Chapter 4

After assessing the situation, the officer sternly told Brianna, "Ma'am, please move your vehicle immediately."

Brianna still tried to argue, pointing at me and the driver. "Officer, these two are ganging up to trick me! They're saying the child has an allergy, but it's just a common cold. They're wasting medical resources!"

The officer frowned, then looked at me.

My face was streaked with tears. I desperately pleaded, "Officer, please, believe us! My daughter is almost gone. Any later, and it will be too late!"

The officer realized the gravity of the situation and ignored Brianna's nonsense.

He decisively directed other officers to forcibly tow the Audi out of the emergency lane.

Brianna was also taken away by the police for obstructing traffic.

Our car was finally able to move, speeding like a whirlwind towards the hospital.

But when we arrived, I received devastating news.

The hospital's allergy emergency equipment was undergoing comprehensive maintenance and was temporarily out of service.

This sudden news hit me like a bolt of lightning, plunging me once again into the depths of despair.

This hadn't happened in my previous life.

It was Serena. It had to be her.

She was one of the investors in this hospital.

"How can this be? What about my daughter? She can't wait!" I gripped the doctor's arm, my voice cracking with tears.

The doctor anxiously said, "I... I don't know what to do."

I felt like I'd been instantly dragged into the deepest pit of hell.

The doctor was also very worried. "We can try some existing basic medications to start initial anti-allergy treatment and alleviate the symptoms, but this is only a temporary measure. The situation is still very critical."

I looked at Lily, unconscious and breathing faintly on the hospital bed. My heart was ablaze with fear, and I could only nod in agreement.

The doctors quickly sprang into action, treating Lily with intense focus.

During this, I immediately called the relevant department to file a complaint.

To make them take it seriously, I lied, saying the hospital was deliberately withholding allergy emergency equipment because I had offended them.

The department took it seriously and promised to investigate quickly and give me a response.

Receiving that reply, I finally let out a shaky breath.

Time ticked by, second by agonizing second, each one feeling like an entire year.

Suddenly, my phone rang.

It was Serena.

"How does it feel? Pretty good to be toyed with, huh?"

"Why are you doing this? You know Lily has an allergy!"

Serena's low laugh, like a demon's whisper, came from the other end.

"So what? She's a bastard child. Don't think I don't know, she's not even my kid."

I froze.

Lily was conceived through IVF, using Serena's and my own cells. She was doubting that?

No wonder she had been so cruel to Lily and me in my previous life.

I anxiously said, "She really is your daughter! Please, you have to save her!"

"Shut up, you poisonous husband! Jax already secretly got a paternity test for me. Lily and I have no blood relation whatsoever!"

Jax. It was Jax again.

Did he really hate Lily and me that much?

I clutched my phone, my heart a twisted knot of anger and despair.

"Serena, you just believe your brother like that?"

"I only believe evidence. Could a paternity test be fake? You and your bastard Lily can just rot!"

With that, she hung up.

I slumped to the ground, overcome with grief.

Just then, the doctor hurried out of the emergency room.

The doctor's face was grim. "The child's condition is very critical. If we don't get allergy emergency equipment soon, it's possible..."

The doctor didn't finish, but I understood his unspoken words.

Just as I was about to sink into utter despair, my phone abruptly rang again.