Chapter 75 Chapter Seventy Five
For a moment, there was silence as the realization of what just happened sunk in, then I broke out of my frozen state and ran over to the crash, my heart lodged in my throat.
There were already a number of passersby around the crash. Some called 911 while some uselessly brought out their phone to film the accident.
I dropped my bag and squatted beside the wreckage that used to be Mark’s car. In there, Mark, his driver and his assistant were stuck in there, upside dow… lood trickled down Mark’s temple.
“Mark!” No matter how many times I screamed his name, he didn’t open his eyes. “Mark! Hang in there.” I looked around me and asked for the help of the people standing around. They could at least make their presence useful.
“Someb*dy, help!” I screamed and turned back to Mark. “I need help!” I continued shouting as I reached for Mark and attempted to pull him out.
“Help!” I looked up again and immediately looked back at Mark in the car only to snap my head. back up, with a friend on my face. For a moment, I thought I caught a glimpse of Luigi among the crowd but when I looked again, it was just some random guy who had his phone up that stood there
I shook my head. I must be seeing things. “Help!”
Two men rushed over to help me. I selfishly pointed to Mark first. “Please, help me get him out.” One of them looked inside and shook his head. “We’d need to raise the car a few inches, else he might lose one of his limbs. My heart tightened and my eyes watered at the pain Mark must be going through.
The man hollered out to two other men. While three of them lifted the wrecked car, me and the man carefully dragged Mark out.
At that moment, the ambulance siren blared loudly from a distance. As soon as they got closer. the people who had formed a crowd cleared the path for the ambulance to drive through. A few feet away from the scene of the accident, the ambulance parked and the paramedics hurried out of the vehicle.
A wheeled stretcher was rolled ou
stretcher.
and the men immediately lifted Mark and placed him on the
My heart tightened and I covered my m*uth as choked sobs escaped my l*ps at the sight of Mark’s bleeding head. His suit was in tatters and his legs and arm were also covered in blood. *I ran after them as they wheeled Mark to the ambulance and placed him in it. Mark’s eyes
fluttered open, his eyes
settled on me and his hands slowly lifted as he tried to reach out toward me. Just as I moved forward to grasp his hand, it felt back and his lids slammed shut and my heart, at the same time, dropped.
With the help of everyone, Mark’s assistant and driver were also rescued.
I turned to the doctor as they were placing Mark’s driver in too. “Doctor, will they be okay?
The man shook his head without looking at me, he was changing his gloves and preparing to carry out some first aid on Mark’s assistant who was hyperventilating.
“I’m not sure, ma’am. We need to get them to the hospital first.” He lifted his face and looked at me, “Are you in any way related to any of them?”
I hesitated fir a moment. I am his ex–wife, a business partner and also Doris has made me promise to look out for him. I couldn’t be more related to him.
“Yes, I’m related to the first man. The other two are our workers.”
He nodded, “Don’t worry, we’d try our best.” Then he got on the ambulance and got in after him. On our way to the hospital, I called Grace.
I steadied niy voice, “You don’t need to come to the intersection anymore and I don’t think you
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should keep helping that airhead with anything anymore. Mark just got involved in a car accident. We’re currently in an ambulance on our way to the hospital
Grace gasped, “Oh my god. A car accident?”
“I swear it still feels surreal, my voice shook as my gaze traveled to Mark. Despite everything the EMT was doing, he had remained still.
“I hope he’ll be fine. Grace said sombrely.
“I do too, I murmured back.
Grace sighed and then there was a pause. “I don’t think anyone here has heard. Preparations are still in full swing. Should I inform them?”
“I don’t know, Grace. Do whatever feels right, I told her weakly, uninterested.
She sighed again. I don’t know if I should feel sad for our major sponsor or to gloat over Sandra’s misfortune of losing her fiancé,
Sydney said. “Let’s just pray for our major sponsor, after all, his money is very important to us” But it wasn’t just his money for me. If it was just his money, my heart wouldn’t be hurting so much.
Grace solemnly echoed, “Yeah, I’ll take care of the company’s affairs, stay with him if you have to. If anything happens, just call me.”
I nodded. “Thank you.”
I was about to end the call when she called my name. “Sydney?”
“Yes?” I answered in a small voice.
“Stay strong for him,” she said. A tear rolled down my face and my throat felt clogged. I furiously wiped it and nodded.
“I will.” Then I ended the call.
I leaned against the wall of the ambulance and looked outside the mirror of the window as the car moved in a steady pace to the hospital.
At the hospital, they were all rushed out and each of them was admitted to their own ward. The assistant was placed in a normal ward since his injuries weren’t severe, the driver was admitted to an emergency room while Mark was immediately rushed into an operating room.
I hadn’t been allowed inside the operating room so I just leaned against the wall outside the
room.
Doris‘ words replayed in my head, “…our family may seem large, but after I’m gone, Mark will be
all alone.”
Doris had been right. Every single word in that statement was f**king right. It’s been an hour now and the news of his accident, as expected, had spread. Short cl*ps of his car wreckage and of him being rushed into an ambulance had gone viral yet no one had rushed over and showed to see how he was doing. Not his fiancée, Sandra or even his mother talkless of his extended relatives.
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For a moment, I stared at the door to the operating room in frustration. I shook my head and looked away. “What am I even doing here?” I muttered bitterly under my breath. For crying out loud, I am his ex wife, not his wife or mother so why does my heart hurt at the mere thought that he was in pain?
I walked to the wall facing the door and leaned against it. I could leave now. I could force myself to leave but I would not be fulfilling the promise I made to Doris. I would be betraying the solid trust she had in me..
After a long while, my eyes fixated on the door to the operating room, it finally opened. The doctor closed the door behind him. I sprang upright and rushed to him, “How is he?”
The doctor calmly took off his mask. He wasn’t smiling as he looked at me then he said heavily, “His injuries are very serious, ma’am.“
I clasped my palms together, waiting for him to continue. “But we have done our best to stabilize his condition, now it’s up to when he wakes up.
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I nodded, feeling a bit relieved. Now I just had to wait for his uncaring fiancée and mother to come so I could leave but the doctor wasn’t done.
He added hesitatingly, “You should be prepared for what he might be like when he wakes up, his unreadable eyes flashed with pity. “Based on past experience, he might become a…” the doctor, paused, seeming to find the right words. He pressed his l*ps together, “He might seem a bit demented or even lose his memory, that’s up to fate and how strong his system is.”
My heart thumped in my ch*st and I took a staggering step back. I blinked at him. I opened my m*uth to speak but I couldn’t form any words. I didn’t even want to imagine the disastrous consequences this bad news would bring, I didn’t want to think of what fate would befall Mark.
