Chapter 96: The Past

ELLIOT’S POV

After we were done with putting signatures on the presented document, The doctor rubbed his palms together, and later, he retired into the operating room with the members of his surgical team.

My dad and I went over to the waiting room to join Sophie, who had arrived with Amelia minutes ago, clinging to Nathan and Isabella with her rigid hands, her whole face soaked with tears and sweat. Everything about the case had been communicated to her already, and with the way she was looking now, it appeared like her life was literally hanging on the news of Nathan’s recovery, like she was going to crumble at any moment if she heard anything contrary to that.

She sat silently in a corner of the room, and Amelia sat beside her, comforting her; she wasn’t at all responding to greetings from the nurses.

All she did was stare blankly into space with sunken eyes, sniffing intermittently.

My father and I knew it was better not to disturb her. Even though once or twice I wanted to go ove