Chapter 110 - You Didn't Die? Let Me Help You

Alice drove to the hospital cursing under her breath! Hearing the news of his accident once was not enough that he had to go and get into an accident again so soon? Her hands were still trembling from worry! When she had called back to ask how he was doing, the hospital people had refused to even tell her anything? And what had he been doing on the other side of the city! He should have been on the way back home! And they had taken him to a small near no existent hospital? She had never even heard the name! Once she had him out of there, she would wipe them out! How could they refuse to tell her what was wrong with Adam? 

She held the wheel of the car tightly as she followed the direction on the GPS. The outside of the place looked dilapidated making her wonder if there was even proper facilities or doctors here. The reception was empty and after looking around a bit wildly, she spotted a man in green scrubs coming from a small corridor on the right and she ran to him, "Do you have a patient named Adam Perry in this place?"

The other man looked at her with wide eyes and a hint of pity appeared in them as he asked slowly, "I cannot give any details to you. Are you related with him in any way?"

Nodding her head vigorously, she said," I am his wife! Please tell me where is he?"

But instead of answering her the man looked even more serious as he suddenly said in a business tone," Please come here and sign these forms. He is in the operation theater and needs urgent surgery. We had to do everything without consent but now that you are here, you can sign the form and pay the bills and then we will transfer him out to a room."

Walking to the reception, he picked up a bunch of forms and shoved them into her hand before going away. Before she could protest or even ask the person to first provide her details, he had walked away. Looking down at the forms, the first one was the consent form agreeing to his surgery and not blaming the hospital in case something went wrong. Trembling she was about to sign her name when common sense stopped her. Angrily, she walked to the reception desk and banged it angrily, disregarding all etiquette and shouted," If someone does not come here and tell me what is wrong with my husband I will burn down this place!"

The same man who had walked away ran back and scolded, "You youngsters these day! You have no decorum or patience. We have shifted him to the room, you can meet him! Have you signed the forms?"

"I will not sign them until I have seen him!" 

Snorting and cursing under his breath about inconsiderate and irresponsible youth, he gestured for her to follow him and guided her down another silent corridor.

And soon he pushed open the door to a small room. The first things to hit Alice was the disinfectant smell and the beeping of the machines. Her heart in her throat, she ran to him, checking for wounds as her throat clogged up and more tears escaped her eyes. She held his bandaged hand to herself and cried,"Adam, what happened to you?"

Naturally the man did not answer but the employee who had guided her did,"He simply ran into a tree. He must have been distracted by something or wanted to give up his life. Youngsters are like these only in present times.. They face some difficulty and unable to take it they will want to take their own life."

Angrily, she glared at the man and gritted out, "Get out. And I will arrange for an ambulance to transfer him out of here."

Harrumphing the man muttered about payments under his breath and left hurriedly. Holding his hand in her hand, she took out her cell phone and ordered Ximin to arrange an ambulance and a good hospital without giving her an explanation. 

Her guilt suppressed her. Though she knew that Adam would never try to harm himself, she also knew that he would have been distracted by his worry for her. Crying, she brought his hand closer to her lips and muttered,"You foolish man. You could have at least read my message. Why did you have to go and hurt yourself? You were supposed to protect me and now see to what you have done. What will I do without you? How can you be hurt like this? Come back to me fast Adam! I don't think I know how to function without you now."

"Then why did you ask me to go away?"

"It was because I was scared.."

Her eyes widened as she realized what she had heard. He had opened his eyes and was starting at her with a small smile. Jumping up, she looked around and said,"You are up. Don't worry. I have already asked Ximin to contact the best doctors and arrange the best hospital!"

But Adam held her hand tightly and asked,"I thought that you hated me after discovering the truth.."

Taking in a shaky breath, she answered,"How could I hate you? I told you just needed time. If you had seen your phone, you would have known that I was already to look over the past. And now, you don't talk much. You have just had surgery! You need to preserve your energy. Are you in pain? Is it hurting anywhere?"

As she would have lifted the sheet covering him, Adam smiled a little and held her hand,"Does that mean you have forgiven me?"

"What kind of a question is that? Be quiet and let me call Ximin and ask her to arrange everything!"

The next minute, Alice was pulled hard and found herself falling on top of Adam. Worried that she had hurt him, she panicked and tried to apologize and jump up but his hand that was supposed to be hurt wound around her and held her close making her unable to move. Slowly, he kissed her and smiled widely after that..

And then the realization came upon her,' He had fooled her.."

Pushing him away, her water works which had barely subsided started again as she hit him forcefully! "I thought you were going to die! I was so scared! Do you have any idea what you made me go through! Adam Perry! It is a good thing that you did not die! Now I will kill you slowly and surely!"

"Ow! Ow! Ow! That hurts! Stop hitting me! I may not be very serious but I did have an accident!"

This gave her a pause and she looked at him in concern. "How? Did I hit you wrongly?"

"It's nothing much. I simply totaled my car into a tree!"

"Adam Perry! Are you a rebelling teenage kid! Why would you do something so stupid?"

"Alice! I may not be a rebelling teenager but I needed your attention. And the only way I could think of making you listen to me was this. Seeing you erect all those walls around yourself was scaring me. Believe me, I had planned to tell you but then the doctor advised me not to.."

"The doctor?", Alice frowned at this and finally realized that there was more to the story than she had guessed.. As Adam explained everything to her, there was something that she started to think now that the differences had been cleared. 

What was Adken Perry's motive in trying to have her go against Adam? If, as the man claimed, he wanted his son back, it would have been better to use her to get to him... as he had planned earlier by using her shares for leverage. But now that he knew that he could not hold them over her head, then he must have other plan for Adam that would need him to be separated from her. And now that Adam had used his connections once more, Adken Perry will have realized and thought of another counter measure.

Unaware of Alice's distraction, Adam held her chin and made her look into his eyes," Alice? Are you sure you are not holding anything against me anymore?"

Alice shook her head and pecked him on the lips, "Even as I listened to Adken Perry, I had no plans to believe him, but the thing about the past caught me unprepared. I was scared Adam... I was scared of my feelings for you. And you have proof...right here. After listening that you had been hurt, I paid attention to nothing and almost lost control. You cannot guess how much that scares me! Please don't ever do something like this again! Even when I am very angry with you or you are angry with me, don't do it!"

Nodding his head, Adam agreed with a smile and asked," Then we are Okay, now?"

But his smile disappeared when Alice shook her head negatively.