Sally could see the fear in his eyes and she said to him gently, “Rest for a while. I’ll speak with her family.”“Sure,” Jason said as he gritted his teeth. He hated Conrad even more than ever.The surgery theater’s door opened.“Doctor Hall!” Both Conrad and Eileen walked to her.Sally gave Conrad a glance and then focused her eyes on Eileen.“The patient has been saved, but she’ll need to stay in the ICU for the time being. Once her condition stabilizes, we can then move her to a normal ward.”Eileen was stunned and asked, “Then, the baby…”That was also what Conrad wanted to ask about.“I’m sorry.”Sally took in a deep breath and remembered the pressure Jason was under during the entire surgery.“Ms. Reid, since you came to the hospital, you know what was happening at the time.“With an accident like that, no pregnant woman would be able to protect the baby inside of her. Not to mention that Fia had had multiple signs of placental abruption before this. She was already qu
Conrad knew what Jason wanted to do. Normally, he would be more than happy to oblige.But there was nothing more important to him now than to visit Fia.“Which ward is Fia in?”Sally quickly told them and said to Eileen, “Go with him, Ms. Reid.”“Sure.” Eileen thankfully looked at Jason and Sally before chasing after Conrad to visit Fia. Outside the ICU ward, they could see Fia lying inside behind a heavy glass window pane, wearing an oxygen mask with tube after tube connected to her body.Eileen’s tears couldn’t stop as she placed both her hands on the window, as if she could touch her and console her.“Conrad Maxwell… That is how the person that you protected harmed her.”Conrad tightened his fists as his veins popped. She was still alright yesterday, but she was lying in the ICU ward today.“I didn’t protect Esme. I didn’t want Fia to go through all of this too. If I had known something like this would happen, I would have picked her up earlier.”“You think this is all a
He had seen plenty of schemes to be able to get this far.He didn’t believe that the truck had suddenly lost control and coincidentally crashed into Fia’s car.The old driver gulped as he looked at the baseball bat in Conrad’s hand.“I… I’m not lying. The truck really did lose control. I didn’t want this to happen either.”Silas was worried that his boss would lose control and kill him.He carefully advised him, saying, “Sir, the police are already investigating this. They’ll find out if he lied.”“Yes, the police will find out everything.”The old driver looked at Conrad tearfully, thinking that he would let him go just like that. However, Conrad’s emotions were going haywire to the point of madness.He dragged the driver off the bed and pulled him to the window. He then pushed him out of the window.He let the driver go and grabbed him by the ankle as the driver screamed, dangling out of the window upside down.“Sir!” Silas was shocked. They were in a lawful society!Eil
“Have you ever seen this man, Ms. Manning?” Silas asked coldly.He could feel his heart harden whenever he thought about the accident. How Esme had a hand in it.And his boss trusted her so much too!“I do know him,” Esme said as she began to sweat. She realized that Conrad had found out about something.But she wasn’t stupid either.“How do you know him?” Conrad’s eyes and voice were icy as he breathed in another mouthful from his cigarette.Esme carefully looked at him and then crouched down to look at the driver who was sitting on the ground.“He’s the driver from my dad’s logistics company. He’s an old staff.”“…”Conrad raised his eyes and scanned Esme’s facial expression.Silas asked anxiously, “Then, do you know that he’s the one who crashed into the madam and that she’s been admitted to the hospital?!”“Fia’s in the hospital? What happened?!” Esme asked with worry and stared at the driver. “You crashed into her? Why did you crash into my cousin?!”The driver was sca
“Ah… Conrad, how can you treat me like this?!” There was no warmth in Conrad’s gaze at her. It was as if he was looking at a rock.“Ms. Reid said that you pretended to be hurt while you paid someone to rape Fia. Is there anything you want to tell me?”Esme crawled toward Conrad on her knees and grabbed his pants as she looked at him. “No! I swear on my family’s lives that I didn’t do it! I swear, if I’ve ever hurt Fia, the gods can punish my family!”Conrad laughed as he looked at her.“Why didn’t I realize how shameless you are?”He was questioning her but she made a vow using her own family? That was not the Esme Manning that he knew.“Esme.” He called out her name coolly. The warmth in the past no longer existed.“I will investigate this, and you better pray that it has nothing to do with you.”Conrad kicked Esme away after saying that and patted his pants before getting back into his car.Esme could only sit on the ground as she felt her heart become ice-cold.She had f
Jason ignored Conrad and consoled Eileen. “Don’t worry. I’ll make my rounds every half an hour. As long as the same thing doesn’t happen again, she should be conscious soon.”Eileen knew that Jason hadn't rested at all since last night.She was still waiting outside the ward early in the morning. He was the one who had arranged for a family lounge for her to rest in.She didn’t want to. But he told her that she couldn’t fall before Fia woke up because there was no one else that Fia could depend on.Jason checked Fia’s condition every hour the whole day yesterday. Even after she slept, he must have done the same thing.“You should get some rest, Doctor Evans. Let the other doctors do this. Otherwise, you won’t be able to handle the stress too.”Conrad glared at Jason coldly and said, “Ask Doctor Hall to help.”Eileen didn’t like how Conrad sounded, but she agreed with him.“True. Rotating with Doctor Hall works too. If you do this for 24 hours straight, Fia would blame herself o
She quickly sent the information to Conrad and said, “Do it fast, then. The longer we drag this, the harder it will be to find him.”“Sure.” Conrad became friends with Eileen on Facebook before giving Silas an order to find the person.In the evening, Silas came over with a dark expression.“Sir, Ms. Reid. We found him.”“Really? What about the evidence that he stole?” Eileen looked at him excitedly.If they found the person, then they must have found the evidence. She could prove Fia’s innocence!“Well…” Silas choked.“What is it? Speak!” Conrad said coldly.“Sir.” Silas immediately gave him a piece of paper.Conrad grabbed it and frowned.“What is it?” Eileen went on her tiptoes to read it, and her expression turned very sour as well. “Dead? Why would he die so suddenly?!”Silas bit his lips and said with a heavy heart, “I know, right? He died suddenly during a jog.”“Did you find the documents that he stole?” Eileen asked nervously.“No. We searched his rental and workp
“There are so many questions now but you still don’t suspect Esme at all?” Eileen looked at Fia who was lying in the ICU ward through the glass. She pitied her.The person who stole the evidence was dead. No matter how he died, all the stolen evidence was gone.She felt so useless. She couldn’t do anything for Fia in the end.“It’s getting late.” Conrad looked at his watch. “I’ll get you some dinner.”“I don’t have any appetite at a time like this. If Fia wakes up and finds out she’s lost her child, I can’t imagine just how regretful she would feel!”“Do as you like,” Conrad said before turning to leave.Eileen was so angry that she questioned him, “You’re leaving so soon?!”Conrad stared at the woman lying in the ward.“I still have a lot of things to do.”“What else is there for you to do? You accompany Esme when she’s in the hospital, but you leave when it’s your wife that’s in there!”Conrad simply hastened his pace, not wanting to argue with her.There were things that