[Comprehensive British and American] Super Mario

Seattle Gray Hospital.

Steven walked into the emergency hall of the hospital. The people coming and going here were no different from the daytime. He walked into the hall and turned his head to look around. At this moment, an ambulance stopped outside the door with its overhead lights flashing. , The nurses in the emergency department hurried past Steven pushing the bed.He watched slightly sideways as they made their way to the gate, where they were moving a patient from a stretcher to a trolley with the people in the ambulance.He had never been to a hospital late at night. After being surprised for a moment, he turned and walked towards the front desk of the emergency department, and said to the nurse who was entering some information in front of the computer: "Hi, sorry... Excuse me."

The nurse was so busy that she didn't even have the time to raise her eyes. While typing on the keyboard, she said, "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"I wonder where Mark Walter is?" Steven asked.

"We don't have this person here." The nurse said without thinking, "Neither is it a doctor or a nurse with this name."

Steven was taken aback, shook his head and said, "No, it's not a doctor, it's not a nurse. He was injured and sent here."

The nurse glanced at him and said, "Wait a minute." Then she clicked the mouse a few times, switched the interface quickly, checked the emergency patient records of the day, and said, "Oh, here, yes, no Wrong, Mark Walter, he is undergoing surgery, you can turn right and go straight...the operating room is right there." She casually pointed to the direction of the operating room.

"Thank you!" Steven turned and left.

After the nurse finished speaking, she looked up naturally, only to realize that Steven had strode towards the operating room. She shrugged and resumed the work at hand.

Steven followed the nurse's instructions and walked not far from the door of the operating room, and saw a middle-aged woman wearing a dark brown knitted coat standing against the wall, facing the operating room.He paused slightly, thought for a while, then slowed down and walked towards her.

The middle-aged woman didn't notice his arrival. She clasped her hands tightly around her chest, leaned her head against the wall expressionlessly, and stared blankly at the light on the door of the operating room.

Steven glanced at the light indicating that the operation was in progress in the operating room, walked up to her, and said hesitantly, "Sorry, may I ask... are you Professor Walter's wife?"

When the middle-aged woman heard his question, she moved her head slightly, looked at him, and nodded slightly.

"Uh...I'm his...student." Steven said somewhat unsmoothly: "I knew from my friend that something happened to the professor, so...I think I need to come and see, he..."

The middle-aged woman nodded her head again, with a hint of gratitude in her eyes, and said softly, "Thank you, child, what's your name?"

"Steven." He thought for a moment and added, "I'm Steven Barnes."

The middle-aged woman showed a difficult smile and said, "Steven, you can call me Ashley."

Steven nodded silently, looked around Ashley, and found that her complexion was very bad, and there were heavy traces of blue shadows in her eyes. In addition, she seemed to have been crying for a long time, and her eyes were bloodshot.He glanced at the chairs placed outside the operating room and said, "Ashley, I think you might want to sit for a while."

Ashley shook her head and said softly: "I can't sit down, let me stand here!"

Steven couldn't force her, he could only stand beside her and say, "It will be fine."

Ashley looked at the tall and handsome Steven in a blink of an eye, sighed and said, "Thank you for coming here, but it's late now, go back to school, don't affect your class tomorrow."

"Well, it doesn't matter!" Steven said, and then felt that the words were a bit inappropriate, and said immediately: "Actually, I don't have a class tomorrow morning, so please let me stay here with you for a while!"

Ashley turned her eyes noncommittally, looked at the operating light that was still on, sighed softly after a long time, and said, "Thank you, Steven."

Steven didn't say a word, standing beside her smiled awkwardly.

For a while, the two had no conversation, and both looked at the operating room quietly, waiting for the operation to end.

It was light, and Mary hurried to JFK Airport with her luggage. After a long wait, she finally boarded the first flight to Seattle. Six and a half hours later, the plane was safe at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. landing.

Mary got off the plane and immediately took a taxi to Seattle Gray Hospital. She turned on her mobile phone and called Ashley. After the call was connected, Ashley's weary voice came: "Honey, are you there yet?"

