Novel - Drama Chapter 26 Daniel was prisoned
Chapter 26 Daniel was prisoned
There was no better way!
“Don’t panic! Let Karen go borrow some money first. We have to pay the medical charges. Right now, I
gotta go to the hospital in the downtown. We must save him!” Alan calmed Amy down. Amy went back
to tell Carol about it although it wouldn’t be helpful.
Alan rushed back to office and asked for leave. Then he directly hurried to the hospital. He predicted
something bad would happen in the morning, and this was the case.
It rained heavily. Alan thought about York all the way. York could possibly die on the way to the hospital
if he was hurt badly for it was really far away.
Alan felt really nervous. Daniel had treated him coldly since Alan lived with them, but after all, they
were relatives. Alan hurried nonstop over the mountains. He became exhausted and soaked.
Climbing over the mountain, he arrived in the downtown. It made him even more anxious for it had
been a while he caught no car to the county. Suddenly, a car passed by. Alan ran over immediately as if
he saw the hope.
“Bro, where are you heading to? I need to go to the downtown now. Could you please give me a ride?”
Alan asked anxiously, completely drenched in the rain.
The farmer looked at Alan with a frown, and said, “Well, get in the car.”
Alan was overjoyed. In rural areas, there were little cars even though the roads were built already. It
was easier to get a free ride compared with the city for people from city wouldn’t trust a stranger.
Alan got in and sat on the backseat. The car bumped its way over the mountain roads.
The car stopped after over two hours.
“Bro, I can’t drive you any further. You go along this road to the downtown.”
“Appreciate that, bro.” Alan made a bow. The car turned right and left.
Night was about to fall.
Alan walked and ran along the road. He was already hungry for he didn’t have lunch. He finally got to
the hospital by nightfall.
“Madam, could you please tell me where York is? He was gashed badly and sent over here yesterday
afternoon.” Alan asked hastily.
“Wait, I will check.” The nurse was pretty, but he didn’t care.
When he saw a nurse from the mortuary, Alan shouted instantly, “What the hell? Is he in the mortuary?”
His shouting arose the attention of the crowd.
“What the hell are you shouting for? I didn’t finish yet.” The nurse glanced at him impatiently, “York is
not in the mortuary. Here is the Inpatient Area and he is in the ICU ward.”
Alan regained hope as he said, “Thank you so much, Madam.”
Alan turned to Intensive Care Unit and found York. York almost died, and now he was in a coma due to
excessive loss of blood. What a luck! York would die if he was cut at the artery.
Mary, York’s mother, stared angrily at Alan when she knew who he was, “Just for several fucking
fishes? My son almost got killed.”
Alan cheered himself up. He had to comfort the victim’s family for it would be better to settle it down in
private, “Mary, it’s all out fault. York is always lucky. He will be fine.”
“Screw you! If York dies, Daniel will go to hell as well.” Mary kept looking at her son through the glass.
York was foolish, but he is Mary’s only hope to live for.
“Mary, I come here to remedy Daniel’s mistake. I beg for your kind forgiveness?” Alan said pleadingly.
“Forgive him? Why the hell didn’t he let go off my son first?” Mary sobbed.
Alan was silent for Daniel did make a mistake.
At that time, a doctor came over, handed a bill and said coldly, “Pay this bill, or we will have to move
York out of this ward.” novelbin
Mary and Alan were shocked as they knew it was ten thousand dollars.
“My god! I can’t afford!”
“Doctor, is this all the charges?” Alan asked calmly.
“What the hell are you thinking? This is only the charges this afternoon.” The doctor went away as he
spoke indifferently.
Alan knew the medical charges would be much more than that.
Alan understood Daniel had to pay the bill, which still cost more in the following days. No one could tell
when York would wake up and how much they would pay.
Karen made a living through farming all the time. How the hell could she have that amount of money?
No way. Damn! Alan now believed that money talked. Without money, they would not afford to the
hospital bill, food and housing. Daniel made this mistake all because of the lack of money.
Money was the root of all evil.
Karen passed out when she heard of the medical charges.
Alan bought some noodles, got back to the hospital, and gave it to Mary. Mary didn’t eat it at first. Alan
spent efforts to persuaded her to eat.
“Mary, why don’t you have a rest? I will take good care of York tonight. He will be fine. I promise.
Tomorrow will be your turn.” Alan talked to her sincerely.
Mary looked at the soaked Alan. Mary saw everything he had done after arriving at the hospital. She
was comforted. She understood Alan was not the one to blame. So, she nodded and found somewhere
for a rest.
It was nearly midnight. Alan needed to go to the police office tomorrow morning. What he hoped for
now was that York could awake from the coma. The nurse on duty walked around to kill times. She saw
Alan was a cutie and wanted to hooked up with him but shook her head and left for his poor dress.
Alan kept looking after York overnight.
He went to police and waited outside in early morning. Detained in a cell, Daniel looked haggard and
tired.
“I disappointed all of you. I am a bastard. What the hell did I do!” Daniel cried and slapped himself on
his face, “Sentence me to death if it is helpful. But how the hell can my family afford such a huge
amount of charges.”
“Once York wakes up, let Mary comfort him. Perhaps, he will forgive you. And for the medical charges,
I will handle it.”
“You? How the hell can you raise that amount of money?” Daniel felt confused. For now, Daniel only
concerned for his wife and daughters.
“I will figure it out. I won’t let your family suffer hardships.” Alan held Daniel’s hand. Alan actually didn’t
know what to do. He said it only for comforting Daniel.
“Money? How the hell am I supposed to get it?” Alan kept thinking about it.