Chapter 618: begged me not to hurt them

A few seconds ago...

"Miss, the ambulance is already on the way," said the staff to Grace. "They told us not to move her until they arrive."

"How long will they take to get here?"

"Three minutes... that's what they said." The staff nervously clasped her hands, gazing at the unconscious Penny before Grace.

Grace ground her teeth briefly, huffing as she nodded. "Three minutes," she murmured. "No more than that. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"It's my fault..." Nina teared up in distress, touching her head as she didn't know what to do or how to feel. Everything happened so fast that no one was able to grasp the situation until the aftermath. She wiped her eyes with her arm, sniffling as she held onto Penny's hand.

"No, it's my fault," Lily chimed in, chewing her bottom lip with tears rolling down her cheeks. She looked up at the staff, her eyes swirling with concern. "Please, is there anyone else who can help? There should be someone who could assist while we wait, right?"

"Is there a doctor here?!" Ginnie didn't wait for an answer, yelling as she scanned the crowd. "Please! Anyone?!"

As they all drowned in worry and desperation, the eyes beneath Penny's eyelids flickered. No one noticed as Penny slowly opened her eyes.

"Ugh..." A grunt escaped Penny, causing her friends to intuitively turn toward the sound.

"Penny!" they exclaimed, reaching out as she slowly pushed herself into a sitting position.

groaning and wincing at the stinging pain in her head. "Why

furrowed the moment she

the

need to lie down!" Nina exclaimed in a panic, squeezing Penny's hand to get her attention. "Penny,

and arched a brow. "What kind of joke are you telling now?" she blurted out, confused by the concern in Nina's eyes. But before she could say anything more, Lily and

are you saying?" Lily inquired. "Did you... are you experiencing amnesia? Did you forget that my ex threw a

you're worrying me!"

off as she slowly recalled the background

Nina. A strange feeling crept under her skin as she saw the look in Nina's eyes. These weren't the eyes she was used to. Although the sober Penny had told her that

time Nina had been kind to her was when she had ulterior motives. But now, seeing the look in Nina's eyes and

Penny moved her gaze to Grace. The corners of her lips curled up

eyes falling on the clothes Grace was wearing and then back

in the previous life, Grace had many scars, even some light ones on her face. Not only that, but

She opened her mouth say something, only to press her lips together again as she felt even more terrified of what was

mumbled, quickly piecing things together. If the attack was directed at Nina, but Penny was the one who got hurt, it only meant Penny had saved

be

her in this

corners of her lips hooked up. "Where's he?" she asked. "The one who tried to harm

standing several feet behind Penny. Penny's brows rose, noticing they were only looking in one direction. Instead of turning her head to look back, she cocked it back until

had woken her up.

stretched from ear to ear until

caught him flinching the moment

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