Ice and Fire novel Chapter 523

Holding Cherry back, Mond tightened his grip enough to keep her but not enough to hurt. "You're pregnant. This is not a suitable sight for you to see," he told her calmly.

Cherry struggled against Mond's hold. "No, no!" she shouted. "She is my sister, I need to save her."

Still keeping his grip on Cherry, Mond held fast. "Don't worry," he comforted her. "I've called an ambulance." He could understand her urge to get to her sister, but how could he in good conscience let her see all that blood? She was pregnant, after all.

Cherry managed to wiggle a little to be able to see a small sliver of her sister. Jean was still lying in a pool of blood, her face the image of stillness.

Sobbing, Cherry shouted at Jean," Jean, how could you be so silly? Why did you save me, sister?" She kept on struggling and trying to wriggle out of Mond's hold, desperately needing to get to Jean.

Finally, Jackson arrived. Mond released Cherry into her husband's comforting arms.

Jackson consoled and cuddled her. "Baby, calm down. The ambulance is on its way. She'll be in the best medical care soon."

Cherry couldn't control her feelings at all. She kept shivering and her hands trembled. She stared up at Jackson, bewailing," I can't calm down! My sister is different now. She's not a bad person anymore. Why would this happen to her? Why?"

Gazing sympathetically down at his bawling wife, Jackson felt helpless. "This was an accident." He knew it was hopeless to try to get Cherry to calm down now, so he turned to Mond. "Let's take her to the hospital."

Mond agreed. Leaving Cherry to wail in Jackson's arms, Mond carried Jean out of the pool of blood and to his car.

Gripping Cherry's hand with one hand and gesturing at Joe with the other, Jackson looked at his son. "Joe, get in my car, we'll be going to the hospital now."

"Okay, Daddy," Joe replied obediently. Completely freaked out by what had just happened, he simply did as he was told.

Cherry wasn't walking properly, so Jackson held her as they headed to the car. "Baby, it's okay. We'll get to the hospital and have the doctors help Jean. They'll give us a prognosis."

Blinking, she seemed to understand. "Okay, let's go quickly," she replied quietly. They rapidly got to Jackson's car.

Driving his car, Jackson followed Mond's car to the hospital.

On his way, Mond called the hospital to alert emergency workers to wait at the hospital gate for Jean.

The moment Mond stopped the car when he arrived at the hospital gates, a team of doctors collected Jean onto a hospital gurney and took her into the hospital.

As soon as Jackson had stopped his car at the hospital, Cherry got out and ran into the hospital.

Jackson worried about her, but he took responsibility for his young son still in the car. "Joe, let's get out of the car now," he directed as he got out of the driver's side.

Obediently, Joe got out too and approached his Daddy. "Daddy, let's go find Mommy," he said, bottom lip trembling. It wasn't difficult for Joe to realise his Mommy was very upset.