Chapter 1042

Elliot sat down beside the bed once again, gently calling out, “Honey, it’s time to eat. You’ve been through a lot this morning, and you must be hungry by now, right? Nana?”

He called out a couple more times, but Sheena remained unresponsive.

Elliot felt restless and nervously reached out to check her breathing.

Her breathing was fairly stable.

“Wake up, honey. Stop sleeping,” he urged.

As his hand brushed through her hair at the back of her head, he felt a sticky sensation on

his fingers.

Elliot’s heart sank as he pulled his trembling hand away from Sheena.

Upon closer look, he noticed a smear of blood on his fingertips.

It was clear that the injury to the back of her head was more serious than he had initially

thought.

police officers

an

the phone, Elliot carried

waking up, his heart felt like it was

it was his first time crying so hard.

You have to! Otherwise, I’ll never forgive myself!”

were red and swollen.

Elliot felt utterly lost and helpless

unbearable minutes later, Sheena was admitted to

the emergency room.

staring at the dried blood

events of the ambush on the road played over and over in his mind–the gunshot and the heavy blow to the back of Sheena’s head, where the nerves were most vulnerable.

heart, intensifying the pain

Elliot’s dark eyes as his rage boiled over, his

fury

anger,

you

of spiraling out of control, and he immediately stepped up his efforts

minute outside the emergency felt like an eterity, plunging Elliot into despair.

waiting there for three hours

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