Chapter 143. Time to Leave

ROBERT’S POV 

  Loud gasps echoed from every corner of the field and bleacher where the parents and sponsors sat as though the audience could feel Liam’s pain as he crashed on the floor. 

  At that moment, my heart pounded so hard I thought it would burst, and I stood frozen on the spot as if caught in a nightmare. Liam wasn’t moving. He just lay there motionless, his elbow covering his face as he buried it on the floor. A wave of fear unlike anything I’d ever felt gripped me at the thought that he might be paralyzed. With the way he fell, it was obvious he’d suffer a very bad injury. 

  Before I could react, I saw Lily running down the stairs of the bleachers like one whose house was on fire. 

  “Liam…” her voice broke out in sobs, her chest rising and falling heavily. “My baby…” 

  I got off my seat. The parents in my line of seat quickly made way for me, staring at me with sympathy and saying some thi