True Love Waits

Chapter 307 He Promised He'd Marry Me

The doctors comforted Debbie as they examined her, "Mrs. Huo, we understand. But think about the baby. It's not just you we're worried about here."

When Debbie heard this, she started breathing deeply, trying to slow her heartbeat down and banish her anxiety. She tried to relax and lay back in the hospital bed. She grabbed Sasha's hand tightly and said, "Can you stay in the ER? I want to know how Carlos is. Sasha, please..."

Tears welled up again in Sasha's eyes when she heard Debbie. "I will. I'm going now," she promised. She paused at the door. "Get some rest, Debbie." And then she left.

Debbie was relieved. But she still couldn't stop worrying.

She prayed for her baby and Carlos.

Then, once again, she thought of Emmett. Her eyes became moist and it was getting hard to see. The world existed through tear-blurred eyes. "Auntie, may I borrow your phone?" she asked Lucinda. 'Kasie must be devastated,' she thought.

Lucinda took out her phone and dialed the number for her.

Debbie heard it ringing on her end, but no one answered. Debbie called a lot, but every time it was the same result. No answer, and it would go to voicemail afterwards.

Lying in bed, she tossed and turned restlessly, too worried about Carlos to sleep. Once the fluid in the IV ran out, she got out of bed anyway.

Before she reached the emergency room, Sasha ran toward her, shouting, "Debbie! Carlos is out..." Her excited shouts echoed through the hospital and even spilled into the hallways. The girl was so loud everyone stopped what they were doing to look.

"Shush! You're too loud," Lucinda reprimanded.

Sasha grabbed Debbie's arm, jumping up and down anxiously. "I can't. It's been eight hours, but it doesn't look good. They moved him to the ICU."

'Eight hours... doesn't look good...' These words struck Debbie hard. Her legs shook, and finally she collapsed into Lucinda's arms.

Lucinda caught her, and Sasha ran over to lend a helping hand. Together they got her back to her feet.

Debbie didn't know how she managed to walk to the ICU. When she got there, many people were already outside the ward, forming a crowd and blocking the door.

some executives in Carlos' company were

in New York. Or at least, they hadn't arrived

Debbie, they all greeted her. "Hi Mrs. Huo, how're you

"Hello, Mrs. Huo."

nodded to them

was in a dream, and all of this wasn't real. Earlier, her life had been so perfect, but now everything she cared about was being

man, who had been so vigorous and confident, now lay there motionless, covered with tubes and hooked up to machines. A dreadful sight to Debbie. Unbidden, tears blinded her

her. "Mothers need to be strong for their babies. And you're a mom, not a little girl.

I can't be weak. I

old man. Pull through. For our baby,

in

began to wail. The thought that Carlos might not be there anymore was

her. Damon scratched his hair and sighed. "Debbie,

Then she took the tissue Lucinda handed her to wipe her

with swollen eyes. "Thank you for visiting Mr. Huo. He'll be fine. I know you're all really busy, and I think he'd like to wake up to a well-run company.

other. They said a few more comforting remarks and then left the

the lockscreen and answered it. "Hi Tabitha. Yeah, we're at the hospital. Okay,

Huo family is here. They have just disembarked from

her dully aching

little one. I'll

Debbie to

she gotten off the elevator than she heard

a lump in

middle-aged woman was sobbing in

with some others that Debbie didn't know. Everyone's eyes were

recognized a heartbreaking

"Debbie, why are you here? The nurses say you shouldn't be walking around." Mia had