Chapter 718 Finding The Right Timing


    Paramount Hospital, A City.


    When Bianca and Luke rushed over, the red light outside the operating room was still on.


    Wanda Rayne sat on the bench in the corridor like a stiff puppet and stared nkly at the red light. Her


    sickly face appeared paler, and her expression was filled with numbness as well as sorrow.


    "Aunt Wanda..."


    Bianca quietly walked to Wanda. She suppressed her grief, squatted next to Wanda, and held her cold


    hand. "How’s Grandpa now? How did it happen? How did he fall?"


    Wanda''s pale and tired face worried her.


    Thest time Bianca saw her was two weeks ago. Aunt Wanda, who was once as full of life like a


    peony in full bloom, now looked shriveled and skinny. Her alluring beauty had dissipated.


    If the woman in front of her did not share the same face as Aunt Wanda''s, Bianca would never have


    thought that they were the same person.


    However, Wanda did not seem to hear her. She did not respond and continued staring nkly at the


    operating room.


    Bianca was a little flustered when she saw how abnormally Aunt Wanda was acting. She turned and


    asked Luke for help.


    "Luke, what''s wrong with Aunt Wanda? Aunt Wanda, will you please answer me?"


    Bianca held onto Wanda''s hand tightly, tears flowing down her elegant face as her misty eyes reflected


    Aunt Wanda''s frail body. Bianca was trembling uncontrobly.


    Luke''s heart ached when he saw how upset Bianca was. He tried tofort Bianca, but his voice was


    hoarse as he said, "Aunt Wanda may be overwhelmed and is shutting herself down temporarily. Don''t


    worry, Aunt Wanda will be back to normal after a while. Johann is inside the operating room treating


    Grandpa. With him on the job, no matter howplicated the surgery is, he’ll make sure that Grandpa


    wille out of the operating room alive and well. Grandpa is a blessed man, I’m sure he’ll be alright."


    Although he said that, Luke, who was standing beside Bianca, kept staring at the operating room.


    His expression was gloomy as a trace of anxiety shed in his eyes.


    It seemed that their conversation brought Wanda back to reality. She was still sitting on the bench with


    a nk expression, but she said to Bianca," Bea, you’re here?"


    Seeing that Aunt Wanda was finally responsive, Bianca anxiously asked," Aunt Wanda, Grandpa...


    What’s going on with Grandpa?"


    Wanda took a deep breath, her heart feeling heavy.


    Tears rolled in her eyes as she exined the situation to Bianca. "The day before yesterday was the


    birthday of Florence''s grandson, so she took a day off. It just so happened that I was free, so I stayed


    at home with your grandpa. However, after lunch, my chest felt like it was being stabbed by needles.


    The pain was unbearable and I ran out of painkillers. I was afraid that your grandpa would be worried,


    so I thought I''d get some medicine and hurry back as soon as possible. I didn''t think too much of it, but


    I didn''t expect that in just such a short time, your grandfather would fall when he went to the kitchen to


    pour himself a ss of water... When I got home, his face was covered in blood and he was


    unconscious. I was so scared! I rushed him to the hospital immediately... It''s all my fault. If it weren''t for


    my carelessness, Dad wouldn''t..."All text ? N?velD(r)a''ma.Org.


    Wanda felt horrible as she recounted what had happened. She was riddled with guilt and could not help


    but weep harder.


    Even though she was on the brink of tears herself, Bianca hugged Wanda and understood that it was


    not her fault. ''Aunt Wanda is sick and has to endure all the pain thates with it. Even then, she was


    still taking care of Grandpa. She''s in a vulnerable ce, so what right do I have to me her? If I had


    not insisted on going to Moscow to find Luke... If I had visited Grandpa as I usually did from time to


    time... maybe he wouldn’t have been in danger. I''m to me for this...''


    Bianca hugged Aunt Wanda tightly and said softly, "Aunt Wanda, what happened to Grandpa has


    nothing to do with you. He’s old and in poor health. I haven''t done my duty as his granddaughter to


    take good care of him... It''s all my fault, you''re not to be med. Don''t be too sad. Dr. Vyen said that


    you should manage your emotions to help with your condition. Grandpa is still in the operating room.


    Please stay strong for him and me."


    Old Master Rayne had been in the operating room for nearly ten hours.


    Bianca and Wanda waited on the bench while Luke stood and waited with them. It felt like they were


    sitting on pins and needles. Minutes felt like decades.


    Luke''s phone suddenly rang. It was Jim Holston checking in on whether he and Bianca had reached A


    City safely.


    Luke kept the call brief and then turned off his phone.


    Only his two best friends, Percy Mallory and Jim Holston, knew about his return to A City. He did not


    share the news even with his grandfather and mother, Allison Tanner.


    It was not that he did not care about them, but he hade back too suddenly and was not prepared


    to meet them yet.


    Moreover, he was afraid to see his Grandpa cry.


    Luke was aware that Old Master Crawford was aging and his health was no longer what it was. He


    would not be able to take it. Luke nned to find the right timing to go back to Crawford Manor and


    exin to Old Master Crawford about his two-year disappearance.


    At that moment, the red light outside the operating room was turned off and the door was opened from


    the inside.


    Luke knew the two surgeons in white coats who came out first. They were well known and served as


    the surgical director and deputy director of the hospital.


    Just as Bianca was about to run up to them to ask about her Grandpa''s condition, Johann walked out


    in a sterile surgical gown.


    He took off his mask. His handsome face seemed a little tired and his eyes were bloodshot.


    Bianca got up from the bench impatiently and rushed to Johann. She grabbed onto his sleeves tightly,


    her eyes full of anxiety as she asked," Johann, how''s my grandpa?" "Bianca, take a deep breath and


    listen to me. Old Master Rayne''s fall wasn''t too serious, but what I want to tell you is that he has at


    least three tumors inside his head. One of which is benign, but the other two seem to be malignant. His


    fall has caused some pressure to be exerted onto the tumors, which led to the onset of the condition.


    Even if Old Master Rayne hadn''t fallen this time, based on the size of the tumors, he was going to be


    hospitalized sooner orter..."


    Tumors?


    Everyone was shocked, especially Bianca.


    Except for his poor memory, Old Master Rayne had always been healthy.


    He spoke clearly and his thoughts were coherent, so whenever she brought him to have a physical


    examination, he did everything except a brain CT.


    At this moment, she was furious with herself for being so careless!