If he had known there would be a car accident, he wouldn’t have taken her out.
If he had known there would be a car accident, he would drag her into his car.
But unfortunately, consequences were unforeseeable when you were doing something.
The vehicle that hit Leila? Vincent was stunned. He went to Leila and didn’t call the police. That car had been driven away. He tried to suppress the sadness. He took out the phone, called the police, and informed Arthur and Renee.
He had never been that afraid before. He didn’t know how to face it.
Soon, Arthur, Renee, Miyamoto, and even Charles came.
Seeing Vincent bury his face on his palms and tears flowed between his fingers, Renee found it hard to blame him.
Renee didn’t reproach but comforted him, “Leila will be fine. Vincent, pull yourself together. You’re a man!”
Vincent pulled himself together soon. When he put down his hands, everyone saw that the rim of his eyes turned red. Arthur was lost for words. His Adam’s apple slid. He clenched his fist, relaxed his grip, and sat on the chair.
“I’ll go to the police station to find out the driver. Vincent, do you remember the license plate?”
Vincent tried to recall. It was a black car. He didn’t know the license plate since he could not see it in his position. “It’s a black car. I cannot see the license plate in my position.”
“I’ll check the surveillance footage to find out that driver.” Charles made a phone call and handled it at the end of the corridor.
The door of the emergency room was closed and time passed slowly. Everyone felt it hard to wait for the results.
Leila was in a coma.
She seemed to be pressured. She felt worried about something. With the oxygen mask, she was so sad and felt something was in his body.
The doctor used the gauze to stop the bleeding. He put it into Leila’s body and took it out when her bleeding stopped.
She just felt ill at ease.
She could not find the path in the fog and felt a cute baby was waving its fat hand at her.
Her kid?
Her kid came to her mind!
She shook her hand suddenly. She was receiving a blood transfusion. The nurse clutched her arm and whispered, “Don’t move. We’re saving you.”
“I…”
With an oxygen mask, Leila tried to open her mouth and wanted to ask whether her kid was fine.
The nurse comforted, “You’ve suffered a loss of blood. You are very weak. Don’t move or speak. Otherwise, your life would be in danger.”
Tears flowed down her cheeks. She felt heartbroken. “My baby, don’t leave me. I am OK. Please do not leave me alone.”
Leila finally said with difficulty, “My kid…”
The nurse that brought her back to life said, “Miss, you’ve got in such a car accident. It’s a miracle that you haven’t broken anything, but your kid cannot be saved. Please pull yourself together. You are so young. You can be pregnant again!”
Her kid was gone?
Leila looked at the doctor in despair. Behind the glasses were the doctor’s eyes that were filled with sympathy, “Say it again!”
“Take good care of yourself!” said the doctor.
“No!” Leila shook her head, struggling, and shouted crazily, “Why do you take my kid away from me? Where is my kid?”
Leila didn’t cry but shouted crazily. She lost control and seemed to go crazy at any time. She was so desperate. If that was a girl, her kid would be like her, gentle and quiet. If that was a boy, her kid would be like Vincent, handsome and noble.
Anyway, that kid was her hope, but it was over now!
She could not accept it. She felt so tired, closed her eyes, and fell into a coma.
After having an operation for three hours, Leila was taken out of the emergency room.
The doctor took off the mask, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, “She is in a stable condition and has nothing broken, but she had soft tissue contusion. Her bleeding has stopped but we failed to keep the baby. She had a miscarriage before you took her here…”
Vincent was stunned and felt heartbroken that their kid was gone. Fortunately, Leila was alive. He didn’t know how to get rid of the pains.
Seeing Leila lying on the ward bed with a pale and fragile look. Tears stood on the rim of her eyes. His heart ached.
Leila was taken into the ward.
Others left.
Leila who was asleep was like a fairy out of touch.
A wisp of hair was on Leila’s forehead. Her face was pale and her eyelashes were long. Tears stood on her eyelids. He couldn’t help but stretch out his hand to wipe the tears and stroke her small face. He sighed and sobbed.
