After the Gas Explosion, My Husband Only Saved HerChapter 1
Two years ago, my best friend and I both married into the Cruise Family. I married the elder brother, an emergency doctor and she married the younger brother, a police officer.
The day I found out I was pregnant, my husband hadn't returned from work yet, but he invited his childhood friend, Lily James, over for dinner to celebrate.
As I went back to the bedroom to take some medicine, there was a gas explosion in the kitchen. Flames engulfed the entire room.
My best friend had gone out to buy groceries and narrowly escaped. I was locked in the room by Lily and pounded on the door, desperately calling for help. I inhaled too much smoke and soon lost my voice, while blood began to seep from beneath me.
At that moment, my husband came home from work, but the first thing he did was rush out with Lily in his arms. Hearing the commotion, I used my last bit of strength to call him.
On the other end, the phone rang with a mechanical voice, no one picked up. Just before I lost consciousness, he finally answered, but instead of concern, he yelled angrily, "How could you be so careless with cooking? How could you leave Lily alone at home? Do you know how close she came to getting hurt? I'm on my way back to the hospital, we'll talk when I get back!"
He hung up and I was left utterly powerless. In the end, it was my best friend, returning from the grocery store, who saved my life, though she lost a leg in the process.
As I was wheeled into the operating room, she immediately called her husband and demanded justice for Lily.
But her husband harshly rebuked her instead, "If it weren't for your friend, would Lily have gotten hurt? You two ran off quickly enough, maybe you're the ones plotting murder! I'm heading to the hospital now. Don't waste my time!" he said.
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After the surgery, we both decided to file for divorce. When I opened my eyes, I borrowed her phone and sent a message to Jacob, telling him I wanted a divorce.
I thought it would be another case of no one answering, but the phone rang just once.
Jacob's furious voice erupted immediately as he said, "Alana, I've called you dozens of times, did you not see? What's this about a divorce? Do you realize what you've done is unforgivable? How dare you mention divorce to me?"