Chapter 44 Chapter Forty Four

Chapter 44 Chapter Forty Four
“The woman you met is Ellsa. She’s a serial killer who tried to kill her sister and steal James, her sister’s baby.”

The nurse had a horrified look on her face, “I think I’m going to be sick.”

“Paloma take the baby back,” Doran instructed, settling the woman on the chair. “And could we not tell Carson we almost lost his son?”

“You don’t have to tell me twice,” Paloma announced. She went back to the nursery and placed James back into his bed. She then pushed the bed to the furthest corner, far away from both the exits.

Doran sat next to the nurse. “Now, let’s start from the beginning.”

“Why don’t we just jump straight to the end? Where is my baby?” Ellsa demanded, pointing a gun at the duo.

She kept the gun pointed at Doran as she pulled the nurse up. “I sent you to get me my baby not to socialize. Where is he?”

“They took him back. They said he’s not your baby!”

“Took him where?”

“To the nursery.”

Doran stood up, “Ellsa...”

“You have a very short time to live old man, do not waste it by dying in a hospital corridor.” She walked to the nursery using the nurse as cover. She tried the door but it was locked. She cursed, and knocked on the glass. “You, open the door!”

“Not a chance Ellsa!” Paloma yelled back.

Ellsa banged frustrated, on the glass with her fist and roared, “Don’t make me shoot through this glass, because I will.”

“You can’t, it is bullet proof,” the nurse stuttered.

“Give me that baby Paloma or I swear your family will be next on my hit list!”

Paloma moved towards the glass, her face turning red with fury. “I will hunt you to the ends of the earth if you so much as go a mile near my family. And I promise you, I will kill you, even if you’re Ellie’s sister.”

Ellsa puffed, “You talk about Ellie like she was some kind of god.”

“Is, she’s not dead Ellsa.”

Ellsa’s lips rose in a smile, “Yet. She’s not dead yet.” And then she shrugged her shoulder, “I never intended on her dying, that was never in the plan, but she is in a coma. She could never wake up and that gives me full rights to the baby.”

“You’re forgetting something, James has a father.”

“What makes you so sure he’s the father?”

“Ellie is a woman of honor and loyalty and she has a heart. Everything you lack.”

That comment turned the smile on Ellsa’s lips into an angry quiver. Murder yelled out of her eyes, as she glared at Paloma, wishing that glass wasn’t there to shield her.

“Paloma,” Doran warned. “Ellsa lets discuss this.”

Ellsa grabbed hold of the nurse’s hair and dragged her a safe distance away. She placed the barrel of the gun in her ear. “I’m done talking. Give me the baby or she’s going to have a really bad ear ache.”

Carson and Richard stood close by, behind the cover of the wall. Paloma had texted them about Ellsa’s attempt to steal James. That sent Carson into a murderous rage. He wanted to put a bullet through her heart and watch her die a slow death for what she’d done to his family. He didn’t care if she was his sister-in-law, all he wanted was retribution. But as the homicidal thought commanded his mind, Ellie’s voice persistently whispered in his ear. She loved her sister, no matter what the psychopath did and killing her would only hurt Ellie. Ellsa would still have won in destroying their lives.

Carson and Richard moved closer, laying in wait for Doran’s signal. No matter how they played it, for Ellie’s sake, Ellsa had to make it out alive.

“Give me my son!” Ellsa yelled, making the nurse cry louder.

Carson clenched his jaw, forcing his emotions behind and allowing his professional instincts to take over.

Doran took a step closer, “Ellsa, you don’t have a baby here. James is Ellie’s baby, and Carson is never going to let you have him.”

She chuckled, “What? He’s going to kill me like he did my employees. Ellie is going to hate him if he does.” She laughed loudly, “I saw them and those shots were meant to make them suffer before they died. Carson is just like me, we would have made one hell of a couple.”

“Carson is nothing like you,” A tired voice spoke out.

Carson felt his heart stop. He made to move out of position but Richard held him back.

“Focus!” He instructed.

“I thought you were in a coma?” Ellsa accused.

Ellie moved to lean against the nurse’s desk, pushing Kris away. Her legs still felt like jelly under her, but she didn’t want Kris to get caught in the cross fire. There were a lot of guns aiming at Ellsa, and she had no idea. “Well, you woke me up.”

“Welcome to the party sis!”

Ellie leaned more against the desk, a dizzy spell rocking her. “What are you doing Ellsa?”

“I came to take what’s mine, my son.”

“You have a son?” She asked confused wondering how long she’d been out.

“She’s talking about your baby Ellie,” Doran corrected.

Ellie gasped, a single tear spilling, “James.... he’s alive?”

“Yes.”

She willed her legs to hold her up and staggered to the nursery window. She leaned against it and searched the room, “Is he okay?”

“Yes, my son is okay and I’m here to get him.” Ellsa barked, destroying Ellie’s relief.

Ellie felt her heart tighten. She felt like crying her heart out, but she was too weak for it. She couldn’t stand the betrayal, her own twin sister! “So you really did try to steal him from me? You had people cut me open and pull my baby out!”

“What can I say, I ran out of patience.”

“He could have died!”

She rolled her eyes, “I hired professionals. They knew what they were doing and you wouldn’t have ended up in a coma if Dale hadn’t crushed the party.”

“I don’t understand. Why would you do this? He’s just a baby, he hasn’t done anything to you!”

Ellsa smiled, “For years I’ve stood in the shadow of perfect Ellie! You’ve stolen every man I’ve ever loved. The only retribution I could think of was taking them all away from you. If I couldn’t have them, you wouldn’t either.”

“What does James have to do with this?”

“When you told me you were pregnant, I knew I didn’t have a chance of getting Dale back. You were popping another one of his spawns. So, I took you out of the picture. I figured, I’d make him fall in love with me, and then when you came back he wouldn’t care. You’d be off to jail for murder and I’d be the new Mrs. Carson.”

She clenched her jaw, the dreamy look fading, “But the idiot is too in love with you! And when you told me you were having a boy, I knew he would be my retribution."