Chapter 303: Chose To Save
At the hospital, it was confirmed that Old Madam Liu had passed out because of her high blood pressure. She was now being treated and would soon wake up. Thea sat beside her bed as she watched over her, while Senior Liu went out to the garden of the hospital to have a serious talk with Jeru.
"Dad... Tell me everything... I want to know," Jeru murmured. From the dramatic scene at the church, he could already deduce that he and Zach were cousins. But he wanted to know more. He wanted to know everything.
Senior Liu stared at one random direction blankly as he recalled everything that had happened that day... He remained silent for a while.
Then he suddenly whispered, "That accident happened because of me. It’s because I was jealous and envious of my own brother. No one knew about their location, except for me. Brother trusted me so much, he told me everything. He did not know that I also loved Sheila at that time... I kept my feelings to myself because I found out that Sheila had reciprocated my brother’s feelings."
"That day, he called me. Brother was so happy because it was the day they found out that Sheila was pregnant. He proudly told me that he was going to be a dad... I congratulated him, but as soon as the call ended, I felt my heart was crushed. And I wished for them to be separated... It was very selfish of me. Very very selfish... But I just could not stand the pain... That time, mother accidentally heard some parts of what I said, and she demanded to know whom I had been talking to on the phone," Senior Liu narrated in a shaking voice. He had to stop to breathe in some air into his lungs.
"I don’t know what came into me... I was too clouded by jealousy, greed, and envy toward my own brother. It was not just because of Sheila, but it was because of everything... He had our mother’s love. He had always been the favored one. The son who was good at everything... Even at love... I had always been the loser when put next to my brother... So instead of keeping their location a secret, I told mother where they were."
"But then I realized how wrong it was of me. I called my brother. I wanted to confess what I had done and tell him that mother’s men were already on their way to get him. But brother never picked up... So I personally drove as fast as I could to go to their hiding place."
"I caught up to mother’s men and saw the car chase. I tried to block some of their cars, but then everything happened so fast... Brother’s car was driving into an ongoing construction area... There was a big crane with a large stone clamped in it. The car hit the crane quite hard, which made the clamp move. It was gonna fall onto their car, so I hurried out of my car to save them..."
"Your uncle was still breathing when I got there. Sheila was totally unconscious. That big stone would fall at any moment... I ran to Sheila’s side and pulled her out of the car first..." Senior Liu whispered, his voice shaky, and his eyes teary.