Babel Novel
Chapter 34: Got Scared Again
Chapter 34: Got Scared Again
Athena’s P.O.V.
“Can I?” he asked me. His eyes were somewhat sparkling as if this would be his first time to dive into
the pool.
“It’s okay, as long as you will clean it yourself later. Look at your neck, eew! What’s that some black and
disgusting dirt over there. I think you badly needed to take a bath, yuck!” I squealed while pointing at
his neck. The truth was… there was none, I just wanted to annoy him to retaliate for his teasing. I
almost burst into laughter when I saw his disbelieving reaction.
“Woah! Look who’s talking here? Between you and I, who has the flu and won’t be able to take even a
quick shower? Is it me or you, Helena?” I was surprised when he stepped closer towards me and
scowled at me, “That smell you have? Nothing could have been nastier! It stinks. That was too far from
the normal smell of a girl.” Then, he laughed.
And because I got annoyed again at what he said, I suddenly pushed him into the swimming pool
without even thinking. It was too late for me to panic.
Oh no! He might not have brought any replacement clothes with him! What will I do?
“He-Helena, h-help me… I d-don’t know how to s-swim!” Even though his body was starting to This content © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.
descend, he still tried his best to lift his head to scream and call for help.
Oh my God! my mind screamed.
My palms were on my mouth while my eyes were wide open—still shocked at what I was about to
witness. Cristoff must not die here in our house, for Christ’s sake!
If I was exasperated at him a while ago, I was damn nervous now. It was as if my whole body was
covered in a cloak of fear. My heart throbbed in dread and panic. After Helena’s death last year, this
was the time I trembled inside and got scared again. Why didn’t he tell me that he doesn’t know how to
swim in the first place?
What the heck! What will I do now?
There was no intercom, but Daddy was working on placing one here. The kitchen and the maid’s
quarter were far from the swimming pool, so if I would still go there to ask for their help, Cristoff might
have been already dead once we came back here.
Shit! His body already submerged into the water, what will I do? I didn’t see any bubbles as well, which
added to my anxiety that he could no longer be breathing down there.
Without any second thoughts, I dived into the pool, swam a little to reach him until I was able to get
Cristoff’s body.
Damn, he’s too heavy! He’s not even chubby.
I gently laid his body on the marble side of our swimming pool—careful enough not to hit his head.
“Cristoff, are you okay?” I worriedly asked, but he was not opening his eyes. I was gently tapping his
face but still, no response came from him. Terror reared up within me as blood froze through my veins.
It was a good thing that I was a trained medic, and I knew how to do a CPR*. Well, I will just do what I
knew was the right thing to do! I’ll lift the rest to the Lord.
First, check for ABC—airway, breathing, and circulation. So, I looked at his nose and opened his
mouth. He looked okay so far. He had no airway obstruction, but I was not sure if his breathing was still
normal. Maybe because of fear that I couldn’t locate his pulse either on his wrists or on his neck… so
that was when I decided to perform a CPR.
I was on my third cycle of giving him some air, but he still had no response, so I pumped his chest
again and from there, started the fourth cycle. When I removed my lips from him after I gave a dynamic
blow, I saw his teasing stare that totally freaked me out. He was even biting his lower lip and stuck his
tongue out like a great maniac!
Damn him, he just tricked me! He tricked me from the very start!
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¹CardioPulmonary Resuscitation or CPR is an emergency procedure that combines chest
compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until
further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is
in cardiac arrest.