Chapter 6
After more than ten hours on the plane, my companions and I landed, exhausted.
The scene here was completely different from the peace and tranquility back home. This place was full of war and armed conflict, and one could lose their life here at any moment if
not careful.
As we dozed in the car, the medical team leader who came to pick us up briefed us on the situation at our destination.
At the same time, he gave each of us a gun.
He said that while saving lives was important, our own lives were even more important than the mission.
These words deeply touched my heart.
I suddenly thought of the years I was married to Ottilie, when I had considered her my everything.
Back then, hadn’t I also viewed her as more important than my own life?
Soon, we arrived at our destination.
On the muddy road, many injured people were sitting on the ground, their arms or legs covered in bloody wounds
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Only then did I learn that this area had just experienced a bombing.
And these injured people I saw with horrifying wounds were actually the least severely injured from that recent disaster.
Because the operating rooms were already full, they could only be placed by the
roadside.
Now, I had put all other thoughts aside and quickly ran over to help bandage their
wounds.
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This work was just the beginning.
Over the next few months, the things I experienced each day seemed to constantly
challenge my worldview.
At the same time, my resolve grew increasingly firm.
I never regretted coming here, nor did I regret becoming a doctor with Doctors Without
Borders.
Until one day at noon, a colleague came panting, saying someone was looking for me.
I thought it was an injured person and was about to go out when the colleague continued, “It seems to be someone from back home, a woman.”
I paused briefly, Ottilie’s image instantly flashing through my mind.
Before I could voice my refusal, Ottilie had already found her way in.
“Jude Wilson, it really is you!”
She rushed over and hugged me, her eyes red–rimmed. I felt her tears on my neck and awkwardly pushed her away.
I remembered that as soon as I boarded the plane, the lawyer had sent me a message.
He said the divorce lawsuit had been officially submitted, and regardless of whether
Ottilie was willing or not, our marriage would legally be dissolved within half a month.
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anging to a divorced status.
So why had she gone to such lengths to find me now?
“Ottilie, we’re already divorced.”
“Do you know how much has happened in the month since you left? My father… he’s one.”
I was stunned, completely unprepared for the news that Mr. Parker had passed away.
“I’m sorry, we didn’t believe you back then. We thought you were lying, but the real liar was Kieran. He never actually went to find any top specialist. My dad’s condition just kept getting worse. If only we had listened to you and gone to see the specialist, he might still
alive now.”
As she spoke, Ottilie crouched down, covering her face and sobbing.
I stood still, feeling uneasy.
In the month Thad been here, I had been experiencing life and death every day.
I thought I had become numb, but hearing Ottilie’s words now, I still felt awful.
After all, in the beginning, my father–in–law had treated me quite well.
“I’m sorry, Jude. I’ve been trying to find you ever since. I wanted to apologize to you in person, but only then did I realize you hadn’t just quit your job casually, but wanted to become a doctor with Doctors Without Borders That’s why I came all this way to find you Please come back with me. It’s too dangerous here. I’ve already lost my father, I can’t lose
you too now.
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