Crossroads

Chapter 233

Chapter 233

The taxi driver said, “There’s no way we can get to the international airport in half an hour! Look at this storm. The traffic ahead is all jammed up Plus, there’s a speed limit. It’s dangerous to drive too fast in this weather.

He glanced at her anxious face and soaked clothes. “You’re pregnant, ma’am. Don’t stand out here in

But Stephanie had no time to wait.

n the rain. Get in the car and wait it out.”

She was drenched by the rain, her face pale. She didn’t say anything but shook her head at the driver.

She gripped her phone tightly, her heart racing.

Dominick has multiple complications from the bullet fragments in his brain. It’s affecting his vision, hearing, and sensory nerves. He doesn’t have much time lef

“George is sending Dominick to Serenburg tonight. They claim he fell down the stairs and is in a deep coma. Grandfather doesn’t want us involved. You need to get to the international airport within half an hour. He needs you. Hurry…

They say you left while he was in a coma. Stephanie, how heartless can you be she thought these words.

The rain poured harder. Stephanie stood alone in the darkness, lost and empty, staring at the traffic jam and the hazy orange glow of the streetlights.

Her mind was blank. She didn’t know what to do.

Tears mingled with the rain, blurring her vision. A deep ache squeezed her heart.

Stephanie didn’t want to leave. It was George who forced her out.

She desperately wanted to go back, to see him again.

“Stephanie, don’t stay in the rain. Come back with me… A familiar voice, accompanied by hurried footsteps, approached her.

It was Diana. She’d thought Stephanie would hop in the taxi and be gone, but the look on Stephanie’s face had unsettled her. So she followed.

voice startled Stephanie, making her instantly wary. Fearful of being pulled

back

be careful! Watch out

care if Dominick lived or died, but Stephanie was her niece. Seeing her pregnant,

after her. She quickly grabbed her phone and called Oscar

with one hand as she ran through the rain. Dirty water splashed up from the street, soaking her clothes.

muddied. She couldn’t think clearly straight, as if

needed to get to the international airport in half an

to get

bit her trembling lips, suppressing the fear rising in

the sharp sounds of an argument nearby grew louder, pulling her consciousness back. She looked up in confusion and saw two drivers shouting at each other in the alley to her

one yelled. “I was driving just fine,

Porsche is messed up too, you jerk! It’s pouring rain, how was I supposed to see you stopped there! You better apologize, pal. Do you even know who I am? You’re gonna regret this when we get back

had stopped in the alley, involved in a rear–end collision,

rain streaming down her cheeks as she watched them for a minute. Her gaze shifted to the

key still in u

the

she walked over, slid into

squabbling drivers behind her noticed. One of them,

Chapter 213

and chased after the

cart You’re stealing

already floored the white Porsche, tires spitting up grime as she shot down

showed that the nearby highways were all jammed. Taking the regular route would take too much time. As soon as the car

severely affecting traffic. All the nearby shops

onto the highway. I can make it

fixed on

raised her elbow, using her soaked sleeve to wipe away the tears welling up in her eyes. She

and fear. This was

right, plunging into a dark alley behind a bar, Overturned trash cans littered the ground,

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