Sarah was stabbed by a lunatic and sent to the hospital. Only my wife, who was known as a surgeon of genius, could operate.

I made countless phone calls, but none of them were answered.

I received a message on my phone about my wife booking a hotel room.

In a moment of desperation, I ran to the hotel. As soon as I opened the door, I saw my wife applying medicine to her first love.

I was extremely sad, but I understood that it was not the time to blame her. I held my wife's hand, about to save Sarah.

My wife slapped me hard.

"Bryce injured his hand. I booked a room to apply medicine to him, but you thought I cheated on you. Don't bring my mom into this."

She left before I could say anything.

That day, Sarah died with regret and left us forever.

1

"Zane, the knife has pierced through the abdomen, causing rapid and excessive blood loss. The patient needs surgery quite urgently. I need Dr. Brown in the operating room when she arrives."

Dr. Harris hurriedly came out and said a few words before turning back in.

"You must be quick, otherwise Sarah won't last two hours."

I was in a panic, but there was nothing I could do.

Since I stepped into the hospital, I had been calling my wife, Jade Brown, but she didn't answer.

I held my phone and called again. Luckily, she finally answered the phone.

"Zane Miller, what do you want to do?"

On the other end of the phone, her voice was filled with anger.

"Hurry back, your mom is in the operating room."

Before I could finish speaking, the call was cut off.

I tried calling again, but her phone was turned off.

At the same time, I received a message from a hotel which was located in the east of the city.

At a glance, I knew this was not a scam message.

Today, Jade was off. She told me that she and Bryce Allen were going to the east of the city to look at houses, but I didn't expect them to go to a hotel.

For a moment, I had mixed emotions.

But I quickly suppressed them and took a taxi to the east of the city.

Sarah was my mentor, treating me with great kindness like her own son.

I wouldn't easily give up on her life.

When I arrived at the hotel, I read the message to find out the room number. Standing at the door, I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down.

I knocked on the door, but there was no sound. After a while, Jade's voice came from inside the room.

"Who is it?"

"It's me."

As soon as I finished speaking, something heavy fell to the ground in the room.

After a while, the door opened from the inside, revealing Jade's beautiful face.

Today, she deliberately put on light makeup and wore a pure white dress, just like when I first met her.

The door was wide open, and at a glance, I saw Bryce sitting on the bed inside.

My gaze quickly swept over the two of them. Their clothes were neat, but the bedding was messy.

Before I could say anything, Jade angrily asked, "What do you mean, Zane? Since when have you been following me?"

...

Jade looked at me with disgust as if I shouldn't be there.

I didn't question why the two of them were in a hotel room. I knew Sarah was in a very bad condition and anxiously pulled Jade out.

"Sarah was stabbed by a mentally ill person. Come with me to the hospital. Only you can perform the surgery now!"

Jade forcefully shook off my hand and glared at me, speechless with disgust.

"My mom called me an hour ago and said she went to school to organize some documents and would be back at noon."

"She was stabbed by a lunatic? Zane, use your brain even when you lie!"

Jade obviously didn't believe me.

Bryce stood up and walked to the door.

"Zane, Jade and I booked a hotel room because my hand was injured. You and she are a couple. There should be some trust, right? Why did you follow us to the hotel, trying to catch us cheating?"

"What do you really think of Jade?"

He showed his injured arm and said, full of righteous indignation, "Sarah's nice to you. Why did you curse her?"

...

In just a few words, he twisted the truth and Jade looked at me with even more disgust.

"You're really getting more and more insane. Not only are you restricting my freedom by tracking me, but you're also lying about my mom being stabbed. Should I send you to a mental hospital to calm you down?"

I wanted to argue back, but I understood that now was not the time to do it.

"On the way to school, Sarah encountered a mentally ill person who stabbed her three times. Her abdomen was pierced by a sharp knife, and she is in great danger."

"Dr. Harris said that if the surgery is not performed within two hours, she will die!"

When I received a phone call informing me to go to the hospital, Sarah, in a hospital bed, was being taken to the operating room.

She was covered in blood, which really shocked me.

Thinking back on this, I still felt fear.

Perhaps I had a very terrible expression of fear on my face.

The sarcasm on Jade's face subsided a bit. After three years of marriage, she knew very well what kind of person I was.

But Bryce sneered.

"Zane, don't be so ridiculous. Sarah was stabbed, and the hospital should have notified Jade first."

"The police didn't arrive at the scene? They didn't even call Jade? Are you more important than Jade?"

