My daughter, Lily, has a severe peanut allergy. But my brother-in-law, Jax, secretly tricked her into eating peanuts. I didn’t hesitate for a second. I hailed the first car I saw and told the driver, “Hospital, now!” In my previous life, when Lily had an allergic reaction, I frantically called my wife, Serena. Serena had been incredibly reluctant. She was at Jax’s graduation ceremony and only came back after I practically begged. But I never imagined that Jax would encounter assailants on his way home that very night and die on the spot. Serena handled Jax’s funeral with unsettling calm. She just told me he’d had bad luck. The following year, on the anniversary of Jax’s death, Serena poisoned my food. As I lay dying, I heard her venomous voice: “You bastard! You poisoned our daughter just to stop me from going to Jax’s graduation!” “You deserve to die. Go atone for your sins to him!” Lily and I died with our eyes wide open, consumed by injustice. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day Lily had her allergic reaction.
I scooped Lily into my arms. This was an emergency; I couldn’t afford to waste a single thought. I rushed her downstairs. Lily’s reaction came on fast. Rashes spread across her body, and she went into shock within minutes. It was the same in my last life. I was completely out of my mind with panic. I immediately called Serena. Serena initially refused to come. She insisted Lily couldn’t possibly have an allergy; it was just a common cold. I begged and pleaded, and she finally, reluctantly, came back. But it was that very decision that led both Lily and me to our demise. This time, I wasn’t going to beg Serena for help. Instead, I flagged down a car on the street. Halfway there, we saw an Audi parked in the emergency lane. Other drivers, hearing there was a patient in our car, gave way, but the Audi remained stubbornly in place. Our driver honked furiously, but the Audi didn’t budge. The driver cursed, “Damn it! This jerk is doing it on purpose!” Sweat poured down my face. Looking at Lily, her face ghostly pale, my heart ached beyond words. All I could do was try some basic first aid on Lily. Just then, my phone rang. It was Serena. “Oh, so you like playing games, huh? Not going to call me this time? Fine, then you can just rot in that car!” I froze. The Audi blocking the emergency lane… it was Serena’s doing. I roared into the phone, “Serena, are you insane?! This is your own daughter! She’s dying! What kind of monster are you?” A cold laugh echoed from the other end. “Hmph, don’t play the victim. You think I don’t know your little schemes? You just want to ruin Jax’s graduation, don’t you? I’m sick of you, Leo!” Jax’s voice then chimed in. “Leo, can’t you just let me have my graduation? I promise, after this, I’ll give Serena back to you.” “You monster!” My whole body trembled with rage. “We’re stuck in the emergency lane because of the car you called! If you have even an ounce of humanity left, move that car, now!” “Don’t give me that crap. You won’t get your way today. I just want you to taste what it’s like to be messed with.” With that, Serena hung up. I stared at the unconscious Lily, my anxiety mounting with every second. The driver anxiously said, “Was that your wife? You need to make her move that car!” I wiped away my tears and called Serena again. But this time, Jax answered. “Leo, Serena’s busy. Just tell me what you need.” “Let her answer the phone.” “Can’t do that. Serena’s very busy.” I screamed, “Tell her to get that Audi moved!” Jax chuckled softly on the other end. “Even more impossible. Serena said if you got out, you’d just come ruin my graduation. You can just stay in the car for a while.” With that, Jax hung up. The driver was already frantic. He was trying to ram the Audi to clear a path. But the Audi was fighting back, reversing hard against us. The driver cursed, “That son of a bitch!” Left with no choice, the driver called the police again, but they were taking forever. My panic reached a fever pitch. “No, this can’t wait! Lily’s condition is critical. If we don’t get her help now, it’ll be too late!” Last time, Lily had made it to the hospital. Was this second chance going to be even worse? I had no other option. I got out of the car, trying to communicate with the Audi driver. I rushed over and knocked on the Audi’s window. The window slowly rolled down, revealing a familiar face. It was Brianna, Serena’s best friend.
