Trapped in Love

“Friends?” Kenny derided.

“How dare you say that?” Neil gave Kenny a sidelong glance but was interrupted by his phone ringing.

He fished out his phone to find a call from Greta and immediately picked it up.

“Neil!” Greta exclaimed excitedly.

“Carol is awake!” Neil’s hand trembled, and his throat tightened at the news.

“She’s awake? Really?” “What?” Flabbergasted, Kenny asked, “Is she awake and out of danger?” Greta sobbed and said, “Yeah! You and Kenny should come now!” “Okay.” Neil hurried out of the private room.

“We’ll be on our way there.” Watching them leave, Scott took up his seat on the sofa again.

Calmly, he made a call and instructed, “Do it.” “Okay, Mr.

Hendrix.” Neil drove fast on the way back to the hospital, and Kenny even played the music in the car.

After getting on the bridge, Kenny lowered the car window and took a deep breath of the refreshing air.

” Caroline is awake, Neil, and I feel the air is freaking fresh now!” Smiling, Neil agreed, “Yeah, Carol is pretty tough.

the fourth day, isn’t it?” “Well, to be more specific, it’s three

it would take five

Neil nodded.

put his palms together

and helped Caroline

did you say?” “I said I was willing to exchange my life

could you say

just

It wouldn’t be true.

of

immediately braked the car because of

he didn’t expect the truck to keep charging forward

they were lifted in midair and fell hard into the river

Caroline woke up in the hospital, the doctor came

when he

weak, but she remembered that

wondered if she had

around in exhaustion

two people standing outside the glass window, guilt grabbed