Chapter 390

The sun rose slowly the next day. Inside the hospital, Nicholas walked out of the ICU, his expression heavy with concern. Sebastian had stayed up all night too, and dark shadows ringed his eyes. In a low voice, he asked Nicholas, "How is he?" Nicholas took off his surgical mask and let out a sigh. "He's past the critical stage, but his bodily functions have shut down into a vegetative state. Now, it's just a question of whether a miracle can happen." Sebastian fell silent. Given how smart he was, how could he not understand how tactfully Nicholas was phrasing it? Mick was now in a vegetative state. Whether he would ever wake up was out of their hands now. Some patients stayed like this for life while others woke up unexpectedly. There was simply no way to tell how this would go. Nicholas looked at Sebastian's dark, stormy expression and sighed. Even though Mick technically wasn't a Hayes and Lucas refused to acknowledge him, Sebastian had always doted on him. At the very least,