At that moment, Shawn took the opportunity to collapse into Madeleine's arms and pressed the unlock button in a direction that Madeleine couldn't see. Khalil, who was sitting in the back seat and saw Shawn's actions, nodded towards Elliot on his electronic watch.
The two bodyguards hiding nearby quickly sprang into action. One opened the driver's door and restrained Madeleine while the other stepped on the brake from the passenger seat. Their cooperation was perfect, causing the business car to stop just in time.
Rose was so scared by this sudden turn of events that she almost stopped breathing. The next second, she rushed over without hesitation. Luckily, when the vehicle stopped, one bodyguard pulled Madeleine out of it while another opened a door to carry four children out.
Rose's eyes widened when she saw three unharmed children and she couldn't help but kneel down and hug them tightly as her whole body trembled with fear.
Elliot breathed a sigh of relief as he protected them all around him while comforting Shawn who had been left alone.
"Don't be afraid; everything is okay."
As soon as Rose relaxed her guard for a moment though, her vision went black before falling unconscious.
"Rose!"
...
When Rose woke up again later on with bright white light shining in front of her eyes, tears streaming down uncontrollably at first. Her mind was in turmoil, her vision blurred, and she blinked hard to fully wake up and suddenly remembered what she had just gone through.
She sat up abruptly from the bed but winced at intense pain shooting through her right hand which had been supporting herself moments ago.
"The blood flow has reversed; lie down quickly," came an familiar voice before Elliot pushed gently on Rose's shoulder until she lay back down again.
Her gaze fixed upon his face as realization dawned upon her. "Are my children alright?"
"Yeah they're fine," Elliot replied softly while tucking blankets around Rose carefully, "You should rest now; here is some water."
"Where are they? Are they hurt?" She continued asking anxiously.
"No, Madeleine didn't have time to do anything to them. Everything is fine," Elliot sighed and carefully explained the situation to her. "Madeleine has been sent to prison, and I will make sure she pays for what she did. The children are in the nearby hospital room, they were a bit scared so they had IV drips. I hired a psychologist to counsel them, everything will be okay. You've been unconscious for a day and night because of mental stress and exhaustion, so don't worry too much about being tired after waking up. Take care of yourself."
Rarely hearing him talk so much at once, Rose blinked a few times and curiously glanced at him. She saw the relaxed and joyful expression on his face, which finally put her at ease.
"I'd like to see the children," Rose said with hopeful eyes.
Elliot couldn't resist Rose's pleading gaze as his heart felt like it was being tickled by soft cat paws; he stood up avoiding her gaze saying, "I'll bring the kids over."
A few minutes later, Rose comforted her daughter who was crying with snot and tears running down her face.
It should have been her comforting the children but now things had turned around unexpectedly due to Madeleine's actions not causing any psychological harm on them.
"Mommy! I never want you to leave me again!" Leah hugged Rose's arm that wasn't connected with an IV tube while whining and expressing how attached she was.
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