Chapter 7

Jonas wrapped his arms tightly around George's urn. "George, I'll be reuniting with you soon."

The next day, he placed George's portrait in his grave and scattered his ashes into the sea.

Afterward, he returned home. He had just started up the stairs when he bumped into Henry.

Henry stood in his way, wearing nothing but a loosely tied bathrobe. He flashed Jonas a malicious grin. "What's it like being rejected by your wife and daughter? If I were you, I'd wish I had died a year ago instead of coming back to embarrass myself."

Jonas stared at him coldly. "Henry, you only graduated from middle school. You only became an attending physician because you had connections through Serena and had her falsify your résumé.

"A year ago, you did surgery on a patient without authorization, even though you had no medical experience at all, and ended up killing him.

"When the family demanded an explanation, Serena manipulated public opinion and made my father take the fall, accusing him of performing surgery while drunk. That led to him being killed by the patient's family.

"After that, you staged a kidnapping and framed me, making Serena throw me into the sea. I remember everything you did. What? Do you want to set me up again?"

The smile on Henry's face widened. "So what if it was me? Do you have proof? Yeah, I know nothing, but I'll become an associate chief physician soon. Jonas, you can't compete with me."

Just then, a noise came from the entryway. Serena and Erica were back.

Jonas noticed the sudden change in Henry's expression and chuckled. "What? Are you going to fall down on your own and blame it on me?"

Henry curled his lips into a smug smile and didn't deny it. When he saw Serena walking over, he began to lose his balance, just about to pretend he'd been pushed down the stairs.

The next second, Jonas kicked him hard in the stomach.

"Ahh!" Henry yelled in pain, rolling down the stairs and landing right at Serena and Erica's feet.

Jonas watched him coldly. Henry was going to blame him anyway, so he might as well help him out.

He was leaving tomorrow. It wouldn't matter even if he killed someone.

But if Henry died just like that, he'd be getting off too easy, and Richard's name would still be tarnished.

Serena was shocked to see Henry on the floor at her feet, then looked up at Jonas, who stood on the stairs, her eyes burning with rage.

"Jonas!" she roared before crouching down to hold the unconscious Henry, then she shouted outside, "Get the car ready! To the hospital now!"

Serena and Erica left in a hurry.

Jonas took out a recording pen, his face blank. He returned to his bedroom and dropped the recording pen along with a document into a file folder.

Soon, Serena's bodyguards burst in and took him to the hospital.

In the hospital hallway, Serena demanded coldly, "Did you push Henry down the stairs?"

Erica ran over and pushed him hard. "He was the only one on the stairs with Daddy. Who else could it be?"

Jonas shot Erica a cold glare, then looked at Serena. "No. He threw himself down the stairs to frame me."

Serena's chest heaved with anger at his cold indifference. "I saw Henry tumble down the stairs. How could you still deny it?"

Jonas curled his lips slightly. "Then there's nothing left for me to say. Call the police and tell them to arrest me."

"Why you—" Serena trembled with anger.

At that moment, the emergency room door opened, and a nurse rushed out.

"Ms. Quinn, Mr. Lane lost too much blood. He needs a blood transfusion, but our blood bank is running low."

Serena grabbed Jonas' wrist. "I remember you and Henry have the same blood type. You pushed him. However much blood he needs, they should take it from you!"

The bodyguards dragged Jonas into the transfusion room and pinned him down while the medical staff drew bag after bag of blood from him for Henry.

Blood kept flowing out of Jonas' body, and his vision began to blur. Waves of cold swept over him.

Eventually, everything went black.

…

When he regained consciousness, Jonas struggled to open his eyes. Then he saw a familiar face.

"Tiana? Why are you back?"

Standing before him were his pregnant sister, Tiana Black, and his brother-in-law, Liam Barnes.

In his original world, Jonas was an orphan who had never experienced a family's love. But here, in this world, he had Richard and Tiana, who had both shown him the warmth of having a family.

"You're awake. Tell me. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Why do you look so pale?" Tiana looked at him with concern. "Did Serena bully you? Don't worry. I already put in a request to transfer back here. From now on, no one will be able to push you around."

Jonas shook his head, his throat tight. He didn't know how to tell them that he was about to die and leave this world.

"Tiana, you and Liam are about to welcome your baby. No matter what happens, take care of yourselves."

They chatted for a very long time. Even as they were leaving, Tiana and Liam kept reminding Jonas at the door. "Jonas, get some rest. We'll come see you again tomorrow."

Jonas' eyes reddened as he watched them go.

This would probably be the last time they saw each other.

Tomorrow, he would be gone.