Chapter 1738

She would not feel assured if she did not have the anti-toxoid test reagent that Adam gave her with her.

If Jeremy were to experience another flare-up at a sudden timing, she would not know what to do.

However, even though she could get through to Adam, no one was picking up the call.

Madeline figured that Adam might be busy, so she thought she would call him later. However, when she was about to put her phone away, Adam called her back.

Madeline quickly answered the call and heard Cathy’s voice from the other side.

“Evie, it’s me.”

“Cathy, are you with Adam? Is he unable to come to the phone now?”

“Evie, he can’t come to the phone because…”

After Madeline heard what Cathy said, her eyes flashed suddenly.

Jeremy came back into the ward after making the call. When he saw Madeline’s strange expression, he strode to her and asked, “Linnie, what’s going on?”

“Something bad has happened to Shirley.” After Madeline said that, she grabbed Jeremy’s hand to walk out of the ward. At the same time, she turned around and said to Karen, “Mom, I’m going out with Jeremy for a bit. Please look after Lily.”

Karen waved her hand. “Go ahead. Don’t worry, I’ll look after Lily.”

After getting a reply from Karen, Madeline held Jeremy’s hand and quickly walked out of the ward.

“Linnie, where are we going?”

“The operating room.”

“Operating room?” Jeremy was puzzled. Then, he had an assumption and asked, “Is Shirley in the operating room?”

“Yeah.” Madeline nodded and started to increase her walking pace without realizing it.

Soon, they arrived at the corridor that led to the operating room.

From afar, Madeline could see Adam sitting on one of the chairs with a heavy and worried look on his face. Meanwhile, Cathy was sitting beside him.

When Cathy saw Madeline and Jeremy, she walked over to greet them.

“Evie, Jeremy, she’s still inside and we don’t know her condition yet.”

Jeremy looked at Adam who looked dispirited and spotted the bloodstains on Adam’s clothes. He could guess that the dried blood came from Shirley.

Shirley had disappeared from the villa, so how did she suddenly show up here?

Jeremy was confused. “What happened? Why is Shirley in the operating room and why was she with you guys?”

Cathy shook her head lightly. “I’m not sure what’s going on as well. When Adam and I were on our way home, we saw Shirley darting out into the road all of a sudden. The taxi driver couldn’t stop the car in time so he crashed into her. However, before the car hit her, she was already hurt. Plus, there was a very deep knife wound on her face.”

“She’s been disfigured?”

“Someone did it to her,” Adam said something at this moment.

Madeline looked at Adam and saw that he had a look of dismay on his face.

Even though he did not approve of a lot of the heinous things Shirley did and he abhorred her actions deeply, they were still siblings who were related by blood. Nobody would be able to be unaffected under these circumstances.

Madeline and Jeremy could guess who was the person who had kidnapped Shirley, but they did not expect them to be so heinous.

“Do you know who did this?” Adam saw the light flashing across Madeline and Jeremy’s eyes.

When Madeline was about to say something, the door of the operating room opened.

Adam turned around and rushed over immediately. “Dr. Lewis, how’s the patient?”

The doctor shook his head with a heavy look on his face. “Dr. Brown, I did everything I could. Perhaps it’ll be better if you perform the surgery.”