Cold husband burning regret

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.

started to protest, but when they saw who it was, one of them recognized her. “Dr. Sterling? What are you doing

him!” Charlotte was

scrubs.

her. “Dr. Sterling! You know the code–we’re not allowed

hollow. “It’s not that I don’t trust Dr. Sinclair. I… I just want to

in no condition to help right now, Dr. Sterling. Even you’ve said before, in critical situations a doctor

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see a doctor here?”

panic slowly ebbing

steady line of the heart monitor, pressed her lips together, and finally said,

family, it’s understandable.

then

to her feet. “Lottie,

Charlotte’s voice was

trembling. “There’s always someone watching in the station–how could this happen?

grew

to already have his

all, beaten in a police station–whose responsibility

had that

already knew the answer. Without another

elevator.

Tricia sipped the soup he’d brought, a smile lighting her face. “Evander, thank you for coming to sit with me–and for bringing