Chapter 117
Chapter 117
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The young father looked at Patrick, then ahead. He could feel their car fading into the night as if they would never escape the darkness.
Patrick’s incomparably calm voice was still coming from the front. “See that tree up ahead? I’m going to hit it. The car will slow down a bit. You can take the opportunity to roll out the car with your child.”
The young father couldn’t understand how Patrick could still sound so calm at a time like this.
He remembered that Patrick was a young actor, who had publicly announced online that he was only twenty–seven years old. Patrick was eight years younger than him.
He wondered if it was because Patrick saw no hope of survival that he was able to be so calm.
“Are you ready?” Patrick asked, his voice still low and calm, inspiring absolute confidence.
“Yes.” The young father nodded firmly, holding his child tightly. At this moment, he only felt dizzy, the whole world beginning to turn upside down.
“Okay, go down then,” Patrick said in a tone of resignation.
The big tree was getting closer, right before their eyes.
“Bang!” The car slammed into the tree.
At the same time, the rear door opened. The car paused briefly, and the young father, holding his child in his arms, rolled out of the back seat.
The world really did turn upside down.
After a long while, the young father climbed up from the ground. Without checking if he was injured, he first checked his child’s vital signs.
When he confirmed that his child was still alive, tears streamed down his face, blurring his vision.
There was also blood, dripping down from his head.
Through the dripping blood and tears, he saw the car he had just been in. After a brief pause, it started up again and drove into the reservoir under construction.
“Splash!” The loud sound almost pierced his eardrums. Water splashed up into the air and then fell like artificial rain, drenching them.
The young father held his child and stared blankly.
The car was going too fast. After plunging deep into the water, it continued to sink.
The feeling of weightlessness hit Patrick hard, causing him to be unable to move for a long time. He felt like he was endlessly falling.
After the initial loud noise, there was an immense silence, as if he were the only one in the whole world. Even his breathing
was so clear.
He held a hammer in his hand. But before he could break the car window, he suddenly heard a crash. The window cracked,
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and in an instant, the window shattered. Water rushed in, stealing the air.
Patrick was immediately swept up in the violent current.
He was like a leaf in a strong wind, unable to control his movements.
He felt dizzy, a strong sense of vertigo.
It was as if he had been hit by something, leaving his mind blank for more than ten seconds as the water poured into his mouth.
He had no oxygen. His breath was completely stolen.
At this moment, Patrick thought he saw his mother.
The morning sunlight streamed down through the gaps in the lush branches and leaves, and his mother appeared with the dawn. Her hair, her expression, and even the hand she extended to him were all gentle.
She said, “My son, I’ve missed you so much all these years in the other world. How have you been?”
Her voice was still as gentle as ever as if it had its own warmth, and even her simple words enveloped him like the sun.
After his mother left, he rarely had a soft moment, but now, he missed his mother.
“It’s hard work taking care of Louis alone, isn’t it? Come here to me. I’ll help you take care of him.”
Her voice was still very soft and gentle. She was bathed in sunlight, making him yearn for her infinitely. Patrick wanted to hold his mother’s hand tightly. He wanted to follow the halo of light surrounding his mother. However, Patrick suddenly frowned as he thought of Louis. When his mother passed away, Louis wasn’t born yet.
At that moment, Patrick also remembered what Juliette had said. No matter what he faced, he had to think of Louis. Louis was still waiting for him to go home.
He had promised Juliette that he would go home, for their child, and her.
Patrick opened his eyes and found himself in deep water, the kind he couldn’t find his way out of.
It was also at this time that he noticed a change in the current, and a halo of light slowly appeared somewhere.
It was a real halo, not something he imagined. And that halo, slowly but surely, was drawing closer to him.
It continued to draw closer, and the water was clouded by the light.
*Through the murky water, he saw Juliette swimming towards him.
She didn’t bring any equipment, but at that moment, Patrick felt like she had brought the whole world to him.
Juliette grabbed his hand and pulled him towards her. She wrapped her arms around his waist, pulled him close, and covered his lips with hers, giving him air.
Patrick stared at her; his vision clear even underwater, taking in everything around them.
The current made her long hair float in the water like seaweed.
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For some reason, Patrick reached out and touched her hair, his fingers threading through her long locks.
It was a strange feeling soft and smooth like silk, making it hard to let go.
As Juliette gave him air, she held him tightly around the waist and swam towards the surface.
As long as Patrick didn’t struggle randomly in her arms, it was still easy to bring him to the surface.
By the time they reached the surface of the water, the rescue team was already nearby.
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Juliette dragged Patrick to the shore and tried to get him onto a stretcher, but found that Patrick was clinging tightly to her hand.
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Her gaze shifted from Patrick’s hand to his face. She saw that his face was pale, and there was liquid dripping down his body. It might be water or blood.
The light was dim, and it was hard to see clearly.
However, his lips were pursed tightly, and he was obviously in a coma.
The moment he stroked Juliette’s hair in the water was just his last moment of consciousness.
“I’ll go to the hospital with him.” Since Juliette couldn’t pull her hand out, she had no choice but to get into the ambulance with Patrick and go straight to the hospital.
It stood to reason that the accident should have been reported quickly, as there were no fatalities.
In fact, some reporters did report it, saying that Patrick, founder of Macroft Group, appeared at the scene of the accident. However, no one was paying attention to that news for now because a piece of news had captured the public’s attention. The senior management of Macroft Group would hold a press conference to apologize to the public for the accident. As for the truth, the public thought that it would be revealed in this press conference, unaware that someone was trying hard to cover up the real truth.
