"Really?" Molly asked with surprise as she grabbed Wing's hand excitedly. Her eyes were glittering with joy. This was the best news she'd had in days.
Wing nodded in reply, "Yes, and then..." She paused for a second, "By then, Richie and Shirley can already send him back."
Tears rolled down Molly's cheeks. All of a sudden, she felt that nothing else mattered anymore. As long as Mark was safe and healthy, nothing else mattered.
***
At the Empire Hospital in A City.
Becky was lying on the bed in a senior ward. She stared at the doctor standing in front of her and asked weakly, "Besides the fact that I won't be able to stand anymore, anything else you're hiding from me?"
"Miss Yan," the doctor replied with a sigh, "During the car accident, the broken guardrail stabbed into your waist and cut your womb. Your womb actually bled heavily. To ensure the safety of your life, we talked to Mr. Brian Long and decided to remove your womb."
Becky stared with her eyes widened. She fluttered her lids and asked blankly, "You mean... You mean I can't get pregnant?"
The doctor sighed and nodded.
Becky's breathing became shallow and difficult. She looked towards the ceiling and murmured with horror, "No, it can't be, it can't be..."
"Miss Yan," the doctor tried to console her, "What's important now is that you're alive."
"Shut up! I don't even want to be alive!" Becky suddenly screamed hysterically. She shouted at the doctor, "Why didn't you just let me die? Why did you save my life? Now I can't get pregnant with Brian! I won't ever be a mother of our kid!"
The doctor frowned at her words. He wanted to remind her that Brian was already married and was already a father to his own son. But he decided against it—it was never wise to argue with a patient who just received terrible news.
While Becky was still flipping out, suddenly the door flew open and two men in suits came inside. They wore a platinum-edged shield logo of the Dragon Island on their chest, which meant they were members of the Dragon Island Royal Guards.
"Miss Yan," one of them said, "your father is suspected of disrupting the political order of the Dragon Island. You need to come with us. We need to investigate you."
Becky froze. She stared blankly at the two men, then she suddenly realized that she hadn't seen her dad since she woke up. She asked, "Where's my dad?"
"He's in prison and he'll be sentenced soon," the man spoke harshly.
"No! I can't believe this! Why is this happening? Why?" Becky yelled. She wanted to sit up, but the wound in her waist broke open and the sharp pain shot through her stomach.
The man from the Royal Guards had no plans in answering her. He snapped his fingers and his peers in the same suits came into the room from outside. They didn't say anything as they marched away with Becky. The doctor stood dumbstruck as he watched them leave the room.
"I'll inform Mr. Brian Long," the man said to the doctor before he left, "You can pretend you didn't see anything. If you speak word about this, you're going to regret it.
The man glared at the doctor one more time before leaving. The doctor wasn't able to breathe properly until they were completely gone from his vision. He shivered in horror.
***
The sky was always clear and blue after a storm.
At the office on the top floor of Emp, Brian and Harrow had just finished most of their backlog. Leaning wearily against his chair, Brian closed his eyes in meditation as he pinched his nostrils together between his thumb and finger.
"Mr. Brian Long, do you need to take some medicine?" Harrow poured him a glass of water, "I can handle the rest of this. You can go home and rest now."
Brian slowly opened his eyes. During his past life, he had only fallen ill a handful of times. In the past decade, he hadn't taken any medicine except for several gunshot wounds. But he was surprised to find that he had gotten a bad cold this time.
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