didn't want to leave Nathan.

Nathan who had been lying down with his eyes closed noticed Hilda's worries. He knew she was worried about him but what Nuella said was right. Their marriage was a secret and not many people knew about it.

This won't be the right condition to bring their marriage to light. He opened his eyes with great pain and smiled weakly at Hilda. "Pumpkin, I will be fine. Let the doctors check on me now. And you can come back and be with with me later. What about that?" He said weakly and with much difficulty.

"Alright Hun. I love you." Hilda responded.

"I love you too." Nathan replied back weakly.

Nuella who was shocked when she saw Nathan's eyes open was just starring at him with mouth wide open. She was beyond excited. Who could have thought Nathan would have been up this soon.

She then saluted him.""Sir!"

Nathan smiled and said weakly. "No need to salute me. I am no more in the military."

"You will always be my boss sir, so I will salute you whenever."She replied happily. With the thought that Nathan was up.

Nathan who knew how stubborn she was did not say anything any longer. He just nodded his head and said to take Hilda away.

Hilda kissed Nathan on his hand and then Nuella pushed her away from Nathan's ward into her ward.

As soon as they left his room, Nathan could not hold in any longer. As his expression twisted into that of pain. He was in so much pain but pretended to be alright so not to bother Hilda. And thinking about her who was in the wheel chair, he had wanted to ask but held back because he found it difficult to speak.

Samuel rushed into Nathan's ward as soon as Nuella told him about it. He checked all the basics of NNathan's health with a serious tone without saying anything. He had received a call from Kyle not long ago telling him about what Chris had done.

Although it was a great news that Nathan was up, thinking about wwhat Chris had done, he couldn't bring himself to think about being happy now.

Chris is still out there and with all the information he has about the others, he is a force to be reckoned with. Although he might not be able to destroy any of them, they have no idea what who he is working with could do.

After doing all the basic tests and making sure Nathan was all fine, he forced a smile. "Bro,"

Nathan smiled back weakly and asked. "How am I?"

"You are awake. That was all that mattered. The injuries and broken bones are all healing. You should be better in six months." Samuel replied in a serious tone.

"Six months?" Nathan tried to sit up as he spoke but he couldn't.

"Yeah six months. Preferably you stay in bed. But I'm not sure how your stubborn a** will be taking it. And for now,all you can do is to lay down." Samuel replied.

Nathan looked at Samuel and asked in a difficult tone. "What happened to my wife?"

As soon as Samuel heard that, he froze for a single while and looked straight into Nathan's cold eyes.