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When Corey called, Blair couldn’t bear to check the screen, terrified it might be Katelyn with worse news.
Relief washed over him seeing it wasn’t.
Katelyn paced frantically outside the emergency room when Blair arrived.
Spotting him, she stopped and met his gaze. “Sir, you’re here.”
Blair’s eyes were bloodshot, his voice gravelly. “How’s Winnie?“.
Katelyn shook her head. “No doctor’s come out yet. I don’t know.”
Blair shut his eyes briefly, jaw clenched tight.
His mind churned with chaos, heart pounding wildly against his ribs.
After sitting down on the bench, he hunched over, clasped his hands against his forehead, silently praying for his daughter’s safety.
Seeing Blair like this, Katelyn opened her mouth to speak but
swallowed her words.
Winnie’s condition remained uncertain, so she decided against voicing negative thoughts.
Several minutes passed before Blair suddenly looked up and asked Katelyn, “Where’s Bianca?”
Katelyn turned to Blair, shaking her head. “She wasn’t here when I
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arrived. I don’t know where she went.”
Hearing this, Blair furrowed his brow.
He pulled out his phone and checked it. There were messages he’d sent Bianca asking her to come stay with Winnie at the hospital, but no replies.
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Though Bianca hadn’t responded, Blair believed she wouldn’t abandon their daughter.
He figured she must be busy with something.
But after waiting another ten minutes, there was still no sign of Bianca.
So Blair decided to call her.
The call connected, but nobody answered.
He tried several more times, all unanswered.
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Blair grew bewildered, unsure whether Bianca was ignoring him or hadn’t seen the calls.
Just as his anxiety peaked, the ER doors swung open.
Blair sprang up, voice tense. “Doctor, how’s my daughter?”
The bespectacled doctor removed his mask. “She’s stable now, but needs overnight observation in pediatric ICU before moving to a regular ward.”
Blair exhaled the breath he’d been holding.
Seeing his relief, the doctor scolded, “Winnie’s only five! Parents should know better than to leave a hospitalized child alone.”
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Blair frowned. “But her mother came, didn’t she?”
The doctor’s torte sharpened. “Had the mother been here, this ER visit wouldn’t have happened.”
Only then did Blair realize Bianca never showed up.
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He stopped hearing the doctor’s next words.
All he cared about now was why Bianca hadn’t come.
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Rage ignited in Blair’s chest as he repeatedly dialed Bianca.
Still, no answer.
Now he knew: she wasn’t missing his calls–she was deliberately ignoring them.
Her willful neglect nearly cost their daughter’s life.
Thankfully Winnie was safe. But if she hadn’t been…
Blair couldn’t bear to finish the thought.
Meanwhile, in the hospital room.
After Lynette left, Bianca finished breakfast.
Elvin hadn’t slept all night, stubble shadowing his jaw, dark circles bruising his eyes.
Yet he showed no intention of leaving.
He now sat bedside, meticulously peeling an apple with a fruit knife.
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The skin spiraled downward in one unbroken coil.
Although he looked world–weary, sitting there with his head bowed made for a handsome sight.
The screen of Bianca’s phone on the nightstand had lit up several times. She knew messages or calls were coming through, but she didn’t bother checking.
Elvin noticed too. When he glanced over, he saw it was Blair calling.
Seeing Bianca had no intention of answering, he didn’t comment.
But after finishing peeling the apple, he finally asked, “Really not going to take his call?”
Bianca knew “he” meant Blair.
After a moment’s hesitation, she replied softly, “No. Not answering.”
She guessed Blair probably wanted her to visit Winnie at the hospital.
But in her current state, how could she be there for Winnie?
