The Angel's Silence 13

Before the Alekseev's were taken to the waiting room, they saw Doctors shocking Maya with a defibrillator.
Her heart had stopped.

Mariya's nearly did, too.

It seemed like an eternity had passed since they had gotten to the hospital.
Finally, after more than an hour of waiting, a Doctor finally came out to talk to them.
By the look on his face it wasn't good news.
They all feared that he was coming to inform them that their daughter had died.

"Mr. and Mrs. Alekseev.
I am Dr. Abelló.
We are still not sure exactly what happened to your daughter. We think she may have been poisoned with Cyanide, but we do not know that for sure. We are doing blood tests just to make sure, but we are almost certain that is what it is. We have already begun treating her for it.
First, we gave her amyl nitrite, followed by intravenous sodium nitrite. Then, intravenous sodium thiosulfate.
We usually do not start treatment before we know for sure what it is, but we had no choice. She was dying, and that was our only hope.
Right now, her vitals are stable, and she seems to be responding well to treatment. "

The Alekseev's were shocked. They never expected "poison" to be the cause of their daughter's illness.

"There is still more bad news."
Said Dr. Abelló

"The poison was so strong that it cut off oxygen to the baby, and it died. I'm sorry."

"Excuse me?
What do you mean 'baby?'
Maya was pregnant?"
Asked a confused Mariya.

"Yes, ma'am.
I was not aware that you did not know.
I'm sorry."
Said Dr. Abelló before walking away.

The Alekseev's were in even more shock than before. They had no idea that Maya was pregnant.

Rayna couldn't believe that Maya was pregnant, and didn't tell her.

"Maybe that was her secret?"
She thought to herself while stepping outside her air.

Antanas was furious.
He knew that things were being kept from him, but he never expected this.

"If anyone knew about this, it's Rayna."
He said to a sobbing Mariya before leaving to find Rayna.

He found her, and with a strong look of disappointment said,

"You know, every time you two are together, something bad happens to her."
Said an angry Antanas

"What are you saying?"
Asked Rayna

"I know you have always been jealous of your sister.

She was the one with all the friends.

I don't think you have ever had a friend in your life."
Said Antanas

"I cannot believe what I am hearing right now.

I know that you are angry, and you have every right to be.

However, you do not have the right to blame me for this.

I love Maya, and would never do anything to harm her.

I am always trying to help her."
Said an increasingly angrier Rayna

"This is so typical of you, Rayna.

Never wanting to take responsibility for your action.

Instead, you prefer to blame them on somebody else.

You are her older sister. It is your job to watch out for her when we're not around."
Said Antanas

"What do you mean 'older?'
We're twins!"
She said

"Yes, older.

You are almost 10 minutes older than she is.

You always did have to be first with everything."
Said Antanas

"I cannot believe I am hearing this from my own father.

Maybe if you were home more often you would know more.

We may not get along 100% of the time, but we are identical twin sisters.

There can be no closer bond between two people."
Said Rayna, almost in tears

"Look, all I am saying is that if you paid more attention to her, this wouldn't have happened.

Why didn't you tell us that your sister was pregnant?"

I didn't know she was pregnant."
Insisted Rayna

"Don't lie to me!"
Shouted Antanas

Just then, a male nurse walking by asked,
"Is everything all right here?"

Antanas just walked away, leaving Rayna more confused than ever.

She was so upset.
Her own father was accusing her of trying to kill her sister.
Rayna wished that it were her lying in the hospital bed, and not Maya.

(To Be Continued)