"Chris…" Seeing a family member show up, Autumn got nervous. She pulled Chris's hands and pleaded, "Tell me he is fine…"
Autumn had no idea how Charles was and she was in desperate need for someone to tell her over and over again that Charles would be fine.
She believed it would be true if someone said it repeatedly.
"Take it easy, Yvonne." Though Chris was equally worried, she kept comforting Autumn. "My brother has always been very lucky. He even survived the car accident that got my parents killed. This little accident can't do any harm to him."
Autumn didn't know it until today that Charles's parents died in a car accident. She was shocked to know that Charles was in the same car with them and watched his parents die so helplessly. How did he hold it up all the way?
"It's all my fault…"
Autumn was interrupted by Chris before she could even finish her sentence. "What?are?you?talking?about? It's the fault of that scumbag. Why are you blaming yourself?"
Being a fighter against injustice as she was, Chris said in anger, "If I were there, I would have taught that scumbag a good lesson."
She gently pacified Autumn and waited for Autumn to calm down. Then she turned to Sam Lin and said, "Sam, thank you so much for today. Now it's late and you should go back home. I will stay here with my sister-in-law."
"Will the two of you be okay?" Sam wanted to be with Autumn, but he knew that now he was in no position to do that.
"Yes, be rest assured." Chris nodded briefly. Autumn, who was standing on the side, also added, "Sam, I was lucky that you were there today. Charles and I shall thank you in person when he's a little better."
"No, it's not necessary." Sam smiled and told them, "Now, you both take care of yourselves and call me if you need any help."
"OK." Chris nodded slightly. Having watched Sam leave, the two seated themselves on the bench and impatiently waited for the lights in the operating room to go out.
After a long while, the lights in the o
ully, "I am here to take care of him. You get off from him right away."
Yvonne drove Autumn out of the ward without saying another word. She didn't care about Autumn's misery at all.
Autumn had no choice but to sit on a chair outside the ward. She silently gave Charles company in her own way.
Having kicked out Autumn from the ward, Yvonne felt pretty good. She didn't care about how badly Charles was wounded at all. All she cared was that now at this moment, she was the one standing next to Charles.
She reached out and touched Charles's eyes and brows, gently stroking him inch by inch. She did this a thousand times in her dreams, and now, the touch of her hand on his face reminded her that all this was real.
"Charles…" She murmured, as if she had been calling him countless times. "I will be with you from now on, and I will never let Autumn come close to you again."
When Yvonne was quietly sitting on Charles's bedside, Chris who went to buy breakfast came back. Seeing Autumn sit outside the ward, she asked, "Why are you sitting here, Yvonne?"
"No... nothing." Autumn got up and stood in Chris's way, lest she might find out that Yvonne was in the ward. Seeing Yvonne there, she might even get suspicious. "Chris, you have also stayed here with me all night. Why don't you go back home and take some rest?"