"I have been to these two places, too. Those sceneries are beautiful. Did you take any photos?"
Summer fiddled with the glass in her hand and shook her head. "No."
Rain let out a gentle smile. "Was it because of Mark? H e was camera-shy since he was a child and avoided it like a plague. You wouldn't believe how long it took m e to persuade him to take a photo with me. I might be his aunt, but he just wouldn't care."
Raine said this for a purpose.
She knew Summer had seen the photo. She did not want Summer to overthink. So she brought up the photo topic and explained it in a subtle way.
"Why is he camera-shy?" Summer looked over with curiosity.
"I have got no clue. He just doesn’t like it. It started since he was small. Except for family photos, he would not budge a bit. He is still the same today.”
There was an I-can't-even look on Raine's face.
"I guess something must be wrong with him." Summer shrugged and said jokingly.
"Yeah, a camera-shy company president will make a
funny news headline." Raine played along with a thoughtful look.
They exchanged a glance and burst into laughter.
Just then, a nurse came into the ward with flasks in her hands.
"Miss Valentine, you look much better now. You might get out of bed in a few days," the nurse said.
"Yeah, I have been lying in bed for many days. If this goes on like this, I might forget how to walk soon," Raine joked.
As the nurse was carrying two flasks, Summer reached out a hand to offer her help.
The ointment was aggravating the pain. She felt as if a knife cut into her skin.
Raine looked worried. She asked the nurse. "Is her condition serious?"
"She might need to be confined to bed for a few days and wait for the wound to heal. It was my fault. Had I not let go the flask so quickly, the flask would not have fallen and shattered, and boiling water would not have splashed onto her foot." The young nurse was blaming herself. She felt so guilty that her eyes welled up.
Summer felt sorry for the nurse, too. She tried to comfort the nurse. "It is okay. It doesn't hurt that much anymore. It will heal in a few days. I am partially at fault, too."
The young nurse felt even more guilty. She stayed beside Summer the entire afternoon to take care of her.
Raine called Mark on the phone and briefly told him what had happened so that he would come to pick up Summer.
Half an hour later, Mark arrived. He looked at Summer's bandaged foot and narrowed his eyes. "How did you hurt yourself?”
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