Chapter 258
“Mike, hurry up and catch up to them!” shrieked Laura.
“Ohh!” Mike snapped out of his daze and drove after them.
Laura sighed in relief.
“Grandma, is Mom going to be okay? I’m so worried about her!” Layla asked as her eyes grew red with tears. She grabbed onto Laura’s blouse
Laura lifted her up. “Your mom is just down with a fever. It’s nothing to worry about. Once she is in the hospital, the doctor will help her, and as soon as her fever comes down, she will be okay.”
“Oh... but why did Elliot come here?” Layla could not help but have a bad feeling about it.
Laura frowned. “I‘m not sure either, but I don‘t think he will do anything while your mom is sick.” Elliot had wrapped Avery in her blanket before he carried her down. Despite Laura’s prejudice toward him, she could not say that he had done anything wrong.
One could always tell from the smallest details as to whether a man truly cared for a woman. No matter how many women Elliot had out there, he still had feelings for Avery, and because of that, Avery should be safe with him.
In the hospital, Elliot carried Avery into the emergency room, and by the time Mike caught up to them, Avery was already on an IV drip.
“Elliot Foster! You run too damn fast!” Mike panted. “Give Avery back!”
The emergency room had run out of beds, and Elliot held Avery in his arms. He gave Mike a cold glare and said, “Get out of the way!”
“I‘m in your way? If it wasn‘t for you shoving me aside, I would have brought Avery here myself!” Mike probed his hands on both sides of his waist and retorted. Comment by Sharayu Tang: Hi, could you please tell me what this sentence means? Thank you. Comment by Lam Venise: I‘m sorry, it‘s supposed to be ‘propped‘, as in the person rest their hands on their hips
The patients around them were starting to pay attention to them.
“Are you trying to be the face of tomorrow’s headlines?” Elliot said sharply. “Pipe down!”
Mike looked around him, before reluctantly quieting down and sitting down next to Elliot.
“... Why is he saying the same thing as Avery did?” Mike thought to himself.
“It‘s not that they punched me that hard... I am just pissed!” Mike continued complaining,” Chad, that b*st*rd, he better hope he doesn’t run into me when he is alone!”
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