Stay with me

Chapter 44 - Storm in Paradise

The worst nightmare has become a reality.

"I will not wake up ..." - a terrible thought flashed through his brain, and his twisted fingers squeezed his head like a vise.

He looked at the pillar of water rising almost to the clouds and heavy, as in slow motion, settling back into the ocean, but he saw Defne. Her radiant eyes, her smile ... her voice rang in his ears:

"And without you, I don't need anything. The stars are not visible without you..."

"I love you..."

"I love ..."

"I am nothing without you ..."

No without him ... no ... No!!!!

- NOT!!!! – his voice broke through the lump and tore his throat. - Defne!!!! Not!!!

On the surface of the water, dark spots began to appear the heads of passengers getting out of the twisted cabin of the plane. Desperate hope gripped Omer. Defne is alive! She couldn't die!

The baby! Another eerie thought pierced his brain, but he strangled it. He needs to find Defne. She is there in the stormy waters of the ocean. Waiting for his help!

He tore off his windbreaker and, throwing it away, dived into the high waves and, cutting them through with powerful strokes, swam to the plane going under the water.

Airport employees were already running to the shore, lifebuoys in hand. Without wasting time, the men threw themselves into the water and followed Omer to the crash site. From the main island, bouncing on the waves, speedboats rushed. Sirens roared and people shouted. The seagulls whined pitifully, and the wind blew strong. The clouds overhead swirled in an ominous, dark, bloody mist. The island paradise turned into hell.

And in this hell, in the darkened water, Omer rushed about near the wing of the plane rearing into the sky. He looked into people's faces and shouted out a single name:

- Defne!!! Defne!!! Defne!!!

Someone clung to him. He hastily handed over the distraught passengers to the rescuers and again with crazy persistence looked for her - his Defne. But she was not on the surface of the water. Omer, gaining full lungs of air, dived into the depths and looked for her there, among the twisted parts of the plane that had fallen to pieces. When the air ran out in the lungs, he surfaced and again, distraught with fear, shouted:

- Defne!!!

She was not there. Was nowhere. Omer did not know how much time had passed, but he understood that not a single person would survive by remaining underwater for so long. Horror was tearing his brain. His throat was hurting. The broken voice turned into a wheeze and repeated over and over:

- Defne!!!

Omer refused to accept the terrible truth - she no longer exists.

There is none of them.

The sky and the ocean took his life...

One of the rescuers swam up to him and, grabbing the collar of his shirt, has not allowed him to dive under the water again. Shaking him, he spoke clearly and demanding:

- Sir, all the passengers who were on board were taken ashore. There is no one else there.

"My wife," Omer croaked, looking at him with maddened eyes. - Brown-eyed, with red hair...

- A girl similar in the description was taken to the airport building. She was unconscious.

Desperate hope lit up in Omer's eyes. Rushing out of the hands of the rescuer, he began to row with all his strength to the shore. Having got out on land, not seeing or noticing the chaos reigning around, he rushed to the airport building. Inside, he grabbed the hand of one of the employees and, panting, asked: