The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 666 A Car Accident

"George, I think Holley has completely bewitched you." Donna sneered and continued, "So tell me then who thinks ill of you!"

"Mom..." George paused and said, "Holley, I suppose, will be here in some time. Why not wait for a few minutes more?"

"No more waiting! Holley should learn to treat me with the courtesy due to an elderly woman and her future mother-in-law." Donna replied with a hint of sarcasm,"George, my willingness to get along with Holley has been wasted by her inappropriate behavior. It would be advisable for you to reflect on this and part ways with her."

"Mom, please show some understanding and tolerance." George tried his best to defend Holley.

Donna got extremely agitated and sneered, "Now I have to leave without you. I consider it my misfortune to have to deal with such a woman."

"Aunt Donna, keep calm and do not get so annoyed." Sula offered a cup of tea to Donna and tried to soothe Donna's temper.

"Only George's break-up with Holley would satisfy me!" Donna declared, grinding her teeth.

George, seeing Donna seething with anger, immediately tried to comfort her by saying, "Mom, please regain your composure. I will call Holley right now to tell her not to come over. And I will go to see the movie with you and Sula this evening to make up for Holley's misconduct."

"That would be very generous of you," Donna gladly accepted George's offer and was pacified a little.

Sensing that Donna was in a better mood, George immediately tried to put in some good words about Holley. "I hope you can spare some good thoughts for Holley also."

"I may think about it on the condition that you please me and listen to me." Donna gave her verbal consent while trying her best to make George fall in love with Sula.

Later, on the pretext of settling the bill, George moved away and called Holley. His call went unanswered. This angered him immensely.

'How could Holley disregard and disrespect my mother like this? It is time that I rethink my relationship with her, ' George thought to himself.

Donna, after all, was his mother whose needs had to be prioritized and looked into.

Just as George was about to hang up, a crude voice answered, "Who is it?"

"Who is it? That is exactly my question to you also!" George became anxious to learn who was answering Holley's phone for her.

"Were you trying to contact the girl?" the crude voice asked. It was his bad luck to have rammed into Holley and now he had to pay all the medical fees. "She has been admitted in a hospital and is undergoing a check up here. Are you her relative?"

"Hospital? Which hospital and what has happened to her? Is she hurt?" George was overcome with growing anxiety and demanded to know all the details.

"She is in the emergency room of Y City Hospital, and she..." The brawny man barely finished saying before George cut the call.

George immediately settled the bill and rushed to the lounge to tell Donna of Holley's car accident. He knew he had to reach the hospital immediately.

He glanced at Sula meaningfully and asked her to escort Donna back. Sula was familiar with every section of Y City and could be trusted.

With Donna's safety being assured, George sped towards the hospital.

Donna gazed at George's receding figure. She was overcome with suspicion.

"Donna, what could have happened? How did Holley get into a accident? She was fine sometime back." Sula could not help her suspicion. There was something fishy behind this car accident, though George had claimed that it was a major accident and Holley's life was in danger.

"She must be nothing serious, I suppose. Just more of her drama," Donna replied with a sneer. She realized it was part of Holley's ploy against her.

Donna was fully aware of Holley's extremely cunning nature from their previous confrontation in South Korea.

Sula was too wise to express her own opinion. Donna told herself to be calm and collected when confronting Holley before the game would be won.

George drove towards the hospital at full speed. His thoughts were filled with worry for Holley's condition.

Upon entering the hospital, he was met by a surgeon, who said that he wished to talk to somebody who was Holley's relative.

George instinctively came forward to present himself as Holley's boyfriend.

"Is Holley out of danger? Is she injured very severely? Where has she sustained injuries?" George asked the surgeon anxiously.

"Please calm down." The surgeon tried to appease George's anxiety. "Your girlfriend is safe and sound except for a mild concussion."

"God bless her!" George felt greatly relieved at the surgeon's reassurance and requested to see Holley at once.

"You may see the patient in the public ward in some time," the surgeon replied gently and calmly.

George expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the surgeon who had saved Holley's life. Just then the brawny man came forward. He asked in a demanding and loud voice,"Are you the girl's boyfriend?" "Yes, I am." George nodded. He then asked why the man wanted to know this.

"We just spoke over the phone," the man replied with great composure. "Now that you are here, this matter can be properly settled."

The big man eagerly began to tell the whole story. He told George how Holley and he were involved in a horrible car accident. He kept stressing as to how big an accident it was.

"Please give me a detailed account!" George encouraged him as he was eager to learn more and know the exact story.

The brawny man recalled in detail how Holley's car had collided with his. He narrated how he swiftly drove Holley to the hospital for first-aid and paid the huge medical fees out of his own pocket.