“Leila, I’m sorry to let you suffer a lot.”
Arthur stared blankly at Vincent and Leila in the ward through the window. He felt that he should not appear.
Arthur turned his head and put on a sorrowful smile. Leila loved Vincent all the time. She would be with Vincent for the rest of her life?
Even if Leila was seriously injured, she still hoped that Vincent would keep her company, right? The only thing Arthur could do was to watch them and leave silently.
“Leila, it’s my fault … If you died today, I would not live by myself … I was so afraid when I saw you covered with blood. If I lost you, I would have no idea how to live alone.”
Thinking that Leila was covered with blood, Vincent felt heartbroken and said while crying, “I’m so sorry! It’s all my fault.”
He pulled Leila’s hand, “Leila, hit me. It’s my fault. Do whatever you want. Wake up and take a look at me.”
Leila didn’t move and kept her eyes closed.
Hearing Vincent apologizing to Leila, Renee glanced at Arthur who frowned, clenched his fist with worry, and tried to suppress his feelings.
Renee sighed and thought to herself. Love made lovers vow to stick together no matter what happened.
She could not control her feelings when she met her beloved. She hated him because she loved him. The memories were sweet. It was hard to find another one that she could talk to freely.
Miyamoto received a phone call and his expression changed suddenly.
“What? Say it again?”
The other party told him, “Miyamoto, I’m sorry. Your ex-wife fled away. We’ve called the police to look for her. If she contacts you, please inform us or the police in time!”
Miyamoto could not handle the truth when he put down his phone.
“What happened?” Renee found Miyamoto was a bit strange.
“Pippa fled away!”
“When?”
Miyamoto didn’t answer Renee’s question but said, “You go home yourself. I’ll go first!”
“Okay!” Renee could only look at his back and nodded.
Harvey and Meredith had been waiting. When they saw Leila be taken into the ward, they left.
Only Renee and Arthur were in the corridor.
“One event succeeds another.” Renee sighed, “This is life!”
Arthur turned his head, glanced at Renee, and nodded. “Misfortunes always happened to Leila. It’s so unfair!”
“Her life will run smoothly after she has experienced so much.” Renee hoped.
“I hope so!” They were in the corridor for much of the night.
Mrs. Hunter and Macey weren’t informed until midnight. When Vincent called Macey, it occurred to him that he did not tell Mrs. Hunter. He was worried that Mrs. Hunter could not accept the reality. He felt more guilty because he didn’t protect Leila.
When Mrs. Hunter came, Leila was sleeping.
Mrs. Hunter didn’t want to talk with Vincent. She held Leila’s hand and whispered, “Leila, I’m your mom. Open your eyes and look at me…”
Why did Leila live such a miserable life? She had never been loved by her father. She was regarded as an illegitimate daughter. She never let her mother worry about her. Why did she suffer so much?
Leila was asleep. She curled up like a pitiful cat in a great bed.
Teardrops hang on her delicate eyelashes. She pursed her pink lips. It seemed that she wanted to tell others about her grievances.
Her face was very pale. It was hard to tell how much she had suffered in the emergency room.
Vincent took a deep breath and felt terrible pains…
When Mrs. Hunter and Macey were by Leila’s side, he left the ward, sat on the resting chair in the corridor, stroked his forehead, and drooped his head.
Arthur and Renee sat beside him quietly. The smoke was rising between Vincent’s fingers and surrounded him.
“You go back to take a rest!” After a long time, Vincent raised his head and looked at Arthur and Renee with red eyes.
Renee looked at Vincent without saying anything. She knew that Vincent was sad. Men didn’t like being disturbed when they were sad. So, she didn’t comfort him.
She also knew that Vincent didn’t need others’ comfort.
“Take good care of yourself!” With that said, Renee went to the ward to see Leila, comforted Mrs. Hunter in a low voice, and left.
Arthur also went to the ward to see Leila and left with Renee. He thought this was the only thing that he could do.