Chapter 91

“Not tonight!”

I screeched, urging Bright to call the police again, this delay felt like being stuck in darkness for centuries. I let my tears flow down my cheeks, praying in my heart. Leo came in front of the bullet which was supposed to end my life.

“Please save him, God. He can’t die like this.”

My sincere prayers eventually softened Heaven’s resolve, I heard the sirens of the police vans and ambulance soon, resulting in cross firing. It didn’t take them long to subdue the opposition, I held Leo’s hand and assured him.

“You will be fine, Leo. Please hang in here. We will take you to the hospital.”

A bleak smile stretched Leo’s brown lips; his pale face trembled my heart. He coughed up blood in an attempt to speak.

“Don’t lie to yourself, Laura. I am going but…

I hope you and Bright will find happiness together. I wish you… you…”

Gasping for air, he was on the brink of death when the firing stopped, prevailing silence in the surrounding. I heard anxious voices of the paramedical staff.

“Make a way for the gurney. We have GSW patient, male. Oxygen stat…”

A team of emergency rescuers arrived like the first ray of sunshine after a dark, long night, they immediately tended to Leo. Numbed by shock and fear, I blindly sprinted behind the staff, but they asked me.

can’t come in the ambulance with us. Please take

Bright’s car wasn’t safe for driving, and it was impossible to order a cab so late. So, I begged officer Nolan

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reached there, Leo was in the operation theater for surgery,

it must be terrifying. Please let me examine

will be fine. Our surgeons will try

Bright was able to discipline his emotions shortly, he took me to the examination.

room.

will consult Leo’s case with

the best doctors for

left me there alone, hanging, I was dwindling between hopes and fears while praying for Leo’s safety. If he didn’t dare to save me, I could be in his place, undoubtedly dead as my immune system wasn’t as

die and leave me indebted for the rest of my life. It would be better if he woke up shortly, and I could scold him at length for

some medicines for shock

after that treatment.

surgery was long, and because of excessive blood loss, he needed blood. His rare AB negative blood group was hard to find, it was

were pacing back and forth in front of the doors of the operation theater when the red light turned green after a painful wait, signaling the end of

doctor walked out and took

Unfortunately, that bullet has damaged Mr. Leo’s

“No!”

doctor’s mouth, I couldn’t help but scream, the low survival rates for such

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