When they arrived at the hospital, Tom had just finished one surgery. After he heard what had happened today, he was also inexplicably shocked. Fear was written on his face. He merely thought that the people from the Ke family were too overbearing. He never thought that they would be this ruthless to even dare
do such kind of thing. These people had no morals.
"The left elbow has a tendency to fracture, so I have to have the nurse bandage it. You will not be able to use it for a while." Tom's assessment of Annie's condition wasn't as serious as they had thought. There were no signs of internal bleeding nor any concussions. In addition to the hurt in the left hand, there was no massive injuries like they feared she would have. Considering that they were aiming for her to be no less than dead, it was a miracle that she was able to walk away with just a few cuts and bruises.
"Well! Thank you very much!" Annie smiled lightly. She really cherished such a new lease in life after such a near-death disaster. And all this was owing to Rain's foresight. If he did not ask people to secretly follow and protect her, she might have been dead today.
The nurse was very gentle and caring as she applied the bandage around Annie's cuts. After completing a few other procedures to make sure that Annie was comfortable, she smiled and went out.
"You'd better pay more attention to this in the future. It's really horrible." From their narration, Tom imagined such a breathtaking scene comparable to the special effects action sequences in Hollywood blockbuster movies.
"I hear you and yes I agree 100%! They almost got us once. Do we still not know how to protect ourselves against them? They need to be stopped!" Rain was glad that he had thought of this in advance. If not, he could have lost his wife today. Then he would not really know how to go on in this life without her.
"That was close. You might not be so lucky next time if they decide to come at you again. And next time they will leave nothing to chance and make sure that they succeed. For now, you'd better take her home and have a good rest. I'm sure that she was pretty scared today." It was not difficult to tell from Annie's heightened pulse rate that her mind was still lingering in that horrible moment. She might be having the same flashback over and over again and she could not help it. It might be necessary for Rain to seek the help of a psychiatrist and start some sort of therapy, so as not to cause any permanent mental and emotional damage.
"Well! OK then. We will bid our goodbye. Thank you so much for your help." Rain knew that Tom was busy being the head of a large hospital. So he did not stay a minute longer unnecessarily to bother him.
"Remember to change the dressing regularly." Tom said as he was not confident that they'd remember it all so he called out to remind them. The wedding date was just around the corner and it was not good to let the bride walk down the aisle wrapped in gauze.
"I know. How could I forget?" The wedding was supposed to be held two whole weeks from now. He just hoped that Annie would be completely okay by that time.
"Don't blame me. I am just worried that with everything that happened today, you might forget it." Tom was speechless and he rolled his eyes. Was it wrong to care so much and keep reminding them?
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