Chapter 72

Seeing his body littered with bruises and looking so pale and delicate, with different machines and tubes connected to him, all beeping and puffing, her tears couldn't be stopped then.

A leg was suspended up in the air with a bandage wrapped around his ankle, almost all the visible parts of him bore scrapes and wounds, some more colourful than others, and his face carried ugly purple and pink bruises, all which stood out again his pale pallor. Just before the nurse could leave, Beth turned and asked,

"What's the extent of the damage?"

"He has two broken ribs, one fractured rib, thankfully none punctured a lung, a fractured ankle and mild bruising on his temple. The rest are just scrapes, cuts and light bruises, nothing to worry about."

"And his heart?"

"Has been stabilized and is responding well," the nurse answered with a nod.

"How about the puncture in his side? What was it from? Do you know?"

"A large glass shard had embedded itself in his side, missing any major organ by mere ce