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.

inside started to protest, but when they saw who it was, one of

I have to save him!” Charlotte was already reaching for

scrubs.

Sterling! You know the code–we’re not allowed to operate on

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

Dr. Sterling. Even you’ve said before, in critical situations a doctor has

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see a doctor here?”

froze, her panic slowly ebbing

her lips together, and finally said,

understandable. But please, wait

surgical team, then slowly backed out of the

shakily rose to her feet.

okay.” Charlotte’s voice

little, her voice trembling. “There’s always someone watching in the

face grew even

to already have

beaten in a police station–whose responsibility

that kind

the answer. Without another word, she headed

elevator.

a visitor’s chair, flipping idly through a magazine. Tricia sipped the soup he’d brought, a smile lighting her face. “Evander,

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