Marshall gave Katherine another call at lunchtime.
He thought that Katherine didn’t know about the accident and just came up with an excuse and said that he was swamped in the company, so he wouldn’t come back to the home for lunch.
Katherine nodded and replied, “Do you know about the Hendersons?”
Marshall naturally knew that Katherine read the news about Jakub.
Then he just got silent and Katherine immediately figured out that that news was true.
She let out a sigh, “How can it be? He wasn’t seriously injured, was he?”
Marshall didn’t really know all the details and just told Katherine the truth and said that he was going to visit the Hendersons now.
Khalid was at the Hendersons all morning and wasn’t back yet.
He wanted to go there and see what was going on.
Katherine nodded, “Sure, go there. The two families have cooperation and you ought to visit them.”
Marshall then hung up the phone and went straight to the Hendersons without having lunch.
The atmosphere at the Hendersons was kind of weird and people were yelling and crying.
All of the relatives were here and all of them were talking in the living room.
They didn’t really look that sad.
Khalid was in elder Mr. Henderson’s room upstairs.
Marshall called Khalid in the entrance of the living room and Khalid told him to come upstairs directly.
All of the direct family members of elder Mr. Henderson were sick now and the younger Mr. Henderson had arranged someone to host all the other relatives who heard about the news and just rushed over.
The maids knew Marshall and didn’t stop him when he went upstairs.
Elder Mr. Henderson’s bedroom door was wide open and Marshall entered directly.
Elder Mr. Henderson was sitting on the bed and he turned old overnight. The half of his hair was grey now.
Khalid was standing by the bed and motioned Marshall to look for Clara when he saw Marshall.
Marshall gazed at elder Mr. Henderson and really didn’t know how to console him, so he just turned around and went to Clara’s bedroom.
He knew which room Clara was living in and just knocked on the door.
Clara was probably in the room alone and didn’t have any response when she heard the knocks.
So Marshall called her, “Clara, it’s me.”
She must have heard Marshall’s voice and opened the door quickly.
Clara was really in a mess and her eyes were all swollen.
Her hair was all disheveled.
She didn’t really look like how she used to be.
Clara leaned to one side and let Marshall in and then locked the door.
Marshall turned around and sighed, “I’m sorry.”
Clara then sat on the bed and asked, “How was my brother when you saw my brother yesterday? Did you see how the car accident happened?”
Marshall shook his head and suggested her to check the surveillance footage of the intersection first.
Clara shook her head, “My family members had already checked the footage and said that my brother ran the red light and charged towards that car.”
Clara choked with sobs when she said about that.
She then recalled what the doctor said about Jakub’s mental state. At the end of the day, the Hendersons ignored Jakub’s differences themselves.
Clara continued, “I just want to know how was he back then? Was he determined to die?”
Then she covered her face and burst into tears, “It’s all my fault. I didn’t notice his changes.”
Marshall didn’t really know what happened to Jakub and can’t think of any words to soothe Clara.
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