"Layla, Uncle Eric won't be mad at you when he wakes up. He is going to be over the moon when he sees that you are doing perfectly fine." Ivy wanted Layla to remember how Eric felt about her when he saved her life.
Layla smiled when Ivy said that Eric would wake up. "I will wait for him to open his eyes."
After taking a shower, the two went back to the living room and saw Avery dyeing Elliot's hair, while Robert assisted her.
"Are you nervous, Dad?" Ivy walked over and watched Avery.
Elliot had been nervous, but he decided to abandon his fear after a while.
Avery did not have any experience when it came to dying hair, but once she figured it out, she would know what to do.
"Dye it black. Even if she fails, it won't be that bad," Elliot said. "When we grow old and have gray hair, your mom will still have to dye it for me again anyway. She will become an expert soon."
Ivy was moved by his answer.
"And what if Mom has gray hair? Will you dye it for Mom?"
"I'm fine with it if your mom lets me do it."
"Let's wait and see what happens when my hair turns gray!" Avery said.
Layla studied the three for a while and asked, "Dad, did you get gray hair when you thought I was dead? Did I give you that much stress?"
Elliot wanted to respond, but Avery blurted out before he could say anything, "Your dad couldn't hold back his tears when he saw the photos of the avalanche."
Elliot had wanted to refute what she said, but he decided against it in the end. Indeed, he had been devastated when he thought that Layla would not survive the avalanche.
"Layla, I'm just so glad that you are alive," Elliot said. "Don't go anywhere that can be potentially dangerous from now on. I can't go through this again."
"Okay. Mom, before I go, I want to see Eric."
Layla knew that Eric was barely surviving on the support of the ECMO machine, and she had prepared herself mentally after doing some research online.
Avery hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
The next day, Avery took Layla to the hospital.
The hospital had a very strict policy when it came to visitors visiting the intensive care unit, and anyone who entered had to undergo sanitization and wear personal protective equipment before she entered the ward.
Avery helped Layla put on the gown and the rest of her equipment, and once they were fully sanitized, the two entered the ward.
Layla had thought that she had prepared herself sufficiently, but when she saw all the tubes connected to Eric's body with his blood flowing through the cold tubes, tears filled her eyes.
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