The moment Ariah reached the hospital and stood outside the ward, she looked in through the window and saw Stanley wiping Sharon's body.
The scene of an egoistical man like Stanley cleaning Sharon's body left Ariah in shock because she thought a man like Stanley would only be served by others and would never condescend himself to serve others.
While she was observing, the keen man in the ward noticed someone was outside, and his low voice rang, "Who's outside?"
Immediately, Ariah retracted her gaze and opened the door to enter the ward.
"Stanley, it's me." As Ariah closed the door, she answered. "Did Anthony inform you that he took over the two children and sent them to school before I came here?"
Then, Stanley nodded his head as an indication that he was aware of it.
As Ariah looked at Sharon, who was lying on the bed, she asked, "Is she still... the same as yesterday?"
"Yes," replied Stanley sullenly.
"What did the doctor say?"
"She is not ill, and her physical condition is well, so he can't prescribe her any medicine."
When Ariah came to think of it, it was true that the doctor could not prescribe anything when she was not even ill. It was true that Sharon was... suffering from a mental illness.
No one could help her unless she herself decided to let go of it.
"Did she show any sign of response last night? Did she take the initiative to talk to you?"
However, Stanley shook his head.
After Ariah saw his response, she pursed her lips as she took a chair and sat beside Sharon. When she noticed Stanley's tired appearance and the blood streaks in his eyes, she knew that he must have been so worried that he didn't sleep the entire night.
"Stanley, you can go and take a break." With a sigh, Ariah said to him, "I'll be here to watch over her, and you can take over after your break."
Instead, Stanley rubbed his temples and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I'll just head out to freshen up a bit."
"Okay, sure."
As soon as Stanley left, Ariah looked at Sharon, who was lying on the bed with her eyes closed. Although she did not know if Sharon was awake now and was unwilling to open her eyes or if she was sleeping, she still reached out to pinch her face and said, "Do you still have a conscience? Even looking at how Stanley was worried makes my heart ache. Don't you feel sorry for him? You are the same as you were back then when you suffered a blow with your father's passing. Coupled with the disappearance of Stanley, you couldn't take it, and you hid like a coward. You lived your life like a zombie and didn't even say a word until you gave birth to your two children. Only then did you slowly pull yourself out of that state..."
"Sharon, it's very lonely to endure it alone. However, you are no longer alone, and you can now share your emotions with your family. Don't torture others, and most importantly, don't do this to yourself, okay?"
For a long time, Ariah kept trying to talk Sharon out of it. Just like back then, when Sharon came looking for Ariah, she also did the same to comfort her.
However, Sharon didn't make any progress for more than half a year until she became a mother after the birth of her child.
In the evening, Ariah and Jimmy brought the two children home while Stanley stayed in the ward to take care of Sharon.
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