Something was not right. Olivia did not look like that when she first woke up.
Alisa's voice was thick with tears. "S-Sir, what's going on?"
Tyler did not let Olivia's arms go. His eyes were fixed on her face. "Get the doctor, quickly!"
Alisa went straight into action.
Five minutes later, the doctor came and began his examination.
And yet, the doctor could hardly reach out to touch his patient without causing her to elicit a disproportionate response. She backed away from him like a prey animal.
Tyler narrowed his eyes.
The doctor could tell something was wrong—but not what.
Olivia seemed to be whimpering like a kitten and yet said not a word.
Tyler's first instinct was to forcibly pull her close to him, but the doctor stopped him. "No! We should call my colleagues at the psychiatric ward. Let her go for the moment, Mr. Tyler!"
Tyler did as told—and Olivia immediately scurried to an empty spot on the corner of her hospital bed and hugged herself as though defending her from everyone else.
*
Naomi returned to her ward just when her mother arrived.
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