Henry's roar was more like a suppressed outburst, and suddenly overwhelmed with emotions, he lunged toward the motionless figure lying on the hospital bed.
Bert sensed his intentions, afraid that Henry might do something reckless in his emotional state. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed his shoulders, pulling him back.
"Calm down!"
"I can't calm down! The person lying there is my sister. She is the one who treats me the best. How can I calm down when her life is uncertain now?" After a loud roar, Henry suddenly looked at Alivia and shouted heartbreakingly, "Alivia! Alivia! Look at me. Mom and I are here to see you. Open your eyes and look at us..."
Having experienced many life-and-death situations, not to mention others, Bert himself had crawled out of dangerous quagmires. With such numerous experiences, his heart would become hardened, and there was hardly anything that could easily move him.
But at this time, when he heard Henry shouting, he felt very sad, especially when all these loud sounds disappeared, but the little girl on the bed did not move at all. The sharp contrast and the dead silence made his blood freeze.
Romy and Henry stayed in the ward for nearly twenty minutes before they gradually calmed down. The mother and son looked at the pale-faced Alivia on the bed and slowly accepted the fact that she was in a vegetative state.
Romy was a strong person. She had never cried when she was sick. But this time, it was as if she had shed all the tears she had accumulated in her heart.
She stopped crying, but her eyes were empty.
After calming down, she looked at Bert expressionlessly and asked hoarsely, "Are you Alivia's friend?"
Facing those old and somewhat similar eyes to Alivia, Bert's heart was touched. He straightened his body against the wall, looked serious, and solemnly spoke, "Mrs. Clark, could we have a private conversation?"
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