"I know you don't want Jade to see me, but Jade and I are already over. You don't have to follow her and lie to her."

"Jade is a person. She needs her own social space. Are you a pervert who wants to control her for a lifetime?"

After he twisted my words, Jade, who believed me for a minute just now, looked even more indifferent.

I was filled with anger, almost spitting out blood.

I couldn't help but roar at Bryce, "Shut up!"

Then I looked at Jade. "The police and the hospital have called you, but your phone has been turned off. Now turn it on and check the messages."

Naturally, the police and the hospital would notify Jade first, but they couldn't reach her by phone. Thanks to that hotel booking message, I was able to find her here.

Jade's face softened for a moment. She took out her phone and indeed it was out of battery.

She charged it and turned it on after a few minutes, but there were no missed calls.

Jade raised her phone and coldly questioned, "No missed calls. No messages. Zane, you are absolutely insane!"

...

Bryce leaned closer to her, feeling aggrieved.

"Jade, calm down. Zane loves you too much, so he wants to control you."

I didn't understand why Jade didn't receive any messages or missed calls from me.

But I was sure I called her.

Perhaps they were deleted by someone.

I gave Bryce a fierce stare, and he shrank back.

I met Jade's mocking gaze and took out my phone to call Dr. Harris.

"You and Dr. Harris were classmates in college, so you should trust what she says!"

I moved my cold fingers and dialed Dr. Harris' number.

But Jade snatched the phone from me and smashed it on the ground, shattering it into pieces.

"Zane, that's enough!"

"I was just treating Bryce's wound in a hotel room, but you followed me here and cursed my mom. Do you have any idea how good she has been to you all these years? How ungrateful you are!"

"Bryce has been working hard in another city, and now he wants to go back to his hometown. I'm just helping out as an old classmate."

"You have no idea how many hardships he's gone through, but you're suspicious and causing a scene at the hotel. Do you have no manners?"

I was so angry that my chest was heaving and I couldn't breathe properly.

But now was not the time to argue.

I suppressed my overwhelming anger and looked at Jade pleadingly.

"Your mom is really in the hospital now. If your phone is turned on, just call Dr. Harris and she can prove it."

"There are only two hours left. Please go to the hospital with me. If you find out that I'm lying, you can divorce me!"

My voice choked and my eyes turned red.

Jade looked at me and inexplicably took out her phone, about to dial a number.

But before she could make the call, Bryce next to her shouted, "Jade, the agent sent me a message saying that there is a cheap fully furnished house for urgent sale, with a discount of 8,500 dollars!"

...

Then he looked at Jade with a shy expression and gratefully said, "If it weren't for your connections, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get such a favorable price. Can I treat you to a meal after we finish looking at the house?"

...

Jade avoided Bryce's gaze and nodded shyly.

"Zane, you can come with us," Bryce said smugly.

...

Ignoring his words, I held Jade's hand and pleaded desperately, "Sarah is waiting for you to save her life. She is your mom. After your father divorced her, she supported you all the way and helped you become a skilled surgeon. You can't watch her die."

...

Bryce, who was only thinking about the cheap house, urged Jade.

"Jade, the agent is already here. If we delay too long, the house will be sold."

Recalling Sarah's kindness towards me, I gritted my teeth and knelt in front of the two of them.

"Jade, I'm begging you. Please go to the hospital and save her. She is really in critical condition. Only you can save her."

Bryce became angry.

"Zane, are you ever going to stop? What's the point of repeatedly lying to Jade? Don't you just want to keep her by your side?"

"But this time, Jade and I really have an urgent matter. Can you please stop causing trouble?"

Jade reached the end of her patience and glared at me fiercely.

"Zane, don't make trouble here. Get out of our way!"

Still kneeling, I humbly held onto her legs.

"Are you really going to disregard your mother's life just to look at the houses with him?"

"Jade, they're calling again."

Bryce held his phone, looking anxiously at Jade.

In just a second, Jade made a decision between me and Bryce.

"Zane, you're heartless, but I am not. I'll do Bryce this favor."

After saying that, she was about to leave the hotel with Bryce.

I grew up without a mother. It was Sarah who let me know what motherly love was like. I absolutely could not watch her die!

I took a deep breath, took out a knife, and held it against my own neck.

I shouted loudly, "Jade, if I lie about Sarah being stabbed, I will die miserable!"

"Come back with me. She's your biological mom. Only you can perform the surgery. I beg you to save her life."

