Chapter 152. Operation

When Pierce finished his business and was about to go home, the phone rang. It was the manager of one of his factories. He told Pierce on the phone, “There was an accident in the factory. Mr. Hammond, please head there right away!”

Astonished, Pierce immediately leapt to his feet and rushed to the factory. Along the way, his anxiety compelled him to keep urging his driver to speed up. When passing by a quiet road, the driver suddenly exclaimed.

“Sir, look.”

An emergency brake followed after the exclamation. Pierce fixed his eyes in the direction the driver was pointing and was shocked at what he saw. On the road less than two meters away from their car lay a woman covered in blood. “Let’s go down and have a look!” Pierce was first to open the door when he realized what had happened.

“It seems that she’s not breathing.” The driver carefully turned over the injured woman’s head and tried checking for any sign of breathing with his finger. When he touched the in