As expected, Eric said, "Rachel, I have something to deal with tonight, so I will be back home late. My mom needs some medicine for her stomach so..."
He deliberately paused as if expecting Rachel to say something. She understood his purpose, so she asked, "What is her medicine? I'll buy it from the pharmacy and bring it to her."
Since Linda had to take her medicine at lunchtime, Rachel took a taxi to Eric's house during her lunch break. As soon as she entered the community, she saw a man who looked familiar to her.
She tried to recall in her memory who that man was. After taking a few more steps, she thought, 'Is that Kale?
Why is he here? Does he also live here?'
She was lost in thought when she suddenly heard Linda's voice. "Rachel?"
When she saw Linda walking towards her, Rachel composed herself. Seeing her holding a purse, she asked with a smile, "Aunt Linda, where are you going?"
"I run out of medicine, so I'll go to the pharmacy while the rain has stopped." Linda pointed to the pharmacy across the gate of the community.
Rachel raised the paper bag in her hand and slightly shook it. "You don't need to go to the pharmacy anymore. Eric called me and asked me to bring your medicine here."
Linda nodded and ushered her back to Eric's apartment. Rachel looked back to check if Kale was still there, and she saw him getting in a taxi. When they were in the living room, she asked curiously, "Aunt Linda, did Kale come to visit you just now?"
"Yes." The smile on Linda's face dissipated as she continued, "He came to apologize to me. He also told me many things about us in the past, but sadly, I can't remember any of them."
She knocked her head with her clenched fist several times.
Rachel noticed that she was hitting her head forcefully,
so she stopped her at once. "Aunt Linda, even if you break your head, you still won't remember anything."
"You are right," Linda agreed and lowered her gaze sadly. She poured tea to Rachel's teacup and motioned her to drink.
Since Linda came back, Rachel had never seen her this sad before, so she couldn't help regretting that she asked such a question. She was about to say something to divert her attention, when Linda grabbed her hands and rolled down on the floor while shouting, "Rachel, my head hurts!"
When Rachel put down the teacup in her hand, she couldn't hear Linda's voice anymore.
Linda was already lying on the floor, unconscious.
With trembling hands, Rachel took out her phone and called an ambulance. She then calmed herself down and checked Linda's condition. By the time the ambulance arrived, she had regained her composure.
Two hours later, Jack received the news and rushed to the hospital. He found Rachel sitting outside the emergency room. Touching her cold hands, he frowned and said, "Another doctor is in charge here. Why don't you go to your office?"
"I'm worried about her," she replied anxiously. The toughness she had put on earlier had vanished as soon as she saw Jack.
She leaned against his chest while her shoulders were still trembling slightly.
Jack didn't say anything more but just caressed her back tenderly.
About half an hour later, a nurse came out and said politely, "Rachel, your aunt is awake now. You can go inside to see her." "Okay, thank you." Rachel then walked to the emergency room with Jack.
Linda sat on her bed. She looked normal except for her pale face. Seeing Rachel, she looked at the intravenous drip injected to her and complained, "I'm fine now. Why do they have to put this on me?"
Rachel looked at the medical chart beside her first before she explained, "This is vitamin infusion to give you some supplement. You are too weak now."
The doctor had also checked the CT scan result and didn't see any problem with it. So Rachel hesitated for a moment and asked, "Aunt Linda, why did you collapse?"
"I don't know." Linda rubbed her temples. "I tried to recall what Kale had told me and I seemed to remember a little bit. But when I continued to think more, my head suddenly ached."
"What did he say to you?" Jack butted in.
There was a flicker of anxiety in his eyes. Rachel also noticed it but she thought he was only worried about her aunt, so she didn't think about it too much. She stood aside to listen to Linda.
According to Linda, Kale came to remind her about their past.
He started telling her the story back when they were still in high school. Linda and Kale were classmates. She sat in the front row while he sat at the back. At first, they seemed to dislike each other, but as time passed, they gradually fell in love with each other.
However, there was a huge gap between them. At that time, the Shen family was in high society in Ninwell City while Kale was an orphan. Naturally, they would not accept a poor boy like him.
Thus, the two of them were forced to break up.
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