The ward was spacious enough to accommodate a few people, and each and every one of them had their own beds.
Deanna pulled Jepherson past the door. Zorion stood up and stared at Jepherson for a while before asking, "How did you know we were here?"
"When there's a will, there's a way," Jepherson did not need to explain himself. He looked at Raeleigh, who was lying on the hospital bed, and asked, "Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah," Raeleigh subconsciously glanced at Scarlette and found the latter's face betraying no emotions. Her gaze then settled on Jepherson who was standing opposite her.
"Jepherson, you don't know how nasty Quirina acted! Look at how she tortured Raeleigh," Deanna pulled Jepherson toward Raeleigh. He just frowned and turned to look at Zorion, "I'll tell the university about this."
"That's your own business. I'm not concerned about it," Zorion turned to one side and sat down, having nothing else to say.
Raeleigh lay on the bed and did not get up. She had always treated Jepherson in such an indifferent way.
Deanna misinterpreted that Jepherson had come to see her. She pulled Jepherson to one side and asked him a few questions as Scarlette stayed at the other.
As noon drew close, Raeleigh was woken up to have a meal, and Stuart arranged for some dishes to be sent over. They had lunch in Raeleigh's ward.
Raeleigh did not eat much. As she had hurt her right hand, she was unable to use it for a while. However, Raeleigh was quite clever and she quickly learned how to eat with her left hand.
After dinner, Raeleigh went to have a rest as she had nothing else to say to the other people in the ward. Several times when Jepherson inadvertently looked at Raeleigh, she came off as though she was looking at a stranger. There was nothing special in her gaze, and she only diverted her eyes to look at other people.
In the evening, Jepherson got up and was about to leave. As Deanna followed him out, Zorion stood up and went out as well.
Raeleigh watched as the door closed. Zorion gave her a feeling that he would not rest assured no matter who Deanna ended up with. He could only feel relieved when he was taking care of her under his wing.
"Raeleigh, I don't mean to blame you, but you..." Scarlette opened up after ensuring that the others had left. She wanted to comment on Raeleigh's attitude, but Raeleigh immediately interrupted her, "Don't."
Scarlette rolled her eyes and stopped making further remarks. Then, she passed Raeleigh's cell phone to her, saying, "There are some things of note inside. You can delete them after going through them."
Raeleigh raised her hand and took the cellphone over. After pondering for a moment, she unlocked it and read a text message.
"Take good care of yourself before going back. I will go back first. I will take care of your grandmother." The text message was lackluster, but Raeleigh only deleted it after reading it for a good two minutes.
Raeleigh put down the
phone. Zorion and Deanna came back from outside. Raeleigh felt uncomfortable as she watched the two siblings walk in, especially upon spotting Deanna.
She did not care if Quirina bullied her as she was the one who was on the suffering end. Quirina had done many bad things, and Raeleigh believed that she would receive retribution. One day, she would reap what she sowed. Hence, Raeleigh did not care much about Quirina's antics. They were still young. Novalie had also mentioned before that the heavens were always watching them, thus every bad deed would be punished, and good people would be rewarded.
Raeleigh firmly believed in such a theory, so she never committed any heinous deeds.
However, Deanna was different. Although Deanna treated her well, she could tell that Deanna truly loved Jepherson.
Although she was unclear about Jepherson's intentions, without her presence, Raeleigh believed that Deanna would get together with Jepherson.
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