Raeleigh immediately asked, "Is it him?"
"Yes, it's him."
The host said as he squatted down to help the man up. The man screamed, "No, no, no..."
"It's me, it's me!" the host shouted. Only then did the man look at him slowly. His body was still trembling after he took in the sight, as if he was afraid of human contact.
"Let's bring him to the hospital." Raeleigh looked at the man. They could only do that.
The host agreed. However, before they left, he took off the man's clothes. It was a hot day and the cotton clothes he was wearing gave off a foul odor. The hospital would refuse treatment to such a person if they went just like that.
The host pulled the man out, stripping the smelly clothes off the man. Raeleigh got him a glass of water and managed to find a clean towel. She washed it with water and began cleaning the man.
Raeleigh kept looking at the intact half of the man's face, trying to figure out who he was.
The host was extremely generous towards the man. After the man had been cleaned up, the host gave him his own clothes to wear. The weather wasn't too bad that day. The host donned a larger pair of pants and together, the three left the house.
Raeleigh looked back at that house. There was a creeping sensation in the back of her mind, telling her that there was something off about it.
Raeleigh fixed her gaze on the man who had lost his mind and said nothing.
At the hospital, the doctor diagnosed the man with severe mental regression.
Raeleigh sat aside, with a helpless look on her face. It had not been easy to find a clue, yet things had turned out that way.
After sitting there for a while, Raeleigh stood up and said, "I'm a student, so I have to head back for class. Please get someone to take care of him here. I will be back. This is all the money I have on me. Use this to pay the bills for now."
Raeleigh took out upwards of two thousand dollars and gave it to the host. He glanced at the money and said, "It's fine. I can take this. I can't just sit back and watch."
The host gave Raeleigh her money back. Raeleigh took it and told him, "I'm leaving. Call me if you need my help. Here is my number."
Raeleigh gave the host her phone number. He then said, "I'm Wouter. Don't worry, I will take care of him. You can head back to your classes."
"Okay," Raeleigh replied. She left the hospital, shooting a glance at the man who was lying on the bed beforehand. However hard she tried, she couldn't recall who he was, but he was connected to the orphanage for sure.
After leaving the area where the orphanage once stood, Raeleigh took a cab back to school.
It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. Raeleigh gasped when she saw the time. As soon as she got off the cab, she found Santiago waiting at the gate. He leaned against the guardhouse with his eyes closed.
After Raeleigh paid the cab driver, she looked around, but she didn't see Scarlette. Santiago was there alone.
Raeleigh walked over. Santiago opened his eyes and asked, "Where have you been?"
"I went to the burger joint," Raeleigh confessed. She knew that Santiago was not easy to deceive.
"Tell me next time and I'll take you there. If something happens to you, then how am I going to take responsibility for that?" Santiago turned around and walked into the campus, with Raeleigh following behind him. Santiago was obviously pissed off, but he didn't show it. Raeleigh was at a loss for words at that.
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