Brian was shocked. He ended the call and sprinted out of his office. How could this have happened? What about Diana? Was she okay?
“Boss, where are you going?” Ken shouted.
Brian ignored him and rushed out crazily.
At the hospital, Brian ran to the receptionist.
“Hello, I’m looking for a little girl who was involved in a car accident this afternoon?”
“Yes. She was brought here with her mother.”
Brian was so nervous that he seized the nurse firmly. “Show me the way!”
“Sir, please calm down. You’re hurting me!” the nurse protested.
“Just show me the way, please!”
Shaking her head, the nurse led Brian to the ICU.
“She is in there.” The nurse pointed at the ward, and then left Brian to it.
Brian looked in and saw Abby lying there, looking rather pale.
Chaney was already there, and in stark contrast to their previous meetings, this time he was relieved to see Brian.
“Thank God you are here. Go to see the doctor now! Only your blood can save Abby!”
“Where is Diana?” Brian asked anxiously.
“She is okay. She wasn’t too badly hurt. But she is unconscious now,” Chaney explained.
A doctor approached them from across the ward.
“Sir, how is my daughter?” Brian seized the doctor’s sleeves.
“You are her father?” the doctor asked.
“I am. How is she?”
“Come with me. She is in a bad way right now. She needs a lot of blood,” the doctor said.
Brian followed the doctor to another room to begin the blood donation procedure.
When the doctor took out the needle, Brian’s face went very white.
“Sir, are you okay?” the doctor asked.
Brian bit his lip. “I am fine. Please save my daughter!”
The doctor nodded and focused on his work.
Brian felt dizzy. Before he closed his eyes, he grabbed the doctor’s arm and begged, “Please! Please save my daughter!” He held on for as long as he could but eventually fainted.
“Sir? Sir?” The doctor shouted anxiously.
Hours later, Brian opened his eyes and saw Diana sitting beside his bed.
“Diana…” Brian uttered in a husky voice.
“Thank God!” Seeing his eyes opening, Diana was elated and called the nurse.
“Are you okay? Does anything hurt?” Diana asked.
Brian shook his head. “How is Abby? Is she okay now?”
“She is okay. You got here just in time.”
The nurse came in to check on Brian’s condition. “He is fine. Just take care of him after leaving the hospital. He needs rest.”
“Thank you very much,” Diana said gratefully.
Brian struggled to sit up. The effort of this alone made him feel dizzy.
“How do you feel? Are you hungry?” Diana asked.
Brian shook his head. All he wanted was to get up from the bed.
“I want to see Abby!”
Diana stopped him. “Lie down! She is still unconscious after the surgery.”
“What happened?” Brian frowned.
Diana felt guilty. “It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have pushed Abby out of the way, I was trying to save her…” It all happened so quickly. Diana was focused on saving Abby from the car, but as she pushed Abby out of the way of the car, an oncoming motorcycle then hit her.
“She is fine now, it could have been much worse.” Brian wiped the tears from Diana’s face.
“I think the car was headed for me,” Diana stammered, holding back her tears.
“Have you told anyone?”
“I called Ken and asked him to look into it.”
Almost as if he’d been listening, the door opened, and in came Ken, together with Chaney.
“Diana, I’ve got something,” Ken uttered.
“Really?” Diana stood up immediately.
Ken put something into Diana’s hand and said, “This is the CCTV from the area where the car accident happened. Someone wanted to delete it, but I got to it before they were able. The car tried to hit you deliberately. And it had been following you for a while.”
“Diana, the driver has been taken to the police station,” Chaney said.
“Has he said anything?” Brian asked coldly.
Chaney shook his head. “He claims that it wasn’t deliberate. He won’t admit anything. And if he sticks to that, he will be released today.”
This was too much for Brian to hear. He got up to leave at once.
“What are you doing?” Diana asked.
“Please fetch my clothes. I need to go to the police station. I can’t let him just get away with this.” Ken had things to do in the company, Chaney was French; he didn’t understand how things worked here. Brian felt it was up to him.
“But you just woke up…” Diana was worried about Brian’s health.
“I am fine,” Brian insisted.
“Okay, but I will go with you,” Diana said anxiously.
“No, you stay here with Abby. Wait till I get back. Trust me!” Brian looked at Diana intensely.
“Okay, I will stay.” Diana agreed.
“Ken, you drive,” Brian ordered.
“Let’s do it.”
Then Brian looked at Chaney. “Please protect them while I am not here. I appreciate your help.”
Chaney nodded. They both knew what had to be done.
With that, Brian turned to the door and walked out.