Chapter 1042
Elliot sat down beside the bed once again, gently calling out, “Honey, it’s time to eat. You’ve been through a lot this morning, and you must be hungry by now, right? Nana?”
He called out a couple more times, but Sheena remained unresponsive.
Elliot felt restless and nervously reached out to check her breathing.
Her breathing was fairly stable.
“Wake up, honey. Stop sleeping,” he urged.
As his hand brushed through her hair at the back of her head, he felt a sticky sensation on
his fingers.
Elliot’s heart sank as he pulled his trembling hand away from Sheena.
Upon closer look, he noticed a smear of blood on his fingertips.
It was clear that the injury to the back of her head was more serious than he had initially
thought.
Elliot immediately called the police officers guarding the hotel.
“Nana’s not doing well. Call an ambulance and get here fast.”
After hanging up the phone, Elliot carried Sheena and rushed downstairs.
Seeing no signs of her waking up, his heart felt like it was being crushed.
Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably, and it was his first time crying so hard.
“Nana, please be fine! You have to! Otherwise, I’ll never forgive myself!”
His eyes were red and swollen.
Usually composed, Elliot felt utterly lost and helpless like a child.
Over ten unbearable minutes later, Sheena was admitted to Ardolisia’s largest hospital and
taken into the emergency room.
Outside, Elliot was nervous, staring at the dried blood on his fingertips.
The events of the ambush on the road played over and over in his mind–the gunshot and the heavy blow to the back of Sheena’s head, where the nerves were most vulnerable.
gger stabbing his heart, intensifying the pain beyond measure
ace determination filled Elliot’s dark eyes as his rage boiled over, his chest heaving
fury
In a fit of anger, he called Neil.
For the first time, Eliot yelled at him, “Nana’s head wound is bleeding! I don’t care how you do it, but you must find the person who hurt her today! I want them to suffer for every bit of pain Sheena endured!”
It was the first time Neil had heard Elliot’s emotions on the verge of spiraling out of control, and he immediately stepped up his efforts with the investigation.
Every passing minute outside the emergency felt like an eterity, plunging Elliot into despair.
He refused to eat or drink, waiting there for three hours until the red light above the emergency room finally dimmed.
Elliot immediately stood up and saw a nurse wheeling out Sheena, who was still
unconscious.
He tightly held Sheena’s hand as they entered a regular ward together.
The doctor spoke in a calm tone, ‘Rest assured. There’s nothing serious for now. The coma is likely due to a concussion, and the bleeding is superficial. The scans show no signs of intracranial bleeding.”
Elliot breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before he could fully relax, the doctor continued, “However, we’re also monitoring her condition closely. If she doesn’t wake up within 24 hours, we’ll have to transfer her to the intensive care unit and attempt to wake her forcefully. Additionally, there’s a possibility of retrograde amnesia once she wakes up. It could be temporary, or she may never regain certain memories. You need to be prepared for that.” she may never regain certain
This sudden and devastating news felt like a bolt from the blue, sending Elliot’s heart into
despair.
Elliot asked in a trembling voice, “Are you saying she might lose her memory? Forget me, or forget everything?”
The doctor nodded solemnly. “Yes.”
The two of them continued to converse by the bedside, completely unaware that the person lying in the hospital bed was slowly regaining consciousness.
