Two people were clinging to the pipe, sliding down one after the other until they were still a distance from the ground. Shawn was exhausted and his arms felt weak, causing him to slide down further. Leah below gasped in fear and shouted, "Be careful!" Fortunately, Sean caught him just in time by hooking his foot onto a nearby rock beside the pipe.
Leah covered her eyes in shock.
Both of them were drenched in sweat, but they had finally succeeded in landing safely on the ground.
Leah pulled out two tissues and exclaimed happily, "Sean! Wipe off your sweat quickly!"
"We need to leave this place immediately."
After resting for a while, they planned to leave quietly without being noticed. However, footsteps accompanied by shouting could be heard coming from the small garden nearby where guards had heard something suspicious and rushed over to investigate. The window upstairs was wide open which allowed them to spot all three of them standing on the lawn below trying to escape.
The assistant panicked when he saw what was happening and ran towards their direction shouting anxiously, "Master Shawn! Miss Leah! Don't run away!"
"Quickly go!" Leah led at the front followed by Shawn with Sean as they tried escaping but unfortunately Shawn suddenly felt an intense pain in his chest causing him to take one step before collapsing onto the grassy lawn.
"Hey! What happened?" Sean shouted loudly and rushed over, but he still couldn't catch Shawn who had suddenly collapsed. Leah, who had heard the noise, was also startled. She had just stepped over the railing when she heard Sean's shout and immediately turned around. When she saw the unconscious boy lying on the ground, she was shocked and ran back.
"Sean, what's wrong with him? Why did he faint?" Leah asked, her voice filled with concern.
Sean knelt beside him tapping gently on his arm but there was no response from him whatsoever."I don't know," he shook his head not knowing what caused it or how serious it might be.
The siblings shouted in panic, not caring about escaping anymore. After all, it was Shawn who had saved them, and now that he had suddenly collapsed, they couldn't just run away on their own. They couldn't forget their debt of gratitude; their mom had always said they should be grateful to those who helped them.
The assistant and a group of bodyguards chased after them, and when they saw Shawn lying unconscious on the ground with the two kids anxiously shouting by his side, their faces turned pale. They staggered over and nervously checked Shawn's breathing.
Thank goodness! He was still breathing!
They had been terrified.
But what's wrong with Shawn?
Taking a closer look at the little boy lying on the ground, the assistant changed color, thinking, 'If something really happened to Shawn, Mr. Harper would not let me off, and probably would fire me!'
"Hurry! Call an ambulance quickly! You guys go now!" He directed the bodyguards to make the call.
After a while, the ambulance arrived with an assistant taking Shawn, who was unconscious, and two other kids to the hospital. Along the way, they contacted Elliot.
Sean tightly held Leah's hand, and both siblings had worried and anxious expressions on their faces, as well as a faint sense of guilt.
"Sean, will he be okay?" Leah pursed her lips, her face pale and anxious.
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