Half an hour later, just one crossroads before the premiere’s venue, Jane Sampson was muttering with Jas Carter about their good luck, marveling that they hadn’t hit any traffic jams during rush hour.
No sooner had she finished speaking than the mobile phone in her purse rang.
Coco Edwards, who was holding her purse, took out the phone and handed it to her. Jane asked casually, "Is that Jas Black? I guess he must have arrived a while ago."
Coco glanced at the incoming call, then nodded. "It’s Mr. Black."
Jane’s smile brightened noticeably as she quickly answered, "Hey! Jas, I’ll be there in no ti. Just wait for a little longer!"
However, instead of Jas Black’s voice, another unfamiliar female voice ca through the phone.
"Hello, are you Mr. Jas Black’s wife? This is First Hospital of Smytheton City. Mr. Black has had an incident and needs to be taken for surgery imdiately. He doesn’t have any relatives by his side right now. Can you co to the hospital as soon as possible?"
"What?" If it hadn’t been for the fact that they were using Jas Black’s phone, Jane almost suspected it was a scam.
Before she could question anything, an angry whisper from Jas ca from the other side of the phone.
"I’ve told you not to call her. Give the surgery consent, I’ll sign it myself. If anything happens, I’ll take responsibility for it!"
Jas Black’s voice from the phone wasn’t very clear because he wasn’t speaking directly into it but yelling at the doctors beside him while his voice transmitted through.
Jane panicked imdiately, "I’m on my way right now!"
Without even hanging up the phone, her voice trembling and urgent, Jane turned to Jas Carter and said, "Mr. Carter, sothing’s happened to Jas. I have to go to the city’s First Hospital right now. You go ahead into the conference venue; I need to check on Jas first then I will rush over later."
Jas Carter was stunned for a few seconds, seeing Jane’s eyes redden nearly to the point of tears, then told the driver, "Turn to the First Hospital imdiately."
The driver acknowledged with an ’aye’ and imdiately made a U-turn to head in the direction of the hospital.
"Little Jane, what happened to Mr. Black? Was it a car accident?" Coco asked, seeing Jane in such a state she could only be described as utterly distraught and panicked.
"I don’t know. The hospital called with his phone saying he needs urgent surgery and asked to co over," Jane said, suppressing her voice. "I even heard him on the phone, scolding soone, telling them not to call ."
"It’s okay, if he can still shout at people that ans it’s probably nothing serious. Don’t worry too much," Jas Carter comforted Jane and then made a call to John Young to explain his and Jane’s situation, telling John he and Jane would be late to the venue.
John Young briefly inquired about Jas Black’s condition and then agreed, "No worries, your show is after the movie screening ends, so as long as you get back before the movie finishes, it should be fine."
The driver, without instruction from Jas Carter, gradually increased the speed of the car.
Luckily, the good fortune continued, and the road was clear of any traffic jams.
The car sped into the hospital parking lot, and Jane, holding up her dress and wearing 10-centiter-high high heels, bolted toward the ergency building.
"Mr. Black, ah! Mr. Black is up ahead; follow ." The doctor who saw a family mber in a formal dress suddenly rushing out was genuinely startled.
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