Chapter 755

The Sole Survivor

A screech of brakes tore through the air.

A black sedan careened out of control, slamming headfirst into an oncoming semi-truck.

The deafening crash of metal on metal made eardrums throb.

The sedan's front half crumpled like paper beneath the truck's massive frame.

"Someone help! There's a child in there!"

Screams erupted from the gathering crowd.

Vivian Laurent froze mid-step. Through the shattered rear window, she saw a woman shielding a little girl with her own body—impaled through the chest by twisted door metal.

Crimson droplets pattered onto the asphalt.

"Let me through! I'm a doctor!"

Vivian pushed past bystanders, crouching to assess the wreckage. The driver's lifeless eyes stared blankly. The front passenger was unrecognizable.

Only the mother in the backseat still had a pulse.

"We need tools to pry this door open! The girl's alive!"

A passerby thrust a crowbar into her hands.

As the mangled door groaned open, Vivian spotted the faint rise and fall of the child's chest. But the girl's right leg was trapped beneath collapsed seating, a jagged metal edge grazing her femoral artery.

"Any longer and we'll lose the leg."

She directed rescuers to stabilize the wreckage.

When Vivian turned to check the other victims, her stomach dropped.

The driver and male passenger were beyond saving.

The mother's breath came in shallow gasps. "Save...my daughter..." she mouthed, blood bubbling at her lips.

"I promise."

Vivian clasped the woman's icy fingers.

A ghost of a smile touched the dying mother's face before her grip went slack. Even in death, her arms remained curved protectively around her child.

Vivian's throat tightened.

As a mother herself, she understood the weight of this final plea.

This little girl was the tragedy's only miracle.