“ARGH!!!”
Lois, who was the first to squeeze into the crowd, fell to the ground with a loud shriek. Emily squeezed in from behind her. The scene sent chills down her spine. Her sight went dark as she almost tumbled to the ground!
The mall had an atrium, and they had leaned against the guardrail on the sixth floor to look down at it. They saw a girl in a pool of blood in front of the concierge desk. It was obvious she had fallen from one of the higher floors. Sally! It was Sally!
“Sally, Sally…” Emily’s legs went weak. Henry had to hold her up as they stared at Sally on the ground level. He looked gloomy.
“Don’t panic, don’t panic…”
“Ambulance! Someone call an ambulance!”
Emily pushed him away and ran to the escalator like a madwoman. Lois also crawled and staggered forward toward the escalator. Sally was on the ground in the pool of blood. She had fallen from the seventh floor. A small part of the railing on the seventh floor was loose.
She had fallen from the loose barrier, but why was she on the seventh floor, and why did she stand by the broken railing?
“Sally!” Emily finally rushed to the ground floor and knelt beside Sally. Her friend was covered in blood. The foam on the concierge desk had broken her momentum in the fall. However, she was still severely injured, and blood continued to ooze from her body. Emily fumbled for her phone, but her hands trembled too greatly for her to do it.
“Stop it. Someone had called for an ambulance, and they will get here soon.”
Henry pulled her closer to himself. “Don’t touch her. It will aggravate her injury.”
“How could this be… How could this be…” Emily reached out toward Sally, but she dared not touch her.
Sally was severely injured, and Emily did not even know if she was still alive. They could hear the sirens from the ambulances and police cars. Soon, the paramedics were there with them.
“Please save her. Please save her quickly!”
Lois knelt beside the paramedics. “Please save my friend!”
The paramedics rushed to help Sally. After a few moments, they had given her oxygen and put her on a stretcher. Emily sighed in relief; she was still alive!
“She’s hurt pretty badly, we’re not sure if she would make it.”
They dealt with Sally’s injuries the best they could, and they were prepared to take her to the hospital. Then, one of the paramedics asked, “Who is the patient’s family?”
“I am! I am her friend!” Emily immediately got up. “I will go with you.”
“Us, too!” Lois still trembled in shock.
“Only one family member can accompany her in the ambulance. The others will have to go to the hospital by themselves.”
The situation was too critical, so the paramedic did not explain too much in detail. Their priority was to save the victim.
“I’m going with you!” Emily immediately followed the paramedics into the ambulance.
“I… I…” Lois’s tears trickled down her face. She also wanted to go with them; she wanted to be with Sally!
“I’ll take you.” After he watched Emily got into the ambulance, Henry immediately grabbed Lois’s collar. “Let’s go!”
Lois was like a confused little chick. She was utterly lost, so Henry had to drag her to his car. Henry looked somber as he stepped down hard on the accelerator.
The guardrail on the seventh floor was broken. If someone accidentally walked past it, it was not impossible to fall from the gap, but Sally had no reason to be there. Besides, she was with Emily and Lois. She did not need to go to the seventh floor by herself. There was a renovation for an event on the seventh floor, so many of the shops were not opened. Most of the expensive and luxury stores were on the sixth floor, and Sally was there to buy things. Why would she be up on the seventh floor? Perhaps Sally did not go up there by herself. Someone must have taken her up there!
When they arrived at the hospital, Lois stumbled out of the car and ran to the emergency department. Henry pulled out his mobile phone and dialed a number.
“Gather the surveillance videos from the sixth and seventh floors of Gene Shopping Center and call me immediately after that.”
“Yes, Second Young Master!”
…
A little over an hour later, Terry and Joe, who had received the news, arrived at the hospital. Around half an hour later, Aryan and Rufus were there as well. Then, two people from the Cox family had arrived, and they were Sally’s father and his wife.
Mrs. Cox grumbled impatiently along the way. “Your daughter is such a troublemaker. She is always causing trouble!”
“Sally suffered an injury this time. She didn’t do it on purpose.”
Mr. Cox wanted to explain on behalf of his daughter, but he dared not even raise his voice in front of his wife.
Mrs. Cox exclaimed angrily, “If she hadn’t run around by herself, how could she possibly fall? Now that this has happened, imagine how much we have to spend on her medical expenses!”
“Blair, let me tell you, we don’t have much money. If she has to be in the ICU for a month or so, you had better foot the bill yourself!”
“Rosalie, all our money is in your hands. Where would I get the money?”
Emily overheard the conversation between the two people in front of her when she got out of the restroom. Her heart went cold.
She finally realized why Sally never went home. It turned out that her home did not offer her the slightest bit of warmth at all. Emily’s legs were still weak, so she could only lean on the wall for support and walked slowly.
Blair and Rosalie did not expect to meet the Second Young Master Sharp outside the surgery room. They remembered Henry from an important banquet, but he did not even know them. The two of them were excited to learn that he was there for Sally.
“Second Young Master Sharp, I didn’t expect to see you here. I’m so glad to meet you!”
Blair immediately walked toward him, and his face beamed as he reached out his hand to Henry.
Henry frowned with impatience.
Blair quickly introduced himself. “I am Sally’s father. This is my wife. Second Young Master Sharp, we met at a charity banquet last month.”
Henry was not in the mood to talk to them. Their daughter was in a critical situation, and yet the parents wanted to build a rapport with him. What a disappointment!
“Err, Second Young Master Sharp…” Blair’s hand was still stretched out toward him, but Henry completely ignored it. The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
Rosalie retracted his hand and looked at Henry with a smile. “Second Young Master Sharp, did you take our Sally to the hospital? Thank you very much, Second Young Master.”
“Second Young Master, have you had something to eat? We would like to invite you to a meal…”
Henry cut through them and walked toward Emily.
“How are you? Do you feel unwell? Maybe you can use a break.”
Emily did not refuse his help. She was not unwell, but after Sally’s accident, all her strength seemed to have drained from her body. She even found it difficult to walk, so Henry had to help her toward the lounge area for a quick rest.
Rosalie whispered to Blair, “Is that girl… Emily, Sally’s classmate? Isn’t she Eldest Young Master Jackson’s fiancee? Why is she hanging out with Second Young Master Sharp?”