When She Walks Away (Teresa) novel Chapter 244

Chapter 244

Hector booked a Driver to take Teresa home to the Sullivan Mansion.

Neither of them spoke a word, the silence hanging heavy between them as the car rolled quietly on.

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When the car crossed Riverside Lion Bridge, Teresa turned to look at the other side of the road–traffic was packed solid, and people were swarming around one section.

Teresa murmured, a bit puzzled, “Looks like there was a car accident.”

Hector leaned over for a look too, chiming in, “Man, it looks pretty serious.”

The crowd was packed so tightly that neither of them could see what exactly had happened inside.

Just then, someone on the opposite side started yelling, “Is there a doctor here? Someone’s bleeding really bad! The ambulance is stuck in traffic. If anyone knows medicine, please help!”

Hearing that, Teresa turned to look at Hector, her eyes full of worry, silently asking him what to do.

Hector didn’t hesitate–he immediately told the Driver to pull over by the side of the road.

After the car stopped, Hector glanced at Teresa. “Come on, let’s see if we can help.”

Teresa nodded, “Okay.”

They got out of the car and vaulted over the roadside barrier to reach the opposite lane.

Hector pushed forward, shouting, “We’re doctors! Please make way!”

Teresa kept close behind him, and just like that, the crowd ushered them straight into the heart of the commotion.

The crash scene was devastating. Several cars had collided, and one had slammed into the bridge railing–just inches away from tumbling straight into the river below.

A few people with minor scrapes sat to one side, but on the ground, a woman was clinging to life, lying in the middle of a crimson pool. Blood spread out around her like a halo, and a man was frantically kneeling at her side.

Just from the back, Teresa thought that man looked a lot like Troy.

Still, she couldn’t shake off a trace of doubt–it might not be him after all.

Hector pushed his way into the thick of the crowd, immediately dropping down beside the injured woman.

Teresa knelt down as well, reaching out to gently tap the man’s shoulder before speaking quietly, “Sir, we’re doctors. Could you please step aside and give her some room to breathe?”

The man turned his head at her voice–when Teresa realized it was Troy, her mind blanked out for a moment, stunned and unable to

react.

Troy looked utterly lost, his eyes wide with panic, his face streaked with blood and fear.

Seeing him this way, Teresa’s heart ached–she felt both sympathy and helplessness

Troy hadn’t shed a tear until now, but the instant he laid eyes on Teresa, every ounce of composure and restraint shattered at once.

He couldn’t hold back anymore–his eyes grew red and he started to sob uncontrollably.

Teresa felt a pang of sympathy seeing Troy like that. She reached out, squeezed his hand softly, and reassured him. “You’ll be alright. I

promise.”

Troy just looked at her, saying nothing, his gaze fixed on hers, completely lost for words.

Teresa had never seen Troy so terrified before, the sight of his fear burned itself into her memory.

Meanwhile, Hector checked the woman’s wounds and called out, “Teresa, she’s got massive bleeding from her femoral artery – take off your thermal shirt.”

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Since Teresa was a doctor, she instantly understood why Hector needed her shirt.

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Without hesitation, she took off her coat and quickly slipped out of her thermal shirt, leaving herself only in a thin undershirt.

Not caring about the cold, she folded the thermal shirt into a small square and passed it to Hector.

Hector grabbed it and pressed the folded shirt directly onto Rose’s leg where the blood was gushing out.

At the same time, Hector glanced at Teresa and said, “I’ll hold here and keep pressure on to stop the bleeding. Can you check if she’s bleeding anywhere else?”

Teresa was just about to move in and help when Troy suddenly grabbed her hand.

She turned back to him, and Troy whispered, “I’m scared.”

Seeing him like this made Teresa’s heart ache. She gently patted the back of his hand and tried to reassure him, “Hector’s here, so am I. You’re not alone. We’ll do everything we can.” ·

Rose had raised him, and from a young age, he knew his dad was a bastard.

But even in such a broken home, Rose never gave up on him–she was always there for Troy no matter what.

In Troy’s world, there were two women he could never do without–Rose, the one who raised him, and Teresa, the one who risked her life to save his.

It happened on a day not so different from this one–a car accident left Troy fighting for his life, and Teresa, still just a med student back then, threw herself into the chaos to pull him back from the brink.

“Teresa, the woman who once pulled me back from death, was now fighting desperately to save my mom, Troy thought, a surge of gratitude and helplessness mixing in his heart.

Noticing that Teresa’s lips had gone pale in the cold, Troy was gripped by worry and fear–almost without thinking, he shrugged off his own coat and gently placed it around her shoulders.

Teresa was feeling for Rose’s pulse and monitoring her breathing when sudden warmth wrapped around her. She instinctively glanced over her shoulder, momentarily surprised.

Troy was staring at her too, his whole face streaked with blood, features almost unreadable–but his eyes, dark and endless, locked onto hers, full of something raw and deep.

Before Teresa could put her thoughts together, the shrill siren of an ambulance broke through the moment–it was finally pulling up from the opposite side, grabbing everyone’s attention.

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The EMTs quickly got out of the ambulance, carefully lifted Rose onto a stretcher, and loaded her into the back as the siren wailed, ready to race away.

Watching the ambulance drive off, Teresa and Hector both knew their job was done here–and neither of them planned to follow it to the hospital.

After Troy scrambled into the ambulance, he reached back and tugged at Teresa’s hand, his voice pleading softly, “Will you stay with me?”

Teresa saw the desperation in his eyes and hesitated for just a heartbeat–before her mind could even catch up, her body already stepped forward.

Watching Troy reach out, she instinctively slipped her hand into his.

Troy pulled her in with a firm but gentle yank, and just like that, Teresa found herself inside the ambulance beside him.

Not wanting to leave them behind, Hector hopped in after them.

Troy shot Hector a glare, but kept quiet.

After they got to the hospital, the doctors rushed Rose straight into the ER, cleaning her wounds, stopping the bleeding, and doing everything they could to keep her alive.

Two long hours later, the doctor finally came out of the ER.

Troy sat on the bench, his head leaning back against the wall, his face showing nothing but exhaustion and worry.

Teresa asked him to go and wash his face, but he refused to move.

Hector, still worried about Teresa, hadn’t left her side either.

When Troy heard the ER doors open, he sprang to his feet, nearly blurting out, “Doctor, how is she?”

The doctor removed his mask and said, “Thanks to Dr. Reed and Miss Sullivan’s emergency care, she’s made it–her life is out of danger for now. But there’s still an urgent issue: she suffered massive blood loss and needs a transfusion immediately. We’re almost out of type- A blood at the hospital…”

Teresa immediately blurted out, “I’m type A! I can give blood!”

At that, Troy’s mind flashed to the fact that Teresa had just gone through a procedure–his expression turned fierce as he cut in, “No! Don’t touch her. I’ll go to the blood bank and swap my own blood for hers.”