A Night To Remember novel (Diane and Norman) novel Chapter 44

Chapter 44 The Child is Dead

“Queenie.”

Christopher grabbed hold of Queenie’s enfeebled body in his arms as he turned around.

At this point, Diane was also in shock as she locked her gaze onto Queenie’s blood-stained waist while standing in absolute dismay.

Meanwhile, upon failing her attempts, Elizabeth struggled in the police’s captives to pounce on Diane with her hollers sounding, “Diane, how dare you! You’ve sabotaged my son and now you’ve killed my grandchild! I’m not done with you. Do you hear me! I’m gonna kill you! I will kill you!”

Killed her grandchild? As Diane stared at her gloomy mourning sables, her brain went blank for a moment as she slowly came to realize the meaning behind those words.

Stella’s child is dead? So, something really did happen to her on that day and her child did not make it? Diane’s pondering thoughts paused while Christopher lifted Queenie who went fully unconscious into his arms.

It was without a doubt that the incident minutes ago was due to Elizabeth initially wanting to stab Diane. However, because she was standing close to Christopher, Queenie couldn’t help but get worried, so she attempted to protect him from the attack by taking the stab instead.

“Scott, I’ll leave the rest to you.”

Christopher had not time to lose as he anxiously carried Queenie out from the place. Diane wanted to follow, but the policemen insisted to have her follow them instead to assist in the post-investigations. She knew she had no choice but to comply considering that she was one of the main causes of the conflict. Nodding her head, she chose to go with Scott and the policemen to the police station.

By the time they filled out their statements of the investigations, it was already past noon. After having a brief phone call with Christopher, Scott asked Diane, “Mr. Wayne is still in the hospital. Do you wish to go home or to the hospital?”

“How’s Miss Hayworth?” she asked. Up until now, flashbacks of Queenie protecting Christopher from the stabbing kept replaying in her head.

“Mr. Wayne said that she’s temporarily out of danger, but she had to remain under close observation as she lost a lot of blood,” Scott frowned as he spoke. Diane felt like her heart sunken a little. “Then, let’s go to the hospital.”

They both then drove to the hospital.

In the hospital, Queenie’s surgery had completed and she had been transferred to the VIP room. When they arrived, the room was quiet; there were no doctors or nurses. There was only Christopher sitting by the ward bed, accompanying Queenie.

Standing by the door, Diane just couldn’t bear to set her footsteps in the room. She saw Christopher sitting there with not a single muscle moved, staring at Queenie. Even with his backs against her, she could still imagine how focused his gaze was at Queenie.

There was it again—the feeling of not belonging. The ambience in the room was too peaceful and lovely that compelled her to think that she should not be here right now.

Indifferently, a slight of discomfort and upset conjured from the bottom of her heart. It was like that day when her feelings were affected after she heard those words from Queenie. And now, she failed to control them again either.

What is wrong with me? Why do I have to care about the things between Christopher and Queenie?

“Mrs. Wayne, are you not entering?” Scott’s sudden reminder interrupted Diane’s introspection, and alerted Christopher to turn his head around as well.

“Mr. Wayne,” Scott addressed. Diane then quickly gathered her thoughts, before gradually walking towards them. “How’s Miss Hayworth? Is everything alright?”

“Not quite well. The cut slashed her aorta, so she’d lose a lot of blood. Also…” With a gloomy, sullen look on his face, Christopher fixed his gaze on Queenie’s pale face as he articulated the situation. Although there was not much distress expressions appearing, that was the first time Diane witnessed an ominous emotion conjuring up on his expressions.

As she waited for his sentences to finish, he suddenly stopped.

“Are there any updates on the situation at the company?” Just then, Christopher changed the topic as he turned his face aside, facing Scott.