Chapter 277 - You had to be a hero, didn't you? (11)

12 April, Gu Private Hospital, City K

Hearing silence on the other end of the phone Steven said, "Are you will there Paul?"

"How in the world do you think I know…"

"Where have you been?"

"I crashed into Abigail Mo and knocked her to the ground when I was leaving…"

"Running away would be more like it."

"No leaving. Matthew gave me a lot to consider, and as I was in such a foul mood, given the respect I have for the Nang's I decided hat leaving was a better option than staying and ruining the night for them. And as I said I crashed into Abigail Mo, knocking her to the ground and injuring her. Rather than a fight with her father, if I had simply left his daughter there injured, I took her to the divisions main hospital here to be checked out."

"You missed everything then."

"Start telling me what happened? Was Sally hurt?"

"That is your problem Paul, focused solely on Sally."

"It is hard to break long term habits. But I know you are fine, Mathew would have protected Lexi, and as to the rest of you, you would have already said something if there was an issue. So What happened?"

"Some idiots decided to crash the party and attempt to abduct Lexi."

"And Matthew did not take that well?"

"That is an understatement. They shot one woman, Lexi appears to be somewhat bruised and badly shaken and Matthew in playing the hero in taking them down got himself shot at least twice. Before you ask, it appears that both shots went into his shoulder or upper arm area."

"Mister Hero to the rescue?"

"He was not alone in doing that. John and his date, Bronwyn I think was her name were involved. We knew John would have to be able to shoot to be a police officer, but he needs to explain something to us, as he appears to highly trained with weapons. More interesting is his date, who seems to be a solider, who Matthew knows. He is keeping secrets and remember his promise to you and I after we found out he joined the police force, was that unless the job dictated he could not say a thing, he would not keep secrets."

"Definitely. And I know what we will do for that. But, how are you?" Paul concern about Steven's health came to the surface.

"I might seem calm, but what happened scared me. The police have confiscated mobile phones until we give statements and have a full medical check at a hospital…"

"That explains the activation of the emergency plan…"

"The one we just resigned?"

"Absolutely." Paul paused and continued "How in the world do you still have your phone?"

"No one knew where you had gone, and I volunteered to telephone you to find out your location, but I have to hand over my phone once we finish."

"Get them to bring you here. I will alert the medical director to the issue, and I will insist on when you get here for them to deal with you immediately…"

"Let me guess, the hospital administrator is complaining about the deal, and you had to pull rank. At least now you can point out that the deal benefits the whole society, rich and poor. Plus you want me to run our response, as you have to deal with Miss Mo, given you injured her. That I get."

Paul laughed, before adding "Get going, and I will see you soon," and then ending the call.

Ignoring the administrator, Paul walked towards where the medical director was with, who appeared to be senior doctors. "Ladies and Gentlemen. I was just speaking to Vice-President Hou and I have found out why the plan was activated. At the Nang Foundation Charity Event tonight at the Palace Hotel, a group of armed individuals broke in. Apparently, there was only one civilian, along with a military officer who happened to be there shot. However, as a precaution the police are insisting on everyone having medical checks. I do not know more than that. Vice-President Hou will be one of the people brought here, and while I hate doing this, I need you to have his medical checks done quickly, as he will be in charge of liaising with the authorities to manage our part of the response. I will leave you to get ready."

Paul walked away and headed back to the waiting room. He needed to remain as calm as he could. How damn lucky he was to have left before all this went down. That luck was twofold. It allowed him to spend time with Abigail Mo without anyone around. Yes, she was if he was right, about ten years younger than him, but she was highly intelligent.

He sat quietly in a corner of the waiting room, and a couple of minutes later, the triage nurse came looking for him. "Mr Gu, I just wanted to let you know Miss Mo is back. If you follow me."

Paul stood and followed behind the triage nurse and was shown into a cubical where Abigail was laying on the bed. Before he knew it, the medical director came in, and sat on the bed and examined her ankle, before carefully placing it back on the bed. "Miss Mo, you were lucky that it was the boss that crashed into you, and he brought you here. No broken bones. It is just a bad sprained ankle. One of the nurses will come and wrap the ankle, and we will get you out of here on crutches. You need to keep off it for a couple of days, keep it strapped and elevated and Ice it regularly."

He turned to Paul and said, "I recommend you get her somewhere that she does that when she has been seen to by a nurse."

Paul nodded, and noticed that there was movement outside, before the medical director headed out and said in leaving, "I will make sure that Vice-President Hou when he arrives is seen to quickly, and him up to the administrative area to assist me in coordinating our response."

Abigail looked at Paul and said, "What has happened?"

"There was an incident after we left the Palace Hotel, but I know little more than that."

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