My Billionaire Husband

They drove at full speed all the way. When they got to the hotel, Jimmy had the foresight to go to the hotel's back. From a distance, he saw five or six people went out from the back door. After looking around, they got into a dirty van parked near the door one by one.

Jimmy had studied their pictures earlier. He could identify the heads of the group. The van started and hit the road.

He tailed it.

After driving for some time, the persons in the van seemed to detect being followed and sped up suddenly. There were too many crosses in this area. Once you lost track of them, it would be near impossible to find them again.

Since they were exposed, Jimmy sped up too. And Claire called for urgent backup.

The two cars were driving crazily in the complicated network of old town alleys. The front car turned right and frequently left in the intersections, trying to get rid of the car behind them. Jimmy concentrated and followed closely.

Claire had got the confirmation that the support was on the way and would arrive in a few minutes.

As they were a little relieved at the news, Claire cried out in alarm. A truck rushed to them from the side out of nowhere.

Jimmy was surprised by the truck and wanted to turn to the right, but to find there was a kindergarten there. The fence of the yard was just half a meter high, and a teacher was leading a class of kids playing games in the yard.

He could not risk the car crashing into the yard, so he ground his teeth and rushed forward just with a gap of a thread between his SUV and the truck. As he was just going to feel relaxed to escape the collision with the truck, Jimmy's eyes narrowed.

It was a cross behind the truck, and a container truck that was much higher than the previous rushed to his face. As he had already sped up when he tried to avoid the previous truck, there wasn't enough time to stop the car.

Before he could react, he heard the great din of crashing.

At that moment, the sound of bumping, screams of women, cracking of bones all crashed to his ear, and he tasted blood in his mouth. Before he felt pain, he passed out.

When Claire woke up from extreme dizziness, she opened her eyes and was shocked by the scene.

The head of the car was still frizzling and gave out choking smoke. The windshield was broken into a thick spider's web and blurred with black smoke stains and red spots. Were they blood?

A stream of blood was winding down Claire's forehead, but she didn't realize it. She turned aside, and then she held her breath.

Jimmy was leaning on the back of the seat. The door on his left side was deformed and the metal frame wrapped around him. The deformed steering wheel pressed against his c.h.e.s.t. His face was white, and his eyes were closed. Blood was flowing from his mouth.

Claire cried out, "Jimmy!" Tears surged to her eyes.

Nobody replied to her. It was dead silence. She heard nothing. She was in a panic and called, "Help…" and reached her hand to the door on her side and wanted to get out for help.

It was just a little better on her side. The car bumped into a light pole, and the door caved in and pressed on her leg. She noticed the black of her hand was bloody, and the fingers hurt. The bone should be broken.

She could not care for these wounds. She tried hard to push the door open, and she felt her left hand was grabbed. She turned back and saw Jimmy open his eyelid a little and look straight ahead. His bloody lips were moving slightly.

Claire understood immediately and moved her ear to his lips, trying to hear what he was saying. Tears flow out from her eyes like from a spring.

She heard just a few words and felt a heavy burden fall on her shoulders, and her heart stopped beating. She turned to see him slowly and saw Jimmy's head fall down on her shoulder, and her left hand was warm.

She looked down at her hand and saw it was covered with blood. His blood. It was flowing from his mouth and dripping on her hand.

And on his c.h.e.s.t and stomach, his clothes were soaked in blood, and the color had turned dark.

Claire didn't dare to check his breath or move her own body for fear of disturbing him and making the bleeding faster. She said in a low voice, "Jimmy, don't sleep. Please. I will call somebody…"

The cell phone was nowhere to be found.

She searched it with great effort while trying to keep her body still. As she was desperate because the time was fleeting away, she heard police sirens sounding from a distance. She cried out.

***

On the way back to Phoenix, Kate felt tired and fell asleep. When she woke up, she found herself leaning on Tristan's shoulder. She smelt a light scent on him. It was the fragrance of wood from the soap he used.

She sat up straight and looked out the window of the bus. It was endless forests and mountains of peculiar shapes. The magical trip of three days was going to be over, and she was unwilling to leave.

A question that had been lingering in her heart slipped out of her mouth "Did you…"

Tristan turned to see her with tenderness.

His eyes made her lose courage, but since she had already opened her mouth, she decided to say it, "always take her out?"

He understood who she referred to immediately and turned his head a little way down and shook his head.

"Life wasn't as easy as it is now. Now I am still busy, but that is for business development. I was busy surviving then. Besides, I didn't have the mood…"

"So she always waited for you at home?"

"Right." Tristan thought about it and added, "She had something to occupy her too. She was teaching ballet in a dance school for children."

"She liked children?"

Tristan was puzzled by the question but soon nodded, "I suppose so."

Kate didn't ask again, and Tristan stayed silent.

They were too young. They had just been married, and at least he didn't think of that issue. As a man in his late twenties, he focused on his career.

Besides, he had some burden in his mind that was heavier than the ordinary people. She was understanding and considerate. She never mentioned having a child.

Now that he thought about it, she should have longed for having a child; otherwise, she would not put away her major of business management and went to teach children dancing.

And after she saw a report on some remote area of Arizona on TV, she said to him that the kids there were pitiful and suggested he build a school for charity.

He replied in a world-wise way that it was OK to donate the money, but he was afraid the money could not go to the children there. She seemed to realize that it was still too hard for him to make money, and she never mentioned this again.

Until three years after she passed away, he saw some pictures of the children there. Tristan had decided to fulfill her wish.

Tristan drew back his attention from his thoughts. It was not necessary to tell the story to Kate. He just wanted her to be happy coming out to see the sights. This subject was too heavy, and she might not understand.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href="#%E2%80%99s-accident_52069199920548377">#%E2%80%99s-accident_52069199920548377</a> for visiting.

Besides, what she might think after hearing this?

However, she didn't ask about this before. Did it mean that she started to care about him as she asked today? The idea brought ripples to his heart.

They were detained in Phoenix because of bad weather. When they got back to LA, it was the fifth day. Kate missed quite a lot of classes and had to study hard to make up for them.

After a few days, she looked in the mirror and found she had lost some weight. Insufficient sleep, fatigue, weakness, all of the symptoms Tristan warned her of had come together.

After she finally caught up with the schoolwork, Kate had a good sleep over the weekend. Refreshed after the sleep, she thought of her brother, whom she had not contacted for many days.

She called him, and Max said in a sorrowful voice, "Kate, will you go to Jimmy's memorial service tomorrow?"

Kate didn't trust her ears, "What service?"

Max was surprised, "You didn't know? The gangs took revenge, and Jimmy had an accident in action. The injury was too serious, and he didn't survive in the rescue…"

Kate didn't remember what she said, or she didn't say anything at all. All she could hear was the beep of the phone, and her head was only filled with that beep sound.

She had tears all over her face. Was Jimmy dead? How could it be possible? Did he die in a car crash?

She had just left for a few days, and she saw him on TV the night before she went.

He was awarded a prize. Though he didn't look glad to receive it, he was alive and standing there…

After a long time, she muttered, "It can't be true…"