Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2033
“Joan!” Larry burst in.
“What is it?” he looked intently at Joan as he awaited an explanation.
“Gabriella had lost her child. She went to Ms. Young’s house, and…” Joan stammered.
She was too emotional and did not know how to explain this to Larry.
“Joan, take a deep breath. Don’t panic, and tell me from the start.” Larry caressed Joan’s hair gently to calm her down.
“Gabriella!” A man barged in with fear in his eyes.
“Gabriella, what happened to you? Wake up? The baby, where’s the baby?” the man bellowed to a nurse passing by as he blocked her path.
“What are you talking about? I don’t know…” The nurse was frightened by his mad appearance.
“What do you mean you don’t know? Gabriella is here in your hospital! It’s your job to know! She was fine this morning and now she’s lying comatose! What kind of doctors and nurses are you? I’m going to sue you! Hurry up and make her wake up. That woman who’s lying there in that ward. Hurry!” the man shouted, slightly demented.
“Sir, please calm down. We know that we are worried for Ms. Ward, but she had just came out of surgery and needs rest, so if you could please lower down your voice,” the nurse replied awkwardly.
Surgery? She went for surgery? The man’s eyes lit up.
“What did you say? Gabriella went for surgery? What for? When was she operated on?” the man gripped the nurse’s elbow tightly with no intention of letting go.
The commotion drew a crowd of spectators.
“Is this guy crazy or what?”
“How rude of him to be making such a racket in a hospital…”
“I heard it was because of a woman…”
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