When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0711

On the quiet ride home, Paul dropped Miranda off at her door. After thinking about the awkward situation. earlier, he felt the need to explain. “Mrs. Shade doesn’t mean any harm. She’s just a bit talkative and likes to gossip.”

Miranda didn’t respond. She thought that the explanation would have been better left unsaid. Fortunately, she didn’t dwell on the incident.

That evening, she followed Alaric’s instructions and kept the medicinal patch applied earlier on her ankle dry. Before bed, she used the technique he had taught her to massage her thigh.

The following morning, Miranda removed the patch and lightly pressed her ankle. To her surprise, it didn’t hurt anymore.

She rushed out and knocked on the door in front of her place. When Paul opened it, she said excitedly, Mr. Lockhart’s patch worked wonders. In just one night, my ankle isn’t swollen anymore. I can even jump around without any pain.

She worried he might not believe her and was about to demonstrate, but Paul quickly stopped her. “I believe you. No need to prove it. Mr. Lockhart said you shouldn’t stand for too long now and not put much strain on it.”

Miranda nodded and met his amused gaze. Embarrassed by her earlier antics, she touched her nose awkwardly.

her sheepish gesture, Paul

too

its final exam week. The exams spanned seven days, though Miranda didn’t have one scheduled every day. On her free days,

it didn’t change much.

meant her daily routine shifted from three places–home, college, and the lab–to just home

a couple of days off

finish this phase of the experiments as soon as possible so I can start the next stage of research

I want to take a short trip

You don’t need to worry about the data. It’s

I go with Seb, you’ll be the only one left in the

I’ll be fine by myself. By the way,

it’s free, so

that.