Chapter 496


    Everyone at the scene gasped, helplessly watching as Zora falling.


    Instinctively, I let out a cry, "Carl..."


    In that critical moment, Zora fiercely flung little Carl from her embrace. Carl’s cries were heart-


    wrenching as his tiny body was tossed into the air, rapidly descending.


    I eximed in horror, "Carl!"


    Simultaneously, a figure leaped forward, arms outstretched towards Carl, and I lunged too...


    Those arms caught Carl and rolled on the ground to cushion the fall, while I stumbled on a rock and


    plunged forward.


    As I fell, Hannah grabbed my hand tightly, and we were both hanging on the edge of the cliff.


    Several people rushed over and heaved us up. Instinctively, I looked back; the cliff was bottomless, and


    Zora had vanished without a trace.


    While I was still in shock, I heard Larkin, who was holding Carl, yell, "Miss, Carl''s been hurt!"


    I was stunned, rushing to Larkin''s side. Carl was still crying, his little face beet-red and his eyes


    despairingly looking at me, while his arm bled profusely.


    The bullet had gone through Carl''s arm before striking Zora''s shoulder!


    It was clear that the shooter hadn''t cared about Carl''s life; they didn’t intend to leave him alive.


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    Fortunately, the bullet had missed his body and not hit any vital organs, but it had left a dark, gaping


    wound in his tiny arm.


    Frozen in horror, I stared at the wound, ovee with pain, when someone shouted, "Quick, stop the


    bleeding and get him to the hospital!"


    That snapped me out of it, and with a heart full of anguish, I touched his head and cried, "Carl! Don''t


    cry, Mommy''s here..."


    Hannah swiftly tore off a strip from her white tee and tightly bound Carl''s arm with it.


    Larkin announced, "I''ll take him to the hospital, Hannah,e with me! Everyone else, search the


    area, find the shooter!"


    “Make way!” Everyone was calling out.


    Only then did I notice the abrasions on Larkin''s arms!


    He sprinted down the hill with Carl in his arms like a wild stag, while I sat on the ground, watching him


    disappear from my sight, murmuring, "Carl..."


    Jan stood frozen for a long time before approaching me, reaching out to help me up. I swatted his


    hand away.


    I pushed Hannah, "Go with them, hurry!"


    "No way, the situation is unclear, I can''t leave you!" she insisted, grabbing me, "Get up, we need to get


    down this hill!"


    I had no time to refuse before Hannah hoisted me onto her back and ran down the hill, the wind


    whistling by my ears.


    Upon reaching the hospital, Carl had already been rushed into the emergency room.


    Larkin and two cops stood by the door, grave-faced.


    "How is Carl? How''s my boy?" I rushed to the door, questioning Larkin.


    "Miss, calm down! He''s in surgery!"


    Hearing his words, I staggered. Surgery? All I could imagine was that brutal, bloody hole.


    Just then, Jan ran up to me, and, unable to contain myself, I pped him hard across the face. He


    stood there dazedly, staring at me.


    Jan''s face was a mask ofplex emotions, but I believed that among them was hatred.


    Hannah held onto me, teetering on the edge, consoling, "Allie, don''t panic, it''ll be okay! He''s going to


    make it!"


    I cradled my head, feeling powerless, silently praying in my heart that nothing would go wrong.


    He was so young, why did he have to go through so much? What had I done wrong to make my child


    suffer like this? Reаd at


    "Calm down! The surgery isn’t done, we''re running out of sma, let go!" she said, struggling free from


    my grasp.


    "Yes, Type B!" the first nurse confirmed, quickly taking the tray.


    Hearing their conversation, I froze in ce, and the next second, I grabbed the nurse...