Joan was taken into the operating theater as soon as she reached the hospital.
Larry was so nervous that he wanted to go into the room as well, but the doctor stopped him.
“Sir, the patient's condition is grim at the moment, and we must operate immediately.
Please wait here patiently,” instructed the doctor firmly.
“Doctor, please...”
Larry spoke up, but the doctor ignored him. Instead, the doctor just turned around and went into the operating theatre to do his job.
The lights in the operating theater were on, and an hour crawled on by.
Larry kept pacing around in front of the operating theater. He would turn his gaze to the door of the operating theater every now and then, and he would pray that the surgery would be over soon. He wanted to see how Joan was.
“Joan, Joan!”
Hurried footsteps accompanied nervous calls as they echoed in the hospital corridor. Finnick had taken Vivian over to the hospital.
“Larry, how is Joan?” asked Vivian.
Her eyes shone as soon as she saw Larry, and she hurried over to him to ask him about the situation.
“Things are not looking good. She is inside, and the doctor is operating on her now,” answered Larry while wearing a horrified expression.
“Everything was fine just days ago. How did turn out like this?” said Vivian.
She looked terrible and was holding Finnick's arm as she spoke.
“Please let everything be alright! If anything were to happen to Joan...”
“Shut up,” scolded Finnick, “They're treating her now, aren't they? Stop bullshitting and just wait patiently. What's the point of panicking?”
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