Chapter 170

“Hang in there, Elgin, the ambulance is on its way, any minute now…” Letitia muttered, “Do it for me, will you? Don’t doze off, hang tough…”

She was scared to death.

Elgin wanted to clean her tears, but he just didn’t have the strength. If he could even save his hand, that’d be a miracle…

Letitia held him, her head against his cheek, just wanting to hold on to him tightly.

“Why’d you have to go and play the fool… why? Shela tells you to hurt yourself and you just do it! And then your went and pulled out the knife. Weren’t you scared of bleeding out? Do you even care about your hand? Listen up, Elgin, if you end up disabled, don’t think I won’t hold it against you! You hear me?! You’ve gotta pull through, you just have to…”

Elgin mustered a weak smile, slowly closing his eyes again.

“Letty…” he spoke with great effort slowly, “Just keep on, keep living…”

With that, Elgin closed his eyes, his hand falling to his side.

“Elgin!” Letitia’s voice pierced the night.

The ambulance arrived with a wail.

The medics loaded Elgin onto the ambulance, and Letitia followed, “I’m his wife, I’m family! Let me come with

him!

Just as the doors closed, she saw Shela lying on the ground.

Samson had rushed over.

Letitia breathed a sigh of relief. Let Samson handle the scene and he’d sort it all out.

She thought about it and tears fell once again.

All this must have been arranged by Elgin before he came to her rescue.

He met with Shela alone, playing down her guard while secretly arranging for bodyguards, which was why so many of them stormed in at the last minute.

Inside, Elgin faced danger while Samson coordinated from outside.

They worked like a well-oiled machine.

thorough, covering

but for me…” She couldn’t

was torture, but he

doctors quickly disinfected Elgin’s wounds and stopped the bleeding, with blood-soaked cotton balls

and nurses rushed Elgin straight to the operating room.

shut with

her legs and collapsed

was gradually unfolding, signaling the arrival of daylight.

you’ve got to be okay, your hand has

She kept praying.

the floor?” a nurse passing by helped Letitia up, then noticed the blood on

mine, it’s… Letitia

blood on her clothes was from

one person bleed so

the nurse observed. Your face, your

when Letitia remembered the knife’s

touched her face, it’s a scratch,

not care about her face. The nurse took her by the arm. “Girls freak out over a pimple, and

“But I…”

you patched up

the nurse insisting, Letitia sat in the ER while the doctor carefully

The doctor looked

do it, doctor, I’ve got stuff to

than your face…

wanting to be by the surgery door

the medical staff wouldn’t let her leave.

showed up and shouted, “Letitia! Are

fine, how’s

was visibly worried. “I came as soon as I heard. How could this dangerous situation have

looked down, “It’s a long

“Your face…”

Letitia

be okay and you won’t be

care less about her face at this

face when she

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