"No need. I'm going to wait here."
There was no way that Nicholas would even bother changing because all he cared about right now was Tessa. He wasn't going to let her out of his sight for something so low on his priority list.
Edward didn't press the matter and merely waited with him in the hallway, which became as silent as the grave.
None of them noticed how long it had been until the sounds of scurrying footsteps echoed in the hallway—it was Tobias and Stefania who had brought Gregory and Gordon along. They were a mess as they rushed over to them.
"Nicholas, I heard that Tessa is injured!"
"What's with the blood on you? What the hell happened?"
The elders asked simultaneously, and Gregory wailed with bloodshot eyes, "Daddy, what happened to Mommy?"
Nicholas was well aware that he couldn't sugar-coat the truth from them in such circumstances, so he told them everything that he knew at this point. "Zachary and the others colluded with someone to kidnap Tessa. They have set us up, and Tessa was pushed off the cliff by the kidnappers."
The information he provided horrified and infuriated Tobias and Stefania.
Stefania hissed angrily, her teeth clenching tightly.
choked, "Is Mommy badly injured? Will she
will be fine," Nicholas said, assuring him
by his words. How could a person be fine after falling off a cliff?! Still, when
she was truly thinking. So, he added, "When she rolled off the cliff, she tried her best to stop herself from falling too fast in order to save herself. So,
of relief
started ringing, and it was
finished with his checkup at the hospital
have you found Tess?"
did, and we're at the hospital
Timothy the situation, and they hung up. Soon, the Sawyers heard the sounds of hurried footsteps in the hallway. This time, it was Timothy hastily
Nicholas saw him trying to run with his injured leg, he frowned and chided in disapproval, "Do you want
to see Timothy in a
his
and cast a worried look at Nicholas.
we don't know exactly how she's
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