Chapter 92

Chapter 92.

“Y…you can't do this to a child, Justin,” She wept. “He's all I've got, please…”

“I'm done talking with you, Elodre,” Justin said. “And, just so you know, you ain't getting paid if you don't agree to marry me.”

“What?!” Elodre gasped. “Justin?”

“You were right about just one thing,” He grinned. “I brought you here to punish you!”

Chills sparked in her spine and she shuddered. She blinked in astonishment. “Y…You can't be serious, Justin!”

“Of course I am!” He said coldly. “And you can use the door if you ain't interested in the job.”

In shock, she stumbled a few steps backward before gaining stamina. “You can punish me as much as you want, b…but not my son, please…” Crying, she fell on her knees. “Please…”

But Justin played deaf.

“P…please, J…Justin…” She whimpered. “The doctors have stopped attending to my son cause I…I can't afford the bills… please help me…” Overwhelmed, she lay on the sterile floor weeping bitterly. “J…Justin…I don't wanna lose my son, please…” She coughed violently.

“You're just being dramatic!” He snapped. “Now get your ass outta my office! Leave!”

But she was rolling on the floor, pleading. “Please…”

He sprung up from his chair, yanked her by her arm, and pushed her out of his office regardless of her pleas and struggle.

Like a crazy person, Elodre was clamoring while running amid her coworkers who tried to stop her but she refused. Stepping into the busy road, Elodre was weeping. The doctor wasn't gonna attend to her son! Terror was glowing in her gray eyes. This is the worst phase of her life.

**

“D…doctor Joel, please. .” She fell on her knees before the doctor.

“Ma'am I've told you the condition,” The tall black-haired doctor in white said.

“I don't want my son to die..please…” She was whimpering, attracting attention from others. “Please, doctor, help me.”

“But I'm sorry ma'am, I can't,” Pulling away from her, he walked off, and she wailed. “Please take that woman away. Damn! She's just like a psycho.”

Like robots, two guys in uniform pulled her out.

“My son is in there!!” She wailed but no one cared.

Tears have flooded her ruddy face. She'd taken off her heels and was barefooted. She looked unkempt.

Lost in thoughts, Elodre was walking by the roadside. Vehicles were rumbling and honking to and fro. It was still morning and the sun was shining warmly. She was lost and didn't realize where she was anymore. She wasn't even familiar with the place.

Unconsciously, she got in the middle of the road and was knocked down by an oncoming car.

“My God!” The driver gasped and swiftly got out of the car to Elodre. She was bleeding profusely.

A few people have clustered in the scene and the incident has caused traffic.

“Damn! She dead?!” Someone said,

“She's bleeding real bad.”

A few people examined her before she was rushed to a hospital.

***

He was a doctor. Swiftly, he checked her with his stethoscope and her heartbeat was very slow. She didn't shake or open her eyes.

“Oh Doctor Lane,” One of the nurses said. “H..how did it happen?!”

“It was pretty fast-paced,” Maximiliano Lane said. “She ran into my car…and I knocked her down before I knew it.”

“She's losing blood!”

They all got to work.

Laying lifeless, Elodre had turned completely pale. She's lost a whole lot of blood.

****

She was in a state of coma, yet she didn't move. Her body was stiff and cold.

“Would she survive this?” A nurse asked.

“Chances of her survival are very low,” Maximiliano Lane said.

A bunch of cannulas have been inserted into her arms and neck. Still, there wasn't any hope of surviving.

***”””*”””*

In a rage, Cayden has destroyed everything in his room. He was exasperated. His eyes blazing fiercely, he was sitting on the bed with a bottle of whiskey locked in his hands.

His brows were furrowed. He couldn't just get over what his wife did. Cheating on him. She even had the nerve to bring a man into his goddamn room?! He thought furiously. What kinda woman is she?! God knows he tried. He’d loved and cared for her still, even after he'd found out she cheated on him. He gave her chances but she ruined it!!

Damnit! He cursed savagely and gulped down the whiskey. She had the fuckin nerve!! Huffing in rage, his hand clenched in a fist and he gritted his teeth.

****

The following day, Doctor Max Lane went to check on Elodre but she didn't look better, and the fear that he'd killed someone gripped him.

*****

Since the day Elodre left for Canada, Frederick hasn't been himself. Her absence told him how much she meant to him. Her number wasn't going through and he didn't dare call Justin to ask after her.

Damn! He exhaled.

**

In a couple of days, Maximiliano Lane went to check on Elodre. He was on cloud nine when he touched her forehead and her eyes fluttered open. A smile pulled his lips. “Hey hey!”

All lost and puzzled, she glanced around and winced in pain.

“Easy pissy,” He said softly.

***””

A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER…

Elodre was much better and could at least sit. Her head was wrapped with a bandage. Luckily, her body wasn't bruised from the accident, it was just her head that was injured. The medication has reduced the pain to a bearable extent.

After she'd had breakfast, Doctor Max Lane came in and sat on a chair close to the bed and Elodre couldn't help but gaze intensely at him. Who's he? She wondered.

“How are you feeling now, ma'am?” He asked.

“Much better,” She said.

“Good,” He said. His phone was in his hand. “What's your name, please?”

“I'm Elodre Brooks,” She said faintly.

“Elodre Brooks,” He echoed her softly. “Wow! My pleasure to meet with you, Elodre. Do you reside here?” He asked.

Elodre hesitated briefly and said, “No, I don't…”

“Alright,” The doctor said and cleared his throat softly. “I'm Maximiliano Lane, the founder of Max La Hospital.”

“Oh,” Elodre bobbed slightly.

“Can you perhaps recall how you got here?”

“No, doctor,” She shook her head slightly.

With a smile, he said, “I know. Can you recall walking into the middle of the road?”

She contemplated briefly and said, “I can only recall walking on the road, doctor.”

He shrugged. “It's all good. Well, I accidentally knocked you down when you ran into my car. The car's pace was high so I couldn't stop immediately. I'm so sorry about that.”

“You don't need to apologize to me, doctor,” She said. “It wasn't y…your fault but mine…” Tears spilled down her cheeks.

He saw her ring and asked, “Are you married?”

“Y…yes I am,” She sobbed.

“Where's your husband?” He asked.

“he's in California …”

“California?” Maximiliano echoed her. “So, what are you doing in Canada?”

She wept bitterly and this surprised him.

“What's going on with you, ma'am?” He asked softly.

“It's a long story,” She said and sniffled

“I'm all ears.” Maximiliano Lane said.

FLASHBACK, Four Years Ago…

Cayden usually permitted Weston to stay with Elodre whenever he traveled and.