Chapter 448 Strange idents
Anna stayed with Peter until he reached the operating room door. Peter’s hand gradually separated
from hers as the door closed. When their hands were entirely apart, she heard him thank her again in
husky tones.
At that moment, Anna felt like she couldn’t breathe. She thought of some simr images as she looked
at the light turned on in front of the operating room door.
As she almost passed out, a pair of warm hands sped her cold ones. Anna rxed as she realized
that it was Wayne. She clutched his hand tightly, drawing greedily on the security he gave her.
“Grandpa thinks that our family would not be this happy without you, Anna.” Wayne sounded tired, but
he still exined to Anna why Peter had thanked her before entering the operating room.
They stood outside the operating room, both feeling like time had stopped. Anna leaned against
Wayne’s shoulder, recounting things that happened in the past.
“The first time | officially met you, my hair became entangled in your button in the elevator. And you
assumed I had done it on purpose.”
“..You were jealous that Tammy and Scott were close and convinced him to sign a contract with your
entertainmentpany.”
She told Wayne some amusing or heartwarming stories, and heughed as he listened. The operating
room door mmed open muchter.
Henry was pacing nervously in the doorway. He was the first to 447 Strange idents approach the
doctor and grab his arm, asking, “How did the surgery go?”
The doctor removed his mask, smiled, and said, “Don’t worry, the operation went well. The patient is
still unconscious and will need to be hospitalized for a few days. You must take good care of him, and
the other doctors will speak with you about the dos and don’tster.”
Anna grabbed the hem of Wayne’s suit as soon as the door to the operating room opened. She
breathed a sigh of relief only after hearing the doctor’s words.
“It’s allright, Wayne,” Anna said to Wayne.
Peter was already an elderly man, so his recovery from the operation was rtively slow. When the
doctor arrived, he said that Peter was not fully awake. He had indirect breathing problems and needed
to stay in bed for a while longer.
Tammy and Matthew went to see Peter in the hospital after school and sat by his bedside. Tammy then
fell asleep on Matthew’s shoulder, so Anna let Wayne drive them home.
Anna stayed there until the early morning hours. After that, Henry kept urging her to return home and
rest, so she did
When Anna returned home, she found that Wayne had fallen asleep. He was sleeping soundly and
appeared to be having a sweet dream. Anna sat on the edge of the bed and couldn’t stop herself from
kissing his cheek.
In thest few days, Wayne hadn’t gotten much sleep. And Anna could tell he was worried about his
grandfather even though he didn’t say anything about it.
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“You’re back, honey.” Wayne said to Anna in a gentle, low voice that seemed to melt in the air. Then he
stroked Anna’s waist. He reached out ;447 Strange idents and wrapped his arms around her and
hugged her tightly.
Gradually, Anna fell asleep soundly in Wayne’s arms. After a long time, she was awakened by her
phone ring. She picked up the phone.
And she felt her blood boil in an instant after hearing Henry’s words.
“Something’s happened to Peter!”
Immediately after hanging up, Anna woke Wayne up and told him what happened. In no time, they got
into a white car whichter whistled down the street.
Anna sat in the passenger seat, her thoughts racing. Meanwhile, Wayne was driving and appeared to
be calm and collected, but the traces of sweat on the steering wheel indicated that he was also nervous
“He has been in aa for far too long due to ack of oxygen in his brain. The good news is that we
discovered it just in time.,” The doctor said to Anna and Wayne after they reached the hospital.
Anna was standing in the hospital gallery for the second time that day. She was in a trance, her hands
gripping the hem of Wayne’s shirt tightly. She listened to the doctor, but her brain seemed to be unable
toprehend what he was saying.
“How is he doing now?” She asked.
“He has some brain tissue necrosis. We’ve done everything we can to save him, so his life is not in
danger right now. However, we have no idea when he will awaken.”
“That means…”
“He’s turned into a vegetable.”
The doctor’s words exploded like a bomb in Wayne’s head, destroying ;447 Strange idents hisst
sanity. He was in pain and couldn’t control himself.
At the same time, Henry was barely able to stand by holding on to the wall. He sat down on his knees
after hearing the doctor’s words and yelled ina broken voice, “Peter! I’m sorry! | shouldn’t have fallen
asleep. They wouldn’t have been able to harm you otherwise!” He continued to sob, his voice hoarse.
Hearing that, Wayne became aware of something and asked Henry, “What exactly do you mean? Who
harmed Grandpa?”
Peter exined, “I didn’t see what he looked like because he was wearing a mask and hat. At 3:20
a.m., he crept into the ward and unplugged Peter’s oxygen tube. I’ve made a copy of the surveince
video for you to give to the police.”
Then Peter ced the sh drive in Anna’s palm and gave her hand a firm shake.
Before calling the police, Anna showed Ryan the surveince video, which included footage of Mona
being pushed down the stairs. She had a nagging sense of unease. What had happened recently had
been too strange and frequent for her to believe it was all a coincidence.
Mona had been pushed down the stairs by an unknown woman, and Peter’s oxygen tube had been
removed by a strange man. And then, Anna recalled what had happened that day when she was in the
office. She hadn’t told anyone else about it, and she could tell those women wanted tokill her.
Anna got a headache just thinking about it. Something else was going to happen, she had a feeling.
Isabe made a sandwich and set it on Anna’s desk. She said, “You can’t just sleep at work every day
because of work. There’s a lot going on at the hospital as well, and you have to work the night shift.
Working so much is bad for your health.”
Anna took the tuna sandwich and ate it. She continued to look up the file while she ate.
Realizing that Anna wanted to continue working, Isabe asked worriedly, “Why don’t you resign from
the hospital?”
“No way.” Anna refused immediately because she had put in too much effort for this job. She couldn’t
give up now that she’de this far. Besides, she didn’t think things were all that bad right now.
“I have another thought,” she said.
“What?” Isabe sat across from Anna, one hand on her chin.
“Come to Lemon and help me work,” Anna said as she finished thest bite of her sandwich.
“What?!” Isabe asked and widened her eyes in surprise.