One More Night

In the hospital, not long after Brent woke up, Betty was looking at him with distress, asking him about his warmth, and still asking who had hurt him like this.

As the effect of the anaesthesia faded away, the sharp and clear pain tortured Brent, who was in great pain on the bed.

Daisy’s heart ached for him and she became more and more angry. “Son, tell me, who on earth hurt you like this? I will not let him go!”

“Mom, yes…” the words “Kevin and David” rolled in Brent’s throat, but when he thought of David’s threat before he left, he suddenly had no confidence.

Betty was very anxious. “Tell me son, don’t be afraid. I’ll help you with your father.”

Brent thought of Kevin’s ghost-like expression last night and was deeply impressed. Suddenly, his mind was torn apart, as if he was having a nightmare. He shook his head and said, “Mom, don’t ask.”

“Son, what’s wrong with you? Don’t be afraid. Tell me who did it.”

Brent didn’t want to say anything, so Betty kept asking. When the door of the ward was pushed open, Will, who was angry, rushed over and gave Brent a slap.

Betty was stunned at first, but then she immediately reacted and went forward to hold Will’s hand. “Will, why did you hit my son? Are you crazy?”

“You’re the one who’s crazy.” Will was furious and shouted at Brent, “You bastard, I’ll beat you to death!”

Brent was frightened. Betty immediately rushed forward to hold Will’s body and stood in front of him. She shouted to Will, “If you want to fight, just beat me to death first. You are crazy. Your son has become like this. Why did you hit him? Didn’t you go to the police station and see who did this to our son?”

Seeing that Betty defended him without principle, Will really had a heart attack. He held on to the edge of the bed and gasped for breath.

“Oh, honey, what’s wrong with you?”

Will reached out his hand and pushed her away. He said angrily, “It’s all because you spoil your good son!”

Betty frowned and said, “Tell me clearly. Is my son my only son? Don’t you have a share? Tell me, who made my son like this? Don’t go crazy when you come back.”

“He deserved it.”

“You… You’re old and confused, aren’t you? What do you mean?”

“Ask your good son, what on earth did he do to get his hand disabled?” Will covered his painful heart with his hands, and roared with great difficulty.C0pyright © 2024 Nôv)(elDrama.Org.

Betty turned to look at Brent and said, “Son, tell me, what’s going on here? Who did it?”

Brent’s eyes flickered and he tried to avoid her. “Mom, don’t ask. I don’t want to tell you.”

“Don’t you want to say it, or you don’t have the face to say it!” Will angrily said.

Even if he had no feelings for Farah, he was still her daughter. When he thought of what Brent almost did and made a big mistake, he wanted to beat his chest and stamped his feet. What kind of evil had he done?

“Dad, why do you have to be so angry with a stranger who has nothing to do with you?” Brent’s words were still ambiguous, but he couldn’t help but refute.

Will almost jumped up again. He pointed at his nose and scolded, “What irrelevant person? Do you know what that girl’s name is? Who is she?”

At this moment, Betty also realized that it was Brent’s playboy habit that made her like this. She couldn’t help but be angry and said, “I’d like to see which woman is so capable that she dares to do such a thing to us.”

“You, you…” Will was really pissed off by the disrespectful mother and son. “Then I’ll tell you who the woman in my family is. She is the daughter of my George family, and she is the daughter of Will George, my daughter. You bastard, you bully your sister, sister Farah! Do you know that, bastard?”

“What?!”

When Betty heard Farah’s name, she was also stunned and gasped. How could this be?

“Mom, save me, Mom…”

When Will beat Brent, Betty came to her senses and rushed up, but she was still arguing. “Why did you beat Brent? It must be Farah who seduced our son first. Otherwise, Brent wouldn’t have been so rude.”

Will was so angry that he passed out.

~

“Nicole, Nicole, wake up.” Lily stood on the ladder in a pair of slippers, holding a glass of water in one hand and shaking Nicole gently with the other hand. “Wake up, take the medicine and then go to sleep.”

Nicole woke up in a daze after the fever didn’t recede. Lily immediately put a few small pills into Nicole’s mouth and said, “Come on, swallow it quickly.”

Last night, Nicole came back with the rain and snow. When she arrived at the dormitory, she was wet all over her body. However, because it was about time to turn off the lights, no one paid attention to her.

It was not until the next morning when they went to class that Lily realized that something was wrong with Nicole.

