Crossroads

Chapter 115

Chapter 115

“So, how is he?”

Outside, it was clearly noon, and the sun was blazing, but the hospital room felt cool and gloomy. The sharp scent of disinfectant hung heavy in the air, making it hard to stay alert. Worry and anxiety gripped everyone’s hearts.

Leaning on a cane, George looked towards the hospital bed, his voice raspy as he asked.

The accompanying dean looked uneasy and carefully replied, “His fever has come down a bit…”

“I asked about his intracranial pressure!”

George’s face suddenly turned sullen as

she bit ou

out these words.

He knew the dangers of acute high intracranial pressure all too well – brain hemorrhage, coma, dilated pupils… It could be a matter of life and death.

The typical symptoms included severe headaches, irregular breathing…migraines. They knew it all along, but they just never expected it was because of intracranial pressure.

This punk actually hid it from everyone…

George looked away, his hand trembling slightly as he gripped his cane. “What are the odds of a successful operation?” he asked, his voice

strained.

“George, what operation are you talking about?” The door suddenly swung open, and Mary looked at George and the dean with a confused

expression.

“Didn’t Dominick’s surgery already finish? Is something wrong…”

The dean wanted to explain, but George’s frosty gaze silenced him instantly.

This was clearly not something to be discussed lightly.

“George, what’s

‘s going on?” Mary’s voice was thick with worry, “The doctors said Dominick was going to be okay. That he was just in a temporary coma…” She could feel something wasn’t right.

didn’t even

to get out. She

in the past, but no matter

get out!” George snapped, glaring at

together, her expression darkening. She hesitated for a moment. Her son was

In the end, she

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weariness and grief. “You do not tell anyone about this,” he

the director.

director replied solemnly,

heavy heart, he walked out of

Thudi

“Be careful”

of injection fluid accidentally fell to

up the fallen bottle. The dean and George

nurse, seemingly new and a bit timid, didn’t say a word. With her back to them, she quickly gathered the syringes and tidied

inside, and from

on, your head nurse will be in charge of this,” the dean instructed her. He

intimidated to look directly at

He urged the director, “Lay

walking ahead,

We will do

rin

it done,” George snapped, cutting him off. He was no longer in the mood to listen to

for a moment, glancing sideways at George and the dean as they walked away, her brows

didn’t understand why George’s behavior was

uniform, she pushed the small cart and stood in front of the room

inside.

Dominick was in there.

wrong, but Stephanie felt that the smell of disinfectant in this room was particularly strong, as if this were an isolation ward devoid of any

of the machines filled the room, their data flashing constantly. Stephanie slowly moved closer to the

she’d seen Dominick.

had been so strong before, able

When her eyes finally landed on his familiar,

guilt in her chest swelled as

lay motionless, eyes

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the bedside, looking down. Her

“Dominick, please wake up…

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