Chapter 199: A Wedding Disaster
The threat hit home, and the media quickly scattered far enough for the paramedics to enter the hall and tow the Hawthorne patriarch away in the stretcher, while Isaac jogged alongside them and rattled off his observations to the paramedics. Dimitri looked like he wanted to chase after him, but eventually, he returned to the ballroom.
"They’ve finally transported him to the ambulance. Goddamn, this hotel has too many floors, so the lifts took a while," Isaac said wryly, his forehead beading with sweat. Dimitri dabbed at his face with a napkin, uncaring of the curious glances his gesture attracted.
"His heartbeat was weak, but it was still there. The ambulance should be able to stabilize things further, and the hospital has already been prepared for his arrival."
"We need to go to the hospital," Amelia said immediately, "Where’s the car―"
"Do you want to change out of the dress first?" Cherry pointed out, and Amelia realized belatedly she was still clad in her wedding gown. "You and Matteo can go, I’ll handle things here."
"You can’t handle it alone," Matteo pointed out, but it wasn’t as though he wanted to be mean. The hall was filled with prestigious families and media vultures, and every single one of them would turn down their noses at Cherry trying to corral them into a semblance of civility.
In their eyes, she was a bastard child from the Montgomery family, and not worth any consideration. When she was picked as Amelia’s bridesmaid over other more eligible ladies, Cherry was also faced with petty vitriol that she had, of course, hidden from Amelia, since Amelia already had enough on her plate to worry about.
Also, if Cherry couldn’t deal with playground nastiness, she would never have made it this far.
"It’s okay, you can stay here and handle this while I go check on my grandfather," Amelia said, patting Matteo’s arm. "I’ll feel better knowing that at least things are resolved on this end."