Chapter 2025

As her words trailed off, she caught sight of the vibrant red in the sink.

“Good heavens!” Rosalynn hurried over, clutching Wayne’s hand, “What happened?”

“I cut myself here,” Wayne pointed out the spot on the ceramic tile.

Rosalynn glanced at it, and sure enough, there was a sharp corner, still adorned with some of Wayne’s skin.

“It’s alright, it’s just a long cut,” Wayne reassured Rosalynn.c2

Rosalynn remained silent. She picked up Wayne’s cell phone from the ground and said, “We need to get you to the hospital for disinfection and bandaging!”

Wayne tried to protest, but he could tell that Rosalynn was not in a good mood. He had no choice but to comply.

Ableson saw Wayne coming out with an injury, and his heart felt numb.

On the way to the hospital, Wayne tried to distract Rosalynn, “The kid called me. He got held up with something and asked me to apologize to you on his behalf. Next time we meet…”

“Is it because you were on the phone with him that you got injured?” Rosalynn looked at Wayne, her gaze piercing.

aback, “I

Can we stop seeing him?” Rosalynn frowned, “Every time you meet him, you get hurt. The first time you got hit, then in that park you got cut, and the last time even you fell into the lake…

in a

Wayne’s chest, her mind

injury wasn’t deep and didn’t require stitches, making Rosalynn’s worry seem excessive. After a simple disinfection and bandaging, and a

you I was fine, Wayne tried to

Just then…

and Mrs. Silverman!”

direction of the voice. It was

politely, “Are you

not me… Ms. Albinia’s gaze fell on Wayne’s bandaged hand, “Mr. Silverman, what happened…”

and got a cut. My wife insisted on bringing me

really strong,” Ms. Albinia withdrew her gaze and put on a

work?” Rosalynn was afraid that she would pick up on

my work. It’s Madeleine Winters who’s in trouble…” As Ms. Albinia’s voice trailed off, Penn emerged from around the corner. “Mr Silverman, Ms. Jared, what a coincidence!” Penn looked surprised, his gaze also sweeping over

tension in Rosalynn’s nerves tightened,

found out about her mother’s death

is fine for now. Her father and brother have finally realized the seriousness of the situation. They are no longer insisting on Madeleine going home for

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