Lahat ng Kabanata ng After The Divorce, He Regretted Everything : Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

The room stayed quiet after the message.No one rushed to speak.No one tried to force a decision because they all knew.This was not something they could decide for Yvonne.She stood still, her phone in her hand.The image of Auntie Lin was still on the screen.Yvonne closed her eyes for a moment then she opened them again.Her face had changed.The fear was still there but something else had taken its place.Clarity.She looked at Marcus.“I’m stepping back,” she said.The words were calm.Adrian frowned immediately.“What do you mean?” he asked.Yvonne did not hesitate.“I’m leaving the mission,” she said.Silence filled the room again.Marcus watched her closely.Adrian shook his head.“No,” he said. “We need to think this through.”Yvonne looked at him.“I have,” she replied.Her voice did not shake this time.“He made it clear. If I stay, she suffers.”Adrian stepped closer.“And if you leave, you trust him?” he asked.Yvonne paused.That question mattered more than anything.Sh

Yvonne ran down the hallway as fast as she could.She was holding the smartwatch tight in her hand.Her mind was racing, the idea had hit her suddenly.She did not know if it would work, but she knew she had to try.She opened the door of the control room.Marcus looked up first. “Yvonne?” She walked straight toward the main console.“Replay the video,” she said quickly.Adrian frowned slightly.“What video?”“The one from the Founder,” she replied. “The one with Auntie Lin.”Marcus stepped closer.“Why?”Yvonne placed the smartwatch on the table.“Just play it.”Her voice was urgent.Adrian looked at Marcus for a second, then nodded to one of the analysts.“Bring it up.”The analyst typed quickly. A few seconds later the screen lit up.The video appeared, the same video they had received earlier.The screen showed Auntie Lin tied to the chair again.The room became quiet.Even though they had already seen it, the image still felt heavy.Yvonne stepped closer to the screen.“Pause i

The control room felt different.Not quite like before, not tense in the same way.Something had changed.The screens still showed maps and data, but now one screen displayed the ambulance feed.Auntie Lin was inside.Two medical staff sat beside her.They were checking her pulse, giving her oxygen, and slowly helping her regain strength.Yvonne stood in front of the screen.Her eyes were fixed on Auntie Lin.She had not moved from that spot since the rescue team found her.Marcus stood a few steps behind her.Adrian leaned against the main desk.Everyone in the room looked tired, but relief.Auntie Lin was alive.That mattered more than anything else.The medical team spoke through the radio.“Vitals are weak”Adrian nodded slowly.Marcus let out a breath he did not realize he had been holding.Yvonne’s eyes filled with tears again, but this time they were not from fear.“They found her,” she whispered.Marcus stepped closer.“Yes.”On the screen, Auntie Lin opened her eyes slightly.

The control room stayed busy long after the breach was discovered.No one left, no one relaxed.Even though Auntie Lin was safe now, the problem in front of them was much bigger.The Founder had stolen the Omega emergency protocol.And now he had disappeared.Marcus stood near the main screen with his arms crossed. His eyes moved across the data that showed on the monitors.Adrian stood beside one of the analysts.Yvonne sat quietly at the table, watching everything.The team had been scanning every network connected to the mission.Hospitals, emergency response centers, medical supply systems.Everything.But there was still no sign of the Founder.Adrian looked at the latest scan results.“Nothing.”Marcus nodded.“He planned his exit well.”Adrian leaned forward.“What can he do with the Omega protocol?”Marcus looked at him.“A lot.”Yvonne answered more clearly.“The Omega plan is used when a full system failure happens.”Adrian frowned.“You mean when hospitals can’t function?”

The timer on the screen started moving the moment it appeared.00:29:5900:29:5800:29:57The control room that had been busy before suddenly turned into a place full of tension and fear.Everyone was looking at the same thing.The countdown.Thirty minutes before Stage Three of the Omega protocol would activate.Marcus stood near the main console, his eyes were tired.Adrian stood beside one of the analysts, watching the system logs.Yvonne remained near the large screen at the front of the room.Her arms were folded tightly as she watched the numbers fall.No one needed to explain what would happen when the timer reached zero.Every hospital in the network would lose control of its system.Every medical center would depend on the Omega command.And the Founder would be the only one able to control it.The timer continued.00:28:41Phones rang across the room as analysts tried to contact different system centers.Others typed commands quickly into their consoles.Every person in the