Hearing that Dorothy had suffered a major blood loss leading to her heart stopping, Credence’s hands and body shook rapidly, and his deep pupils expanded rapidly. All of a sudden, he sat up, as if he was going to jump down from the bed.
An immense pain could be seen in his deep dark eyes, “Marvin, It’s my fault, it’s really my fault!”
Had he not done anything on his own accord and listened carefully to Dorothy’s suggestions, then she would never have met with such a tragic accident.
She had lost a lot of blood, and now, her heartbeat had stopped. This meant that it would be very difficult for her to overcome this life-and-death situation.
Seeing how guilty he felt and how much he wanted to take Dorothy’s place to endure her suffering for her, a trace of complexity flashed in Marvin’s eyes. He comforted him in a hoarse way, “Credence, no one expected something like this to happen so suddenly. The doctor did say that Dorothy’s situation is very serious, but he hadn’t said anything about critical danger. This means that there is still hope for Dorothy to live through this. Right now, you should be strong for Dorothy and Belle.”
On the other side, after listening to the doctor’s words, Juelz stood up. His eyes were red as he stared at the chief culprit who had caused Dorothy’s injuries time and time again. He rushed forward, as he wanted to tear Credence into pieces.
However, he was stopped by Benjamin and Jonathan right after he took two steps. His arms were pulled by them and he could not move anymore.
Juelz could not get close to Credence. He let out a helpless laugh. He clenched his fists and shouted at the man lying in the wheelchair, “Credence, you almost killed Dory six years ago. Six years later, you are going to kill her again. She’s about to die. She might never leave the operating table alive again. Are you happy now?”
“Credence, you f*cking b*stard, you are really the biggest b*stard in the world! I’ll kill you, I’ll f*cking kill you today, or I won’t be a man!”
Juelz glared at Credence, almost on the verge of insanity. His heart wrenched in pain, leaving behind a bloody mess.
He’d treated Dorothy like a treasure for two decades, and he’d never even brought himself to raise his voice at her. She was the woman whom he cared for the most. Yet, this d*mned b*stard in front of him had hurt her so badly over and over again. How could he not hate him?
Towards the end of his sentence, Juelz could no longer hold back his sorrow. Tears formed in his bloodshot eyes, and he wiped his cold face. His hoarse voice was filled with bone-deep hatred as he said, “Credence, if you don’t love Dorothy, just f*cking let her go. Stop hurting her time and time again, and stabbing her in the heart repeatedly. Dory’s so wonderful and kind, and if you don’t f*cking love her, there are plenty of others who do!”
“Juelz, what’s the use of talking about this now? So what if you killed Credence? Would that help Dorothy in any way?”
Credence allowed Juelz to roar at him and lowered his empty eyes to stare at a patch of blood at the entrance of the emergency room that had dried and darkened after a period of time. He remained silent.
It was highly likely that this was blood that had gushed out from Dorothy’s body.
She had lost so much blood, just how painful could it be!
At this moment, Credence seemed to have fallen into the deepest parts of an icy cold cave. He clearly knew that he and Dorothy had finally eased the tension in their relationship, but he was afraid that she would never forgive him after how much he had harmed her this time.
As he thought about this, his eyes turned dimmer and dimmer. The pain he felt flowed to every part of his body, it flowed through his skin, flesh, and nerves. He was in so much pain that his icy cold heart inside his cold chest had shattered into pieces of bloody mess.
This time, he was really irredeemable.
“Juelz, do you think Credence doesn’t feel any pain in his heart? Let me tell you, Dorothy is the only woman he really loves. She has suffered such a serious injury and shed so much blood. His pain is greater than yours.”
Jonathan glanced at Credence, who was in deep pain, and felt a bitter feeling in his heart. He could not help but turn his head towards Juelz, who was furious. He said in a friendly way, “Since everyone is here for Dorothy’s sake, can we put aside the past grievances first? We will talk about it after the operation is over.”
He had to admit that Jonathan’s words were very reasonable.
Benjamin’s expression was solemn, and he nodded as well. “This is the most important thing as of now. Please judge the situation clearly, Mr. Sherman.”
“Alright, fine! All of you, just you wait!”
Juelz could not win all of them in a fight, and for now, what else could he do apart from keeping his anger to himself and stop accusing Credence?