I humbled myself, but I had no regrets.

But Jade just glanced at me indifferently.

"Drop the act. I just checked my mom's location and she's still at school. Everything is normal."

This time, Jade walked away with Bryce without looking back. No matter how loud I shouted behind her, it was useless.

I sat on the ground in despair, feeling totally drained. Waves of helplessness and despair crashed over me.

At this moment, Dr. Harris called, and as soon as I answered, I heard her furious roar.

"What the hell are you and Dr. Brown doing? We agreed to meet in two hours, but why didn't you show up? Sarah is dead. She's dead!"

I didn't hear the second half of her words. I just felt dizzy, and my whole body went numb.

I sat in the hotel for I didn't know how long. Then I drove alone to the hospital.

I knelt beside Sarah's body, crying and slapping myself.

"It's all my fault. I couldn't bring Jade back."

I called my wife to inform her of Sarah's death, but there was no answer on the other end.

Dr. Harris wiped away her tears and conveyed Sarah's last words.

"Sarah said if you can't reach Jade by phone, you will be responsible for the funeral arrangements. She also said that the cemetery is expensive and don't buy it. You gotta bury her in a vacant lot in front of the old house in the suburbs."

Dr. Harris looked at my stunned expression and sighed.

"Sarah has known about you and Jade all these years. She knew you went to find Jade before she died and said that with Bryce by her side, you wouldn't be able to bring her back."

So Sarah knew everything.

She knew that her daughter would trust a stranger more than her own husband.

Or, in other words, Jade and I had been married for three years, but we were not happy. Sarah saw it and felt bad.

Sarah was so hopeful that Jade and I would be great together, and she silently kept emotions leashed within for three years.

I couldn't help but burst into tears.

I saw Jade, but I failed to bring her back. If I could make it, Sarah wouldn't have died.

I hate Jade for being indifferent and cruel and myself for being helpless.

I knelt in the morgue all night, but Jade still did not answer her phone.

According to Sarah's last words, I took care of everything and never sent a message to Jade or made a phone call in the meantime.

Jade left behind her mom and looked at houses with her first love. I thought Sarah would find it annoying.

I arrived home with the urn, and it was already dawn.

When I opened the door, the smell of alcohol filled the air. Jade and Bryce were both sleeping soundly on the sofa.

Jade actually brought Bryce home!

No wonder I couldn't get through to her.

I was furious.

I had no feelings for Jade now. Her mother just passed away, and she was actually having fun with another man.

I put down the urn and punched the heavily drunk Bryce in the face.

Bryce woke up in pain and screamed, "Are you crazy, Zane?"

...

Jade heard the noise, sobered up, and stood between me and Bryce.

She gently touched Bryce's face and checked if he was hurt, her eyes full of tenderness. Then she glared at me like an enemy.

I looked at Jade, who was in a mess, and pointed at the urn on the table.

"Because of your biased and gullible nature, your mom has already passed away. Now, because of him, you didn't even get to see her for the last time. Are you even human?" I said with sorrow and indignation.

A crisp sound rang out.

I got slapped in the face.

Jade looked at me fiercely.

"Zane, I have tolerated you for a long time. My mom is my weak spot indeed, but I absolutely cannot tolerate you repeatedly using my mom against Bryce."

"Last time, you lied about my mom being stabbed with a lunatic. And now, you even bring out her ashes. You are being ridiculous!"

I looked at Jade in disbelief.

"You still don't believe that these are your mom's ashes?"

I found it ridiculous, but I couldn't laugh.

Jade and Bryce drank at home and didn't see me and Sarah there. Didn't they have any suspicions at all?

Jade was a skilled surgeon and was extremely observant. It was impossible for her not to notice that something was wrong.

But she just refused to call the doctor and verify what I said.

Jade looked away from my sad and angry face and picked up the urn on the table.

"Don't put on that look on your face. Is there powdered milk inside? Looks like it."

With that, she poured some into the wine.

"Don't drink!"

But Jade didn't listen to me. She always went against me.

My mind was blank, and I felt like I couldn't breathe properly.

I felt like the sky was falling.

Jade, who was drunk, sneered at me.

"Zane, this is powdered milk. How dare you deceive me?"

"I have said countless times that Bryce and I are just ordinary friends. You always doubt me and restrict my freedom, which only makes me dislike you more."

At this moment, I couldn't spare time to argue with her. I was taking her to the hospital for gastric lavage.