At the hospital

Wesley silently watched the girl lying in the hospital bed. She was put on a drip. He called Adalson.

“She has a high fever-39.8 degrees

Celsius. Her burn wounds are infected. She’s been put on a drip in the hospital.”

Adalson frowned deeply.

“39.8? Wow. She can’t even take care of herself? I’m busy these days. Hartwell just left the city and her parents…” He paused, let out a sigh and continued, “Wesley, please take care of her for me, for just a few days.”

Wesley looked up at the ceiling, baffled. After a moment’s silence, he promised, “Don’t worry, Uncle Adalson. I got this.”

ward and sat down in a chair beside the bed. He fixed his eyes on

G E L A ‘s L I

She was full of life then, but now she

he checked on her the first time, she didn’t look that bad.

so helpless. Why didn’t

his chair and grabbed a cotton ball. He dipped it in a glass of water and cleaned her

the new ointment to

sleep, maybe because it stung. Wesley adjusted his technique and did it more tenderly

between his arm

soft as a baby

thinking about it, he took

never felt anything like this. He

hospital with his teacher to attend a medical seminar. It wasn’t easy to get a chance to attend that seminar, so he had hurried here. He heard from an acquaintance that Wesley was there too. He asked the ward number and came to see his brother. When he was about to push the door open, he

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