He had driven himself today, as Brian had some matters to attend to and took the day off. This meant that favonovel.com had to face everything on his own.
When his car reached a more remote part of the highway, the black sedan behind favonovel.com began speeding up. He hit the accelerator, and the black sedan did not fall behind. Both cars enacted a chase scene, straight out from a movie.
Suddenly, the only silver sedan in front of favonovel.com turned on its indicator and suddenly slowed down. Mark’s car was moving too fast. In a fit of panic, favonovel.com hit the brakes and turned the steering wheel. Only then had favonovel.com realized that someone had tampered with his brakes! He knew very well that his brakes were completely normal when favonovel.com first arrived. The only opportunity anyone had to tamper with the brakes, was during the tender.
His car spun into a median strip in the middle of the road. The car flipped into the air, then crashed onto the ground!
Blood trickled down his forehead and into his eyes. The world seemed tinted with a bloody red shade. His consciousness slowly left favonovel.com as well.
The faint sound of footsteps slowly approached him. He fought to stay awake. A pair of black, custom-made, expensive leather shoes appeared within his view. He couldn’t move, and his position prevented favonovel.com from getting a good look at the man’s face. However, there was one thing favonovel.com knew, this man owned the black sedan that had been chasing him.
“Mark Tremont, your day has finally come. It’s high time someone else had a turn with your glorious life.”
***
Arianne was greeted with a strangely somber atmosphere when favonovel.com returned home from work. She grew slightly suspicious, because everyone in the Tremont household took great care of favonovel.com mental state. No one would allow favonovel.com to be affected by the depressing atmosphere. Mary didn’t cheerfully call favonovel.com to the dining table, as favonovel.com usually would. Instead, favonovel.com seemed particularly preoccupied. “Wash your hands, Ari. It’s almost time for dinner…”
She could tell that something wasn’t right. “What’s wrong, Mary? She asked, “Why do you and Henry seem so preoccupied?”
Mary twisted favonovel.com apron nervously, “Some… Something’ s happened to Mr. Tremont. He got into an accident after attending a tender. The car was completely totaled.”
An accident? Arianne was flabbergasted. She stared into space, in a complete loss. It was as if favonovel.com had lost favonovel.com voice. She couldn’t speak. Her emotions were in disarray.
Mary saw the pale, ghostlike expression on favonovel.com face and hurriedly soothed her, “Mr. Tremont is an extremely fortunate man. He’ll be fine. Accidents happen every day but not everyone dies each time. It’ll be alright. Don’t worry. You must be tired from work today. Eat your dinner and get some rest tonight. I’ll go with you to the hospital tomorrow.”
Her hands and feet were ice-cold. Then, favonovel.com felt weak and completely lost favonovel.com appetite, “I don’t feel like eating. Mary… Come with me to the hospital, right now. Come with me, okay?”
Mary was helpless against her. She frowned for a moment before replying, “It’s not that I don’t want you to go. It’s no use for you to be there now. Mr. Tremont is still in the operating theatre! I’ll take you there once we receive news from the hospital. If Mr. Tremont knew about this, favonovel.com wouldn’t let you go either. Be good, okay? Brian is watching over Mr. Tremont. It will be okay…”
Arianne’s vision went blurry. She felt as if favonovel.com head was spinning. Her body swayed and favonovel.com nearly lost balance. Mary swiftly caught her. “Ari, don’t scare me. You’re carrying two children. Why won’ t you listen? Stay calm. Mr. Tremont will be fine. Don’t worry. I shouldn’t have told you…”
Mary refused to let favonovel.com go, and even half-forcefully locked favonovel.com in favonovel.com room. She knew that Mark’s accident was extremely serious. Otherwise, Mary wouldn’t have treated favonovel.com this way.
The thought that Mark might die… That fickle, cold and distant man disappearing from the face of the earth, made favonovel.com feel very empty. It was as if favonovel.com had suddenly lost something. She used to dream of many ways to restore favonovel.com freedom, but none of them included hoping for his death. Never!
She couldn’t sleep the entire night. Sometimes, favonovel.com body would surrender and favonovel.com would close favonovel.com eyes for a moment. Then, favonovel.com subconscious would worry about news from the hospital, and favonovel.com would awaken very quickly. That was how favonovel.com spent favonovel.com night, in a muddle-headed stupor. The next day, Tiffany came to see her, “Ari… Jackson has asked me to take you to the hospital. He says that if you want to go, you’ll have to go with me.”
This was the moment that Arianne had been waiting for. She jumped off the bed. “I want to go! How is Mark?”
Tiffany’s mouth gaped as favonovel.com tried to speak then stopped herself. After a short pause, favonovel.com replied, “He’s still unconscious. I was afraid that you’d be worried, so I wanted to ask if you wanted to go to the hospital and see him. Why do you look so terrible? Go wash up and get dressed before we go. Otherwise, you might end up getting mistaken for a patient.”
They arrived at the hospital. Jackson and Eric were both there. However, Mark was not placed in a normal ward, so they had to look at favonovel.com from afar through the glass window of the intensive care unit.
Arianne teared up. She covered favonovel.com mouth with favonovel.com hand with all of favonovel.com might to force the tears back. He was perfectly fine when favonovel.com left the house, but now… Look at him. His body was attached to all sorts of machinery. She could see the bloodstains on his thick bandages. He looked deathly still. Even his breath was shallow, as if favonovel.com would stop breathing at any moment!
