Jade snatched the phone, "Sophia, come to the hospital right away to pay your brother's hospital deposit.
The doctor is waiting!"
I gasped, "Are you kidding me? Why should I?!"
"Your brother ended up like this because of you! If you don't take responsibility, who will? If you hadn't bought a car and made your brother envious, why would he want to drive it out?"
"If you hadn't left your car keys lying around, he wouldn't have been able to drive it away so easily! You did this on purpose, you just wanted to harm your brother!"
I was so angry I almost passed out, "So you're saying, you stole my car keys and took my car out for a joyride, but it's my fault?"
Jade wouldn't listen and continued screaming hysterically.
"Sophia, come to the hospital right now to pay the deposit, or I'll go to your company and make a scene! If you don't care about your reputation, then don't come!"
On the other end of the phone, Jade's voice was sharp and piercing.
"You have so much money, if you don't pay, who will! Do you want to see your brother and our family ruined?!"
Alex chimed in from the side, "Sis, didn't you win the big prize? What's a little deposit? If you don't come, I'll have that hooligan's family come after you!"
I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself.
"Fine, I'll go to the hospital right now."
I had no choice but to agree for now.
After hanging up, I first drove to the traffic police department.
According to the traffic police, Alex was driving my car under the influence of alcohol.
At an intersection, he mistook the accelerator for the brake, first hitting Jason Wang who was walking on the side of the road, and then crashing into a billboard.
Jason Wang's leg was crippled, and my million-dollar sports car was almost totaled.
Thanks to the protection of the airbag, Alex only suffered a fracture in his left arm and was otherwise unharmed.
Coincidentally, Lily was also unscathed, not even suffering minor injuries.
Looking at the photos of the accident scene, my heart felt like it was being cut with a knife.
This car was bought with the prize money from my design award and carried too much of my heart and soul.
With the traffic police's permission, I retrieved an important design draft from the car and then rushed to the hospital.
At the hospital, Jade and Alex were already waiting there.
As soon as they saw me, they started urging me to pay the deposit.
I held back my anger and walked towards the payment counter.
I paid a two thousand yuan deposit.
When I returned to the operating room door, I saw Grandma standing there with a panicked look on her face.
"Grandma, why are you here."
I asked in surprise.
Grandma rushed over and grabbed my hand, anxiously saying, "Sophia, how could you not tell us about such a big incident? If your brother hadn't called and said you lent him your car and he injured someone, we'd still be sleeping at home right now!"
I was shaking with anger and turned to question Alex, "I already came to pay the hospital fees as you said, why did you have to disturb Grandma?"
Seeing that he had already used me, Alex became even more self-righteous, "With such a big incident, you're the car owner and have to take full responsibility.
The traffic police might come to arrest you at any moment, so the family will find out sooner or later!"
Hearing this, Grandma was filled with anxiety, "Sophia, is it like what your brother said? What should we do?"
"It won't happen."
I comforted Grandma, "Alex is responsible for everything that happened."
Grandma still wasn't reassured, "But he has no money to compensate, what should we do then? We'll still have to come to you."
"There's the insurance company."
As soon as I finished speaking, my phone rang.
I looked down and saw it was the insurance company calling.
However, I hadn't contacted the insurance company so far.
I looked up at Alex.
He had a smug look on his face, "I saw you were busy, so I told the insurance company for you."
Alex's actions were really fast, afraid he couldn't afford the compensation.
The insurance company said they would immediately communicate with the traffic police, follow up on the case, and promised to send someone to the hospital as soon as possible.
Grandma listened on the side and felt slightly relieved.
I was about to send her back to rest when Jade stopped us.
"Sophia, your brother ended up like this because of you, how can you have the nerve to go back and sleep? We have to keep watch, don't even think about leaving!"
"Also, Jason Wang's family has something to discuss with you, just wait."
I held back my anger, "I already paid for the surgery, what more do you want?"