As soon as she touched her forehead, it was terribly hot. But Nicole kept saying that she was fine. She just couldn’t get up and James didn’t attend the class. Lily asked for leave for her, and then bought some medicine to come back.

“Thank you.” Nicole was uncomfortable and powerless.

After swallowing the medicine, she was stuck in her throat. She was so uncomfortable that she coughed for a while.

Lily hurriedly reached out to help her pat her back, and then reached out to touch her forehead. She frowned and said, “What should we do? Nicole is still burning badly. Why don’t we go to the hospital?”

Nicole had been to the hospital too many times recently, and her waist and back were sore at the moment. She didn’t want to move at all.

So she shook her head and said, “It doesn’t matter. I’ll sleep for a while. After taking the medicine, maybe I’ll be fine later.”

“Well, you can sleep for a while, but if it doesn’t work well, we still need to go to the hospital.” Lily went to the bathroom again and pinched a wet towel to apply it on Nicole’s forehead before she came down.

Nicole lay motionless with her eyes closed. Her body was extremely uncomfortable and her consciousness was hazy, as if she was in a dream.

She dreamed of many strange patterns and seemed to be a monster. She smiled at her with threatening gestures and constrained her hands and feet.

She wanted to shout but couldn’t. It was as if she was lost in the thick fog and couldn’t find the exit.

Nicole didn’t know how long it took until she felt a sharp pain on her wrist. She finally woke up.

The sun was glaring outside, and the curtains were carefully pulled up.

Nicole opened her eyes weakly and saw the figure gradually becoming clear in her sight. She was surprised and asked, “Mr. James?”

After the fever, James felt as if his throat had been burned and it was burning with pain. He brought some water from the side and gave it to her.

“Come on, drink some water first. Don’t talk.”

Nicole obediently took a few sips of water and felt cool to the throat, which immediately relieved the heat. James put another pillow behind her. Nicole looked at this strange room and found that the scenery outside the window was very familiar.

James said, “This is the medical department’s clinic.”

Nicole nodded and said weakly, “But why am I here?” She clearly remembered that she was sleeping in the dormitory.

“I called you, but you didn’t pick it up. It was Lily who picked it up. At that time, both of you were confused. She and Kathy were about to take you to the hospital, so I went over and took a look.”

Nicole heavily sighed while listening to him.

“They are going to the class for a meeting now. They will come over soon.”

“Well, thank you, Mr. James for adding trouble to you.” Her face was particularly pale, weak, and her nose was heavy. Although the fever was gone, her cough was not good at all. She coughed non-stop as soon as she spoke.

James was very anxious next to him, but he couldn’t help much. When Nicole finished coughing, her face had turned red. James was very distressed and said, “Do you feel better? Why don’t you know how to take care of yourself? The doctor said that you almost have pneumonia, don’t you know?”

Nicole wanted to laugh, but the smile in the end was uglier than crying.

James asked a doctor to come over and have a check. Then he said to James, “She recovered after a few days. She needs to pay more attention to rest, drink more water, strengthen her nutrition and take care of herself.”

Nicole never thought that Christmas, which should have been happy, would actually make her fall ill in the end.

It was impossible for the infirmary of the school to have a good rest. After the IV drip was hung up, James sent Nicole back to the dormitory.

She came in a hurry and wore thin clothes. James took off his coat and put it on her shoulder.

Nicole was in her declining years, but James held her hand and didn’t let her move. “Put it on, it’s so cold outside. It’s good for your health.”

“Well, thank you.”

Meanwhile, after settling Farah down, Kevin went to the gold platform and did not find any trace of Nicole’s return. He frowned and thought that it was not appropriate to leave her like that last night.

So, he drove to the school on purpose.

It had just snowed and then rained. The road was wet and slippery, and Nicole was not in good health. She was wearing a thick brown jacket, which made her look even smaller.

Because of her cough, she didn’t pay attention to her feet for a moment. She slipped and stumbled forward.

James reached out his hand and pulled her into his arms so that she wouldn’t fall down.

The black Mercedes stopped quietly on the side of the road and looked at the man and woman who embraced each other silently over there.

Nicole immediately stood up straight, and thanked James, and wanted to push him away. But James simply hugged her body and said to her, “The road is too slippery, I’ll help you go.”

Nicole didn’t have the strength to struggle, but she also knew that she was on the way to school.