Soon, they arrived at their destination. Armand didn’t rush in recklessly alone. Instead, he informed the property management staff and go upstairs with him.
The staff lead Armand and Theresa into the building and asked, “How did you know something happened to this residence?”
Armand said, “I’m a lawyer. The couple staying in this apartment is going to divorce. The wife wants to wipe her husband out. Probably it caused some conflicts.”
The staff understood. Soon they arrived at the door. The staff raised his hand and knocked on it, but there was no response from the inside. The staff kept knocking on the door. After a while, someone answered from the inside, “Who is it?”
“I’m from the property management office. Your neighbour downstairs reported the leaking from your apartment. We want to check your bathroom.”
“We didn’t open the tab. How could there be a leak?” the man refused.
“We need to check the pipes. If you don’t want us to check them, there must be something wrong and you feel guilty. If the neighbour comes upstairs and kicks on your door, you’ll be in trouble. We should avoid making a fuss on such a trifle, right? Please open the door.”
After a moment of silence, the door was opened. The man saw another two persons who were not from the property management office, he became quite alert, “Who are you two?” he asked.
Armand said, “I’m a lawyer. I just received a call from my client. I’m here to meet her.”
“She’s not home!” The man stood at the door, not willing to let them in.
“Let’s take a look if she’s home or not,” said the staff from the property management office.
“Without my permission, if you break into my apartment, I can sue you for trespassing.” The man tried to close the door, but Armand stopped him, “Let me check if she’s home or not.”
“Fuck off!” The man increased his strength and wanted to close the door. The staff of the property management office could tell that this man looked quite guilty. He helped Armand push the door open. The man was bounced a few steps back. He snapped in anger, “Are you having a death wish?”
“Where is your wife?” asked the staff.
Armand looked at the half-closed door of the bedroom and wanted to go over. The man pulled him to stop, “Stop making trouble in my apartment. Get out!”
Armand winked at Theresa. He pressed the man and let her go to the bedroom to check if there’s anyone there.
The staff was also sensible. He blocked the man’s way.
Theresa approached the bedroom and saw a lot of blood. A woman was lying next to the bed in a coma.
She said, “She’s in the bedroom.”
Armand and the staff looked at the man, “Stop lying!”
When the man was arguing with his wife, he had lost his mind. Right then, the fact that he had beaten his wife was disclosed, so he became angry from embarrassment. He pushed the other two men away and got a kitchen knife from the kitchen, “None of you can leave here today!”
Theresa pulled out her cell phone and was about to call the police. The man could tell her intention. He waved the knife at Armand and the staff, rushing to Theresa to grab her phone.
“Watch out, Theresa!” Armand widened his eyes. Theresa raised her head, only to find that the man rushed to her with the kitchen knife.
She was startled. At this critical moment, a black shadow passed by Armand and rushed over. He kicked away the man. The man reacted fast. When he bumped at the bed, he raised the knife and wanted to cut on Theresa’s head. Armand pulled her into his arms. The man cut down so fast that Armand couldn’t run with Theresa. His arm was cut. Right then, the staff from the property management office called another two coworkers on duty. They rushed in together, knocked down the man, and grabbed the knife from his hand.
“It’s my family business. None of your fucking business. Let me go!” the man was still yelling while his face was pressed against the floor.
“We’ve called the police,” said the staff.
Theresa was still frightened. She looked extremely pale because of what had happened just now. Seeing that blood was staining Armand’s white shirt, she returned to her senses, “Are you injured?”
Armand took a look at his arm and frowned slightly, “Nothing. It’s not serious.”
They didn’t know how deep the wound was, but it bled a lot. Soon, half of his sleeve was stained by blood.
“Let’s go to the hospital, Armand.” Theresa was worried about him and felt sorry for him. She pulled the other hand of his.
Right then, the police arrived. The staff from the property management office should have reported that someone was injured on the scene. The medical staff followed in.
“Could you please check him up?” Theresa stopped one doctor.
The doctor took a look at her and nodded. He tore open Armand’s sleeve and said indifferently, “The wound needs to be stitched. You should go to the hospital.”
Someone called that there was another injured person inside, so the doctor walked in. It seemed that the woman was injured seriously. The doctor urged other staff to carry her downstairs.
The man was arrest and taken away by the police.
After arriving at the hospital, the woman was sent to the emergency room for rescue. Armand went to the surgical department to deal with his wound. The doctor checked the wound and said he needed more than a dozen stitches. When the doctor was cleaning the wound, Theresa couldn’t watch. She just looked away.
Armand’s wound was dealt with completely after half an hour. Theresa helped him up and asked, “Does it hurt?”
Armand said, “Not at all. I got an anaesthetic.”
The doctor gave him local anaesthesia around his wound. Otherwise, he would suffer when the skin was stitched. He wouldn’t have felt so easy.
“The police has informed your client’s family to come over. Please don’t worry about her,” said Theresa.
Armand looked at her, “I don’t care about her. She’s just my client. Even if something happened to her, it wouldn’t be my responsibility. You worried me. When the man wanted to cut you, why didn’t you know how to dodge?”
She was so freaked out that she stiffed and forgot to react.
“You are always like this. How am I supposed to leave you alone in the future?” said Armand in depression.
Theresa pressed her lips in silence.
A doctor came over. Seeing Armand, he said, “Mr. Bernie, Mrs. Bernie has woken up.”
They were in the same hospital where Elizabeth was in, and the doctor was her chief physician. Elizabeth woke up, but no one was with her, so he was trying to contact Armand.
“I’ll go to her ward now,” said Armand.
“Wait a moment, please. Mr. Bernie, I have something to talk to you about.” The doctor looked solemnly. Armand frowned, “Didn’t you say that her injury wasn’t serious?”
“She’s not in danger, but…” The doctor paused a bit, “Please be prepared.”
“What on earth is wrong with her?” Armand was anxious.
“Mr. Bernie, please calm down.” The doctor said more solemnly, “Here is the thing. Your grandmother’s brain was hurt. When she woke up just now, I went to check up on her. She might be suffering a short-term memory loss.”
“What?” Armand thought that he had misheard something, “Memory loss?”
He couldn’t believe it at all. It only happened in the TV drama. How could it happen in real life?
“I’m not quite certain yet. She has Alzheimer’s disease, so she also has such a symptom. However, she’s possibly got amnesia. We’ll check her up tomorrow to ensure about it.”
“Okay. I see.” Armand grabbed Theresa’s hand, “I…”
“Let’s go to see her first.” Theresa could understand how helpless he was now.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.