“Brianna, please move the car! Lily is in danger right now!” Brianna grinned, shaking her head. I anxiously reached out to pull her, but she suddenly rolled the window back up. My hand was caught, and a scream of pain ripped from my throat. Brianna, with a malicious smirk, said, “What are you doing? Trying to stage an accident?” By now, other drivers were watching the spectacle. Some started speaking up for me. “There’s a patient in the car behind you! Move it!” “Seriously, you’re putting someone’s life at risk!” Brianna suddenly flung open her car door. I lost my balance, stumbled, and fell. She savored the sight of my humiliation, a gleam of excitement in her eyes. “Everyone, it’s not that I don’t want to move, but this man’s daughter is perfectly fine.” “His daughter just has a common cold. He’s making such a big fuss just to compete with his brother-in-law, using little girl as an excuse.” Brianna’s words hung in the air, and the gazes directed at me were filled with disdain. I couldn’t bother to explain. I tried to pull her, to make her see for herself. She pushed me away with surprising force. “Gross! Don’t touch me. I don’t know why Serena ever married a jealous man like you, jealous even of her own brother!” “No! Lily really is having an allergic reaction! If you don’t believe me, go look!” I couldn’t even get up. I just lay there on the ground, pleading with her. Then, my driver came over. “Ma’am, please move your car! That child looks really unwell, her face is as white as a sheet!” Brianna first frowned, then smiled knowingly. “Wow, I really underestimated you. You even hired someone to act with you.” I looked at Brianna’s unyielding, maliciously speculative face, filled with a mixture of desperate urgency and furious anger. “Brianna, this is a matter of life and death! How can you be so cold-blooded? This is a living, breathing child! Aren’t you afraid of karma?” Most people, after hearing Brianna, still looked at me and the driver with suspicion. Some even started agreeing with Brianna, accusing me of wasting public resources. “People nowadays, making up drama with their daughters over trivial conflicts. Truly disgusting.” “Exactly, it’s outrageous.” Faced with these baseless accusations, my heart was burning with anxiety, yet I was utterly unable to defend myself. Lily was in critical condition in the car. Every second of delay could mean her life. And yet, here I was, trapped in this ridiculous argument with Brianna. The driver anxiously told Brianna, “Ma’am, you’ve really misunderstood. The child looks very serious. Any more delay could be life-threatening.” Perhaps the driver’s expression was too serious, because Brianna started to waver. She quickly called Serena. “What’s going on? Are you sure it’s not an allergy?” “Of course not! I saw Lily coughing this morning when I left. If she had an allergy, how could I leave her?” To convince Brianna, Serena didn’t hesitate to lie. Brianna nodded, satisfied, and hung up. When she turned back to me and the driver, her contempt deepened. “Hmph, you two are quite the double act, very convincing. But I see right through you. You just want to trick me into moving the car. No way!” My emotions completely snapped. I desperately grabbed at Brianna, wanting her to see Lily’s horrifying state with her own eyes. “Go see! See how bad my daughter is!” Brianna stood perfectly still. Just as we were at an impasse, a police car suddenly sped up, sirens wailing. The traffic cops had finally arrived at the scene.
After assessing the situation, the officer sternly told Brianna, “Ma’am, please move your vehicle immediately.” Brianna still tried to argue, pointing at me and the driver. “Officer, these two are ganging up to trick me! They’re saying the child has an allergy, but it’s just a common cold. They’re wasting medical resources!” The officer frowned, then looked at me. My face was streaked with tears. I desperately pleaded, “Officer, please, believe us! My daughter is almost gone. Any later, and it will be too late!” The officer realized the gravity of the situation and ignored Brianna’s nonsense. He decisively directed other officers to forcibly tow the Audi out of the emergency lane. Brianna was also taken away by the police for obstructing traffic. Our car was finally able to move, speeding like a whirlwind towards the hospital. But when we arrived, I received devastating news. The hospital’s allergy emergency equipment was undergoing comprehensive maintenance and was temporarily out of service. This sudden news hit me like a bolt of lightning, plunging me once again into the depths of despair. This hadn’t happened in my previous life. It was Serena. It had to be her. She was one of the investors in this hospital. “How can this be? What about my daughter? She can’t wait!” I gripped the doctor’s arm, my voice cracking with tears. The doctor anxiously said, “I… I don’t know what to do.” I felt like I’d been instantly dragged into the deepest pit of hell. The doctor was also very worried. “We can try some existing basic medications to start initial anti-allergy treatment and alleviate the symptoms, but this is only a temporary measure. The situation is still very critical.” I looked at Lily, unconscious and breathing faintly on the hospital bed. My heart was ablaze with fear, and I could only nod in agreement. The doctors quickly sprang into action, treating Lily with intense focus. During this, I immediately called the relevant department to file a complaint. To make them take it seriously, I lied, saying the hospital was deliberately withholding allergy emergency equipment because I had offended them. The department took it seriously and promised to investigate quickly and give me a response. Receiving that reply, I finally let out a shaky breath. Time ticked by, second by agonizing second, each one feeling like an entire year. Suddenly, my phone rang. It was Serena. “How does it feel? Pretty good to be toyed with, huh?” “Why are you doing this? You know Lily has an allergy!” Serena’s low laugh, like a demon’s whisper, came from the other end. “So what? She’s a bastard child. Don’t think I don’t know, she’s not even my kid.” I froze. Lily was conceived through IVF, using Serena’s and my own cells. She was doubting that? No wonder she had been so cruel to Lily and me in my previous life. I anxiously said, “She really is your daughter! Please, you have to save her!” “Shut up, you poisonous husband! Jax already secretly got a paternity test for me. Lily and I have no blood relation whatsoever!” Jax. It was Jax again. Did he really hate Lily and me that much? I clutched my phone, my heart a twisted knot of anger and despair. “Serena, you just believe your brother like that?” “I only believe evidence. Could a paternity test be fake? You and your bastard Lily can just rot!” With that, she hung up. I slumped to the ground, overcome with grief. Just then, the doctor hurried out of the emergency room. The doctor’s face was grim. “The child’s condition is very critical. If we don’t get allergy emergency equipment soon, it’s possible…” The doctor didn’t finish, but I understood his unspoken words. Just as I was about to sink into utter despair, my phone abruptly rang again.
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