Outside of the ward, Eudora told Amos about the situation that had just occurred.
"Naomi has fallen head over heels for him. I don't know how to persuade her. I think we should let her slowly calm down first!"
Amos furrowed his brow and said, "Okay!"
Soon after, he reached out to hold Eudora, "When you came out of the house just now, you were wearing very thin clothes. It's raining and cold outside, so I'll take you home!"
Eudora glanced in the direction of the ward and asked, "What about Naomi?"
"Let her cool off. I'm afraid we'll end up in an awkward situation if we force her to leave now."
Eudora nodded her agreement, "Alright then!"
In the evening, Amos called Clint again after Eudora fell asleep.
"Go and investigate secretly what happened in the car accident."
Clint said, "You also think it was too coincidental, don't you? However, it indeed happened by chance!" "What do you mean?" Amos was suspicious.
"I've already investigated the matter after your call this afternoon, including the driver who collided with him. There was nothing amiss with him at all. The accident was an utmost coincidence!"
Amos thought the results were dubious, therefore he asked again, "Is it really a coincidence?"
"Perhaps, this time, it really is!"
In the hospital, after Naomi packed up everything, she asked the nurse to help her find a pen and a paper.
Then, she began to draw on that piece of paper.
When Nelson woke up, he saw that Naomi was almost done drawing,
He asked out of curiosity, "What are you drawing?"
Naomi turned around and smiled, "Shooting targets! When we were young, I told you that I would practise shooting in order to protect you. Do you still remember that? I'm good at shooting now. When you get better, I'll use this to show you how skillful I am!"
Nelson couldn't help but reminisce about the past upon hearing her words.
Back then, his mother had been taken away, and he had been detained with the Granger family. Everyone had reckoned that he was leading an enjoyable life in the Granger family. On the contrary, he had felt that being in the Granger family had brought him nothing but misery.
Harry's family had merely been using him. They had let him and his mother enter the Granger family because they wanted to gain some benefits from them.
Later on, when the benefits were gone, they were naturally no longer nice to him.
Bethany had been rather nice to him, but in her heart, he was just a tool for venting her anger!
Whenever she was in a good mood, she would cuddle him and say that he was her dearest grandson.
Whenever she was in a bad mood, she would either beat or scold him. The situation worsened after Bethany found out that he was not her grandson.
Fortunately, in such a life, he still had Naomi!
At that time, she was still called Juju. Truth be told, she was neither as naive as other children, nor as warm as sunshine, bringing warmth to people around her.
On the contrary, she had been an incredibly strong-willed little girl. It was probably because she had to protect Eudora ever since she was a child.
Upon seeing him getting bullied, Naomi would stand up for him. However, she would keep scolding him afterwards, reproving him for not protecting himself and crying.
As a result, he no longer dared to cry after being scolded by her.
In reality, he had been thinking of those words that she had uttered ever since they had parted with each other.
Nelson came back to his senses, wondering why he would become so soft-hearted as soon as he thought of his past.
He took a deep breath and suppressed all the thoughts in his heart.
After that, he replied, "Sure!"
Naomi stared at him for a while before answering, "You don't look too happy."
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