Jessica seemed to feel that I was looking at her, so she looked at me. "She's my mother!"

"You wanted to turn off her ventilator before."

I exposed her without mercy.

Jessica was a little embarrassed. She sighed, "now Carter Family is very poor. When Mom got sick, the shareholders were all flustered. If I have money, I will pay. Our company is going out of business. Those employees have worked in the company for more than ten years. They will lose their jobs!"

I squinted at Jessica and didn't speak.

She looked at me, too.

She seemed afraid I wouldn't believe it. She pointed to her bag and said, "do you see it? It's fake!"

Then she showed me the contents of her bag.

In fact, I couldn't tell if the bag was fake.

I remembered that Sherry's vase was sold. I thought what Jessica said may be true.

"It's sad." I responded.

"Yes! Do you think it's easy to start your own company? Policy has been changing and you have to deal with a lot of officials..."

While waiting for Sherry, Jessica began to complain to me about how hard it was to do business.

I listened quietly.

I couldn't help wondering if Sean was the same.

He had been very calm in front of me. He never seemed to mention any difficulties in business.

I thought his business seemed to be going well.

When I was distracted, the emergency room light went out.

The door opened and a doctor pushed the bed out. A nurse pushed a small cart with a ventilator on it and followed.

"How is my grandma?" I asked.

The doctor looked at me. "Her condition is stable for a while, but whether she can wake up depends on herself."

I followed the bed and grabbed Sherry's hand. I murmured, "grandma, you must hold on."

Jessica stood by and said nothing.

I went home in the evening.

But I was very nervous.

My cell phone rang in the middle of the night. I was sleeping but I suddenly woke up!

I grabbed my cell phone.

I didn't save the number but I recognized it as Sherry's hospital number.

"Hello." I picked up the phone and my heart pounded.

At this time, the doctor's voice came over the phone. After introducing himself, he said a lot of technical terms on the phone. At last he said, "but the patient still died at 3:27:42 a.m..."

I didn't catch what he said after that.

I just felt my ears buzzing.

I rushed out of the house!

But it was midnight, so I couldn't get a taxi!

What should I do?

I waited for more than ten minutes. I had no choice but to run straight to the hospital.

Sherry's hospital was nearly ten kilometers from my community.

If I kept running, I would be exhausted.

But I didn't care!

I ran all the way. Because I seldom exercised, I couldn't run for a long time.

But I still couldn't get a taxi.

I kept running.

It was strange that there was no car on the road tonight.

The sky was very dark. There were no stars and no moon.

I didn't know how long I had been running. At last I saw two bright lights breaking through the dark street and driving in my direction!

"Stop!"

At that moment, I didn't think about anything and rushed to the car directly!

It was too late. The driver saw me when he was near me!

The sound of the brakes was particularly harsh on the quiet night.

But the car didn't stop and hit me!

But luckily he braked and I didn't get any serious injuries.

The man quickly got out of the car and asked me, "are you ok?"

Although my leg hurt a little, I didn't have time to think about it at this time. I hobbled along and begged him, "Sir, please take me to the hospital."

As I approached the driver, he called me first, "June?"

"Ming?"

I didnt expect that I met Ming.

He stooped and looked at my legs. He asked with concern, "are you ok? It's too late..."

"Can you take me to the hospital?" I interrupted him, "please!"

"Get in the car."

Ming opened the copilot's door for me.

I sat in the car and said gratefully, "I didn't expect to meet you here. I'm almost desperate."

"Our hospital picked up a child who swallowed preservatives by mistake at night. His parents were anxious. I stayed to appease them. That kid just came out of the emergency room and was transferred to the ward, so I came back." Ming explained to me.

"Oh."

I nodded.

Maybe it was because I had been running for a long time, my mood was both sad and numb.

Ming didn't talk because I was in a bad mood.

He didn't ask me why I wanted to go to the hospital.

When we got to the hospital, I thanked him and rushed into the hospital.

At this time, there were many people in the hospital hall.

In addition to Marlin, Inez, and Molly, Jessica's husband and son and others from Carter Family were there.

There were also doctors and police.

I saw a group of people led by Jessica talking to the doctor about something.

I squeezed in and listened carefully. Jessica was telling the doctor that Sherry's death was a medical accident in their hospital, so the hospital must compensate them.

The police were persuading so they didn't quarrel loudly.

They were just discussing it.

I looked around and saw a bed around the corner. A person covered in white was lying on the bed.

Everyone was arguing about compensation, and Sherry's body was left alone.

I walked over and stood between the doctor and Jessica. I said to her, "grandma is dead! Why can't you think about her funeral first? Why are you discussing compensation at this time?"

When I finished, everyone looked at me.

Jessica's eyes widened, "what are you talking about? Are you crazy! If we don't discuss it now, do we need to wait until she's cremated? Do you have any evidence then?"

"I..."

"Don't make it worse!"

I was pushed away by Jessica.

I looked up and saw people around me looking at me. Their faces were different, but I knew from their behavior that they were all waiting for the hospital to compensate and then they could get money.