The moment they reached the underground parking garage, Zachary ran ahead to get the car. Once everyone had climbed in, he handled the situation with Sophia.
"Sophia, try calling Ms. Remington's phone. See if we can find out how she's doing and which hospital she's in."
"Okay," Sophia said quickly, dialing Sierra's number.
The call connected right away, but it was not Sierra who picked up. It was the same stranger who had called earlier. "Hello, are you the family of the person who owns this phone?"
Sophia replied at once, "I am. Please, can you tell us which hospital you're at and how she's doing?"
"We're at Genesis Medical Center. She's not in great shape. She's injured and pretty shaken up. I've already called the police, but the guy who attacked her ran off, and she suffered an injury to her face."
Sophia turned on the speakerphone, and the stranger's voice filled the car, sending Melissa and Jonathan into a state of panic.
Jonathan pleaded, "Please, please help take care of our daughter. We're on our way now, and we'll surely repay you once we arrive."
"I promise I'll stay with her until you get here. Don't worry! Once you arrive, just call this number again."
"Yes, yes, of course. Thank you... Thank you so much!" Jonathan said.
"I need to take care of the hospital paperwork now, so I'll hang up."
"Yes, sure! Thank you!"
Jonathan agreed instantly, and Melissa broke down crying. "What are we going to do? Cee's hurt... How could something like this happen out of nowhere? Wasn't she supposed to be with Samuel? Where is he? Call him now!"
"There's no need to call Samuel," Zachary said steadily, keeping his eyes on the road. "If the good samaritan used Cee's phone to call you, it means Ms. Remington wanted that call to be made. She clearly doesn't want Samuel to know about this."
Both Melissa and Jonathan froze as the implication hit them, and neither of them said a word. But moments later, Melissa broke down again, sobbing even harder.
She cried, "What are we going to do? Jon, if anything happens to Cee... I won't have anything left to live for."
Zachary said firmly, "Let's not be so pessimistic. We still don't know how serious it is, and it might not be as bad as we imagine. We'll find out everything once we get to Genesis Medical Center."
He continued, "For now, let's stay focused. Ms. Remington had enough strength to have someone call you, so that's already a good sign. Mrs. Remington, you've got to stay calm.
"If you break down before we even handle what's going on with Ms. Remington, we'll have to worry about you too—and that'll just make things worse."
His words were a bit harsh, but he was right. Panicking would not help; it would only slow them down.
"Mr. Holt is right. You need to stay strong." Jonathan's voice steadied as he slowly regained his composure. He gently took Melissa's hand and tried to calm her down. "Don't worry. Cee is tougher than luck itself. She will be okay."
Melissa tried her best to hold it together, but no matter how hard she fought it, the tears just would not stop falling.
...
Zachary drove quickly but safely, and soon, they reached Genesis Medical Center, just like the stranger had said. Once they arrived, they called the number and did not have to wait long before they saw Sierra.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus)
This one gets us readers asking for more! Excellent story, great twists......
Hope Grandpa Charles lives long enough to see Marcus and Nat's children, please. It will make him happy to see life is still worth living and that he didn't fail raising Marcus at least. Let him be happy at least in this aspect. Thanks...
Finished till 538....Waiting for more...
This really hurts. I am confused if Yvette sent a msg saying old love to Charles through Charlene. Why isnt it in her confession. Or did she actually set vivian up into sleeping with that man? And later blackmailed vivian with it till vivian commited suicide? Did Yvetty yhinks Charles would marry her after vivians death but he remained loyal. Hence her anger?...
Hope Nat can cure Marcus' mom. Looking forward to new updates. Thank you...
When will other chapters be updated...
Every chapter gets sweeter..and oh! I'm sure Nat's new patient is Marcus' mom - though the illness is quite intriguing....anyway, looking forward for the next updates! Thank you...
What an ending to the chapter...nice one..hoping for more updates...thank you...
OMG, OMG, OMG, this is getting better and better. Nat and Marcus are getting married!!!!! Yehey! Please update more..after a big drama ot is really nice to have love and a little happy events in between. Pretty please, update more. Can't wait!! Thank you so much!...
Recent updates are so good. Natalie's and Marcus' love story is also progressing...so, so good and exciting. Please update more. Thank you...