So, their old man passed away, but did they need to go to the graveyard to pay their respects?
"If you wanna, go ahead. I ain't going." Ian responded, then turned around and walked off back to the classroom with a cold expression.
"Ian...I miss Mom...when is she coming back?" Rita quickened her pace to catch up with him, grabbing his arm.
"She'll be back soon, I reckon." Ian had a gut feeling.
With Elijah gone, there was nothing holding their mom back anymore.
......
Mike drove Violette to the hospital and asked Adrian to check her out. The moment Violette saw Adrian, she asked straight away, "Which hospital is he in?"
Adrian replied, "Hope Hospital. The latest info I got is that he's still in critical condition. Don't freak out, Violette."
He helped her onto a bed to rest. It took her a while to digest his words. "Adrian...does that mean...he's not...dead?"
Adrian sighed. "He went into shock once, but they managed to pull him back. He's still in critical condition."
She let out a breath of relief, but still looked dazed.
Adrian wheeled her into the ER, carefully cutting open her pants leg with scissors. The bandage was completely soaked with blood.
"Violette, your wound is so bad. Why didn't you take care of it?" Adrian scolded, carefully unwrapping the bandage from her leg.
Violette casually replied, "Didn't hurt that much."
"Even if it's not painful, you could get an infection if you don't take care of it." Adrian sighed, "Good thing Mike brought you back."
Standing by the door, Mike was on the phone with Joey.
He wanted to tell him that Elijah wasn’t dead yet, but the call wouldn't go through.
"Damn it. This guy has me on his block list!" Mike pocketed his phone and walked into the ER.
Seeing Violette's bloody leg, he cursed under his breath, "Violette! What the hell did you do to yourself? Are they gonna have to amputate?!"
"Mike, you go do your thing! I'll take her home when she wakes up." Adrian said.
Mike nodded, "I'm planning to go to Hope Hospital to see Elijah. I couldn't give two hoots about his life, but Violette doesn't want him dead."
Adrian nodded, understanding.
Mike joked, "Adrian, you might never win her heart! Even if she breaks up with Elijah, she's not gonna choose you. I don't want to see you wasting your valuable time on this."
Adrian blushed, "I understand. I never had high hopes for this."
Hope Hospital.
After more than a dozen hours of rescue, Elijah was transferred to the ICU. He was in critical condition for the next week. If he made it through the week, he would be out of the woods.
That night, Brandon invited his inheritance lawyer to dinner, who kept declining his invitation.
Brandon said, "Don't worry, I won't ask about his inheritance. I already know how it's divided."
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