She was flung. But seeing the bodyguards behind him, she didn’t dare to speak up. She got up and left in a hurry.
Waylen was at best three meters away from the surgery table. But it felt like forever. Underneath the white cloth was peace, horrible silence.
Waylen got numb like he lost his soul. He walked over mechanically, and every step was so heavy.
He reached out to the white cloth. The most powerful man in the city who had all sorts of skills was as low as an ant.
His trembling hand was in the air and didn’t fall for a long time.
He was afraid to see her painful look. He was afraid she was lying there and would never wake up.
He couldn’t accept it.
He put his hand down and lifted it again. This time he didn’t drop it.
“Sir…” Tinder was choked on words. This was the first time he felt Waylen was full of desperation.
It was Tinder’s voice that woke him up. He finally mustered up the courage to open the cloth.
Tinder lowered his head to close eyes at the same moment Waylen opened the white cloth. He couldn’t imagine what would happen to Waylen after he saw it. Leilani’s death, and his emotions, which one was worse?
He closed his eyes and waited for a second. He didn’t hear anything from Waylen. But he heard the doctor’s voice, “Who are you? This is not a place you wander about. Get off, the family of the deceased is coming.”
The family of the deceased?
He looked behind, and there were some people with sad looks. Then Waylen was suddenly relieved from all the pressure he has been experiencing. He could hear his breath.
Waylen turned over and left the room. He grabbed the doctor by his collar, “The victims from the car accident, where are they?”
The doctor pointed at the room next door, trembling, “One’s dead, and another’s having an operation.”
“The dead one is a he or a she?”
The doctor shook his head, “I’m not clear.”
Waylen held back his breath again. He couldn’t mind much and rushed out.
Like a mad man, he stopped every nurse he ran into and asked if she knew. A nurse who knew the situation said, “The pregnant woman is in the surgery. She’s unstable. There is little chance that both the mother and the body survive.”
“Save her! Do you hear me? I want you to save the grown-up under no circ.u.mstances.”
“I…” The doctor was shocked. He was forced to promise Waylen.
The operation continued. Waylen kept pacing around on the outside. He wanted to rush in to wake up, Leilani. But the remaining sanity told him coming in would not make the situation better.
He stared at the red “in operation” lights on top of the room with crimson eyes, and tightened his lips.
“Sir, Mrs. Hamiton’s going to be fine.” Tinder said.
Waylen stared at the door and started shouting, “Leilani, if you dare to leave me alone, I’ll give you hell!”
His voice echoed in the hall. Nurses came to remind him to stay quiet in case he disrupted the doctors inside.
Waylen said with a stern voice, “Find out the cause of the car accident.”
Tinder was frozen for a second. This was a hard task. But he said yes anyway.
“Okay, I’ll get onto it.”
Waylen was in so much pain that needles poked his heart.
Waylen bit his teeth. He should’ve stopped her when she said she was going to the hospital to visit Charles. Or at least he should come with her. She was in a car accident without his watch for the morning.
Tinder asked his men for some information after a while, and ran to Waylen, “Sir…”
Waylen was extremely displeased. He quit smoking because of Leilani for a long time. But there were cigarette butts all over the floors.
“Hold back what you’re gonna say if you want to die.”
“I’ve got some info. Andrew is gone.”
Waylen was slightly frozen, “You said… Leilani was… dead?”
“Yes, Andrew was in the same car back from the cemetery. In the car accident, Andrew died protecting Leilani.”
Waylen felt his shoulders stiff. He wanted to say something, but he couldn’t.
The demise of life was just in a second.
He died protecting his woman. Waylen didn’t know what to say.
The operation took 10 hours from day tonight. The notice was given to Waylen. The nurse reminded him gently if the operation couldn’t bring Leilani back; he had to start arranging the funeral.
There were patients, hospital staff, and visitors coming through the floor. They didn’t know who was in the emergency room. But they all saw a man, guarded by a security team, staring at the light of the emergency room like a statue.
Waylen stood there, feeling he was in a nightmare from which he would never wake up.
He closed his eyes and frazzled. His body and his heart got cold as time went on.
Please, Leilani, don’t be so cruel to me.
Please don’t leave me alone. I couldn’t live without you.
Waylen didn’t know how long it was, but he heard a noise.
The operation room’s light was out.
Waylen started moving like the button was pressed.
The doctor went off and recognized the legendary figure in town. The doctor was exhausted, but he showed a humble attitude, “Mr. Bamford…”
“I need to know about her situation.”
The doctor immediately understood. He was operating the whole time without knowing who she was. He knew who she saw Waylen, “Her cranium is traumatized. Shoulder bones are broken and her calf was broken too. She didn’t have any danger now. The fetus was stable too. Maybe her mother protected it out of her nature. But she…”
“I’ll kill you if I hear another nonsense.”
“The grown-up was in a coma because of the head injury. I’m not optimistic.”
“How long will she wake up?”
“It’s hard to say. The cranium blooding is quite serious. So…” The doctor tried to be delicate in case Waylen killed him when he got angry.
“I’m asking you when she will wake up. Don’t give me shit!”
The doctor almost cried, “Mr. Bamford, show mercy,”
“The baby? What will happen to the baby if she’s in a coma?” Waylen was still mad. He wanted the doctors to make Leilani wake up at this moment.
“If she didn’t wake up after the due date, we suggest C-section. But if she gave birth in a coma, she could get in danger…” The doctor’s voice was lower and lower, and he added for self-protection, “just maybe”.
But he knew it was probable.
Afterward, nurses wheeled Leilani out of the operation room. She was wearing an oxygen mask. Waylen stared at Leilani’s pale face and checked her faint breath. He closes his eyes to hold back some emotions.
He suddenly realized something, but he didn’t want to believe it.
She was in a poor state like she was gone at any second.
The doctor kept saying it was a miracle that she was still breathing.
But he was soon scared off by Waylen’s murderous look. The nurses were no better. Waylen too over the gurney and wouldn’t let anyone touch it. He was so gentle when he pushed her in the elevator. He wanted to make her wake up. But he was worried she would get awful. He was upset and had regrets at the same time.
He was upset because he didn’t stay with her all the time and let her get injured.
He pushed the gurney in the VIP ward. He was staring at Leilani with a blank look.
Tinder wore a bacteria-proof outfit and pushed the door to come in. He handed Waylen over a thing in a white plastic bag, “Sir, this is what they found at the crash site.”
Waylen saw a button with Bamford’s emblem…
His own family?
Waylen slightly squinted his eyes. No other family had the same emblem. His grandfather did this to avenge Rebecca?
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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