Chapter 52 Enough Is Enough!
All at once, different thoughts filled Leonica’s head, her eyes clouding with tears at the scene while her legs threatened to give out from beneath her.
But she didn’t give in to their urges, instead, she took shaky steps towards her unconscious son. Dulling out Daisy’s cries for her friend and Arvan’s voice saying incoherent words, she gently sank to her kneels, careful not to shake Ashely’s body too much as she cradled him.
In the background, Gabriel had just finished calling the nearest hospital and no less than five minutes later, an ambulance arrived at the scene, prying Ashley out of Leonica’s hold, to which she bitterly allowed.
Gabriel who was just as shaken up by the situation, turned his eyes away from the ambulance for a second, fixing it on Leonica who looked very much like she was about to have a panic attack and break down at the same time.
His feet moved quickly, without his consent, even with his content, he wouldn’t have stopped, and in seconds, he was beside her, catching both her shoulders in time to stop her from sinking to the floor.
"Hey, Pull yourself together." His eyes searched her tears stricken face as he spoke. "Breaking down like this wouldn’t do Ashely any good, so..." Gabriel hesitated, not too good at comforting someone, especially when that someone was his ex wife. But at last, he found the right words to add. "You need to be strong for Ashley."
He’s words was like a little wake up shot to Leonica. Her mind became clear And quickly registered what she was meant to do.
Stepping out of Gabriel’s hold with a nod of her head, she swallowed and scanned the surrounding areas for her car, trying to recall past the foggy haze in her mind, where she had parked the expensive hunk of junk. “My car... I... I need to get to-“
“I’ll drive you,” Gabriel interrupted, offering his service and who was Leonica to refuse in her situation.
Nodding in agreement, Gabriel led her to his car that fortunately was parked on the other side of the road. As soon as they were both buckled up, he pressed the gas, speeding past other cars and nearly breaking traffic rules, several times.
By the time they arrived at the hospital, the ambulance had just pulled into the parking lot and Ashely was being rushed into the hospital.