When Sean had left the house ten minutes earlier, Nikki had been perfectly fine, without even a single hint of an impending attack.
Not only that, but her grip on his arm felt strong and sturdy.
From his experience, Nikki would always have warning signs before she had an attack, and her attacks had never come out of the blue.
Sean pursed his lips and listened carefully for a moment. Suddenly, he could hear a hint of Nikki forcing herself to sound weaker than she actually was.
He knew immediately what Nikki was up to, so he sighed and replied, "Nikki, it's not good to lie to other people."
Nikki said weakly, "Sean, I'm telling the truth. I need to go to the hospital... Can you... " 2
Seeing that she was still pretending, Sean lost all of his patience. "Nikki, I wouldn't mind you acting like this usually, but Ms. Craig’s situation is an emergency! You can't possibly want her to die just because you think she's a bad person, right?"
As he said this, Sean searched the road for any signs of a restaurant named Four Seasons and a kindergarten called Rainbow Kindergarten.
"Stop bugging me, Nikki, and wait till I get home!"
Then, he hung up the phone.
However, as soon as he did so, he could not help feeling worried...
Could he be wrong?
What if Nikki had been telling the truth? He could not possibly let her suffer alone.
After contemplating for a long time, Sean dialed the number of his boss at the factory where he used to work. "Boss, can you do me a favor by stopping by my house to send my sister to the hospital?"
The man on the other end of the line paused. "Is she having another attack?
"Sean, I don't want to be rude, but your sister isn't even related to you, and yet you raised her like your own for so many years. It's about time you—"
"Boss," Sean interrupted curtly. "If you don’t want to help me, then pretend I never said anything."
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