Chapter 460 Two Lives
What a joke!
Melanie glanced at Jeffrey, who was heating milk for her not far away in the kitchen. She took a deep breath and said, “Jeffrey is right beside me. Who made you accuse him again?”
“He wants to kill me! Obviously, he’s not going to do it himself!” Judas’s voice on the phone was low but twisted with fear.
“After I got out of prison, we agreed to settle our debts. I just want to live peacefully with my wife. I don’t want to kill anymore! He doesn’t believe I’ll keep his secret. He won’t let me live! His people are about to arrive. Please come and save me!”
“How can I save you?” Melanie asked, playing along.
“I know the York family values you a lot. Please ask them for help. I’m begging you. I don’t want to die! I don’t want to see my wife die either…”
Judas’s words continued, and then the call suddenly disconnected.
Melanie blinked in confusion. When Jeffrey approached her with a glass of milk, she casually
answered his unasked question, “It was Judas.”
“What did h
want?” Jeffrey instantly tensed as he looked at her with concern.
“He asked for help. He said you wanted to kill him to silence him,” Melanie relayed verbatim.
Jeffrey raised an eyebrow, somewhat speechless. Then, he pushed a plate of eggs, vegetables,
and fruits in front of her and instructed. “Eat while it’s hot.”
Melanie nodded and started eating.
Jeffrey walked to the balcony and made a phone call to instruct his people to keep an eye on Judas’s house, unsure of what might happen.
Once he was done, he returned to Melanie’s side to eat with her. But before they could finish eating, Jeffrey suddenly received a phone call.
Melanie was eating slowly and didn’t pay attention to the content of his call, but she suddenly felt
Jeffrey’s tone turned cold. She sat up straight and turned to look at him.
“When did this happen?” His voice was tense and unnatural
“What’s the situation now?” He deliberately adjusted his tone, but his questions were still urgent.
“I understand. I’ll be there soon,” he said, then hung up the phone.
“What’s wrong?” Melanie set down her fork and looked at Jeffrey. He turned to her, his eyes
suddenly filled with profound plty and concern.
Melanie was sensitive, and her intuition told her that the phone call he just received brought very bad news. It was even possibly related to her.
“Melanie, about Mom’s flight…”
“What about it?” Her first reaction was to think something was wrong with the plane.
But Jeffrey walked over and placed his hands on her shoulders. “The plane is fine. It arrived safely in Medonia. But William didn’t manage to pick her up. On the way here, she got into a car
accident…‘
Melanie’s eyes widened, and her temples throbbed with pain.
“How is my mom?” She asked, tears flowing uncontrollably.
Jeffrey hugged her tenderly. “William has taken her to the hospital. We’re going there now. You need to be prepared… I’ll have the professor come along too.”
Prepared?
Melanie realized the seriousness of the situation. With Jeffrey’s demeanor, he wouldn’t give such a warning if the accident wasn’t severe.
She forced herself to stay calm and silently followed Jeffrey to change clothes. Then, they got into the car, and drove quietly to the hospital.
She didn’t say a word the entire journey.
Jeffrey held her the whole time, but she still felt cold.
When they arrived at the hospital, they saw Eliza lying calmly in the intensive care unit bed. Her face was pale against the white sheets.
“How is my mom?” Melanie’s voice was unusually hoarse.
The doctor briefly explained her mother’s condition, but she was too overwhelmed to fully
understand.
Professor Turner added from the side, “Don’t worry, your mother has temporarily passed the
critical stage. I can ensure she’s not in any immediate danger, but…”
“But what?” Melanie asked.
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“Her brain is severely damaged. She may not wake up for now… or it could be a long time before she wakes up,” Professor Turner added.
“She may never wake up?” Melanie asked.
No one answered.
Their silence was her answer.
Melanie knelt beside her mother’s bed and gently stroked her hair. Then, she tried calling out to
her, “Mom… Mom? Open your eyes and look at me. It’s me, Mel.
“You said when you arrived, you had something to tell me, right? I’m still waiting for you to tell
me…”
She called out repeatedly, but Eliza didn’t open her eyes to respond.
Through teary eyes, she seemed to see her childhood home and how the three of them used to be happy together.
Now, why was she the only one kneeling beside her critically injured mother?
Tears flowed incessantly, an unprecedented pain that even made her forget how to cry out loud.
Behind her, Jeffrey and Professor Turner kept trying to console her. But there was a loud buzzing in her ears, and she was unable to hear what they were saying. She could only hear her own voice.
After some time, two medical staff approached her. They injected her with a dose of medication. and then everything went black before she passed out.
Jeffrey’s brows furrowed with concern as he gently gathered her in his arms and walked out.
