Chapter 362 - Meeting The In-law [2]

It didn't take long, and they saw the plane landing and slowly approaching the tarmac. Everyone was nervous, especially Ashley. Her chest throbbed erratically, and she felt like she was going to faint at any time from nervousness.

When Ruffy and Tiny saw that the private plane was approaching, they quickly exited the car. They waited outside while the Gusman family stayed inside the vehicle and sat with Ashley, who was silent, while she twisted her hands due to anxiousness. 

Fely, who sat next to Ashley, quickly took her daughter's hand and wrapped it around her hand. She spoke in a comforting voice, "Ashley, we will always be here with you, whatever happens. So don't you worry, and we will, and never will leave you." 

Fely hugged her youngest child, who felt slightly more comfort, but still quite nervous.

Ashley hugged her mother back and put her head on her mother's shoulder. That was all she needed to hear. She now knew that her mother would be there, every step of the way. She didn't need to worry that they'd leave her amid a problem. 

She raised her head from her mother's shoulder. 

"Thanks, mom. I know, this is why I love you all so much."

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The private plane was parked shortly after, and its stairs were lowered a moment later. Upon Tiny seeing this, he quickly ran towards the car's side and tapped on the window.

Ashley opened the window, and Tiny informed her of what was happening.

"Ma'am, the stairs are down, and any moment now, Sir Jones will descend. Soon, we will go and meet them before the ambulance arrives."

Hearing the news, Ashley did not hesitate and promptly got out of the car to go to the private plane.

No-one stopped her. Instead, they followed her to greet their guests, Tanaga, Naomi, and Tanaka. Ashley wanted to run, but that was possible if she wasn't wearing high heels. She would have definitely run.

Just as they were getting closer to the private plane, an ambulance arrived with Tanaga's personal doctor. Some men quickly exited the ambulance with a portable stretcher and promptly boarded the plane to bring down Tanaga. Ashley followed suit.

The men that went up were coming back down already. Tanaga was lying on a portable stretcher as the men lowered it. Ashley suddenly stopped and backed away to give way to the people who were carrying Tanaga.

"Excuse us! Coming through!" Exclaimed one of the men that were holding the stretcher with Tanaga in it. She was stunned, who could blame her? Her own husband was unconscious, lying on the stretcher.

"Oh, my God!" She suddenly covered her mouth. She didn't want her parents to hear her muffled cries. "Tan...What happened?" Ashley whispered to herself before quickly approaching her husband as they transferred him to another stretcher. At once, she glanced at him and started to sob.

Everyone was also sad to see Ashley crying. Jessie, Fely, and Ruffy quickly approached Ashley and tried to comfort her while watching the medical help place Tanaga's unconscious body inside the ambulance. 

Tanaga's personal doctor approached them.

"Excuse me; we need an emergency contact who will be the representative of CEO Jones. They will need to come with us in the ambulance so that they can be briefed. Sadly, the ambulance has room for only one person, so please choose wisely." The doctor said as he looked around everyone and then to Ashley, who had tears flowing down her face.

She knew what she had to do.

"I'll be going with you, I'm his wife, I should be the one that goes," Ashley answered with a muffled sound. 

The doctor nodded and stretched his hands to make way and help Ashley board the ambulance. 

However, just as she was about to board the ambulance with the help of her father. They suddenly heard a voice from behind them.

Ashley's mother-in-law.

"Excuse me! I'm his mother, I will be going in the ambulance, and I need to talk to the doctor to find out what happened to my son and why he's unconscious and currently lying on a portable stretcher." Naomi said firmly as she walked closer to the ambulance.

"MOTHER! What is your problem? She's his wife, and she should go, not you!" Tanaka snarled before he introduced himself to everyone.

"I'm sorry, my mother is just tired, so I apologize on behalf of her and the way she overreacted. By the way, I am Tanaka, Tanaga's twin. And you've already met my mother, Naomi Hanada." Tanaka reached out his hand to shake hands. 

Ruffy and Fely also followed and shook Tanaka's hand. But when Fely was about to shake hands with Naomi, the woman suddenly turned her back on her and faced Ashley.

"You! How dare you! I am your mother-in-law, don't you know that you have to be polite to your elders?" Naomi scolded. 

But Ashely wasn't paying attention to Naomi and was looking at Tanaga and Tanaka because she was shocked to see that Tanaga and Tanaka's faces were identical. But they were twins, so that was a given. 

But she had returned to her senses when she heard her mother-in-law's loud voice.

Suddenly the blood rushed to her head, and she just realized she disrespected the older woman. But when she looked at her father, he gave her an encouraging smile. 

Ashley stopped and took a deep breath before answering and greeting Naomi.

"I sincerely apologize since I did not pay proper respect to you. But I did not expect you to be alive from what I know; your son had told me that you were...deceased." She then made a slight bow as a sign of respect to end her apology.

"You! You rude and disrespectful, girl! How dare you, do you not know who I am?" Naomi spoke angrily as her hand was raised and was ready to slap Ashley at any moment.

Tanaka was quick to stop his mother and quickly jerked her hand away from Ashley. At the same time that Tanaka pulled Naomi, he apologized. 

"Sorry, Ashley, please. Go ahead and take my brother to the hospital. We will follow you afterward." He then turned around and dragged his mom with him and walked to where the vehicles were parked. 

Ashley listened, and Jessie helped her up and got into the ambulance, where Tanaga and the doctor waited. As soon as Ashley entered, Jessie and Ruffy quickly closed the door so that they could leave.

Once the ambulance left, Jessie, Fely, and Ruffy quickly returned to where they were parked.

But Naomi and Tanaka were arguing because she felt that she was too important to ride with the Gusman family and the household help. Namely Tiny and butler Ruffy.

But Tanaka very well had it under control. He reasoned, "Mother, there are no other vehicles, and I know you want to visit your son as soon as possible, so if you want to go to the hospital, you'll ride with the Gusman family." 

He lowered his voice slightly. Unlike his mother, who didn't care if anyone heard their argument, he did not want Arnold, Ariel, and Tiny to listen to their discussion.

Yet it was unknown to them that Jessie, Fely, and Ruffy was right behind them and listened to every word of their conversation turned argument...

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Chapter edited by Marichat_rettenoir  If you like her edited version, kindly, check the book wbnv.in/a/742nbbN

Title: Bounded by Blood