Chapter 23

It took Benjamin less than half an hour after the police had informed him about the accident to reach the scene.

He had driven there far faster than Lillian, his heart pounding with dread with each passing second

Sapphire, they had told him, was fine.

"And Isabella? My wife?"

There had been a brief pause.

"She is trapped in the back of the car. She must have thrown herself over the baby to

protect her and the force of the collision has pushed the whole of the passenger seat of the car into the back seat and over her" they had told him

When Benjamin reached the scene of the accident it was crowded with people.

"Your wife will have to be cut free" the police officer told.

His heart buckled and twisted, tearing him apart.

He had to be with Isabella and nothing, no one was going to stop him.

"I must go to my wife" he told the policeman grimly.

"She is unconscious at the moment." The policeman frowned. "There has been a spillage of fuel caused by the collision. And it isn’t saf