Chapter 77: Breach at the ICU

Chase covered the microphone and said, “I’m with Waylon. We’re in the hospital’s parking garage. I’ll head back a little later.”

Wendy paused. “Waylon? He didn’t give a statement?”

Chase said, “The patient hasn’t woken up yet. Waylon thinks someone will come to clean up, so he had me set up some stuff in the ward. We’re getting ready to catch them.”

Catching criminals was dangerous work. Wendy wasn’t happy that Waylon had pulled Chase into it, and her voice turned a little cold. “Why are you following them? If they’re catching someone, don’t you dare just stand there watching the drama.”

Chase said, “I know. I won’t cause trouble. I’ll leave in another half hour. Don’t worry.”

“Okay.”

If a suspect really showed up later, he would only hold them back by staying. So, before the operation began, he planned to leave, and he made sure to remind Waylon: if they were going to catch someone, keep the noise down.

Chase made a loop around and drove to a private kitchen restaurant to pick up Wendy’s favorite food, then headed home.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Wendy sitting on the couch picking out a movie. She was dressed in simple home clothes, her hair tied up, sitting cross-legged on the couch. She looked relaxed and comfortable. At times like this, she didn’t have a trace of the strong, commanding woman about her. She just looked like a wife who had been married for years.

If Wendy had been like this from the beginning, maybe they wouldn’t have wasted those five years.

In Chase’s heart, there was some regret. Once time was missed, it could never come back. The shadow left by those five years would never completely fade.

But at least now, everything was moving in a better direction.

“Why are you just getting back? Didn’t you say half an hour?” Wendy turned her head and saw Chase carrying several food boxes. “You went to the Watering Hole?”

As she spoke, Wendy got up and walked over. Chase was about to head to the kitchen to get plates, but Wendy wrapped her arms around his waist. “Mr. Chase helped catch criminals today. So impressive!”

Chase still had his coat on and both hands full of food. With Wendy hugging him, he could only lift his arms awkwardly, unable even to stroke her shoulders.

“Stop it. I haven’t even changed yet.”

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Chapter 77: Breach at the ICU

Wendy hugged him for a while before letting go. Chase set the food down on the table and turned to take off his coat. Wendy had already started unpacking the food.

“Waylon just asked me to help out. I also suspect Henry will make a move. What do you think?” Chase asked Wendy.

After all, in Wendy’s heart, Henry was different. No matter how ugly things had gotten, at least the Henry from before had truly loved her.

Wendy’s expression didn’t change at all. She picked food for Chase and said slowly, “Maybe. Based on what I know about Henry, he would never leave himself with no way out. No matter what part of the plan went wrong, he would always have a backup solution.”

Chase hadn’t expected Wendy to still rate Henry so highly. He raised an eyebrow.

Wendy looked up and met his eyes. “You have to admit, if Henry had stayed in the business world, his position today might have been on par with mine.”

“But I can’t agree with the methods he uses to achieve his goals. Maybe that’s why people who walk different paths can’t walk together.”

Maybe they had never been on the same path to begin with; it was just a coincidence that they had walked together for a while.

“Avery still hasn’t woken up?”

“Yeah. All the vitals are stable, but for some reason, he just hasn’t regained consciousness. Waylon’s worried he might turn into a vegetable and never speak again. I told him not to worry. After all, the brain wasn’t injured.”

Wendy said, “If he really can’t wake up, that would be a huge problem.”

After dinner, the two of them started watching a movie. Chase deliberately stayed up late, wanting to wait for news from the hospital. Tomorrow was a workday, and Wendy was already dozing off in his arms. Chase thought, Maybe they won’t catch anyone today, and was about to carry Wendy back to the bedroom when the phone rang.

Wendy instantly woke up.

“Hospital,” Chase said.

The caller ID showed the name of the doctor on duty tonight. Chase immediately picked up.

“Chairman, about Avery in the ICU—”

“He woke up?” Chase asked.

The doctor said, “No. His breathing suddenly failed, and he’s been sent to the emergency room.”

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“Fine. Why would his breathing suddenly fail?”

“We haven’t found the cause yet, but he’s in the emergency room now, and a big group of police officers came in to make arrests. We… what should we do?”

Sudden respiratory failure. Waylon going in to catch someone…

Could it be…

Was the problem with the nurse?

Chase immediately got up. “I’m heading to the hospital now. Who’s the lead surgeon?”

“Lilian. The patient’s already been sent into the emergency room. Blanc is assisting.”

“Okay. I’ll be there in twenty minutes.”

Wendy had also completely woken up. She changed clothes with him, getting ready to go to the hospital together.

“The nurse has a problem,” Chase and Wendy said at the same time.

Chase drove, while Wendy sat in the passenger seat.