Seeing my mate in so much pain, I couldn’t help but feel terrible.
I regretted saying such a cruel thing to her. No matter how angry I was, I shouldn’t have said any of those words.
Fortunately, after Brian administered a tranquilizer on her, Debra finally calmed down.
“Caleb, you can leave the room now,” Brian said. “Debra’s condition isn’t good. I have to conduct further tests on her. You should leave first.”
I nodded and walked out of the ward in a daze.
“What’s wrong?” Carlos frowned and asked with concern as soon as he saw me.
I grabbed his arm and asked anxiously, “Carlos, was there a child in the car that exploded? It’s Debra’s daughter, Elena. She said that
Elena was in the car.”
“What?” Carlos gasped in shock.
“There was a kid in the car?”
I nodded. He thought about it carefully and then shook his head. “I don’t know if there was a kid in the accident. Adam has kept this matter under wraps, and his officers are all over the scene.”
He glanced at me and added cautiously, “But I saw what happened. The car was completely burnt. No adult could’ve survived, let alone a child. If there really was a child in the explosion, I’m afraid…”
His voice trailed off, but I understood what he meant.
If the child was in the car, she definitely would’ve died.
An unbearable heartbrokenness weighed down on my chest, suffocating me slowly but surely.
“This is bad, really bad!” Damien also felt terrible.
I had felt this way before, back when my son was seriously ill.
But how could this be?
Confused, I asked Damien, “What’s wrong with us? Why do I feel so strongly about this child?”
Damien sighed helplessly.
“Maybe it’s because she was Debra’s.”
I fell silent.
Debra must’ve hated me to the core now.
With a sigh, Carlos patted me on the shoulder and said, “Caleb, have you forgotten that Debra used you?”
I shook my head wordlessly.
