Chapter 85

It was the first time Eira sounded genuinely panicked. Alexander instantly paused what he was doing. "What happened?! Where are you?" "I'm at the hospital. Grandma fell in the garden," Eira replied quickly. "I'm heading over right now!" Alexander hung up and rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, Eira and the doctors had already wheeled Margaret into the emergency room. By the time Alexander and Daniel arrived, his grandmother was lying motionless in a hospital bed. Through the glass wall of the hospital room, he asked in a shaky voice, "How is Grandma doing?" "She was found too late to receive immediate treatment," the attending doctor explained with a heavy tone. "Her life's no longer in immediate danger, but the chances of her waking up... are very slim." As Alexander's face darkened, the doctor's voice gradually faltered. "Mr. Brooks, we did all we could." Alexander shot him a cold glance and then turned to Eira, who had just walked over. "Even you can't do anything?" Eira pulled her m