Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 641

Chapter 638 The Painful Aftereffects

Bailey let out a sigh.

What else could be done?

Severe damage was inflicted when the blade scraped the heart.

However, she dared not share her knowledge with Victoria lest she broke down due to her volatile condition.

She hadn't even recovered from her recent miscarriage. After everything that had happened today, her body was at its limit and could no longer sustain another emotional blow.

“Don't worry. We managed to save him. He should be fine once he's out of critical condition and recuperate for six months,” she replied as she massaged her forehead wearily.

Victoria continued staring at her blankly and remained unconvinced.

After a drawn-out silence, she grabbed Bailey's arm and hissed, “Bay, don't lie to me. Are our many years of friendship not enough for you to be honest with me?”

Bailey exhaled. She would have liked to tell her the truth, but Lionel's condition was too awful.

Telling Victoria the truth would likely be her last straw.

Victoria's heart fell at Bailey's silence.

She let go of Bailey's arm and strode toward the operating room.

“I'll ask the other doctors then if you won't be forthcoming with me.”

Bailey turned subconsciously and held on firmly to her arm. “I've managed to secure his life. That's the truth. What's the point of me lying to you when you'll find out sooner or later?”

Victoria's eyes were bloodshot as she faced Bailey. “He might be alive, but his injuries are grave, causing serious damage to his body. Am I right?”

Bailey felt listless. She knew how stubborn Victoria could be. She wouldn't back down until she got to the bottom of things.

Felicity approached them from a short distance away and wrapped her arms around Victoria. “Vicky, you're too weak. Why don't you follow me back to your ward to get some rest? Bay will explain everything once she has everything settled.”

Victoria ignored her as she glared at Bailey unflinchingly with her eyes wide open.

Bailey exhaled a heavy breath and addressed Simon and Caridee, who were beside her. “Both of you, help support your mom to rest in her ward. Her body can't handle this much strain.”

Felicity smiled. “I'm fine with that as well. In that case, I'll go back and have some rest. You two have a good chat and try talking things over. The friendship both of you have is a precious thing.”

With that, she and her children departed from the emergency room.

Bailey lifted her gaze at Victoria and said in a low voice, “His heart has sustained an injury. There's a saying that it takes a hundred days for the muscle and bones to recover from trauma, even more so for the heart. Based on my clinical work, he'll often experience pain in the heart whenever it rains. It's just the same for women who've undergone a cesarean section. Their wounds will still hurt even after they've recovered. The heart is our most vulnerable organ. As such, these periodic pains are inevitable. I can't restore him to his former state, no matter how brilliant I am. That is unless he gets a heart transplant. Unfortunately, the chance of him finding a donor with a heart that matches his is so slim that it's close to impossible.”

Victoria had begun drifting off toward the end as she knew that having a heart transplant was too far-fetched.

She was instead fixated on what Bailey had said about how Lionel's heart would ache whenever there was rainy weather.