Clara sat right next to Helena. Seeing how dirty her clothes were, Clara knew that Helena must have been through a lot recently. However, whatever the hardships Helena had been through, they were nothing compared to Clara's.
No one could understand how devastated she had been after losing her son. It was like death by a thousand cuts.
Thinking of this, Clara's heart ached. Every time this happened, she would hold her breath and keep silent. She had to hold her breath to avoid more intense pain.
"Clara, why… why did you save me?" Helena was having trouble speaking, but she endured the pain and asked anyway.
Clara looked into her eyes and spoke.
"You are worried I saved you because I wanted to keep torturing you." Clara spoke out Helena's mind.
She was right. After hearing this, Helena fell into silence.
"Stop speaking. We are about to arrive at the hospital." Clara had wanted to say something cruel to torture Helena, but she found that she couldn't.
It seemed she wasn't born a ruthless person after all.
She smiled with self-mockery. That was okay with her.
It was a punishment enough for Helena that Laura, her biological daughter, didn't give a shit about her.
Hearing her words, Helena stopped talking.
She knew that Clara wouldn't hurt her.
As the one who brought her up, she knew her well.
Helena closed her eyes thinking about this.
Clara got scared and urged the bodyguard to drive faster.
Then, she put her finger under Helena's nose. Luckily, she was still breathing.
Fifteen minutes later, they got to the hospital. Again, Clara waited outside the emergency room. It was the sixth time she was here since she met Horace.
It seemed she had become a regular here.
However, she wasn't anxiously waiting as before this time. She sat on the chair and waited calmly.
It was not that she didn't really care about Helena.
She had lost the person whom she loved the most in her life, nothing would cause her greater pain now.
Perhaps it was just because of it that she didn't feel much time pass before Helena was pushed out. Clara walked over and asked the nurse if she would be fine. The nurse said, "Her life's out of danger for now, but she needs a marrow transplant to survive."
Hearing this, Clara nodded and sneered. Helena couldn't find a match when Laura was alive.
Now that her daughter had died, there was no hope for her anymore.
Clara didn't know how she actually felt, but when she heard the nurse's words, she was stunned for a moment.
But that was all.
When she went to the ward to see Helena, Helena had woken up. It seemed she had gotten way too familiar with anesthetic that she woke up really fast now.
She walked over, looked at her and asked indifferently, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat?"
She knew that Helena must be hungry now.
Helena dared not say anything but looked at her and nodded. Clara left the room while Helen was lying on the bed, lost in thought.
Helena was surprised how fast Clara came back with the food.
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