A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 54

"Jack, will you stop following me?" There was nothing Emily could do about Jack.

Jack had been following Emily since she got discharged from the hospital. When she went to the airport, he was there too. Was he planning on staying with her all the time?

"No," Jack refused without any hesitation.

Since neither Jacob nor Mr. Gu was there to keep him on a leash, it was no wonder that Jack was wreaking havoc wherever he wanted.

Frustrated, Emily had lost all her patience with Jack. She turned around and walked away, dragging her luggage behind her.

Jack ran behind her, but within a split second, his facial expression change abruptly," Emily, watch out for that car!"

Startled by Jack's screaming, Emily turned around to see what it was. By the time she saw the car, it was already too late!

Right at that moment, when Emily thought it was all over, someone or something rushed in from behind and pushed her away with a lot of force.

Emily heard a loud "bang" behind her as she fell to the ground. Without a conscious thought, she turned her head, only to find Jack's body lying motionless on the floor in the distance.

"Jack!" Emily screamed out his name and rushed over in a panic.

Surrounded with broken glass, Jack's unconscious body lay upright on the ground, as the blood trickled down from his head.

"Jack, Jack!

Are you okay? Please wake up, Jack!"

Stunned out of her wits, Emily made sure not to move his body without help in order to prevent further damage.

Emily reached for her cellphone and dialled emergency services. Caught up in the frenzy of the moment, Emily completely forgot about the driver of the car.

There was still no response from Jack. Looking at the pool of blood and Jack's lifeless face, Emily wishfully reached out her hand to press his *Ren Zhong acupuncture point, out of desperation.

(*TN: Ren Zhong acupuncture point is one of numerous acupuncture points in human body according to Chinese Traditional Medicine. It is located directly above the upper lip and below the nose. Pressing here could help people recover themselves from shock.)

There's no breathing, movement or any kind of response to touch.

Paralyzed with fear, Emily's body shivered and shrivelled up like she was being electrocuted. Her face began to turn as pale as the moon.

How could that be? Perhaps she was overwhelmed by fear and helplessness.

Biting her lip tightly, Emily reached out again with hope to check Jack's breath. After a few seconds, it seemed like she was finding it difficult to breathe.

Was Jack not breathing? How come?

Sitting on the ground cluelessly and staring at Jack's expressionless face, Emily's heart cried, unwilling to accept what had happened.

After all his betrayal, abuse and insults, she was angry with him and she even hated him to an extent... But she never wished for him to die.

Jack, how could he die like this?

He died saving her...

When Emily touched Jack's face with her trembling fingers, Jack opened his eyes all of a sudden. Emily screamed out loud in relief. She couldn't believe her eyes, as she stuttered," You, you, you..."

"How was I? Am I a good actor?" Jack smiled arrogantly, revealing two rows of white teeth," Eh, why are you crying, Emily?"

Emily had just gotten back to her senses. She raised her hand to touch her face and found out that she was indeed crying. "I..."

"You didn't think I was dead, did you? How silly." Jack sat up and covered the wound on his head with his hand. Seeing Emily like that, made the corners of his mouth point upwards, as he gently said," So, you really do care about me. You just refused to admit the truth... Ouch!"

Before he could finish talking, Emily, with tears still in her eyes, punched him a few times and said angrily," You did it on purpose, didn't you? Do you think that was funny? Jack, you are insane!"

"Okay, okay. I am insane. I'm sorry..." This time Jack was happy to admit his mistake.

Seeing the arrogance in his expression made Emily angrier, as she hit him a couple of times again.