Chapter 1321
Tarquin rubbed the top of his head and grinned.
“Relax, you guys. Just wait and see-she’s not getting away with anything this time p>
No sooner had he spoken than Elysia’s voice rang up from downstairs.
“Tarquin! Elliot, Elijah! Dinner’s ready p>
Tarquin waved the kids over.
“Come on, let’s head downstairs and grab a bite. After we eat, it’s straight back to bed for a nap p>
Down in the kitchen, Clayton had whipped up some chicken noodle soup and tossed together a couple of simple side dishes.
It wasn’t fancy, but it was warm and inviting.
The whole family gathered around the table, laughter echoing, the smell of fresh bread and soup filling the room-just that perfect, cozy feeling of home.
After dinner, they lingered and chatted for a while. By the time they finished, the morning sun was already streaming through the windows.
Neighbors could be heard leaving for work outside, but inside, everyone shuffled off to their bedrooms for some much-needed rest.
After days of hiking through mountain roads, and then driving all night just to make it back to Jindale City, exhaustion was written on every face.
Because they desperately needed sleep, Lowell postponed his promised trip to the ice rink with the kids until the next day.
Winona and Blossom Blythe had heard Elysia was back and were dying to visit, but decided to hold off so as not to disturb her and the children’s rest.
At 9 a.m., while Elysia and the kids were still catching up on sleep, chaos erupted at the hospital.
Sabrina and the entire Medical & Pharmaceutical Association team had all come down with the infection-every last one of them!
They tried to keep it quiet, but word got out and panic spread like wildfire.
How had the entire research team fallen sick before they’d even found a cure? The thought alone was terrifying.
What’s worse, their symptoms escalated in no time.
Coughing, vomiting, fevers that wouldn’t break, even seizures, passing out, and coughing up blood.
At first, Sabrina refused to believe it was happening. But once the test results came back, she melted down.
From inside the isolation ward, she screamed,
“Get my grandpa in here! Now! Someone call him! Where’s my phone? I need to
talk to my grandpa! Give me my phone! Please p>
A nurse in full PPE tried to calm her down.
“Dr. Stevenson, your phone is outside. Please, just stay calm I finish drawing your blood,
get it for you.” Content belo Rosoite
“Get it now p>
Sabrina shrieked. “Forget the blood! You people can’t cure me anyway! Just bring
me my phone! Go p>
“Ms. Stevenson, please cooperate p>
“Cooperate with what p>
Sabrina was losing it.
“None of you can help me! Only my
grandpa can! Are you going to j
there and watch me di can you be so irresponsible p>
How
“Don’t you have any decency? Any medical ethics at all? I’m dying here and you’re wasting time p>
“Hurry up and call my grandpa! If you ever want to work in medicine again p>
She cut off, coughing hard. Blood splattered across her gown.
The nurse rushed to steady her.
“Dr. Stevenson, you need to calm down, please! Getting worked up is only making things worse p>
Sabrina gasped for breath, still desperate.
“Get… my phone. I need to call my grandpa p>
Outside the glass, Benjamin watched with a frown, lips pressed tight.
Just last night, he’d told her that the
first
on
infected patients
door, and that Victor
were
needed to be called in immediately.
And what had Sabrina said?
She brushed it off, saying, “Live or die, it’s up to fate p>
She’d insisted they keep researching for a couple more months before even considering bringing her grandfather in.
But now that she was the one infected, suddenly waiting even a single second was too much.
Where was her talk about fate now? About waiting a month or two before calling Victor?
Her own life mattered-but everyone else’s didn’t?
She’d never made her selfishness more obvious.