"Yes, I just got off the plane and I'm on my way to your place now." Mary asked worriedly, "Is Mark awake?"

"No." Ashley sighed deeply.

"Maybe, he's just too tired and needs to rest for a while." Mary tried to comfort her, "I'll be there soon, don't worry, he might wake up in a while!"

"I know." Ashley said softly, "Don't worry too much, the doctor said the operation was successful, so he will be fine, right?"

Mary pursed her lips, hummed, and talked to her a few more words before hanging up the phone, holding the phone tightly and turning her head to look out the car window.The weather in Seattle is different from New York. After entering the winter, it is often cloudy and rainy here. When she set off from New York, she saw the rising sun on the plane, and when she got off the plane, she was greeted by a familiar but strange light rain.She pressed down the window glass, and the strong cold wind rolled fine raindrops into the speeding car and hit Mary's face. The cold raindrops splashed on her face but made her tremble violently. The whole person broke free from the dazed state, and she began to think.

While waiting for the plane at Kennedy Airport, Mary and Ashley had a phone call, and Ashley, who had completely calmed down, told her that Mark's operation was over and the doctor thought it was very successful.As a patient who was stabbed 5 times in the abdomen and punctured the spleen causing massive bleeding, he survived the operation very tenaciously. After the operation, he only needs good treatment and self-cultivation to recover slowly. Of course, the premise is that he can wake up on his own without postoperative complications.

tenacious.Ashley used this word when describing Mark's completion of the operation, and Mary couldn't help but think of years ago, not long after she was adopted by Ashley and Mark, Mark had a conflict with a colleague because of a scientific research project, and the two had a fight. It was a big deal, and then the situation escalated to the college. She didn't know the specific situation very well, but she only knew that Mark was raped by that colleague.Although the police confirmed that Mark did not do such a thing after investigation, the college still dismissed him.

In Mary's memory, it was a very, very dark day, and Mark always stayed in the study for a long time.Even so, Ashley and Mark treated her very well and took good care of her. Mark would take her to the park every day to walk the dog and play with her.

Later, Mark failed to find another job in New York. After discussing with Ashley, he decided to take Mary back to his hometown of Seattle to start a new life. At that time, Ashley smiled and said that Mark was a tenacious boy.

Mary reached out to wipe off the rain on her face, and looked in front of the car in a blink of an eye. Through the front windshield of the car, Gray's Hospital with a modern style appeared in front of her eyes.

Mark's ward at Gray Hospital in Seattle.

Ashley sat on the edge of the hospital bed, leaned over slightly, tightly held his hand lying on the side with both hands, and stared blankly at Mark who was sleeping soundly wearing a ventilator.

Steven turned his head and looked out the window. It was still raining outside. He looked at Ashley, and she stared at Mark. After he moved here, except for answering a phone call, the rest of the time remained like this movement and posture.He thought for a while, walked up to her, and said softly, "Ashley, shall I buy you something to eat?"

Ashley moved her eyes slightly, turned her head to look up at him, smiled tiredly and said, "I'm not hungry, if you are, go and eat something!" She paused, as if she remembered something, Looking at Steven, he said, "Oh, by the way, should you go to school? It seems to be getting late."

Steven shook his head slightly and said, "Although you're not hungry, I suggest you have something to eat, maybe a cup of coffee?"

Ashley smiled weakly and said, "Okay, you're right, please buy me a cup of coffee." After speaking, she let go of Mark's hand and fumbled in her pocket.

Steven saw that she was going to give her some change, and said quickly, "Okay, I'll go right away." After speaking, he turned around and strode out of the ward, walked along the corridor to the elevator, and both elevators showed that they were on the first floor , he thought for a while, lowered his hat, turned and walked towards the stairwell.

In front of the elevator on the first floor, Mary was dragging her suitcase into the elevator. She pressed the button for the second floor, and the elevator door slowly closed...