"Dad?"
Confused, Sadie didn't understand why her father didn't allow her to hug her mother.
"You can only hug her after the doctor comes over to examine her." It was because Stanley wasn't sure if Sharon's body had any other problems, so he was afraid that Sharon wouldn't be able to take Sadie's jump.
After Sadie heard what he said, she felt a little nervous and didn't dare to move around anymore.
In fact, Stanley only let out a sigh of relief after the doctors had finished examining Sharon's body and confirmed that there she was fine.
However, before he was able to let his guard down, he noticed another problem with Sharon. With a frown, he looked at Sharon, who was lying on the bed motionless, while he pursed his lips tightly and asked, "Sharon?"
There was no response from her, as if she hadn't heard anything.
At that moment, Jimmy's body stiffened, and he immediately gestured to the two children to talk to her. Then, Seamus and Sadie held Sharon's hand and called her one after another. However, Sharon had no response at all. The whole time she was just staring straight at the ceiling, and her eyes didn't even blink.
It was then when Stanley became anxious and called the doctor in again.
Under the intense and constrained aura of Stanley, the doctor did not dare to be careless and re-examined Sharon once more. Finally, under the cold gaze of Stanley, he said, "There's nothing wrong with the patient's body. All her functions are normal, and her pupils are also responsive to the stimulation of light..."
"Then why hasn't she moved at all?"
"This... I have no idea either. It's probably her previous stimulation that likely caused her to now be physically awake but is yet to regain her consciousness. In this case, we doctors can't do anything but wait for the patient to regain their own consciousness."
After the doctor said that, Stanley's face darkened, and the gaze in his eyes deepened. "Then when will she fully recover?"
Immediately, the doctor gulped and said, "I can't give you an exact answer about this. Perhaps she will be fine in a few minutes. It all depends on whether the patient wants to wake up from her own illusory world..."
Every word the doctor said made Stanley frown a little more. Finally, he waved his hand at him, and the doctor immediately left.
The ward suddenly quieted down.
Meanwhile, Sharon lay on the bed and didn't move a bit. Then, Stanley walked over, raised his hand to caress her cheek, and planted a gentle kiss on her forehead, "Did you hear the doctor's words? He said that your body is fine, so don't you think about those unnecessary things and wake up soon, okay?"
"I want to hear your voice, and the same goes for our children."
"Sharon, be a good girl, and don't be blockheaded. If you have any problems, we shall solve them together."
Even though Stanley told her many things, Sharon was still as she was, and there wasn't any reaction. It made Stanley's fingers tremble slightly as he stared fixedly at her tiny face.
At that moment, Stanley was filled with so much regret that he almost lost his breath. Since he didn't want to restrict her freedom, he couldn't keep her at home all the time. However, if he were to be more resolute and stopped her from leaving the house, perhaps she wouldn't have been like this.
When Ryan entered the ward, he saw Stanley's face that was filled with remorse and regret.
As soon as Ariah heard the answer from Stanley, she gasped.
It was really a serious matter.
It was even more serious than she had imagined.
Hurriedly, Ariah said, "Stanley, when you went missing, Sharon suffered from depression. At that time, her condition was very bad, and she was on the verge of collapsing. If it weren't for the two children who became her pillar of strength, she wouldn't have recovered. Those incidents back then were too much of a blow to her. Because of your disappearance, as well as her father's sudden death, in her heart, her father's affairs will always be a scar. Even if she recovered, the scar will remain. Now that the scar that has been masked was once exposed, she must be in deep pain... You can't be careless about this matter. If you don't talk her out of it and pull her out of her own predicament, even I can't predict what the consequences will be!"
Back then, Ariah was Sharon's psychologist, so she knew better than anyone how serious Sharon's condition was then.
Depression was a psychological disease that would relapse easily. If it was serious, it would lead to suicide. If she did not mediate Sharon's mental illness, her relapse might be more terrifying than her condition in the past.
Therefore, when Ariah found out what had happened to Sharon, she couldn't remain calm at all.
Immediately, she walked over to the bed and tried calling Sharon a few times, only to find that she didn't respond at all. At that moment, Ariah was scared by Sharon's current state.
Then, she reached out and held Sharon's hand. "Sharon, I know you can hear me. Listen to me, don't get yourself into the blind alley. What happened in the past is in the past. You have to think about the future and the present. You are not alone now. You have two children, a husband, and a happy family. If you trap yourself inside, what are they supposed to do then? What about those who love and care about you?"
Although Ariah whispered a lot into her ear, Sharon still didn't react at all. It wasn't until Jimmy had rushed over that Ariah had no choice but to give up.
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