The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

Chapter 174

The Lies He Told Me 174

With the aftershocks finally over, a heavy silence set in. "Help me!"

Grace was buried under the wreckage

and surrounded by darkness. Her breaths were getting shallower.

Lost in time, she was jolted back to reality by a child's cry. "Kendra! I want Kendra!" She came to with a start, shouting as loud as she could,

'We're here... Please help!"

Her shouts drew the rescue team, who rushed to their location. They started

clearing the rubble, and a thin ray of light pierced the darkness.

A glimmer of hope sparked in Grace's chest, but it was dashed when she heard the rescuers. "Mr. Kaufman, Dr. Parrish and Dr. Jermyn are trapped under the same slab. If we lift one side, the other will crush th Omar choked with tears, "Save Kendra! I need Kendra!"

Omar's plea stabbed Grace's heart. For a moment, she felt everything slipping away. Her own child had picked someone else over her in a time of crisis.

Antonio's response was slow in coming.

The rescuers' urgency grew. "Mr. Kaufman, we can't wait! If another tremor hits, we'll lose them both!" It was then that Antonio's voice cut through the tension, cold and firm, "Save Dr. Jermyn."

Grace's world darkened as she closed her eyes, giving in to despair. The rescuers focused on lifting the slab to reach Kendra.

The slab shifted, crushing Grace with brutal force, worsening her injuries. Blood

her lips as her vision

"Kendra. I thought I'd lost you forever. Promise me you'll never leave

shut her eyes, and darkness took her

When Grace opened

eyes again, she was back in Drelar Hospital. Russell, noticing her awake, hurriedly summoned

few more days here, and she'll be on the mend." Grace observed

just a few days, by her bedside. Tears brimmed in

guilt as he said, "Grace, you've been through so much. Get some rest and don't worry about anything." Grace closed her

was probably a good thing. When she recovered, it would be time

passed in a

and approached Kendra's ward for the first time. Antonio and Omar were there, just as she expected. Antonio's expression shifted when he saw Grace. "Why

tone was too evident. Antonio paused, as if he was

offered a wry grin. "I'm tough. I won't

opened, giving Grace a look that made it clear

fire burning

to start a fight, let alone hurt Kendra. Besides, they guarded Kendra fiercely. Grace got straight to the point with Antonio, "When can we head to the courthouse and wrap

the kid, is all yours she said, her tone firm. Antonio's face clouded over, and he paused before asking, "Are

glance and questioned, "Do I look like I'm

marry anyone you like, and Omar can choose his own mom. It has nothing to do with me." Omar's

then he balled

of anger, "You don't want me, and I don't want you either! I want Kendra to be my mom!"

she said, "Grace, you shouldn't

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