Chapter 66

“Maliyah,I breathed.How…you…how…I was so flabbergasted.Someone pulled me off her and I realized it was Timothy.”Noah read aloud. “Oh my God,they met again.”Zoe cooed. “Finally,his suffering will be over but I have a feeling that she’s going to pretend not to know him.” “She better not.” Noah was leaning against the headboard on the bed with Zoe between his legs as he read to her one of the romance books she had just bought. This was one of their favorite activity together.His cellphone rang out. He glanced at it on the bedside table to see that it was Winnie. “I thought you said Tristan has started sleeping at his house.”Zoe knew that Winnie always called because of Tristan. “Yeah,but she said he only came by once last week.” Zoe sighed,wondering if Tristan would ever get over his grief. Though she knew that he had wronged Cora a lot but she wished both Cora and Tristan could finally find some peace now. Noah reached for the cellphone and picked up. “Hello,Winnie.” “I’m…I’m so sorry for calling you at this time of the night,No…Noah.”He heard Winnie sobbed. “Why are you crying?”Noah asked,alarmed. Zoe looked back in surprise,she turned around to face Noah,curious about the question he had just asked. “Mr…Mr Godoy got into an accident.His…his assistant didn’t make it and the doctors are saying Mr…they are saying Tristan is…” Zoe could see Noah’s face turned pale. “What..what hospital is he in?” “Faith Hospital.” “I’m…I’m on my way.”Noah quickly jumped off the bed and hurriedly started putting on his clothes. Zoe hurried towards him. “What’s going on?” “Tristan…he…was in an accident.It seems his assistant was with him and the assistant didn’t make it…I…”Noah was worried out of his mind. “My God.This is bad.”Zoe quickly started putting up on her clothes. “You have an important meeting tomorrow morning,Zoe.You don’t have to come with me.”He said,thoughtfully. “I’ll reschedule.And I can’t let you go there alone,plus,I need to drive you there.” “I can drive.”He assured,taking hold of car mobilizer. She quickly took it from him.”I of all people know that Tristan is like a brother to you and that you’re losing your mind with worry so let me go with you,okay?” He ran a hand through his hair,frantically and nodded. *************** On the way to the hospital,Zoe could sense how tensed he was.She couldn’t find the right words to comfort him so she could only hold his hand with her free hand. Once they got to the hospital,they met with Winnie who informed them that Tristan was currently having surgery. Phoebe was also there. Winnie and Noah walked up to a corner. “I’ve contacted the media at the Godoy Group to cover up this news but I do not have much contact.” Noah perfectly understood that.With the nature of Tristan’s extended family,one had to be careful in his moment of vulnerability. “What about his mom and Grandma?” “I can not tell Lady Jane.It might kill her and his mom hasn’t been of good health lately.” Noah nodded.”I’ll contact more media companies that I know.When you got the call at the house that he had been in an accident,did they tell you what happened?” “They said he appeared to be driving recklessly and he rammed into a Van,it had caused a collision with two other cars and there has been two casualties,including Andy…his assistant.”Winnie burst into tears again.”When…when we got here,they said Tristan was barely breathing and his heart had stopped two times.They were barely able to revive him…Oh Noah,what if…what if…” Noah slowly hugged Winnie.”He’ll be fine.” “Oh,I watched that boy grow up.I watched him mourn his father,I can not bare to watch him die,oh his poor assistant and the other people,they had their whole life ahead of them.” Noah tried to stay strong as he comforted Winnie. After a while,Winnie stopped crying.Noah glanced at Phoebe who was sitting outside the ward. “How did she know about this?”He asked,curiously. “She came by the house earlier today.I had been trying to make her leave but she kept insisting of seeing Tristan.She was there when I got the call.” Noah nodded in comprehension.This was a tough time and even if Phoebe was a sneaky person,he couldn’t bear to make her leave. Zoe walked up to him and hugged him.Tears filled his eyes and he held her,tightly. He didn’t want to think of the worse so he was barely trying to stay positive. Tristan had multiple surgeries and was finally wheeled out of the operating room at dawn. Zoe,Noah,Winnie and Phoebe quickly moved closer to the doctors. “How is he?” “Is he stable now?” “We can not really say he is stable.His injuries are severe but it is a miracle that he’s still holding on until now.He’s currently in a partial coma and for the next two days,he’ll be under strict observation.” And then Tristan was wheeled away to a private ward. “They mean he is not yet out of danger,right?”Winnie asked,heartbrokenly. “He’ll be fine,Winnie.He’s going to get through this.”Noah assured. Zoe thought about telling Cora about this.She didn’t want Cora to worry but she felt Cora needed to know what had happened to Tristan. But she didn’t want Cora to worry.What if Tristan doesn’t make… Zoe paused that thought as she stared at Noah.She tried to stay positive with Noah. Tristan had to get through this.