What does it look like to love someone?
To take care of, to be with, to spoil, to smile for her, to cry for her, to give her everything you have?
It is much more than that.
He will also change for her, patience, concessions, and even face their own darkest and worst heart, knowing that the road ahead is wrong, but still go on.
On the bench in the hospital corridor, Joe Wright closed his eyes again to rest, Eva Taylor sat rigidly in the same position, obviously still so close, but no longer the previous tension and pleasure.
She finally knew that Joe Wright’s feelings for Emma Rosy were so deep, so cruel, why say it? Why did he say it? Was it simply to vent his emotions or to get her to back off?
But Emma Rosy belongs to Alex Brown, so what can change?
Eva Taylor had never experienced this feeling before, so she wouldn’t ask herself if there was any jealousy involved.
When there was silence, there was a sudden series of loud noises in the ward, not too loud, but enough to break the silence.
Both of them were startled and got up one after another to rush in.
“Emma!”
Joe Wright pushed open the door and saw the bed empty, Emma Rosy on the floor, the IV needle ripped out, the blood on the back of her hand dripping down her fingertips to the floor.
He quickly picked Emma Rosy up, his heart aching, but his movements were as gentle as ever, as if he was holding a fragile rag doll that would break with the slightest effort.
After being put back on the bed, Emma Rosy still clung to him, her eyes half-closed, she appeared to be awake, but her words were very strange.
“Help Alex Brown! The car exploded and he’s still in it… Call the police… He was injured protecting me and seems to be buried under a rock…”
The school bus exploded, it has been more than two months ago, has she not yet woken up from the nightmare?
Seeing that something was wrong, Eva Taylor rushed out to call a doctor while Emma Rosy became more and more agitated, and when the doctor entered, Joe Wright was half kneeling by the bed firmly squeezing her hands and legs to stop her from trying desperately to escape.
“Do something, she can’t understand me, she has to run to save Alex Brown!”
Joe Wright turned his head toward the doctor and shouted. Eva Taylor then saw that a bloody mark had appeared on his jaw and neck, apparently scratched by her nails.
The doctor barked an order to the nurse and walked quickly to the bedside, “In this case, sedation is necessary.”
The safety of Emma Rosy was of paramount importance right now, so Joe Wright agreed without much thought.
The needle was inserted into the skin, and the sedative slowly flowed down the blue veins.
Within minutes, the noisy and struggling Emma Rosy gradually calmed down and fell back into a deep sleep.
The doctor did some basic tests, linked them to Joe Wright’s description of the situation, and concluded, “The patient has suffered varying degrees of physical and mental impairment, resulting in memory bias. It is very common to see similar cases in the clinic, and with the treatment and rest, she will recover soon.”
At these words, Joe Wright and Eva Taylor looked at each other and felt slightly more relaxed. As for the previous conversation, it was left at that.
As the doctor said, when Emma Rosy woke up again that night, her memory returned to normal, but she had no recollection of her earlier crazy behavior, and stared at Joe Wright’s injury for a long time, asking why.
She is still very weak, Joe Wright afraid of her self-blame, casually find an excuse, Eva Taylor in the side quietly listening, from the beginning to the end did not speak.
The moon set and the sun rose, and it was the next day.
Eva Taylor woke up on the couch and saw Emma Rosy sitting on the bed, looking at her phone, so she got up and asked, “Where’s Joe? What do you want for breakfast, I’ll go get it.”
After a long time without a response, she walked toward the bed and inadvertently glanced at the phone screen.
–Alex Brown failed in the first stage of treatment, resulting in worsening memory loss, and is now preparing for the second stage of treatment, but the location of the intracranial blood clot is special and the operation is risky.
After hastily reading the content of the email, Eva Taylor frowned: “Who is this from, a doctor?”
Emma Rosy stared at the lines, and then, as if she had made a decision, she jumped out of the hospital bed, stepped on her slippers and ran for the door.
Eva Taylor, startled, hurriedly pulled her from behind.
“Emma, no! I understand how you feel, but you’re not a doctor, so what’s the point of running there? Besides, you’re not well yet, Joe and Keira will be worried about you!”
Emma Rosy was so weak that she needed Eva Taylor’s help to go to the bathroom last night, but under the excitement, she actually burst out with great strength, waved Eva Taylor away, and rushed out of the room without saying a word.
Eva Taylor, who hadn’t rested well last night and was already dizzy, stumbled onto the bed with unsteady footing.
When she stood up, there was no sign of Emma Rosy at the door. Panicked, she quickly ran out of the hospital room and bumped into Joe Wright, who was returning from his breakfast.
At the sight of her face, Joe Wright guessed a few things and looked inside the ward: “Where’s Emma?”
“Ran away… she just received an email that said Alex Brown treatment failed, and then she… she suddenly…” Eva Taylor clasped her hands to her chest, particularly anxious.
“Which way did it run?!”
Joe Wright threw his breakfast on the bench and interrupted her to question.
“I… I don’t know.” Eva Taylor turned her head to look at both ends of the corridor, it was already morning, patients and families came and went, could not find Emma Rosy at all, had to apologize to herself: “I just tried to chase her… sorry Joe , I didn’t mean to…”
“What are you staying for!”
Joe Wright did not control his emotions under the shock and worry, throwing down a rebuke and then turned around and walked away.
The warm tears welled up in her eyes, Eva Taylor raised her hand and rubbed it on her sleeve, forcing herself not to cry, and then ran after Joe Wright.
They searched the hospital, inside and out, but there was no sign of Emma Rosy.
The last thing they heard from a passerby waiting for a bus was that a woman in a hospital gown had just stopped a cab and left.
The direction the passerby pointed was the airport.
The airport lobby.