Chapter 157

The impact caused Hodge to roll on the road, which might have led to broken bones.

He rolled over several times. But despite his injuries, Hodge stood up and stumbled forward.

In the car, the man in the flowery shirt came back to his senses. The sharp pain in his crotch made him

look ferocious.

“Knock him down! Kill him!”

Upon receiving the order, the driver then maneuvered the car. He made a sharp turn and drove fast in

Hodge’s direction.

Hodge closed his eyes in hopelessness as he saw the car approaching fast.

The next second, Hodge was knocked to the ground, blood gushing from his body.

Meanwhile, the car immediately drove away, joining the heavy traffic on the bridge.

Only Hodge, who was lying on the ground, and Corbin, who was unconscious in the car not far away,

remained at the scene.

When Eliana took a taxi to catch up with Hodge, the bridge was closed as two ambulances blocked the

way. A huge crowd of onlookers obstructed the path ahead.

Eliana tried her best to push her way through the crowd, only to see medical personnel in the middle of

the road carrying the unconscious Corbin into an ambulance. His head was covered in blood, Corbin!

Why was he here? Did Maurice send him here?

But Eliana didn’t have time to think about Corbin at that moment.

She noticed Hodge on another stretcher. The blood flowing from his body had stained the stretcher,

and medical personnel were giving him first-aid treatment.

Hodge seemed to be in a more critical stage than Corbin.

Eliana’s heartbeat quickened, and she dashed towards Hodge.

Eliana was stopped by the medical staff. “Miss, you can’t come here. We’re taking the patient to the

hospital shortly.”

“I’ll go with you, Doc. I know the man on the stretcher. He is Hodge Chadwick,” Eliana explained

anxiously.

The medical staff hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Eliana got into the ambulance and accompanied Hodge to the hospital.

“Eliana…”

Hodge, who had received emergency treatment, regained consciousness and noticed Eliana sitting

beside him.

“Hodge! You’re awake!”

Eliana gripped Hodge’s hand tightly, her emotions tangled. “You still haven’t told me the truth. You can’t

die.”

When people were dying, they became kind and honest. Hodge couldn’t help but feel guilty as he

stared at Eliana.

“Eliana… Sorry… I… lied… The Pierce family… was plotted against by the one… from the Moran…

fami…”

He lost consciousness before he could even finish his sentence.

Eliana was shocked. “Hodge! Hodge!”

“His heart has stopped beating. Please step aside, miss!”

The medical personnel approached Hodge to revive him.

After some time, the ambulance arrived at the hospital. Hodge was immediately taken to the operating

room.

Eliana was left outside the operating room’s door. There were stains of blood in her skin.

At that exact moment, Eliana felt as if she was transported back to the day of her father’s death. She

witnessed her father, who was also covered in blood, being pushed into the operating room.

When she saw him again, he was already wrapped in a thick white cloth.

Her mother then committed suicide three days after her father died. She was still rushed to the hospital,

but she didn’t survive.

Eliana completely broke down when she saw her mother’s pale face covered in white cloth.

She’d cried nonstop for two days and two nights in the hospital, until she could no longer shed a tear.

The desperate and painful memories washed over her like a flood.

Her consciousness gradually blurred as her father’s blood-splattered face and her mother’s cold body

reappeared in her mind.

Eliana eventually couldn’t hold on and fell down.

Luckily, a pair of strong arms caught her. She could feel herself being held in a warm embrace.