David’s eyes were blazing with fury as he stared at me.
“Emily, what the hell are you doing? You’ve got some nerve messing with my wife!!!
“You brought this on yourself!“”
I was desperately trying to stop the bleeding from Olivia’s neck, but the agony in my abdomen and the pounding in my chest made it hard to speak.!
To David, my silence probably looked like an admission of guilt.
He clung to the terrified Natalie, trying to make a hasty exit.
But the crowd, having witnessed Olivia’s severe injury, wasn’t about to let them off the hook so easily.
“Not so fast!
“You’re not leaving until the police get here!!!
dy called the cops.
It dawned on me that the situation had spiraled out of control, and someone had already
I glanced at Beatrice, still on the stretcher, and felt a sinking sense of despair.
The critical golden minutes had slipped away.
Beatrice was lost to us.2
Right now, my only focus was on saving Olivia.!!
I took a deep breath and called out, “David, get your sister to the emergency room immediately! Time’s running out!“> Olivia’s carotid artery was gushing blood, and her pulse was nearly gone.!!
Natalie, meanwhile, was wrapped around David, her sobs exaggerated 8
“Darling, don’t listen to her. She’s just faking it with some blood, This is all an act. Don’t fall for it!”
A surgeon tried to push through the chaos to help Olivia, but David shoved him aside.
“Another actor in the show? Get out of here! You’re not framing my wife with your stunts!“]
I couldn’t believe the audacity of Natalie.
She had just been involved in something life–threatening, and she still had the nerve to call it a performance.
Did she really think human lives were just props in her twisted play?
And David, oblivious and stubborn, was blocking the only people who could help his sister!
If Beatrice knew that her own son’s actions had led to her and her daughter’s deaths, she would never rest in peace.
As the pain in my abdomen worsened, I feared for the baby I was carrying.
But there was no time to think about that. My priority was saving Olivia’s life.)
“David, are you seriously this clueless? Your mom’s dead! If you don’t get your sister some help right now, she’ll be next!”
The crowd parted slightly as my words cut through the chaos. David’s eyes fell on the stretcher, shoved into a corner and barely visible through the crowd.
He hesitated, torn between his weeping wife and the urgent need to act. Natalie clung to him, tears streaming
“Don’t listen to her. I know exactly what your mom looks like!“!!
Cavid seemed stunned for a moment but then pushed Natalie aside and sprinted to the stretcher.
The horror on his face said it all.8
He reached out, his hand trembling as he checked for a pulse, nearly collapsing on the floor. “Mom!” he yelled, his voice breaking.
