Chapter 1013 Near-Death Experience
Bishop said, "Remember when I told you that you were praying for me? I wasn't just guessing."
Ava furrowed her brow, looking puzzled. "If it wasn't a guess, then how did you know?"
Back then, Bishop was in the ICU, unconscious, and there was no way anyone could have told him.
"Was it when I was sitting by your bedside?" Ava thought for a moment. "I did hope you'd wake up, but I didn't pray."
Bishop nodded. "Yeah, you didn't pray when you were by my bedside, but you did when you were outside the ICU, looking through the glass, right?"
Ava was shocked. "How did you know? Did you check the hospital's surveillance? Is there a camera in the hallway?"
Bishop shook his head. "No, I didn't watch any surveillance. I saw it with my own eyes."
Ava was skeptical. "But you were lying in bed. Were you awake?"
Bishop asked, "Ava, have you ever heard of a near-death experience?"
"Near-death experience?" Ava was taken aback. She had heard of it. "Are you saying you had one?"
Bishop nodded. "Yeah. When I was in the operating room, I felt like I was floating. I saw the doctors working hard to save me. But I was just watching from above, feeling light and pain-free, even relaxed. I watched until I suddenly felt my soul snap back into my body."
Ava listened closely.
Bishop continued, "Then I was in the ICU. I could see myself lying on the bed through the glass. It was like my soul had stepped out, and you were standing outside, looking at me, talking, and praying for me."
This time, Ava believed him. She had heard of such things. A near-death experience was when someone was close to dying and might have an out-of-body experience. Scientifically, it could be the brain hallucinating. But Ava believed Bishop. She was a bit excited. "And then? What did you feel?"
Bishop thought back. "I felt very calm, just watching the people around me. Sometimes I'd drift by other rooms and see patients who couldn't be saved, with their families crying. I felt nothing, not even pain or guilt about Christina."
Ava looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
After a while, Bishop spoke again. "I also saw that woman, Madison, saying nasty things to you. You couldn't hold back and slapped her. Then Alexander came over, didn't ask anything, and blamed you for bullying her, thinking it was all your fault. Madison seemed so fragile, but I felt she was very manipulative. She uses her fragility to gain men's sympathy. It's disgusting."