Cornel Brown was still deep in thought when he heard a ”Bang!” came, instantly bringing his heart up with it for an instant!
“Great-grandfather!”
Harvey’s cry of alarm followed.
Cornel Brown glanced over and instantly his eyes went wide with shock, “Dad!”
He lunged up, his mind in a controlled panic, “Dad …… are you all right?”
The response was silence from George Brown, who had fallen to the ground and was completely unconscious, unaware of anything around him ……
George Brown was immediately taken to the emergency room, with Logan Brown and the others outside in a state of distress.
Harvey couldn’t help but blame himself in Elena Bush’s arms, “Mummy, is it because I’m ……”
“It’s not you.” Elena Bush denied it immediately without even thinking about it.
She looked down and stroked his little head with unparalleled seriousness, “Harvey, it’s nothing to do with you, you don’t need to take it to heart, Grandpa Tai knows his own health, so you don’t need to blame yourself either, understand?”
Elena Bush did not dare to elaborate, nor did she dare to put it all on him, he was still just a child ……
Harvey lay sickly in her arms, his little face written with sadness and a heaviness that did not belong to his age.
Elena Bush, somewhat distressed, all but dropped a slow kiss on his cheek, “Don’t be afraid, no matter what happens Mommy will be there for you, okay?”
“Mmmm ……”
The little one clung to her collar, not daring to let go.
Logan Brown reached out and patted his head in a silent, soothing manner.
Cornel Brown glanced at a frightened Harvey with some concern, “Elena, why don’t you take the boy back first, so he doesn’t have to be scared along here.”
“No harm in that.”
Logan Brown waved his hand, looking indifferent, “My Logan Brown’s child, is not that timid!”
“That’s not ……”
Before Cornel Brown could finish his sentence, the man shot a stern look across, “If something happens to George Brown at this time, will it be too late for you to get them over here!”
Cornel Brown didn’t expect this question and was momentarily choked up, not knowing how to answer.
“Just stay here and wait for the results.” Logan Brown hammered home.
Harvey sulked, “I’m not scared, I’m just worried about Great-grandfather ……”
The coldness in Logan Brown’s eyes faded and a softer look came over him and Elena Bush, “Don’t worry, what I said was just an assumption, he’ll be fine.”
George Brown had always been strong and had never given in, no matter what happened, so he would not be easily defeated!
Cornel Brown took a deep breath, his mind wandering, and walked straight to the stairwell at the safe exit to smoke a cigarette.
Logan Brown glanced at it, but finally withdrew his eyes without saying anything.
No one spoke after that, and the three sat on the bench in the corridor, their hands held tightly together as if no one could be separated.
When Cornel Brown returned, he saw this scene in front of him and could not help but understand something in a vague way.
All the things he had done kept coming back to him, and he realised once and for all how stupid he had been!
Cornel Brown gritted his teeth and took a big step forward, stopping in front of the three men.
“Grandpa?”
Harvey looked up, confusion in his eyes.
Cornel Brown took a deep breath, and it was as if some decision had been made in his mind, “Logan, let’s talk it over sometime when Dad is okay.”
He didn’t want them to be strangers for the rest of their lives when they were clearly father and son.
The man hesitated for a second and nodded a moment later, “Yeah.”
The moment the words of Logan Brown’s promise fell, Elena Bush finally followed suit with a sudden sigh of relief; she had expected him to refuse.
Cornel Brown did the same, and after a flash of surprise smiled sardonically and stepped aside.
They waited outside the operating theatre for who knows how long, Harvey almost drifting off to sleep in Elena Bush’s arms, before the closed door to the emergency room was suddenly thrown open and the doctor came out with him.
“The patient has been resuscitated now, just not in a very good condition, maybe …… he won’t last a few days.”
The doctor’s words were like a verdict, and they made everyone’s heart flutter!
Harvey couldn’t help but cry, but Elena Bush covered his mouth just in time, “Harvey, no crying, do you understand?”
Even though they knew the answer, they couldn’t show it in front of George Brown and they couldn’t let George Brown know!
Harvey’s eyes were red and his tears were almost like they were about to gush out.
“Good boy ……”
Elena Bush released her hand and took him into her arms.
In that instant, she could almost immediately feel the wetness on the child’s cheeks permeating the thin dress on her chest ……
The doctor shook his head noisily, “Sorry, we did our best, you’d better get the patient to accept the situation in time and let him go in peace ……”
Elena Bush shook her head, subconsciously trying to reject the truth, but the doctor’s words were like a magic voice that would not go away ……
George Brown was transferred straight into the intensive care unit, where the old, majestic elder, the one who had scared Elena Bush when she first met him, the one who had put Elena Bush’s guard down, was lying in bed with an oxygen mask and instruments all over his body ……
Harvey couldn’t control his red eyes again and sobbed lowly on Elena Bush’s shoulder.
“Harvey ……”
George Brown’s frail voice came.
Harvey immediately looked up as George Brown reached down and slowly removed his oxygen mask.
George Brown smiled feebly and waved his hand, “I’m fine.”
Elena Bush looked at him as if he had something to say and immediately released Harvey in time. Harvey was lying on his back in front of the hospital bed, his tiny hands tugging tightly at his, “Great-grandfather ……”
“Eh!”
George Brown arched his eyes, obviously afflicted with illness but still smiling brightly, “I’m sorry Harvey, I scared you.”
“No, I wasn’t frightened, I just …… didn’t want to leave Great-grandfather.”
Harvey’s little hand gripped his a few more times, as if he was holding an important treasure.
George Brown smiled heartily, “What is there to give up or not to give up, I am at this age, these illnesses are common, and I have already known for a long time that my days are numbered, but God has taken pity on me and allowed me to see you at the end …… ”
How many people even their grandchildren great-grandchildren did not wait to go, he ah …… this life is also worth it!
Having gotten so much, he had no problem with the king of hell wanting his life at this time.