Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 571

Chapter 571

Time had never crawled like this before.

It dragged on, stretching out like eleven endless years.

Vince stood up and walked over.

He let out a weary sigh.

Timothy had always been ruthless, capable of doing the most unthinkable things to Jessy-but Vince could never bring himself to be that heartless. No matter how

hard he tried, he simply couldn't stop caring about Timothy.

They'd grown up together. Thirty years of friendship.

At last, the doors to the operating room swung open.

The Lawsons immediately crowded around, bombarding the doctors with anxious questions.

Their voices overlapped in a surge of panic and desperation, making the doctors' heads spin.

"Enough! Quiet down!" one of the doctors barked, exasperated. "All this noise isn't helping the patient's recovery!"

Instantly, silence fell. The waiting room felt still, heavy with fear and hope.

At least, no one had said the worst. No one had announced a death.

A doctor stepped forward. "The internal bleeding wasn't fatal. We've managed to take care of it. The real danger was the brain hemorrhage. We performed a craniotomy, and the surgery was a success. But the next seventy-two hours are critical. If there's no further bleeding and the patient regains consciousness after three days, then he'll be out of danger."

to snatch him

hung over them like a

asked, "And if he doesn't make

grew grave. "There's a risk of brain death. He could end up in a permanent vegetative state. For now, he'll be in intensive care, monitored by our best team. When he's brought out, please keep quiet. Go home and prepare anything he'll need for his stay-clothes, toiletries. Only one person should stay to make any major decisions. Visitation is limited to

again,

dangerous-he was too old for this kind

never living up to expectations. And now, his

call a nurse, who hurried over and began

had been through the roof

wheeled Timothy

His head had been shaved and was now bandaged in layers of white gauze, held in place by a netted

covered her mouth, stifling

tears twisted in a

down her fanguish,

but

make a

Naylor nearly fainted again.

really

more than a whisper, choked

clenched his jaw, eyes

stand, but Herbert caught

around the hospital bed. Jessica could only the outline of Timothy's body through the crowd;

saw the nurses holding

the steady beeping of a

asked, "Do you want to

mind echoed with

confrontation with Timothy, the time she demanded to know how