Averie did not speak, so Elyette turned to glance at her.
When he saw her haggard complexion and lack of energy, he quickly pulled her into his arms and rested her head on his shoulder.
“Get some sleep.
Robert will be fine.
There‘s no use in worrying now,” he whispered hoarsely into her ear.
There was something magical about his voice.
The moment she heard his words, her heart finally stopped dangling in midair.
As Averie smelled Elyette‘s familiar scent, she unconsciously nuzzled against the warmth of his neck, then found a comfortable position and fell asleep in his embrace.
Elyette wished that time could stop at this moment.
It was as if they were a married couple who had loved each other for many years.
If he had not broken down earlier, then Averie would definitely have asked him about Wanda Tate.
She would be furious if she found out that he had not dealt with Wanda.
In the quiet hallway, he heard himself sigh from the depths of his heart.
A nurse walked past them and Elyette‘s eyes followed her as she headed toward the intensive care unit.
He wondered how Robert was doing.
He was willing to endure any torment as long as his son would be alright The sun came up about four hours later.
When the attending doctor approached Elyette, he first glanced at Averie, who was still asleep in his arms.
She was fast asleep.
If nobody woke her up, she could probably sleep for quite a while.
“Would you like to take her to the on–call room to rest, Mr.Foster?”
asked the doctor.”
Nobody‘s in there right now.”
Elyette was afraid to wake Averie, so he rejected the doctor‘s kind offer.
“How‘s Robert doing?”
“He‘s in stable condition right now.
The rash on his face has faded slightly.
We‘ll have to continue monitoring him to see if his condition would suddenly deteriorate at night like it did the last two times.”
The doctor adjusted his glasses, then continued, “If his condition doesn‘t deteriorate tonight, then he probably will gradually get better.”
Elyette‘s chest rose and fell rapidly as excitement took over.
Averie felt the sudden rise in his body temperature and instantly woke up.
“The doctor said that Robert‘s doing really well right now, Averie.”
Elyette wrapped her in an emotional embrace.
“Robert will definitely get through this!”
He was hugging her so tightly that Averie found it hard to breathe, but the moment she digested what he had just said, her mood was lifted.
“Is that true?
I‘m not dreaming, am I?”
she mumbled.
“It‘s not a dream, Miss Tate,” the doctor said with a smile.
“Robert‘s vitals have improved greatly after this blood transfusion, so we can look forward to him making it through the night in peace.”
Averie was moved to tears.
“I want to properly thank the person who donated the blood.
Do you know who the blood donor is, Elyette?”
Her question took Elyette by surprise.
Since last night, he had never once thought about this question.
All he knew was that the blood came from the blood bank.
“I‘ll go find out right now.”
He pulled out his phone and called the blood bank‘s manager.
When the call went through, the blood bank’s manager said, “The staff on duty were the ones who received it. I asked them about it and they said that the person who sent the blood didn’t leave their contact information. I’m guessing it was a good samaritan that wanted to stay anonymous! ” Where in the world were all of these anonymous good samaritans coming from?
Once Elyette was done with the call, Averie said, “Let’s go find that good samaritan!
”
Now that Robert’s condition was stable, there was nothing they could do at the hospital.
“The donor didn’t leave a name.
”
Elyette’s hawk-like eyes rested on Averie as he asked, “Don’t you think it’s strange?”
Averie seemed to have something on her mind.
“When Wesley brought that bag of blood, he said that a good samaritan donated it anonymously.”
“Do you think that this half a pint of blood was also from Wesley?”
Averie’s lashes fluttered lightly.
She shook her head and said, “I don’t know.
If it really was from Wesley, then why didn’t he just bring it to us?
Why did he have to do it through the blood bank?”
Elyette’s expression suddenly turned grave.
Averie guessed what he was thinking.
“I’ll call him!”
She pulled out her phone and was about to call Wesley when Elyette stood up.
His expression was cold as he said, “I’ll stop by the house.”
Averie knew that he was going to see Shea.
He suspected that she was the blood donor.
She could not help but follow him out of the hospital.
As they walked out of the building, snow fell from the sky and blurred their line of vision.
As Averie watched Elyette walk away by himself, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.
She suddenly began to feel afraid.
If the half-pint of blood last night really was Shea’s, then how could her body possibly handle the stress?
Her hands and feet turned ice-cold at the thought.
She watched as Elyette walked further and further away until he completely disappeared from her sight.
If the blood last night was Shea’s, then could the quarter-pint of blood that Wesley sent before also be from her?
Her fear intensified the more she thought about it.
She pulled out her phone, found Wesley’s number, and dialed it.
She had to find out the truth, or she would not be able to rest easy.
Once the call was made, what came through the phone was not Wesley’s voice, but the monotonous tone of the system notification.
“Sorry, the number you have dialed has been switched off.
Please try again later.”
Averie thought that she had heard wrongly.
Wesley did not usually have his phone off.
She could get through practically every time she called, but why was his phone turned off now?
Could it be that Elyette had guessed right?
Wesley was a medical practitioner.
He understood Shea’s condition.
As long as he had his reason, he would not draw Shea’s blood.
Over at the Foster mansion, Mrs.
Scarlet was surprised to see Elyette return.
“How’s Robert, Master Elyette?”
she asked.
Elyette did not change his shoes.
He strode into the living room and said, “Where’s Shea?”
“Shea’s not home,” answered Mrs.
Scarlet.
“She called me last night and said that Wesley was taking her to Sacred Hill to pray for Robert’s recovery.
She said she told you about it!”
Elyette’s eyes instantly darkened as his teeth clenched.
“She didn’t tell me anything!
She lied!”
Mrs.
Scarlet was shocked by his furious roar and quickly found her phone.
“I’ll call her… I’ll tell her to come home right away!”
Elyette clenched his fists tightly, then said, “I already called her.
Her phone’s turned off!”
He did not only call Shea, but he also called Wesley.
Both Wesley‘s and Shea‘s phones were turned off. It was clear that the good samaritan who donated their blood was Shea. Shea had given Robert close to an entire pint of blood. An adult could donate at most half a pint at a time. Shea should not be donating blood, to begin with, but ended up donating more than the usual amount expected from a regular person!
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