He quickly wiped off his tears, as he stared at the woman, her husband, and Maxwell who were silently waiting for him to talk.
Maxwell glanced at Xavier, the silence between them making his heart skip a beat in fright.
"She's dead," Xander replied.
"What?" Arabella's father asked as soon as those words flew out of Xander's mouth. Meanwhile, his wife had already frozen in his hands, staring at Xander as if she'd heard him wrong.
"W-what did y-you just say?" She stuttered. "If you're joking, then you'd better stop. Please, this is not the time to be joking!" She cried, shaking him to answer her immediately but Xander had nothing else to say.
A few nurses came out from the operating room, and one of them said, "You may go inside and see the girl one last time."
Arabella's mother still couldn't believe what was happening.
