Sean paused for a moment. "I think it's best that I take care of her instead."
Then, he strode over to the nurse's side and said, "I'm the patient's brother, so I'll go instead."
The nurse glanced at him dazedly, then at Bonnie, and finally stared at Luna. "Ms.
Luna..."
Luna fell silent for a moment, then lifted her head to glance at Bonnie. "Can you do this?"
"No problem." Bonnie smiled. "Sean was exaggerating when he said I almost died. I was just dehydrated because of the heat in the car, that's all. I'm feeling a lot better now."
Then, she flung Sean's arm away. "After all, it was my fault that this even happened to Nikki in the first place. Since she's willing to let me go in and take care of her, I'll do it.
She turned around to glance at Sean." Besides helping me, you even put your sister in danger because of me... I don’t mind doing this if it means being able to ease the awkwardness between you and Nikki."
Then, she smiled at the nurse and said, " Let's go."
The nurse nodded and walked over to help her up. "Don't worry. We'll be keeping an eye on you outside the curtains, and if anything happens, we'll be there to help."
Bonnie curled her lips into a smile and nodded, then followed the nurse into the
ward.
Sean remained motionless, his brows knitted into a frown as he watched them leave.
He turned around to stare at Luna and asked her a question that seemed to be a consolation to himself, too, "Bonnie...will be fine, right?”
A small smile played on Sean's lips as he recalled these accounts, reminiscing about his mother. "Mother said that she had given birth to two sons but no daughter...
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