Regret Novel 91

The moment Charlotte answered the phone, she was met with the sound of her mother Rachel’s heart–wrenching sobs. “Hiram… something’s happened to him!”

Charlotte froze.

Her mind went completely blank, a wave of ringing filling her ears.

She raced to the emergency room at Metropolitan General Hospital. Rachel was sitting on a chair, utterly collapsed, sobbing uncontrollably. Beside her stood Xavier, his face drawn and grave.

It had only been a few days since she’d last seen Xavier, but now gray streaked his hair at the temples, and he looked a decade older.

Charlotte flagged down a nurse, her voice urgent. “What happened to the person inside the ER?”

“I heard he suffered a severe head injury from a beating, which caused massive bleeding and led to shock. Dr. Sinclair is performing surgery now.”

A beating…

He was attacked at the police station?

How was that possible…

Charlotte’s grip loosened, her whole body trembling as she stood rooted to the

spot.

Suddenly, she pushed her way into the operating room.

it was, one of them recognized her. “Dr.

brother. I have to save him!” Charlotte was

scrubs.

know the code–we’re not allowed to operate on our own family! You

the figure on the table, Charlotte’s voice was dazed and hollow. “It’s not that I don’t trust

said before, in critical situations a doctor has to keep a clear head. But

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see a doctor here?”

froze, her panic

the heart monitor, pressed her lips together,

family, it’s understandable. But

at the surgical team, then slowly backed out of

shakily rose to her feet. “Lottie, is

okay.” Charlotte’s voice was

someone watching

grew even more

seemed to already

all, beaten in a police station–whose responsibility was

that kind

already knew the answer. Without another

elevator.

private hospital room, Evander lounged in a visitor’s chair, flipping idly through a magazine. Tricia sipped the soup he’d brought, a smile lighting her face.

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