All Chapters of If not love, Whatelse?: Chapter 41 - Chapter 43

Williams drove into the Brighton Central hospital. He parked crookedly in front of the hospital, the engine barely off before he jumped out of the car. The air smelled of disinfectant and urgency as he dashed through the glass doors, his heart beating faster than his steps.“Excuse me, the patient brought in from the highway accident…Ethan…where is he?” he asked the nurse at the front desk, breathless.“Ward 3B. Left wing,” she replied.Williams didn’t wait to thank her. He rushed down the corridor, shoes echoing off the tiled floor.When he entered, the world seemed to slow. As Ethan layed motionless on the bed… his head wrapped in thick bandages, his arm in a sling, bruises blooming across his neck and shoulder. Machines beeped steadily beside him, each sound a fragile thread of hope as he looked helpless and small.Williams pulled a chair up beside the bed, his eyes locked on his friend’s still face. The panic began to recede, replaced by a deep, numbing ache.He remembered the fir

“So…. They know.”The office was darker now. The blinds were shut. The city lights outside cut thin sharp lines across the floor.The man sat alone, elbows on the desk, replaying the final whisper on the damaged recorder.“You’d better stay off this… Mr anonymous.”He exhaled slowly, anger simmering beneath his calm expression.“Someone knows who I am,” he muttered. “And someone wanted that file badly enough to kill for it.”He reached for the phone and dialed a secure number.The line clicked.A deep voice answered, “Yes, sir.”“Find out who was in Bertha City tonight. Every camera, every shadow. Someone took that file, and I want a name before morning.”“Yes sir.”He hung up and leaned back, fingers steepled under his chin.Just then a knock came in..”Boss I’m here”“Come in”The guy walked in with his head bowed.With a cold voice, the boss asked “Report”“Camellia have doing fine and there has been no suspicious move around her…. all thanks to Williams.”“Williams?”“Yes…. He’s Ca