Chapter 29 - The Accident (2/2)

Amber, seeing that Luna was about to leave, ran towards the woman and grabbed Luna's free hand. She refused to be parted from her Aunty Luna, but the woman's hand was trembling in fear.

Luna felt a cold pit stirred in her stomach, cold sweat ran down the side of her face. Julian was supposed to be at home at this time. What could have happened to him?

”Why? What happened to him?” Luna asked. She dearly hoped that nothing serious happened to her brother, or else … No! She should believe that he was alright. She couldn't lose her only brother.

”I don't know, Luna.” Her mother sobbed at the other end of the line. ”Please, I don't know what to do right now.”

The events that unfurled next was almost in a blur when Luna found herself dragged to the parking lot of the company by Hero, with Amber in his other arm.

”Get inside the car. I'll bring you to the hospital,” Hero said while he put his child on the car seat. Luna was about to refuse but remembered the situation. She had no time to waste as in this moment, her little brother needed her.

Luna couldn't even remember how did she manage to stay calm while they were on their way to the hospital. When they arrived at the hospital, the operating room was already closed, her mother walking back and forth in panic.

”Mom, how's my Julian? What's the situation?” Luna's face was white as a sheet. Her mother greeted her with tears in her eyes and clung to her eldest child in despair.

”Bad,” Elaine said. ”He was engaged in an accident when he tried to save a young boy from a speeding car. Luna, the doctors said he was in a critical situation. What should we do?” she continued to wail in Luna's embrace.

It took a lot of courage for Luna not to breakdown and cry for her mother's sake. She felt her strength leaving her body, but she refused to give up. She had to be brave and strong for her family. If something were to happen to her brother, she was afraid that it would leave a big dent on her sanity and her life.

Meanwhile, Hero called his sister to pick up Amber from the hospital before checking the situation about Luna's brother. The authorities hadn't visited Luna's family to document what transpired to her younger brother.

He supposed he should leave and let Luna deal with it, but the look on her face made him think that she would not last long.