Crossroads

Chapter 342

Not everything in this world goes as one wishes.

Even if Stephanie prayed with all her might, there was no room for negotiation with Death on the hospital operating table.

Stephanie curled up in a chair, staring blankly at the red “Surgery in Progress” sign. Diana, sitting next to her, had her eyes red from crying, and Samantha was trembling, praying continuously

Several key executives of the Reed Group also rushed over. Courtney sat in a dark corner on the left, and everyone waited in silence without exchanging words.

“Why did his condition suddenly worsen?” Samantha murmured softly.

Diana comforted her back, not knowing how to explain at the moment, only hoping for everything to be okay.

At that moment, the door of the operating room was suddenly pushed open urgently.

A bald, slightly overweight male doctor in a white gown came out, holding a medical record in his hand. Two female nurses followed him, their white gloves stained with blood. They all looked very urgent.

“Doctor, how is my son? Samantha, sitting in the front, immediately stood up.

Stephanie also hurriedly ran towards the doctor, who looked at Stephanie and spoke in a low voice. “His condition is very grim.”

His words raised the hearts of everyone present

Samantha seemed to lose all strength suddenly, her body going limp as she knelt down. Diana quickly supported her. Her own anxiety was also burning fiercely, and the doctor’s words hit her hard, tears streaming down non–stop.

“Please sign here!

The doctor’s expression was serious as he handed the critical condition notice to Stephanie.

Stephanie gripped the pen, her fingers trembling, and quickly signed her name.

“Please do your best to save my dad,” she said hoarsely in a low voice.

definitely do our best, but you need to be prepared. His cerebral blood vessels ruptured, causing massive bleeding. The disability rate is very high, and he is highly likely to become a vegetable or even

saying that, he immediately turned and re–entered the

room door swayed slightly after it was closed as if Death was trying to open

becoming blurry, so blurry that she felt everything she just heard was a

back anymore. She pushed away

her head, her voice hoarse as she sobbed. “Death, we don’t want money, we don’t want wealth and honor. Please leave my son’s life. I beg you, please. We used to be very poor, living in a small house. Gary was very ambitious and kind to me and his dad. Our life was frugal, but everyone was happy, and we lived happily together. I was wrong. I knew long ago that my lowly life didn’t deserve such good fortune. I can’t enjoy these riches: I’ll give them all back. I don’t want anything Just please don’t

at the door of the operating room as if Death was really there. Her

tears and walked over to suppon

embraced Stephanie with her rough, old hands, murmuring and sobbing, her tears

that moment, she realized nothing was more important

lasted six hours, from a bright midday to a sunset and then to a dark

stood up, their eyes flickering with panic, and quickly approached as Gary’s

still unconscious now, and we cannot determine when he will wake up. “The next 24 hours are critical. Also, due to the rupture and excessive bleeding of the blood vessels in his right brain, we estimate that his left handel and foot will be partially paralyzed. The exact severity will need to be diagnosed after he wakes

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Chapter 342

doctor stepped forward

Stephanie said sofily,

nurses as they wheeled Gary’s bed into the intensive care unit, but they were refused

surgery, and he is very weak. The biggest fear is infection, so you can’t enter the ICU for now”

uneasy, stretched her neck to look into the ward. “Diana, I’m panicking, I want to go

infected, he could die at any moment.” The nurse, busy with her work, turned her head

“You really impatiently.

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waiting outside, and the words “could die at any moment made her heart

Samantha was not feeling well, Diana immediately panicked

Cary’s surgery when she heard the shout and became anxious. “What happened?”

she take her blood pressure medication this

pressure was too high carlier this year, and she

again. Fortunately, they were in a hospital. The nurses put an oxygen mask on Samantha and helped

so don’t

attention to controlling her blood pressure. Better