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Chapter 198
A little boy in a dark blue baseball cap bumped into Julie, like hitting a brick wall. He lost his balance
and sat down on the ground. Just as Julie was about to bend down to help him up, the little boy pulled
down the brim of his cap to hide his face. He picked up a dark blue pendant that had fallen to the
ground and clutched it
to his chest as if it were a precious treasure.
Julie extended her hand to the little boy, but he didn’t look up. Suddenly, a tall man burst out of the
hospital. He scooped up the boy from the ground without a word to Julie, then turned and headed
towards a black SUV parked outside the hospital.
The little boy didn’t cry or struggle, he just kept his head down. Julie couldn’t see his face, only his
small hands clutching the pendant.
She watched the man get into the car with the little boy in his arms until the car door closed. Inside the
car, she saw a pair of red pointed heels, authoritative and imposing. Her eyes followed the woman’s
ankle up, until they were obscured by the car door.
All she could see was the woman’s hand, with dark red nail polish, reaching out for the boy.
The boy hesitated, then placed the delicate blue pendant in the woman’s hand.
The car door closed. Julie watched the black SUV drive away.
It wasn’t until her phone buzzed in her pocket that she snapped out of her reverie and picked up the
call.
It was Dr. Brice’s voice on the other end, “I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Turns out it was
really you.”
The familiar voice not only came from the phone, but also seemed to be coming from behind her.
She turned around, and sure enough, Dr. Brice was standing right behind her. He was wearing his
white doctor’s coat, phone in hand.
They locked eyes. He ended the call, then walked towards her, “Last time I saw you, it was in the
newspaper.”
Julie smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to respond. Ever since he had bluntly expressed his affection
for her, things between them had become a bit awkward. Even though they still occasionally chatted on
WhatsApp, most of the time they talked about Sansa Abraham, no longer occasionally caring about
each other’s lives as friends.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtFeeling the shift in their relationship, Dr. Brice took the initiative to speak, “Did you come to see your
sister?”
Julie nodded, “Why are you here at the hospital entrance?”
“I just finished a consultation.” Dr. Brice led Julie towards Sansa’s ward, “Sansa’s treatment fee was
delivered by Mr. Hernandez three days ago. In fact, you and Mr. Hernandez remarried… it is very
good.” Julie looked at Dr. Brice in surprise.
Dr. Brice laughed, “I’ve been dating recently, but I haven’t found the right person yet. My family asked
me if I had someone in mind. After thinking about it, I thought! might have some feelings for you, but
I’m more focused on myself. So…just like we discussed last time, let’s keep a pure doctor-patient
relationship, how about that?”
Julie nodded with a smile, “Sure.”
“Of course, I personally prefer us to be friends. Don’t worry, I’m not interested in a married woman, and
I won’t have any thoughts beyond friendship towards you.”
Dr. Brice’s humor made Julie laugh, “Dr. Brice, you really have good taste.”
At the entrance of Sansa’s ward, Dr. Brice said to Julie, “If there’s anything, feel free to contact me
anytime.”
“Sure.” After watching Dr. Brice leave, Julie turned and pushed open the door to Sansa’s ward.
Sansa lying on the hospital bed was so thin that her cheeks were sunken. That year, Sansa drove to
find Darcey. She was speeding on the highway.
Her speeding car suddenly hit Darcey’s car. Then, a large truck full of stones hit them, crushing both
cars under its chassis. The huge impact caused the stones on the truck to slide off, completely burying
the small car.
When the firefighters dug through the stones by hand, everyone else at the scene of the accident had
already died, only Sansa still showed signs of life. At that time, Julie and Kieran were not divorced yet.
With Kieran’s help, Julie managed to rush Sansa, who was hanging on by a thread, to the Tranquil
Care Hospital for emergency treatment. After 28 hours of rescue, Sansa miraculously survived. But she
was left in a vegetative state.
Since then, her condition had been up and down, often suffering from heart attacks, central circulatory
failure, or traumatic myocarditis. She had brushed past death many times. It wasn’t until more than four
months later that she gradually regained the ability to breathe on her own, and her body temperature
returned to normal. She no longer needed a ventilator, and the drainage tube on her chest was
removed, but she remained unconscious.
