Cassie started to worry about Nick. She wanted to follow the direction that Nick had been heading for, but she was also worried that Nick would come back soon. So she decided to wait for him where he'd left her.
"Officers, Nick headed there to chase the culprit. Could you look for him in that direction? He asked me to wait here," Cassie said to the police.
The police nodded and ran to the direction that Cassie pointed to.
As time passed, Cassie got more and more anxious as she waited, unable to do anything.
She prayed to God to bless Nick. If someone must bear misfortune, let it be her instead of Nick.
Soon, Cassie waited until it was time to knock off. But Nick and the police officers still hadn't come back.
Cassie became desperate. She had a gut feeling that something must have happened to Nick. Otherwise they should have come back already.
Cassie couldn't stand still any longer at the thought of it. When she was about to dash to look for them, a police officer came over.
"Officer, what..."
The police officer didn't let her finish her sentence. "Nick's injured. He's in the emergency room right now. Follow me," he said urgently.
Cassie's face turned white as a sheet. That was the last thing she wanted.
"Let's go," Cassie said, wasting no time.
'God! Please save Nick! Be safe, Nick!'
Cassie prayed in her heart as they ran to the ER. She only hoped that Nick's injury wasn't so bad and that he could still recover.
When she finally reached the emergency room, she found that the doors were closed. Nick was still in surgery.
Outside the operating room, Cassie waited restlessly. She paced back and forth unable to keep still.
When a police officer noticed how worried she was, he walked over to her. "Nick just got a deep cut so he bled, but it isn't anything deadly, Miss Li
ould disturb Nick, she thought she would wipe it clean for him. However, just as she was reaching out, another hand gripped hers.
A little startled, she looked up, only to be greeted by Nick's soft eyes.
"Nick!" Cassie shrieked. "Nick, you're awake!"
Nick seemed to be very weak. He felt as if he'd just woken up from a long and exhausting dream. His dream was fuzzy and everything was unrecognizable. He was dizzy and tired. When he woke up, the first thing he saw was Cassie.
"Cassie, where am I?" Nick asked as he touched his forehead, his face contorted from the pain.
Cassie helped him sit up. She put a pillar under his back, and replied, "This is the hospital. You were injured."
"Hospital?" Nick repeated in disbelief. He looked around and asked again, "Why am I in hospital?"
"You were attacked by the culprit, remember? He escaped. When the police found you, you were lying in a pool of your own blood..." Cassie said. It pained her just to even retell the story.
Nick tried to recall the scene and all the memories suddenly came back to him. It got him so riled up that he punched his bed.
Cassie was shocked. She asked, concerned, "Nick, what's wrong? Does anything feel painful? Tell me!"