My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 248

Holley never wanted to came here,

but she found it hard to escape the team's influence. After a period of hesitation, she reluctantly gave in to their goading and agreed.

If she decided to quit, she would be the only one who wouldn't join the rescue.

Even though most would not dare say anything about it, nothing was so certain when they left.

Holley regretted that she allowed herself to agree to follow them there, but she made sure not to show a hint of regret to the others.

Rachel slumped down on the stone bar behind her. She felt so tired that she didn't care whether it was dirty or not. She stared at the bottled water in her hand, and felt moved by Holley's thoughtfulness.

She felt ashamed by her first reaction of feeling wary of Holley when she first came over.

She realized that some small acts of kindness could easily move some people in the kind of environment that they were in.

But the feeling did not last long for Rachel. They had to eat quickly and then continued to focus on tending to the wounded patients. Their priority was to set up some tents so that they'd have a place that could be better prepared for helping others who were in trouble.

None of them had ever experienced anything like it before. The long line of wounded children melted their hearts and made each one of them feel sad.

Most of the wounded victims were the elderly and children. There were also some injured middle-aged couples who stayed in their hometown.

Some of the injured aged people who waited for medical aid were soaked in the rain before getting there.

Rachel set up a tent with another member of the same team. They then moved the badly injured elderly victims in there with the others.

She felt exhausted after she completed a lot of the tasks. Her clothes were wet and they had already stuck to her body making her body feel cold and numb. The scrubs and lab coat didn't offer much when it came to rain protection. Her inner clothes were wet and she felt extremely uncomfortable.

But the only thing that she could do was push on.

Fortunately, they'd received news that the rescue team was on their way. Even the medical team got involved and was on their way as well. Once the other teams arrived, they could leave and rest.

The news brought hope and relief to everyone in the team. But not long after the news arrived, Holley came running to her in such urgency.

She went straight to talk to Rachel and motioned for Rachel to follow her. Rachel followed her right away.

When they reached a secluded area, Holley suddenly lowered her voice and said nervously to Rachel, "Rachel! Please, help me! Please!"

"Why? What's wrong?"

Holley grabbed Rachel's hand and brought her to another location. Rachel staggered to keep up with her as she followed her through the maze of tents. After what seemed like several minutes of navigating through the tents, Holley finally slowed down until they completely stopped. "Can you tell me what happened?" Rachel asked as she gasped for air. Their quickened jaunt through the area left her almost breathless.

"I lost one of the children!" Holley replied in a lowered voice. Her voice was filled with anxiety.

"What?" Rachel exclaimed in surprise. Holley looked back at her with fearful eyes filled with panic. "A kid said that he needed to go to the washroom. So, I took him out to go to the washroom. I guess, I didn't pay attention too much and now I don't know where he went." Holley was one of the pediatric doctors. She was good at coaxing children, so she was assigned to look after the children in the area.

But she never expected that the kid would pull a trick on her. "Can you help me find him?" Holley pleaded. "This kid's left arm was broken and it was just set in place with a cast. He was talking about wanting to go back to see his grandpa."

There was a sudden determination that flashed in Rachel's eyes. Without warning, she replied in an urgent tone of voice, "Let's go!"

They started walking to look for the missing kid when Holley suddenly said, "The kid's family were buried under their collapsed house."

They decided it was best to look for the missing kid there first. If the kid went anywhere, then he would likely go straight back to his family's house.

However, they were not sure where the kid's house was.

Rachel hesitated and thought for a moment. She then suddenly stopped and turned to Holley. "We don't know where his family is. Let's go back and find out first before we head out."

"I went to find out where they lived, but I didn't dare to go there alone. So I went to ask for your help."

When Rachel heard this, she knew that they'd be able to find the house of the missing kid. All of a sudden, there was a brief feeling of skepticism that gripped her heart.

But she immediately shrugged it off.

Jack, on the other hand, completed booking a flight to the neighboring province for the morning of the next day.

He kept trying to get a call to Rachel, but the call wouldn't get through. After he thought for a while, he decided to just send her a message.

He found it hard to sleep the entire evening. He felt restless and the anxiety in his chest made it difficult for him to sleep.

He got up and walked a little to calm himself down, but it was ineffective in reducing his quickened heartbeat.

When he thought about getting cleaned and preparing to go to the hospital, the restlessness started to fade away.

He waited a while longer and he finally felt better. He then lay down on the bed once more to try and get some sleep.

But he was still unable to asleep. After a few moments of tossing and turning in bed, he got up and went to the collection room. He opened the wine cabinet and took out a bottle of wine. He took out a wine glass and poured wine into it.

He drank the wine and waited until the wine took effect on him. A few minutes later, he fell sleep.

In less than six hours, he would need to board the plane that would fly him to where Rachel was.

And he was sleepless until midnight.

There had been massive flooding in the three cities of the neighboring province. And the unusually heavy rain had caused landslides from the surrounding mountains. The landslides were especially massive that they destroyed a lot of properties and structures.