Julie couldn’t imagine how she would have faced the drastic changes in her family without Kieran by
her side during her toughest times. She had watched her closest people pass away one by one, and
Sansa suffer from illness time and time again. She had thought about ending Sansa’s life herself in
despair, but Kieran grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the darkness step by step.
But the person who pushed her back into the abyss was also him.
After their divorce, Julie couldn’t afford the high medical expenses at Tranquil Care Hospital, so Sansa
was transferred to Oakhurst Hospital. Over the years, Julie had lost hope of seeing Sansa wake up, but
no matter how tough life got, she never thought about giving up on Sansa’s treatment. It had become
an obsession.
She walked over and held Sansa’s hand, feeling the stiffness. It was nothing like Sansa’s hand in her
childhood memories, but she held it tightly. When she was a child, she loved watching Sansa dance.
She would spin and jump gracefully in her ballet shoes, like a real swan, like an angel.
“I got back together with Kieran. She held Sansa’s hand, leaned on the bed and used her arm as a
pillow.
“I never thought I’d remarry him, let alone…our kid would survive.” She said, a smile playing at the
corners of her mouth, but her eyes were brimming with tears.
“Our kid’s name is Ivan Hernandez. I never dare to think about what we might have missed all these
years. We went through a lot before we finally realized…
She knew she was talking to herself, but she still said seriously, “Only those who are alive have the
right to love or hate. What’s past is past. If we have a chance to correct our mistakes, we should
cherish it. We may have made mistakes, but at least we’re still alive. Sansa, I’ll bring Ivan to see you
someday, okay?”
Julie spoke her mind, then, as if she remembered something, she said to Sansa, “By the way, Sansa,
do you know the Fitzgerald family? Their first in line, Simon, started a charity for rare diseases. I wasn’t
back with Kieran then and was short on funds. If I had used the money, it could’ve solved our urgent
problem, but we ended up not needing it.”
She continued, “Kieran asked me if I knew Simon. I thought, if he made the donation because he knew
us, maybe he knew you? Too bad you can’t wake up to tell
me if you know him, but I think anyone who would donate to us must be a good person…”
Just then, Julie’s phone rang. She saw it was Kieran and answered.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“I’m waiting for you outside. Call me when you’re ready to leave.”
Julie was planning to take a taxi home, but Kieran was there in person.
She looked at Sansa lying in the hospital bed, then asked Kieran on the phone, “Where are you? I’ll
head out now.”
After hearing where Kieran was, Julie gave Sansa a hug and left the ward.
Kieran was parked in the parking lot. It was a low-profile black business car, with a license plate
number that stood out to Julie. She glanced at it and asked Kieran, “627?”
“Your birthday.” He pinched her cheek and grinned, “Thanks for being born.”
“I’m not touched at all,” She held his hand proudly.
He pulled her closer, then leaned down and said, “I heard the worst kind of love is when you’re moved
but the other person isn’t.”
“Who said that!” she said firmly, “First move yourself, then move the other person, doesn’t mean we
can’t be happy.”
“You’re right.”
“Why does Julie feel like she’s fallen into his trap again?
Julie let go of his hand, and then suddenly looked at him with a smile, “How about I drive?”
Kieran was skeptical about Mrs. Hernandez’s driving skills, but he handed over the keys without
hesitation and moved to the passenger seat.
Julie excitedly opened the car door and got in. After adjusting her seat, she realized Kieran’s legs were
much longer than hers.
She was about to buckle her seatbelt when her phone rang.
Kieran took out the phone from her bag. The screen showed “Dr. Brice”.
Kieran glanced at it, didn’t answer directly, but handed it to her, “It’s Dr. Brice.”
“You answer it!” Julie replied casually.
Only after getting the go-ahead from Julie did Kieran answer and put it on speaker.
Julie turned the key in the ignition and started the car.
Suddenly, a strange voice came through the phone, “Hello, is this Ms. Abraham? Your sister Sansa is
being resuscitated. Dr. Brice is in the ER. Please come to the hospital as soon as possible!”
Julie, who had just started the car, suddenly hit the brakes.
Due to inertia, both of them were thrown forward in the car.
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