Crossroads

Chapter 56

As the night stretched on, an unusual sense of irritation settled over Dominick

Standing outside the balcony of the hospital’s emergency room, he observed the solemn expressions of the medical staff amid the incessant sound of ambulance sirens. Lighting a cigarette, he took a long drag, seeking solace in the smoke.

“Is something bothering you, Dominick?” the woman on the hospital bed asked softly.

However, he remained silent, feeling the chill of the night air on his face. The faint scent of blood hung in the air, adding to the unease.

Though not a habitual smoker, Dominick was unusually restless tonight..

With his phone clutched in his left hand, its screen illuminating with a familiar number, he dialed it nine times to no avail.

Frustration gnawed at him as he clenched his hand and eventually powered off his phone.

“The patient’s blood type is the rare Rh type,

ype, but the hospital doesn’t have it.”

“Get the blood station to transport the blood packs here immediately!”

“They don’t have enough either! The patient lost too much blood…”

Abrupt shouts pierced the air from beyond the ward door, a reminder of the critical nature of the emergency department. Only those with sudden medical complications would end up here, and if they couldn’t make it through this place, they might not be able to live anymore.

Despite his usual indifference, Dominick felt compelled to turn and observe the commotion, perhaps due to the intensity of the surrounding situation.

A huddle of doctors and nurses engaged in swift discussions, their seriousness palpable.

“I have the same blood type as her. Draw my blood…” A familiar figure rushed past the ward door, offering their own blood. Dominick wanted to leave the room to confirm his suspicion on the man who had just passed by.

“Dominick, I’m thirsty,” Jessica’s weak voice called out as he prepared to leave. He paused briefly, casting a cold glance back at her.

“Ring the bell and call the nurse,” he said coldly before hurrying away, wanting to catch up with the figure.

As Jessica watched him depart, her expression shifted to one of melancholy and complexity.

She clenched her fist and banged the head of the bed.” Dominick, where are you going? You promised to accompany me tonight

However, no one noticed her weak and pitiful state as Dominick had already disappeared from her sight.

“Where is he going in such a hurry?” Jessica looked out the ward, suddenly feeling anxious.

Dominick walked out quickly, but lost track of the familiar man at the corner of the corridor.

“Kevin?” He stopped and looked around the hospital corridors suspiciously.

Dominick wondered why his cousin showed up at the hospital’s emergency department in the middle of the night.

He would be reminded of the three–year marriage between Kevin and Stephanie every time he met Kevin. On top of that, Kevin has been pestering Stephanie ever since she saved him from the river.

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He took out his phone, tumed it

the outcome

She didn’t pick up

my calls!” Dominick’s face

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the club, when he got the news that Stephanie had gone missing in

while speeding over, but she didn’t pick

out into the dark, quiet night through

check on

the Royal Park

he called Vincent, and it sounded like he was on the verge of exploding

was momentarily puzzled when he answered, then realized Dominick must be talking

wrong with Stephanie?” From Dominick’s tone, Vincent could tell

window

since she arrived in Caelorium, besides visiting her grandma. It seems she met some people. Anyway, I’ll drive over

“Dominick, where are you? Aren’t you going to the Royal Park Hotel to

Instead of answering,

What’s with the attitude?”

looked at his phone, annoyed by the abrupt

cared, yet he wouldn’t go

Dominick rushed over to find her, and he scolded her, leading

ticked from midnight to

hour wasn’t much, but Dominick, standing in the

an hour to reach the Royal Park Hotel, but this hospital was closer

away.

strode towards the elevator and mocked himself. He didn’t understand why he was

she

his calls, but it was just a minor hiccup.

felt increasingly out of control with his emotions, it made him restless, and every time something related

reason why he got mad He cared for

briskly towards the elevator, his gaze inadvertently glanced at the row of wards on his left, where a familiar figure

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Kevin…

he wouldn’t have cared so

are you

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forcefully, his voice filled with uncontrollable anger as he shouted at the man

here!” Dominick was like a raging lion who had his

and forcefully pulling him back. Kevin, caught

accidentally bumped into a cart of medical tools, sending them crashing to the floor with a loud clatter. He ended up falling too and let out a low groan

woman in the hospital bed seemed to

“You should leave.

stuff you

her, clearly upset.

She was shameless…

now!” She seemed shaken as her face paled and her breathing

turned, grabbed a hot water kettle from the bedside

out! Get out