RedNovelRegret 133 The moment Hans tumbled down the stairs, everyone on the street and inside the café froze in shock. "A child-! A child just fell!" As bystanders rushed to call an ambulance and check on the boy, Tricia ctearing out of the café like a woman possessed. "My son!" she screamed.
She pushed through the crowd and gathered Hans into her arms, her sobs raw and desperate. “It's my fault-l couldn't protect you. I'm so sorry, baby. I'm so sorry!" Xavier and Rachel crushing down behind her, only to be met by Tricia's wild, tear-filled eyes and accusatory finger. "It was them! They pushed my son down the stairs!" "What kind of people could do something so cruel to a child?" someone in the crowd shouted.
"They're monsters, that's what they are!" Angry voices swelled all around them. Xavier, red-faced and frantic, tried to defend himself. “That's a lie! She's the one who pushed her own child!" "That's right! We had nothing to do with it-she did it herself." Rachel's voice trembled as she tried to explain. But with the tragedy already unfolding, no other witnesses upstairs, and a child lying injured on the ground, nobody could say for sure who was telling the truth.
Tricia held Hans to her chest, her mind fraying at the edges. "He's my son! Why would I ever hurt him? I know you wantgone-for your daughter's sake. Fine, I'll leave. But Hans is innocent!" "Hans, please, baby, you have to be okay! Where's the ambulance? Where is it?” Her frantic cries and Hans's weak sobs tugged at the hearts of those watching-how could a mother not love her child? Suddenly, all the outrage turned on the Sterlings. Someone hurled a half-empty cup of coffee at Xavier and Rachel.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtRachel shielded Xavier, taking the brunt of it-the hot liquid splattered across her clothes.
Seeing his wife's distress and hearing the venom in the crowd's jeers, Xavier tried to say something. But a sharp pain seized his chest, his breath caught, and his ears filled with a ringing noise. He clutched his chest, struggling for air.
1/3 13:03 Chapter 133 Rachel, ignoring her own soaked clothes, grabbed his arm. "Xavier! Stay with me!" That was when Evander arrived, having raced over the moment he got the call. The scene was chaos: strangers clustered in panic, Tricia sobbing over Hans, Rachel on the ground with Xavier in her lap.
"Evander!" Tricia wailed, spotting him. "Hans-he's not going to make it!" Evander's gaze darted to the boy in her arms. "What happened?" "They pushed Hans down the stairs-it's my fault too, I never should have brought him here!" Tricia sobbed, her grief palpable.
Evander's jaw clenched, his expression darkening.
The ambulance the bystanders had called was stuck in traffic, but another finally arrived, already carrying a patient-there was only space for one more.
The paramedics insisted the most critical case be taken first.
Tricia grabbed Evander's hand, her panic barely contained. "Evander, please, save Hans first! I can't lose my son!" Rachel looked at Xavier, whose face was ashen. She broke down, desperate. "Evander! He's your father-in-law! He's having a heart attack-he needs help!" "You pushed my son down the stairs! You've already hurt him-now you want to let him die too?" Tricia screamed, her accusations echoing. "He was fine a minute ago, now suddenly he's having a heart attack? Who's going to believe that?" "She's right, the child is innocent-let the boy go first!" "Yes! The boy needs help!" With half the crowd shouting their agreement, Rachel stood frozen, her face drained of color.
Evander was silent for a moment, then turned to the medic. "How Soon until the other ambulance gets here?" "Shouldn't be long." He nodded. "Take the boy first." Rachel's last hope shattered.
The medics lifted Hans away. Tricia, afraid to be left behind, clung tom Evander. "Cwith us, please. I don't want to go alone. The next ambulance will be here boon, right?" 12-03 Evander agreed, following her.
As the ambulance sped away, Rachel cradled her husband, watching helplessly as
his breathing grew more labored, his pupils unfocused. She pleaded with the crowd for help. No one stepped forward. Seven drifted away.
Until finally, Xavier lay utterly still in her arms.
"Xavier! Xavier!" Rachel's anguished cries echoed down the street.
On that day, her whole world collapsed.
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