Bound Hearts: My Vows to My Disabled Spouse

Chapter 23 A Mysterious Woman

The elderly woman gazed at Elyse intently and, with a surge of excitement, clutched her hand. Her voice was hoarse as she spoke her name, her tone tinged with a hint of sorrow. "Miss Lloyd, I finally meet yor

With those words, excitement overcame her, and she fainted.

Elyse was left in shock. The situation was baffling. She had no prior knowledge of the old woman, nor had she ever encountered her before. Yet, somehow, the old lady knew her name. Confused, Elyse stood frozen until the driver, noticing the unusual scene, quickly briefed Jayden. Exiting the car, Jayden approached Elyse, who appeared distracted, and inquired, "Are you okay?" Looking at the old woman lying unconscious, Elyse was at a loss for words. The moment the old woman had uttered her name, it had painfully gripped her heart. "She seems to know me. She called out my name even though I've never seen her before."

Jayden responded, "She knows you, yet you don't recognize her? This means she's familiar with your circumstances and has been watching you without your awareness."

"That can't be right. She's not a relative of mine."

Elyse held her chest, overwhelmed by a sudden flurry of anxiety, feeling an inexplicable

connection to the old woman.

"We should get her to a hospital."

The driver chimed in, "Don't worry, an ambulance is on its way. She should be fine. The accident

wasn't severe."

Elyse gave a nod and patiently awaited the ambulance's arrival.

It showed up ten minutes later, and once the paramedics had loaded the elderly woman inside,

path to

the elderly woman was admitted to the emergency room, the trio

silence. "I'm sorry

with my driver

time."

driver apologized, "I'm sorry. It was my oversight. I should have paid more

lady unexpectedly darted out from some bushes. It's not

tone, remembered Driscoll's words describing

out to brief them on the

condition.

has a fractured left leg, severe malnutrition, and has been

long time, which

enjoyment. The next

furrowed in confusion. "A coma? So, it wasn't

the fracture in her left leg is the only physical injury from the accident. The tests indicate she's suffering from multiple organ dysfunction and somatoform autonomic dysfunction." Shocked, Elyse

due to long-term stress, at least that's our best guess. We need her family to confirm the specifics of her situation." Elyse

missing twenty-two years ago, and since then, there's

pause, he added, "Moreover, she isn't in her seventies

realization that a sixty-two-year-old woman appeared so much older weighed heavily. What

actual age, the doctor excused himself to update the medical

of sadness wash over her, puzzled by