"Don't let your imaginations run wild, Mashauva. Bruno's sleeping in the dormitory when I cout." Sleeping? "He'd rather sleep than to visitnow?" Freddy instantly wanted to slap himself in the face. Why did he always say the wrong words? He wanted to find an excuse for Bruno, but he seemed to have made things worse.
"It's not like that, Mashauva. He was just up reading till late last night, so I didn't tell him I'm visiting you when I saw he was still asleep when I cout." He hoped that saying that would make Mashauva feel better.
After that, Freddy ruffled the back of Mashauva's head. "Alright, don't ponder over it. Don't you know how much Bruno adores you? He'll definitely come." Mashauva did not say anything else.
On the one hand, she thought it wasn't an appropriate tto talk about it while Frida was still being rescued. On the other hand, she felt a little tired and did not want to discuss further. They waited in silence for a while when the door of the emergency room suddenly opened. A doctor cout and said Frida had many wounds on her body.
Freddy and Mashauva were stunned. They did not know what had happened to Frida.
Frustrated, The doctor asked, "Who are you to the patient?" "You see, Doctor, she's my sister's classmate. She askedto bring the patient to the hospital, but she had fainted when we got to her. You said she has injuries? What happened?" "Yes, a lot of them." After Freddy explained their relationship, the doctor didn't press on as he assumed they probably did not know what happened either. "We can only wait until the patient wakes up." Frida was in a coma, so a lot of things were still unknown.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter the door of the emergency room closed again, Mashauva asked Freddy, confused.
"Freddy, the doctor said Frida has a lot of wounds on her, didn't he?" Freddy did not say a word but only pursed his lips. After a long while, he pulled Mashauva back to the chair and sat down.
"Did you not discover anything when you were with her recently?" Mashauva then told him about Frida's recent condition.
After learning about the situation, Freddy's expression becserious. "Looks like it started from then. She didn't dare tell you but decided to endure it herself. Her condition must have worsened to have led to this." Hearing this, tears welled up in Mashauva's eyes once more.
"Mashauva, please don't cry anymore. If you do, I can only take off my shirt for you to wipe your tears with." His words frightened Mashauva, and her tears immediately stopped, not daring to cry anymore.
"Good girl. Don't cry anymore." Mashauva dared not cry anymore but continued to sob.
"Just now, the doctor had only cout to ask about the situation and said nothing else. This must mean Frida's condition is not that severe. She'll definitely wake up soon." Looking at her swollen eyes, Freddy had the urge to pull her into his arms. However, he did not dare to. As Bruno would put it, it would be too despicable of him.
It wasn't until Frida transferred to the general ward that Mashauva saw the many injuries on Frida's body.
"How did this happen? How did I not realize this when I've been living with her these past few days?" Freaked out, Mashauva couldn't make head or tail of what happened. Freddy stopped her. "She probably didn't want you to find out. If she did, you would've long noticed. It's not your fault." "I was too careless. I should have brought her to the hospital earlier." With that, Mashauva thought of a pressing question. "But how did she get such severe injuries and even hide it?" "She must have her reasons.
Perhaps she did not want you to worry, or maybe she did not want to make a big deal out of it. Otherwise, she would not have laid in bed for so many days and not said a word." At that, Freddy's expression turned solemn. "Something bad probably happened." "Freddy, should I tell the teachers? No, let's call the police." Frida had fainted, so Mashauva thought the nature of the matter was serious, and only by calling the police could the problem be solved.
"Hold on. We should wait until Frida wakes up to learn the whole story before we make the decision." "All right." Later, Freddy accompanied Mashauva in the ward and waited for Frida to wake up.
But it'd still be stbefore Frida would wake up. It was already noon. Freddy did not care if he was hungry, but he could not bear to let Mashauva starve with him.
lovel Therefore, he took his phone out to order food delivery.
"What would you like for lunch?" Although Mashauva was hungry, she seemed to have no appetite. Hence, she shook her head.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"It's fine, Freddy. I'm not hungry." "You're not made of steel; how can you not be hungry? If you refuse to eat because of Frida, then you're not behaving." Freddy even pinched her ears at that.
"Listen toand eat a little. I'll order for you." "Alright. Thank you, Freddy." Later, a thought flashed across Mashauva's mind.
"Oh, Freddy, has Bruno woken up yet?" "Bruno? He hasn't calledyet; he's probably still sleeping. He'll definitely cas soon as he's awake." "Oh, okay."
Mashauva felt a little better when she heard Bruno stayed up late the night before and was sleeping in, as long as it wasn't that he didn't have tfor her. After that, Freddy focused on ordering something Mashauva loved to eat, as well as something light for Frida. He then randomly chose something for himself before he paid the bill.
When the meal arrived, Frida was still in a coma, but Mashauva still spoke to her.
"Frida, I'm going to eat my lunch first. I'll cback right after that."
After that, Mashauva and Freddy ate at the table in the room. She felt a sherealized little peculiar when she realized the food on the table were all her favorites. "Freddy, how did you know these are my favorites?" "C'mon, we've known each other for years. How can I not know? I'm known for having a good memory."
Freddy put all the takeaway bags aside, then opened all the lids, and even got the cutlerie's ready for Mashauva as he said, "C'mon, eat before it gets cold." Mashauva suddenly spoke as she took the cutleries from Freddy.
"Freddy, the way you're urgingto eat sounds just like my dad." Hearing that, Freddy turned grim. "Who wants to be your dad?" he thought, glum.