Break A Leg의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 9

"Max! Where the hell do you think you're going? My leg is broken. Can't you see that?" Quentin Lowe screamed.I kept walking, even picking up my pace. I just wanted to get away from this mess as fast as possible.Suddenly, something grabbed my ankle and nearly sent me stumbling.I looked down. Quentin had somehow crawled over and was clinging tightly to my foot."Max, please. I'm begging you."He looked up at me, his eyes bloodshot."We're roommates! We've lived together for four years. We've shared meals and a room. Aren't we buddies? You can't just leave me here to die!"That's right. He was one of the few friends I had made in college, and he had always treated me better than anyone else.During freshman orientation, I suffered a heat stroke, and he carried me to the campus clinic.In my sophomore year, I had an appendicitis attack in the middle of the night. He stayed with me in the ER until morning.In my junior year, he bought me drinks after my breakup.Quentin saw me

"Do you know what a bone infection can lead to? If he develops osteomyelitis, he could end up losing his leg! Are any of you willing to take responsibility?"I held up my phone and slowly turned the camera toward the loudest hikers."All of you make it sound so easy when you're not the ones at risk!" I said. "You're forcing an unlicensed student to treat someone with a broken leg out here in the wilderness."Are you trying to leave Quentin disabled for life, or are you working together to frame me and send me to prison?"With that, the crowd fell silent. The loudest ones went quiet, their expressions stiffening.Hugo turned red in the face under my barrage of questions. After a long moment, he only managed to say, "I'm just trying to save Quentin!""Does trying to save someone mean you can ignore the law and put someone's life at risk?" I shot back without hesitation.The comments in the livestream slowly began to turn against Hugo."Hey, he kind of has a point. You really ca

The senior doctor's furious shout stunned everyone into silence.Can't save his leg?Those words hit everyone hard.The smug smile on Hugo's face froze.All color drained from his face. His lips trembled, and his knees gave out. He fell to the ground."No… No, that can't be. I was trying to save Quentin."The senior doctor ignored Hugo and pointed at Quentin's broken leg, which was already showing signs of tissue death. His expression was hard with anger."His leg was shattered, and you recklessly tried to set the bone right here. The bone pierced a major artery! Is this saving someone? You're endangering his life!"His voice was thick with a doctor's anger and grief.The remaining hikers who had praised Hugo as a hero now backed away in fear, desperate to avoid any connection to him.The livestream chat had gone from endless praise to a flood of curses and horrified comments."Oh my God! He needs an amputation?""Is Hugo an idiot? He acted like he knew what he was doing an

Three days later, news of Quentin's amputation spread across the school forum.People shared several exaggerated versions of what had happened, but they all blamed Hugo's recklessness and my so-called "heartless indifference".Hugo's parents stepped in at once. Their family had some influence in town and owned several midsize businesses. They refused to let Hugo take all the blame.In response, the Judd family sued Quentin.They claimed he had deliberately set a trap near the cliff and misled Hugo. As a result, Hugo had tried to "save a life" without knowing all the facts and had made a mistake while giving aid.The two families had become bitter enemies.When Quentin's parents realized they couldn't push the Judd family around, they set their sights on me again, assuming I would be an easy target.They went to my dorm and scrawled "Cold-Blooded Killer Max Carter" and "A Life for a Life" all over the walls in red paint.They even put up huge posters portraying me as a heartle

Although Hugo was cleared of any involvement in the insurance fraud, he wasn't off the hook. He had deliberately injured Quentin and caused him to lose his leg.His actions had caused a huge public outcry. The court gave him the maximum sentence.He also faced a massive civil lawsuit. On top of that, he would have to go to prison for his reckless actions.Hugo's parents spent almost their entire fortune trying to get Quentin's family to forgive Hugo. They hoped it would help reduce his sentence.But Quentin's parents demanded an outrageous amount of money in compensation.They couldn't reach an agreement outside the courthouse. Their argument soon turned into a physical fight.In the chaos, Hugo's dad suffered a stroke. His face was twisted as paramedics carried him into an ambulance.A family that had once been fairly well-off was torn apart.The school soon announced its decision on the serious incident.Quentin and Hugo were both expelled for seriously violating school rule