When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1723

Chapter 1723

Chapter 1723 Apology From Benson

That morning, John’s body temperature turned extremely high probably due to complications after thesurgery. The medical staff panicked. They tried numerous methods and eventually used hormoneinjections to get the temperature under control.

Looking at John’s pale face, I felt my heart crushed by a heavy stone. After making sure John wasasleep, I walked out of the ward to catch some air.

It was quieter over here compared to the general ward. There were a few family members of somepatients around, all looking depressed just like me.

The news broadcast in the hall could be heard clearly.

“There have been many cases of missing and kidnapped children today. At present, the police aremaking every effort to investigate suspicious persons. Please get in touch with the task forceimmediately if you have relevant information…”

It seemed like the safety of the whole city was at risk. Somehow, I felt I was not suffering alone.

Fortunately, regardless of Ashton’s plan, it was clear to me now that he would not risk the kids. Or else,Nathaniel would have gone after Audrey and Gregory instead of John.

Deep down in my heart, I knew Nathaniel was trying to crush my spirit by going after John.

He figured he could manipulate me easily once my mental state was down. He was trying to control melike what he did to Ashton.

Is Ashton entirely controlled by him now?

I was too overwhelmed with emotions back in the operating theater. Now that I thought of it, Ashton didnot need to show up, actually.

I realized that Ashton was trying to remind me to be careful. All his coldness might be a disguise of hiscare for me.

Without realizing it, I had reached the corridor of the general ward. Before I turned around, I spottedJoseph coming out of a ward.

I was stunned momentarily. The next second, I recalled Wilson was being hospitalized there.

Could it be…

When I was about to open my mouth to call him, he vanished from the stairs. With that, I had no choicebut to drop the matter.

After getting back to the ward, I ran into the cops who were there for investigation. As John was stillunconscious, they asked me to give a brief statement.

Based on their tone, I realized that only the black men who got apprehended would face justice. Therewas no way they could get to the real culprit.

After the cops left, Benson suddenly appeared at the nearest emergency exit. He was wearing a robeand an army cap.

We exchanged our gaze to greet each other, and he seemed to know what happened to John.

I asked him to sit down at the bench. “John has not woken up yet. Please wait here. Sorry for theinconvenience.”

“Okay.” Benson cast a glance inside the ward. “Luckily, he is still alive. Ms. Stovall, don’t worry toomuch.”

Those words sounded extraordinarily warm coming out from Benson’s mouth.

“Thanks.” I bit my lip, trying to suppress my tears. “Officer Zimmerman, you didn’t come here just tovisit, did you?”

I knew a military seldom had any private time. Plus, my relationship with Benson was hardly closeenough for a leader like him to visit me personally. With that, I knew his purpose must be somethingmore.

“I can’t say this is about work either.” Benson was being utterly honest. “Ms. Stovall, you hoped to getthe military protection from us, and our superior had agreed to it. However, we can’t expose our meneasily, so we can only monitor far away from the Fuller residence. I didn’t expect those men to be sosick that they even dared to make a move right outside your gate. It’s our fault for not being able toprotect your family. Thus, I came here to apologize.”