Chapter 43 Galatea's Accident


These past couple of days, Galatea had been especially busy at the hospital. As a surgeon, her primary role was to perform operations. But ever since the incident with Andreas, Galen had barred her from the operating room. She spent her days on ward duty, interacting with patients' families. Her schedule was packed even though she no longer performed surgeries.

Today, a patient suffered severe postoperative bleeding, and Galatea had been tending to the emergency, so consumed by her work that she skipped lunch. Nearly three in the afternoon, when she was just about to grab a bite, the ER was overwhelmed, and she rushed to assist.

Several injured patients arrived as casualties of a street brawl. Galatea was in disbelief-fights in public, really?'

Her phone rang while she was stitching up a patient. Finishing up, she checked her phone to see it was Alaric calling.

After returning the call, she barely had time to say a word before Alaric's stern voice cut through, "You never learn, do you? It's nearly six o'clock!"

Alaric had finished work early and had been waiting in the lounge for an hour already, but there was no sign of Galatea.

"Mr. Knight, the hospital is just swamped. I really don't have a moment."

"I'm not interested in excuses. Come here, now!" he commanded.

"But... hello?" She thought to herself, 'What an annoying man!'

So selfish, never being considerate of others!

Finally, the commotion slowed down after she bandaged a patient's minor injury, Galatea quickly changed and darted out of the hospital.

Once outside, she hailed a cab, realizing how hungry she felt. Without any delays, it was a twenty-minute drive from Serenity Heights Medical Center to Nexus Innovations.

a standstill. Just two traffic lights away, and yet

get out here," she

I'm so

street and entered a convenience

street wasn't congested, but she felt as if she had taken a longer

you taking my words for granted? It's

for another hour and was fuming with irritation that she still

me to fly over there, Alaric. Stop calling. I'll be there in a jiffy!" Galatea retorted and abruptly ended

up on him, grumbling under

to sprint. But just as she raced towards an intersection, in a desperate attempt to beat the countdown of the pedestrian light, a car barreled through the crossroads,

and Alaric still had not heard from Galatea. Just as he was about to call her, his

answered instantly and snapped,

a family member of

of foreboding wash over him and hastily replied, "Yes, I am." "I'm a doctor at Arizona Central Hospital. Galatea's been in a car accident. Please come

like

the news. After hanging up, he grabbed his car keys and dashed

Hospital as fast as he could, where Galatea was already being rushed into the

is your relationship to the patient?"

husband," Alaric blurted out

right, please sign the consent

name and then urgently asked, "How is

emergency care unit. We'll have more information for you

on edge as the doctor handed him Galatea's belongings left at the scene of the accident-her purse and her

from a recent repair.

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