Chapter 285

Nicole was quite anxious and sweating profusely. "Please don't cry, Mommy. Can you tell me what's happening?"

Rose and Zackery had only two children, Nicole and Wilson, who were very close to each other. Nicole felt anxious and concerned knowing that Wilson was in the hospital, seriously hurt.

"What's going on? What happened?! Before I went to bed, Wilson was fine. I even heard him quarreling with Dad downstairs. Why is he in the hospital with serious injuries now?" Nicole thought in confusion.

But Rose's mind was in turmoil. Tears flowed down her face without pause and she couldn't replace the words to answer the question. Zackery waved his hand irritably and said, "Stop asking questions. Let's go to the hospital to check on your brother first."

Nicole quickly agreed without even changing out of her pajamas. She threw on a coat and rushed to the hospital with her parents. When they arrived at the hospital, it was already 4:30 am.

They h bed!

hurried to the operating room. The door opened, and a doctor and a nurse wheeled out a bed. Wilson was lying on the

"Wilson!" shouted Nicole and Rose.

They rushed over to the bed and saw Wilson lying still with an oxygen mask on his face, his head wrapped in thick gauze. His eyes were shut, and his face was black and blue. One of his legs was wrapped in bandages, and his body was covered in cuts and bruises. Tears streamed down Rose's face, and she was out of breath from crying so hard.

Nicole, with red eyes, asked the doctor in concern, "How is my brother? How did he get so badly injured?"

Zackery's face revealed distress upon seeing his son's injury. He then glared at the doctor with a cold, sharp gaze,

"You must be the family members of the injured."

The doctor took off his mask and said with a serious look, "He's in critical condition. His life is still at risk. He needs to be moved to the ICU for observation immediately." Kay! Just do it!"

"And his right leg is severely injured, like it has been hit hard. There are broken bones below his knees and his tendons are damaged too. Based on the injury, even if he makes a recovery, his leg will likely not return to its normal state. Please be prepared for this mentally."

The Duarte family's faces suddenly turned pale.

"Doctor, what do you mean by that?" Rose asked through trembling lips. "Are you saying my son's leg is injured so badly that he won't be able to stand up ever again!!"

"We operated on him, but his injury is so severe that there isn't much chance that he will be able to get up."

He shook his head with regret and continued, "However, it's not impossible. If the patient recovers well and tolerates intense rehabilitation, he can still possibly walk again."

The Duarte family could hear the deep sympathy and regret in the doctor's tone.

Rose couldn't take it and fainted.

After the chaos, Wilson was pushed into intensive care for observation. The doctor quickly issued a medical crisis notice, saying that if Wilson didn't wake up in 48 hours, he might become a vegetable.

It was because his head was seriously injured, causing brain bleeding to press on his nerves. It was difficult to predict the

of this injury.

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For the time being, the doctor's only option was to have Wilson under observation.

Rose, who was unconscious, was also taken to the hospital bed.

Two out of the four Duarte family members were in the hospital in one night

Nicole sat by the hospital bed, looking haggard as she watched Zackery lash out on the phone. She appeared desperate, and her eyes reflected despair.

In just a few days, one blow after another came.

She did everything she could to have a child, but the baby was not Charlie's.

Charlie hated her to the core.

Her brother might not be able to stand and had a chance of being a vegetable. Her mother was unable to cope with the distressing news and fell into a coma.

Nicole felt like she was close to having a mental breakdown. Hardships kept coming one after another, nudging her closer the edge.

She put her hands over her face, feeling like she had plunged into a deep sadness."

Wilson was in a deep coma for two full days and nights. He suddenly woke up just as the Duarte family was about to lose hope.

He weakly opened his eyes and felt dizzy at first, but his vision cleared up gradually. He found himself in the ICU, staring at a pale ceiling. From the corner of his eye, he noticed his mother and sister standing guard beside him. Nicole watched over him all night, resting her head on the bed's edge. When she noticed he moved, she immediately looked up and saw that he had woken up. Her face lit up with excitement.

"Wilson... you're awake!"

Wilson looked at her and tried to speak, but the cut on his lip caused him to inhale sharply in pain and frown.

"Don't move. You're seriously injured."

Nicole held his hand tightly with pity and her eyes were full of tears. "I'm getting the doctor over right away. Wait a minute?"

As she spoke, she wiped her eyes, stood up, and was about to leave.

She felt guilty for what happened to her brother.

If she hadn't caused trouble, he wouldn't have lost his temper and headed to Pleasure Point to release his anger and frustration.

Zackery asked people to investigate who dared to assault his son.

Unexpectedly, the day after Wilson went to the hospital, someone from Pleasure Point called him and gave him a detailed account of what happened that night.

Next, a representative was sent to the hospital with a bill for Wilson's expenses from the previous night at Pleasure Point and a list of damaged items from the private room. The representative demanded that Zackery pay the bill.

lis demeanor was assertive, yet his appeal was sensible.

Pleasure Point was not owned by only one rich family in Dirke. Instead, over a dozen powerful families were joint owners and split the shares of Pleasure Point among themselves.

If anything occurred at Pleasure Point, these wealthy and influential families would unite to back it up.

The Stewart, Goodwin, and Linetti families were among them.

Simply put, Pleasure Point had a tough stance thanks to its over a dozen powerful supporters. The Duarte family couldn't compete with one or two supporters, much less with over a dozen.

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Moreover, Wilson was in the wrong in the first place. He deserved to be taught a lesson for attempting to skip payment at Pleasure Point,

On the phone, the manager of Pleasure Point not only demanded that Zackery pay for the club's losses but also said sarcastically, "The heir of the famous Duarte family turned out to be such a good-for-nothing. He even tried to skip payment at a nightclub. How ridiculous!"

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