Molly's words took Rory by surprise, as he didn't expect that Molly would know what he was thinking.
And he didn't know how to respond.
Molly felt her heart being ripped into pieces when she saw his expression. She asked dejectedly, "You want me to give my eyes to Becky? "
Rory felt a pang of guilt when he saw the pain in Molly's eyes. After a long pause, he finally said, "Molly, Becky said that if she couldn't see anything, she wouldn't want to live at all. I'm begging you, please. You can come back home and we'll live together from now on. I'll be there for you just like I am to Becky! I'll be like a dad to you."
"That's bullshit!" She stared at Rory, her eyes red, and asked mockingly, "Dad? Since when did you start seeing me as your own daughter? If Becky didn't say that she wanted to die because she couldn't see, you would never have come to me. What would you say if I was the one who went blind and wanted to die?" Molly felt bitter when she saw different expressions sift through Rory's face. Her chest had started to constrict and tears were streaming down from her face. She could slightly hear Rory calling her name gently. With a sad smile on her face, she said tragically, "You're asking me to come back home?
I don't need to go home at all. And I don't need you to be there for me."
She glared at Rory who remained silent before turning around to leave. She had taken no more than a few steps when Rory called her from behind, "Molly!" he had grabbed her by the arm.
"Let me go!"
Molly screamed as she frantically shook her arm free. Rory wasn't holding her tight enough and the shaking had made him stumble backwards. Molly lost her balance too, twisting her ankle in the process and falling on her back.
Bang!
There was a loud thud and Molly felt a sharp pain shoot in the back of her head. By this time, Molly couldn't see anything - just pure black.
"Molly, Molly!"
The last thing Molly heard was someone calling her name anxiously from a distance. After which, she lost consciousness and blacked out.
Molly was brought to the emergency room where Dr. He meticulously checked Molly's body. Although not all of the hospital staff knew who exactly Molly was, they did know that she was important to both Brian and Eric. Important enough for them to give special treatment to Molly.
Rory grimly paced back and forth in the corridor, stopping every once in a while in front of the emergency room. Sometimes, he would be tempted to take a peek between the closed curtains. Eventually, he decided to go to the VIP room instead.
Molly had already been in the emergency room for about an hour by the time Brian had arrived. Someone had told him that Molly didn't go to the hospital for the check-up so he asked Lisa about it. Lisa told him that Molly had already left for the hospital in John's car several hours ago, so he called John to confirm. John told him that Molly had been at the hospital for more than two hours now. He could sense something was wrong so he hurried to the hospital. True enough, the moment Brian walked in the hospital, someone told him that Molly had been sent to the emergency room.
"What happened?' Brian asked tersely.
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