Reina's Accident

"What happened?" he asked. "A lot of things. She is in surgery now" Lorenzo replied, his voice cracked. "I'm on my way"  Demetrius told him as he grabbed his car keys. His bodyguards followed in one of the Audi SUVs. When he pulled up to the hospital, the paparazzi hounded him. "Will Reina be ok?" "Do you think she will make it?" "Is she even still alive, Mr. Vassaliadas?". If they only knew what those questions did to Demetrius. He saw his entire family in the waiting room. Carly and Gertrude were crying and a tear slipped from Antonio's eye. The rest of his family were praying. He made his way to Lorenzo. "What happened?" his voice barely audible. "She went to our father's house. I don't know what happened but when I got there, there was so much blood. I thought she was dead at first. She had a weak pulse" Lorenzo told him. Demetrius felt as if his feet would give out. "Where was your father?" Demetrius asked. Lorenzo shrugged. "He wasn't there when I got to her. Reina was unconscious by the phone cradling her stomach" Lorenzo cried then. At that moment a doctor with blood stained scrubs came into the room. "Mr. Vassaliadas, Mr. Cortes. May I have a word with you both?" he asked. 

They went into an unoccupied examining room. "Mr. Vassaliadas while Reina came in and out of consciousness she kept repeating that you needed to know. I am not sure what though" the doctor told Demetrius. Demetrius looked at Lorenzo. 

"T-They are yours" Lorenzo said referring to the twins. 

Demetrius fell to his knees then. "Why didn't she tell me? Why didn't you tell me?" Demetrius's voice cracked. "She begged us not to. You were already marrying Cybil and she thought it would be best that you didn't know. Flashback- "Do you love him?" Demetrius had asked Reina. She turned to look at him. "The twins' father, do you love him?" he asked. She looked him in the eye. "I do, so much it hurts" Reina had told him as she walked away. Flashback ends. 

"Mr. Vassaliadas" the doctor said pulling Demetrius out of his thoughts. When Demetrius looked up at him, he continued. "She is in a coma. Her babies..." The doctor started, darting a look at Demetrius. "Are they...?" Lorenzo couldn't bare to finish the sentence. "That is why I am here. We want your permission to terminate the pregnancy should we need to" the doctor finished. 

Demetrius couldn't believe what he was hearing! "Mr. Vassaliadas they are your children. We need your permission. We don't know if we can save all three lives". Demetrius couldn't talk, he didn't want to choose. If he chose the twins life then he would lose the most precious thing to him. Their mother. And if he chooses Reina's life she would never forgive herself for losing the twins. "Do whatever is possible to save all three of their lives, doctor. Should anything go wrong save the twins. Are they old enough to breathe on their own?" Lorenzo asked. "Their lungs haven't been fully developed yet but we will know more when or if we take them out" the doctor replied as he left the room. "M-my babies?" Demetrius asked, still on his knees. "She thought it was best that you didn't know. Believe me we all tried to convince her that you needed to know but Reina can be so stubborn" Lorenzo told him. Demetrius found the strength to stand. "Let's hope for the best" Demetrius said as he and Lorenzo went back to the family.