Female Novel
Chapter 162
Chapter 162Stella bit her lip. “Don’t exaggerate Get him on the phone.
“Stella, how could | lie about this? You can call him if you don’t believe me He’s unconscious. How could he be on the phone?The two bastards yesterday were ruffians. They had knives and were ruthless with their strikes. If the police hadn’t come earlier,Keegan’s life would have been gone. | have never seen that much blood before
Stella was now slightly panicked. She was unconscious yesterday, so she did not know what had happened. When she woke inthe morning, her sleeve had red brown spots. She thought it was coffee at first, but maybe it was blood.
“Stella, come over now I’m scared he won't make it “And then the phone call disconnected. When Stella called again, the phonewas occupied Keegan’s phone was off, and it wrenched her heart
From the store, Felicity called Stella Stella regained her senses and went inside to pay She turned her head to Felicity and said,“Something happened back home | have to go back. Take your time to choose I'll contact you later
Felicity saw that Stella was a little pale and hurriedly asked, “What happened? Is it bad? Do you need me to go with your
Stella waved her hand, saying, “Talk to you later” Stella stopped a cab at the entrance and rushed to the hospital. On the waythere, her phone rang again. She thought it was Vermont, but she frowned when she saw it was her father. She was already inamessy state, so she put her phone on silent and let it vibrate
Once she reached the hospital, she ran into Dahlia and Aurora. There was another person with them, her father, Albert. BeforeStella could figure out why the three of them were together, Aurora marched toward her and questioned her, “Where’s mybrother? How is he?”
Stella pressed her lips together. “I’m not sure. | just arrived.”
Aurora was furious. “You just arrived? So that means my brother was alone in the hospital the whole night yesterday? Wherewere you? How was he hurt? You didn’t call him when he didn’t. come home the whole night? When your family of parasitesneeds money, you'll think of my brother, but where are you when he’s in trouble?”
Albert was uncomfortable hearing this. “How could you say that? Keegan is my son-in-law. | entrusted my daughter to him. Howcould | not be concerned about him?”
“You're concerned about him?” Aurora sneered. “I’m sure you can’t wait for something bad to happen to him. That way, yourdaughter could inherit my brother’s property. Do you think | don’t know what you people are thinking? Let me tell you this, ifanything happens to my brother, she will not get a single penny from the Kane family.”
Albert was enraged. His expression was ghastly when he saw that Dahlia was silent. “Dahlia, now is not the time for accusations.We have to check Keegan’s situation first.”
Dahlia looked him in the eye coldly. She turned her head back and said emotionlessly, “Stop We should head up and see yourbrother ”
They took the elevator to the seventh floor and reached ward number 709. Just as they wereabout to enter, the nurse on duty called out to them. “What are you doing?”Stella replied, “We're the family of the patient in 709. How is he?”
“You're his family?” The nurse assessed them and said coldly, “You're too late. He’s gone.
Stella's heart stuttered. “Gone? What does that mean?”
“He passed away just ten minutes ago. If you had come any later, he’d already be pushed into the morgue.” She pushed thedoor open, and a person was lying on the bed with a white cloth covering his whole body. The whole room smelled of medicine. Itwas suffocating.
Dahlia turned white while Aurora shook her head in denial with a look of disbelief.” Impossible. There’s no way my brother’sgone.”
Stella stood stiffly in place, subconsciously taking a step back. Aurora pushed her from behind, and Stella fell forward, kneelingon the side of the bed. Her wrist hit the armrest of the room, and she grunted out from the piercing pain. Tears instantly welled upin her eyes.
Albert had a mournful look on his face. “How could a perfectly healthy person just be gone likethat?”
Stella’s knees and wrist hurt. She could not hold back her tears, thinking about the corpse under the white cloth.novelbin