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.”

and held on firmly to her arm. “I've managed to secure his life. That's the truth. What's the point of me lying to you when you'll find out

alive, but his injuries are grave, causing serious damage to his body.

Victoria could be. She wouldn't back down

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

her as she glared at Bailey unflinchingly

beside her. “Both of you, help support your mom to rest in her ward.

case, I'll go back and have some rest. You two have a good chat and try talking things over. The friendship both of you have is a

children departed

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

end as she knew that

what Bailey had said about how Lionel's heart

Is this divine punishment?

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

was about to speak when Victoria waved her off. “Bay, thank you for keeping him alive. Where there's life, there's hope. Who knows? Perhaps a medication that

was holding at Victoria's positivity and grinned. “You're right. With the rapid advances in the medical field, that could very well be

news.” Zayron's voice rang out from the

as she'd

something serious had taken

collar, tugging him into one of

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 now coercing Mr. Raymond to imprison Juliana and

Bailey frowned.

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