An overwhelming sharp pain immediately washed over Shirley.
Shirley was instantly alert without a trace of muddle-headedness.
She lifted her hand to clutch her wound, the blood quickly staining her palm red.
“Shirley, do you feel the pain now? Who asked you to offend someone you shouldn’t? You should think about who you offended back then. Don’t blame me, I’m just doing this under someone’s instructions. Think about who you’ve offended recently.”
‘Who I’ve offended recently?’
Shirley clutched her face that was bleeding profusely, and she was in so much pain that her bones were trembling. She could not think. The only rivals whom she could think of were Kendrick and Niamh.
When she remembered how Niamh had let her take a shower, change her clothes, eat, and sleep in such a friendly manner, Shirley could not help but chuckle sarcastically.
“Eveline, I almost believed you. I didn’t expect you to be so good at acting.”
Shirley said in self-mockery before pushing away the woman who was restraining her. Then, she stood up shakily and stumbled toward the door.
The woman initially wanted to stop her but when she heard what Shirley had just said, she felt that it was unnecessary.
She removed her mask and cap before curling her red lips to display a sinister smirk. She was pleased that she managed to get away with this.
“Shirley, it’s good that you’ve arrived at this conclusion. Remember to go back to Carter and tell him who did this to you.”
Shirley clutched her face and ran forward without bothering which way she was going, braving the biting cold wind and snow.
The blood that seeped through the gaps of her fingers fell on the white snow drop by drop, and beautiful blooming flowers seemed to appear on the ground in a split second
Shirley did not know how long she had been running for, nor did she know where she was headed to. Her consciousness was getting more and more blurry. When she almost fainted, she rushed out into the road.
A taxi could not stop in time and directly crashed into Shirley who was running around blindly.
The taxi driver quickly hit the brakes and was so scared by this sudden incident that he was holding the steering wheel without budging an inch.
“It’s not my fault. She ran out into the road. It’s not my fault.”
The driver kept emphasizing.
When Adam and Cathy saw this from the backseat, the two of them opened the door and got out at the same time.
As a doctor, Adam would not leave the wounded to die without trying to save them.
Adam initially thought it was just a stranger who had carelessly dashed out into the road, but when he saw the face that was covered with dirt, Adam’s heart palpitated with fear.
“Shirley? Shirley!”
He called out to Shirley repeatedly but she was not reacting at all.
Adam tried to feel for Shirley’s breath, and her weak breathing caused his heart to plunge violently.
He carried Shirley, who was covered in blood, back into the car. Cathy also quickly got back into the car. The moment she sat down, she heard Adam roaring at the driver frantically.
“To the nearest hospital, hurry!”
The driver did not dare to delay it for even half a second. He immediately pressed down on the accelerator to speed to the nearest hospital…
Niamh and Kendrick went back to the hospital.
Karen was taking care of Lillian who was getting an intravenous infusion.
When Karen saw the two of them, she pointed at the bouquet of powder blue baby breaths on the table and said, “A masked man came to visit Lily just now. That man was very weird. He didn’t say anything and just left after putting the flowers down.”
“A man?”
“He looks like he’s in his 20s. He’s tall and handsome. I think he looks somewhat familiar but he was wearing a mask so I can’t be sure,” Karen explained.
Niamh walked to the bouquet and noticed that there was a glass jar full of colorful candies behind the bouquet.
When she saw the candies, Niamh arrived at a conclusion with much certainty. “It was Fabian. He left the flowers and the jar of candies.”
Kendrick approached Niamh to take a look. Indeed, there was a jar of candies behind the flowers.
“I don’t know what he’s trying to do. He wants to cut ties with us but he still cares about our daughter so much.”
Niamh smiled and sighed. Then, she turned around to look at Kendrick.
“Kendrick, what are you planning to do with Shirley? Can you get the security footage to see where she is right now?”
“Alright, I’ll get someone to do it now,” Kendrick said and walked to one side to make a call.
Niamh walked to the side of the bed to caress the sleeping little princess. As she watched the cold liquid seeping into the child’s body little by little, she felt incredibly helpless.
“Lily, you have to stay strong and make it through this.”
“Our Lily will be fine. However, I heard that something has happened to your body recently. What’s going on?” Karen asked with a friendly tone.
Niamh smiled. “Don’t worry, Mom. We’ll all make it through this.”
She promised, and at the same time, she was giving herself the confidence to make it through this.
Then, she recalled the test tube that Kendrick had broken himself.
She took out her phone and called Adam.
She would not feel assured if she did not have the anti-toxoid test reagent that Adam gave her with her.
If Kendrick were to experience another flare-up at a sudden timing, she would not know what to do.
However, even though she could get through to Adam, no one was picking up the call.
Niamh figured that Adam might be busy, so she thought she would call him later. However, when she was about to put her phone away, Adam called her back.
Niamh quickly answered the call and heard Cathy’s voice from the other side.
“Evie, it’s me.”
“Cathy, are you with Adam? Is he unable to come to the phone now?”
“Evie, he can’t come to the phone because…”
After Niamh heard what Cathy said, her eyes flashed suddenly.
Kendrick came back into the ward after making the call. When he saw Niamh’s strange expression, he strode to her and asked, “Nia, what’s going on?”
“Something bad has happened to Shirley.” After Niamh said that, she grabbed Kendrick’s hand to walk out of the ward. At the same time, she turned around and said to Karen, “Mom, I’m going out with Kendrick for a bit. Please look after Lily.”
Karen waved her hand. “Go ahead. Don’t worry, I’ll look after Lily.”
After getting a reply from Karen, Niamh held Kendrick’s hand and quickly walked out of the ward.
“Nia, where are we going?”
“The operating room.”
“Operating room?” Kendrick was puzzled. Then, he had an assumption and asked, “Is Shirley in the operating room?”
“Yeah.” Niamh nodded and started to increase her walking pace without realizing it.
Soon, they arrived at the corridor that led to the operating room.
From afar, Niamh could see Adam sitting on one of the chairs with a heavy and worried look on his face. Meanwhile, Cathy was sitting beside him.
When Cathy saw Niamh and Kendrick, she walked over to greet them.
“Evie, Kendrick, she’s still inside and we don’t know her condition yet.”
Kendrick looked at Adam who looked dispirited and spotted the bloodstains on Adam’s clothes. He could guess that the dried blood came from Shirley.
Shirley had disappeared from the villa, so how did she suddenly show up here?
Kendrick was confused. “What happened? Why is Shirley in the operating room and why was she with you guys?”
Cathy shook her head lightly. “I’m not sure what’s going on as well. When Adam and I were on our way home, we saw Shirley darting out into the road all of a sudden. The taxi driver couldn’t stop the car in time so he crashed into her. However, before the car hit her, she was already hurt. Plus, there was a very deep knife wound on her face.”
“She’s been disfigured?”
“Someone did it to her,” Adam said something at this moment.
Niamh looked at Adam and saw that he had a look of dismay on his face.
Even though he did not approve of a lot of the heinous things Shirley did and he abhorred her actions deeply, they were still siblings who were related by blood. Nobody would be able to be unaffected under these circumstances.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.