Too late

Hearing the silence from the other end, Alex grabbed Kiel's car keys from the bar, ignoring his friends screaming behind him.

" Bring back my baby you thief, you can't drive her in the state you are in " Kiel left his unfinished drink and ran after him. He was more concerned about his new car getting damaged, he only brought it here to show off around the city.

Alex roughly tried unlocking the door, probably because his head was messed up. He failed to unlock it and kicked the car in frustration. Seeing this, Kiel quickly retrieved the keys and volunteered to drive. " Why don't you go sit and let me drive?"

He swiftly unlocked the door and they both went in, " so where are we heading to? " He asked the equally clueless Alex.

"Opened I don't know, she mentioned a cemetery, there are thousands of cemeteries in the country. Where do I start", Alex replied, almost in the state of breaking down.

" It's okay, let's use the map " although he had thousands of questions to ask, this was the first time his friend mentioned a lady and that lady was capable of making his forever calm friend this restless. A gossip monger like Kiel could hardly swallow the news, but he knew better than to say something foolish.

He opened the map so that he could find the addresses of all cemeteries in country A.

He wanted to call the police but the idea was immediately dismissed by Alex .

Knowing Clara's last call was to her doctor, he was afraid that she must have gotten apprehensive,so he could only ask his close friends for help.

They hit the road ready to search all the cemeteries in the country that night.

*******

The day was getting bright and the first light shone from the sky, indicating that the rain had stopped.

In the VIP room inside a big hospital, the eyes of the woman lying in bed were closed and her face looked very pale.

" She woke up and fell asleep again " Alex informed the man who had just arrived after receiving the news.

Alex purposely informed Xavier late, from what he knew, the cemetery where Clara was found was exactly where Xavier took his wife last night. When he saw it lying there, he was overwhelmed with fear. He couldn't believe what his heart was telling him. Could she be her? How did she end up with him ? He was so furious but, thankfully, Kiel was there to help him think straight.

If this man really cared about Clara there's no doubt he would have gone back for her and she wouldn't have ended up like that, but it turned out he doesn't care about her at all.

Xavier was always this cold and what ever happened last night was expected of him, but this time the life of the only woman that moved his heart was involved and this saddened Alex's heart. Clara had suffered enough and she didn't deserve to be treated this way.

Xavier, who was standing near the hospital bed, pressed his thin lips together, his face was still expressionless. He was looking at the woman who was lying motionless on the bed with a blank face.

" The doctor said that her soft tissues from below were severely damaged, they must be from her fall , her hands were badly wounded by flower thorns and she caught a cold because of the rain" Alex passed the doctor's information to him coldly , clenching his hands into a fist in his pant pockets.

Yesterday, they had visited almost all the cemeteries in Country A with their friends but couldn't find her , when he found her unconscious lying in the rain, as if she was destined to be found by him.

She had fainted in the dark night lying on the floor. They wouldn't have known someone was there if they hadn't looked closely. In the end, if she hadn't made that last call that night, if he didn't look through his phone..,no he wouldn't dare imagine what would have become of her, she would have ended up like one of the tenants on that piece of land.

Especially when the doctor finally announced his diagnosis,it was the first time in his life that he felt like bashing someone and that person was his best friend.

At that time, thinking that he was the real culprit, the doctor reminded him a lot ,he even wanted to call the police on him.

He hadn't spoken up for himself because he was really worried about her fever. It was Kiel who answered the doctor.

Whenever he thought about where he found her last night, he felt like hitting this man, but he couldn't. He was not the type of man to act rashly and Clara might even get angry at him.

Although Xavier appeared indifferently outside, the hand in his pocket was tightly clenched.

"She has something in her left hand. We tried to retrieve it but she refused to let go of it. She held it as if it was her last source of hope"

Hearing this, Xavier removed his hand from his pocket,sat down on the accompanying chair by the bed. He was still looking at the woman lying on the bed with a blank face.

Alex thought that he would really lose his cool and hit this person if he still lingered around. Before that happened, he decided to leave, but he left. He turned back and announced bitterly.

" She's now mentally ill "

Xavier's pupils dilated at once and he stood up in shock.

Seeing this, Tony blocked Alex by the door, silently asking him to elaborate more.

Finally, Xavier had an expression on that face of his so Alex finally calmed down and explained things to him.

"According to the doctor, when she woke up this morning by 4 o'clock she was looking for her teddy bear, and the name introduced herself as it was from a cartoon character. He said that the fever must have gotten into her brain or her condition maybe hereditary. She was traumatized by what happened last night.

I think you should know her past better than anyone. You can decide for yourself when she wakes up, congratulations, you're close to achieving your life-long goal. The daughter of your enemy is now in a pitiful state", Alex said sarcastically.