A sudden shriek had everyone jumping out of their skins!
"What just happened?"
"What's going on in there?"
"That sounds like Haillie!"
Elinor and Belinda heard it too. They exchanged a startled look and shook their heads, indicating they had no idea what was going on.
They had just come out of there, and Haillie seemed perfectly fine when they left.
Then they all rushed into the changing room together.
...
Inside, Haillie sat alone on a bench, pale as a ghost, with a pained expression on her face and tiny beads of sweat on her forehead.
Seeing this, Bryan stepped forward and asked, "What's up with you?"
Jonah also moved closer, softly asking, "What happened?"
Haillie looked up at them, trembling as she said, "My... my foot..."
What was wrong with her foot?
Everyone's attention was drawn to Haillie's feet. One foot was still in a shoe; the other was bare, stretched out as if enduring some severe pain!
"My foot was sweating, so I decided to change shoes before going out again. But when I was changing, something in the shoe pricked the sole of my foot, and it hurts like hell."
Haillie explained, struggling to keep the pain at bay.
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