The Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire
Chapter 471: Trapped In The Rubble

Chapter 471: Trapped In The Rubble

Janet didn’t know what had happened. She was so engrossed in the movie that she didn’t notice whenthe ceiling started to shake. The next thing she knew, she was lying flat on the floor of the aisleunderneath Ethan as the ceiling collapsed.

To her horror, something heavy fell on Ethan and she heard a loud noise. Then it was pure chaos. Theroom fell into darkness. She could hear people’s screams and cries for help and Ethan’s heavybreathing.

“Ethan, are you hurt?” she asked urgently.

A faint smell of blood wafted in the air. Janet had no idea if it was Ethan’s or someone else’s. Havingbeen hit just now, Et han had rolled down the stairs. Janet’s voice trembled as she fumbled for Ethan inthe darkness.

“Ethan?” She knew that he must’ve gotten hurt. She could hear his low, pained moans in the darkness.

However, after a few deep breaths, it became deathly silent. Janet couldn’t hear anything from thedirection where Ethan was. Janet wanted to rush to his side, but a ceiling frame had inadvertentlycaged her. When she tried to stand up, her head hit the slate, causing a flurry of concrete powder to fallall over Janet’s face.

“Ahem!” She inhaled the powder and couldn’t stop coughing.

It was pitch black and she could barely see her hand in front of her. As she tried to get a feel for hersurroundings, Janet concluded that the collapsed ceiling had fallen on top of the rows of seats, trappingthem inside the aisle.

“Hello? Is anyone else there?” She shouted at the top of her lungs. Although there weren’t many otherpeople watching this movie, she recalled at least a dozen other movie-goers in the cinema. But now, it

was eerily quiet.

The cries for help just now had stopped. Perhaps the fallen ceiling had knocked them out. Withoutthinking too much, Janet continued to crawl ahead.

“Ouch!” Pain shot up from her knees. Janet winced and fumbled forward, trying to navigate with herpalms. Finally, she touched something that felt like knitted fabric. It had to be the dark blue sweater thatEthan wore today.

“Ethan! Ethan, can you hear me?” Janet tapped him, but she received no response. He must havepassed out.

The smell of blood in the air was more intense now that she was near Ethan. When she reached out totouch his arm, her fingers sank into something sticky and warm. Her mind went blank. Suddenly, panicseized her. She took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself down. Then she placed her hand underEthan’s nose to see if he was still breathing.

After a few seconds, she sighed in relief. She could still feel a faint breath coming from his nose. Next,Janet pressed her ear against Ethan’s chest. She could hear his heart beating.

He was alive! Gritting her teeth, Janet hastily wiped the blood on her knees with her hands. Then sheretraced her steps back to her seat, hoping to replace her phone and bag in the rubble.

When the ceiling collapsed just now, the chandelier had fallen along with it. Consequently, the floorwas covered in broken glass. Janet tried her best to avoid them.

Now she only hoped her phone wasn’t smashed to bits. She had been texting Johanna throughout themovie, so her phone wasn’t inside her bag. Janet managed to make it back to her seat.

She fumbled around in the darkness, searching for her phone. Finally, she found it under a pile of dust.The screen had been cracked, but the phone itself was still functioning. She immediately dialed 911.

“I’m in Sherwood Cinema and the ceiling has just collapsed. Please, we need your help.”

After giving the 911 operator all the details, she called the hospital. Then, all she could do was wait.Seconds felt like minutes, and minutes felt like hours. Suddenly, she heard the sound of falling stones.

“Help! Is there anyone here?” she shouted desperately. Although there was no response, soon sheheard noises from outside. It sounded like somebody was trying to dig a hole into the fallen ceiling.

Finally! They were going to be saved! Janet was optimistic. She never even considered that diggingthrough the rubble would take a lot of time. Moreover, this was the biggest cinema in Seacisco. Shewaited anxiously. Several hours passed. The sound of digging outside continued, but she could tell thatit was still far away from where she was.