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.”

“I've managed to secure his life. That's

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

listless. She knew how stubborn Victoria could be. She

don't you follow

at

her. “Both of you, help

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

and her children departed from the emergency

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 chance of him finding a donor with a heart that matches his is so slim that it's

she knew that having a heart

what Bailey had said about how

Is this divine punishment?

when we tried escaping our plight? Is

“Bay, thank you for keeping him alive. Where there's life, there's

she was holding at Victoria's positivity and grinned. “You're right. With the rapid advances in the medical field, that could very well be a possibility. That's why you shouldn't be

news.” Zayron's voice rang out from

she'd

meant that something serious

his collar, tugging him into one of the

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

Bailey frowned.

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