Chapter 638 The Painful Aftereffects

Bailey let out a sigh.

What else could be done?

Severe damage was inflicted when the blade scraped the heart.

However, she dared not share her knowledge with Victoria lest she broke down due to her volatile condition.

She hadn't even recovered from her recent miscarriage. After everything that had happened today, her body was at its limit and could no longer sustain another emotional blow.

“Don't worry. We managed to save him. He should be fine once he's out of critical condition and recuperate for six months,” she replied as she massaged her forehead wearily.

Victoria continued staring at her blankly and remained unconvinced.

After a drawn-out silence, she grabbed Bailey's arm and hissed, “Bay, don't lie to me. Are our many years of friendship not enough for you to be honest with me?”

Bailey exhaled. She would have liked to tell her the truth, but Lionel's condition was too awful.

Telling Victoria the truth would likely be her last straw.

Victoria's heart fell at Bailey's silence.

She let go of Bailey's arm and strode toward the operating room.

“I'll ask the other doctors then if you won't be forthcoming with me.”

turned subconsciously and held on firmly to her arm. “I've managed to secure his life. That's the truth. What's

she faced Bailey. “He might be alive, but his injuries are

could be. She wouldn't back down

around Victoria. “Vicky, you're too weak. Why don't you follow me back to your ward to get some rest? Bay will

she glared at Bailey

“Both of you, help support your mom

You two have a good chat and try talking things over. The friendship both of you have is a precious

her children departed from the emergency

in a low voice, “His heart has sustained an injury. There's a saying that it takes a hundred days for the muscle and bones to recover from trauma, even more so for the heart. Based on my clinical work, he'll often experience pain in the heart whenever it rains. It's just the same for women who've undergone a cesarean section. Their wounds will still hurt even after they've recovered. The heart is our most vulnerable organ. As such, these periodic pains are inevitable. I can't restore him to his former state, no matter how brilliant I am. That is unless he gets a heart transplant. Unfortunately, the

begun drifting off toward the end as she knew that

had said about how Lionel's heart would ache whenever

Is this divine punishment?

heavens teaching us a lesson by sending another disaster when we tried escaping our plight? Is this so we'd remain trapped in an infinite

you for keeping him alive. Where there's life, there's hope. Who knows?

Victoria's positivity and grinned. “You're right. With the rapid advances in the medical field, that could

voice rang out

unconsciously furrowed her brows as she'd

that something serious had

collar, tugging him into one of the wards. “What

struggled to catch his breath, “Our spies in the Hoffman family reported that Philip has sniffed out Juliana's lie and now knows that the child she's pregnant with is not Huntley's. He's

Bailey frowned.

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