“Olive, can you do it?” Chloe was a little worried. She felt that the old witch would crush Olive’s thin body.
“Hurry,” Olive urged. Reaching this point, she had to even if she couldn’t.
Chloe started to run, looking back time to time.
Olive felt the weight on her back was getting heavier and heavier. She had just walked for a hundred meters, but his legs seemed to be filled with lead. Several times she almost tripped because of the pressure on her heels. Fortunately, she held herself against the cars next to her, so that the person on her back didn’t slip.
Her heels tripped too many times, then she simple kicked off her heels and walked barefoot.
The cars were in traffic for too long as many people had gotten out of the cars, standing in the gap between cars and looking afar.
“Excuse me, excuse me,” she yelled. Large beads of sweat fell from her forehead and some dripped to her eyebrows, blurring her vision. She could only blink her eyes vigorously.
Olive was exhausted, painting heavily. Her legs and arms which were carrying Mrs. Hoyle didn’t feel like her own. Her back felt like it was about to be crushed, but she could only force herself. She divided the road ahead into short distances and silently counted them in her heart in fifty steps. Every time she had walked fifty steps, she would cheer herself up in her mind. Almost, she was almost there.
After finally getting off the bridge, she only needed to cross the railing then she could reach where Chloe was beckoning.
It was probably because of the traffic jam in the place, most taxies took a detour because they might had heard the traffic warning from the radio traffic channel. But Chloe finally was able to stop a taxi. She said to the driver, “Sir, sorry. Can you wait for a moment, please? I have a sick person who is getting off the bridge and there was traffic on the bridge. And she was being carried down at this moment. Just for a moment.”
The driver was a big guy who was above forty. He was kind enough to get out of the car and helped Olive to carry Mrs. Hoyle from the railing.
Olive got into the car and took a long breath. She said, “Thank you, sir. Please speed up.”
Her throat was parched. The words she just said didn’t sound like her own. Her two legs were so sore that they trembled. She had carried someone for such a long distance with difficulty.
The driver smiled, “Miss, no need to be polite with me. Now, it’s rare to meet a youngster who is so filial like you. We’re men, how can we not help someone in need? This old lady seems to be a lucky person.”
Olive squeezed a bitter smile. Chloe snorted inwardly. She was afraid that the old witch wouldn’t feel lucky to enjoy Olive’s kindness.
When they had arrived at the hospital, the paramedics had already been waiting.
The driver was a warm-hearted person. He kept helping carrying Mrs. Hoyle to the emergency room before leaving.
Looking at the closed door and the emergency light was on, Chloe collapsed and leaned against the wall, “Say, Olive. Will the old witch die like this? I really didn’t mean to.”
Olive weakly sat on the waiting chair outside. “Stop saying nonsense. It has nothing to do with you, and nothing will happen.”
Actually, she was uncertain. But she felt that with Mrs. Hoyle’s stubborn personality, she wasn’t a woman who would fall down after a single blow.
When the Hoyle brothers rushed over, the emergency room door was still closed.
“You’re here.” She looked up at him.
Alan glanced at Olive’s bare feet and he couldn’t help to gasp in surprised, “What’s wrong with your feet?”
“My God!” Aoba also exclaimed.
Chloe had been in panic just now and she didn’t notice. Now that she was reminded, she was surprised too. They were supposed to be a pair of white legs, but now they were dusty and stained with blood. She couldn’t help but said, “There was a traffic when crossing the bridge just now. It was Olive who carried your mother off the bridge.”
“You stupid girl.” Alan sighed in distress, and hurriedly asked a nurse to bandage her.
“I’m fine.” It was just a bit of flesh and blood. “You should go and check on your mom.”
Human’s potential could burst out in time of crisis. She was glad that she made the decision. Otherwise, he would be sad if something had happened to Mrs. Hoyle.
Mrs. Hoyle was quietly lying on the hospital bed at this moment. Her complexion had improved a lot, but she lost her former aggressive aura.
The doctor excused himself after he was done, leaving the two brothers standing in front of the bed. They looked a bit helpless at their stubborn mother.
“Alan, you can take Olive back first. I can stay here,” Aoba whispered. His sister-in-law’s strength was quite impressive. She looked like she had a weak body, but she could walk such distance with their mother on her back. Who said that women were inferior to men?
“Okay. If anything happens, call me.” He was worried about his mother, but he was worried about his wife too.
The doctor had said that their mother was fine, but his wife’s feet were injured like that. That stupid girl. She repaid evil with good. He didn’t even knew whether when his mother woke up, she would know that it was her daughter-in-law, who she didn’t want to recognize, had saved her. Would she be touched?
After he got out of the ward, he saw Chloe was still standing there, looking like wanting to say something but then hesitated.
Alan’s gaze darkened a bit. He said in a low voice, “Come with me.”
He walked until the end of the corridor, then stopped. “What the hell is going on?”
Through the window, Chloe saw the cherry blossoms were in full bloom downstairs. She was very honest. She didn’t hide anything. If dared to do it, you had to dare to take the responsibility too. Considered that the old witch had a great luck and didn’t die because of her. She wasn’t as kind as Olive.
Alan looked bewildered, “That’s it?”
“Then what do you think it is?” Chloe rolled her eyes.
“Did my mom make things difficult for Olive?” He was afraid that his mom would embarrass his girl again. And that girl refused to complain to him when she was mistreated. She would bear it alone.
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