Raphael POV
At Royal Group.
I was in a meeting.
My phone suddenly vibrated on my desktop.
I glanced at it.
It was Maddox.
Maddox rarely called me. He knew I was more used to reading text messages and emails.
These days, Essel snuck out of the house a lot, which was why Maddox called me so often.
It seemed that today Essel had snuck out of the house again.
I frowned slightly. The conference room fell silent.
I pressed the connect key and said calmly, "What is it?"
"Mr. Lancaster, Ms. Essel snuck out and had a car accident!"
Maddox's voice choked up. "Ms. Essel was in a car accident, lost a lot of blood and needs a blood transfusion, but the blood bank is out of Rh-negative blood. Mr. Lancaster, I..."
I gripped my phone tightly and jerked to my feet.
Was Essel in a car accident?
My daughter...
I screamed inwardly, tears hidden in my eyes.
I pulled open the conference room door and walked out.