CHAPTER 17

Seeing as Mr. Ben was unconscious, Adrian, who only sported a small cut at the side of his face, whipped out his phone and called the emergency services. Before long the sirens signaling their arrival blared in the distance and Adrian whispered assuringly to an unconscious Mr. Ben, “Hold on for just a bit longer, help is on the way.

At the hospital, Mr. Ben was wheeled to the intensive care unit while Adrian quickly went to see his mother before her surgery began.

Immediately his mother Irene, saw him looking pale and disheveled, she slowly sat up on her bed as her brows pinched in concern. “Did something happen? You look shaken.”

Adrian crouched next to her as he took her frail hands in his. “I got into a car accident on my way here.”

Irene’s eyes instantly widened and she squeezed his hands as she frantically searched his face and body for any injuries. When her eyes zeroed in on the cut at the side of his head her eyes welled up with tears. “My son,” she choked out as she lightly