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.

making her instantly wary. Fearful of being pulled back, she panicked and took off running

back

Watch out for

if Dominick lived or died, but Stephanie was her niece. Seeing her pregnant, pale, and scared, Diana couldn’t help but regret calling George. Stephanie was

after her. She

hand as she ran through the rain. Dirty water splashed up from the street, soaking her clothes. She was a mess. Exhausted, she finally stopped, leaning against a storefront, gasping

clearly straight, as

to the international airport

just wanted to get to this place,

eyes and bit her trembling lips, suppressing the fear rising in her chest.

pulling her consciousness back. She looked up in

“I was driving

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

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

minute. Her gaze shifted to the Porsche with

key still in u

the

walked over, slid into the driver’s seat, and slammed the door

she started the engine that the two squabbling drivers behind her noticed. One of them, a haughty woman in designer

Chapter 213

chased after the

That’s my cart You’re stealing

had already floored the white Porsche, tires spitting

soon as the car came out from the alley, Stephanie sharply turned the steering wheel to the right, driving onto

severely affecting traffic. All the nearby shops had closed, and there were no

highway. I can make it to the

gaze was fixed

wipe away the tears welling up

white with tension and fear. This was dangerous and even illegal, but she had no other

behind a bar, Overturned trash cans littered the

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