He was so angry that he could not suppress his inner anger and resentment. He suddenly kicked the white walls hard, causing a loud thud.
On the other hand, Marvin had already left the chaotic scene and hurried to the blood bank. He anxiously shouted at the doctor on duty, “Doctor, the patient on the second floor needs a large amount of blood type A, quick!”
The doctor’s face darkened after being shouted at, but he didn’t say anything as he understood how the patient’s family would feel. He quickly instructed the other medical personnel to get the blood ready.
Unexpectedly, someone gasped. “Oh no. There are only two bags of type A blood left. It’s not enough at all.”
Hearing this, Marvin’s tall body immediately stiffened like a boulder, as he stood still with a deep frown. “D*mn, the patient has bled a lot and is waiting for a blood transfusion to save her life. Yet you are telling me that you don’t have enough blood, what are we going to do now?”
Facing Marvin’s horrifying coldness, the doctor on duty shivered and hurriedly said with a smile, “Well, sir, I’m really sorry. There are a lot of patients who need type A blood these days, which is why we have shortages. Sir, you are a competent person. You should call other hospitals to send theirs first, or you can call the patient’s family for their blood.”
A trace of coldness flashed in Marvin’s eyes. He turned and walked to a remote corner and called Jonathan. “Dorothy needs type-A blood but there’s a shortage. Can you check with your hospital to see if you have any?”
On the other end of the line, Jonathan said helplessly, “Marv, my hospital lacks that blood type as well. F*ck it, Credence’s condition is getting worse. Marv, what do you think we should do now?”
“Among us, only Credence has type A blood, but he is dying as well. If we take blood from him, he might not survive until tomorrow. How about this, why don’t you contact Dorothy’s mother to see if her blood type can be matched? Besides that, it is urgent and we can’t wait at all. I will immediately call all the medical staff in the hospital and pump them with a large amount of money. Money can do anything. There will definitely be people who are willing to donate their blood to Dorothy.”
“Alright, we’ll do as you say!”
Jonathan hung up the call and got Leilani’s phone number from Benjamin. He called her without hesitation.
…
At 6:30 a. m. in the morning, Leilani was sleeping soundly on a bed in a bedroom of a high-end apartment that Credence had deliberately bought for her in order to please Dorothy.
Suddenly, she heard a sharp ringing sound which interrupted her dream, and it made her furious. She squinted her eyes and reached out to reject the call immediately.
Unexpectedly, in less than a second, her phone rang again. It was so noisy and endless.
Leilani was about to go crazy. She frowned and got up from the bed. She glanced at the strange number on the screen and answered the call. When she was about to curse, she heard a sinister male voice coming from the receiver. “Is this Madam Chilton? I’m Jonathan, Credence’s friend. Your daughter, Dorothy, has met with an accident. We need you to come to the hospital at once.”
Leilani had just woken up, and she felt dizzy. She asked in a subconscious way, “Why do I need to go to the hospital?”
“We need your blood.”
“Why would you need my blood?”
“Dorothy has lost too much blood, and she needs a blood transfusion in order to save her life. The hospital’s blood bank does not have enough. Please come to the hospital at once to test your blood, and be fast. My patience is limited. That’s all, I’ll hang up the phone now.”
At that, Leilani was so shocked that she could not sleep anymore.
A blood test to test whether her blood was a match with Dorothy’s?
Was this Credence’s idea? To lure her into a trap? Or did something bad really happen to Dorothy?
As a mother who had just reconciled with Dorothy, she could not escape this.
She needed to go even if she didn’t want to. She could not escape this at all.
However, if anything went wrong, everything that she had now, her property, car, stocks… everything would be taken away from her immediately.
If she’d never gotten to enjoy all this, then it wouldn’t have mattered either way. However, now that she’d gotten a taste of luxury, how could she bear to give it up?
What should she do?
How could she possibly save everything that she had worked so hard to get?
This wouldn’t do, she had to come up with a perfect solution.
Leilani fell back on the bed with a pale face. After thinking for five or six minutes, she finally came up with a perfect plan.
With that, she picked up her phone and got ready to call someone familiar. Her face, older but almost identical to Dorothy’s, gradually took on an arrogant look.