Chapter 381


    His body had been still, lifeless until a faint twitch of his fingers and a few slow rotations of his eyes


    brought hope back to the people surrounding him.


    The doctor immediately sprang into action. "He''s still got vital signs. We need to get him to the


    hospital now!"


    At those words, the Hayes family let out a collective sigh of relief. With teary eyes, Teo turned to


    ra. "ra, don''t you worry. I''ll make sure Ian gets the best care possible."


    ra''s fists were clenched tight as she fought to keep herposure. "Teo, I''ll follow him to the


    hospital. You take care of things here. We need to find out who gave Leonora the gasoline and who


    tampered with the gas line. Catching that person might lead us to the big fish behind all this."


    Impressed by her thoroughness, even in such a dire situation, Teo nodded vigorously in approval.


    "You are good, ra. Rest assured, I''ll handle everything here. I''ll send someone with you to the


    hospital."


    Half an hourter, Ian was rushed into the ER. The whole family stood anxiously in the hallway,


    waiting.


    Sasha, having heard the news, came as fast as she could. Her leg, now free of its cast, caused her


    to limp as she joined ra''s side. Her eyes brimmed with sympathy. "ra, if you need to cry, just


    let it out. Don''t keep it all in... it hurts me to see you like this."


    As Sasha spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks uncontrobly. Chase nudged her gently and


    whispered, "ra''s holding it together, and here you are crying. Ever heard offorting


    someone?"


    Sasha shot him a re. "Mind your own business, Chase! Keep your mouth shut!"


    Chase shook his head in resignation. "Alright, alright, I''ll zip it. Why don''t you and ra take a seat


    over there? She''s been on her feet all night. It''s not good for the baby."


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    Sasha let her irritation fade once she realized that Chase made a sensiblement for once. She


    took ra''s hand. "ra, you can''t keep pushing yourself like this. Think about the baby. It''s too


    risky. You could miscarry. Remember?"


    ra''s gaze remained fixed on the ER doors, her fists still tightly clenched. Despite her nerves, she


    tried to appear calm. "I need to be here for him," her voice was hoarse. "I want him to know that


    both I and the baby are waiting for him to wake up. If I''m not here, he won''te back to us."


    Hearing her words, everyone''s eyes moistened with empathy. Edwin fetched a chair from the


    doctor''s office and ced it beside ra, speaking softly tofort her. "ra, we''re not going


    anywhere. We''ll wait right here. Why don''t you sit down?"


    Her exhausted face and her feignedposure made Edwin''s heart ache. He couldn''t help but


    tenderly stroke her hair, his voice the epitome of gentleness.


    "ra, be good and sit down. Thest thing Ian would want is to wake up and find you''ve copsed


    from exhaustion."


    ra, seeing the worry in everyone''s eyes, obediently sat down, but no sooner had she touched the


    chair than the ER doors burst open. She sprang up and rushed to the doctor, her voice urgent.


    "Doctor, how is he?"


    The doctor''s face clouded with concern. "The patient has inhaled a lot of smoke. His lungs are


    infected, and his vital signs are dropping. We need someone very important to him to stimte his


    will to fight back."


    A chill ran through everyone at his words.


    A dark thought crept into their minds, but ra, fueled by a surge of adrenaline, was determined. "I


    can wake him. Let me go to him."