Chapter 118: She is hiding something
Instinctively, she pulled her arm away from me and hid it behind her back once again. Averting her gaze, she looked down at the ground, refusing to look me in my eyes.
"It’s not a big deal," she quickly muttered under her breath. "I was trying to cut some fruits for my kids and I accidentally cut myself," she continued to explain.
My eyes flickered over to the counter top at the corner of the room and sure enough, she wasn’t lying, there were indeed some chopped apples resting on the chopping board while both her daughters were hiding behind a chair. The whole situation seemed bizarre.
My mind was buzzing with thoughts and questions were swirling inside of my head like a damn hurricane. I couldn’t seem to understand or make sense of what was happening at that exact moment but all I knew was that my heart was pounding loudly against my chest.
"Serena," her name left my lips, my voice laced with concern as a worried expression masked my features. "Look at me, tell me honestly... what’s going on right now?" I demanded out of concern, forcing her to meet my eyes. There was something that she was hiding from me, something that she didn’t want me to know.
She gulped inaudibly as she slowly lifted her as she blinked a couple of times, opening and closing her mouth like she wanted to say something but no words came out of her mouth. Instead, silence enveloped us both for what felt like an eternity.
"I was careless, I cut myself," she insisted once again.
I sucked in a deep breath. "This won’t do. I’m taking you to the hospital. You need to get this check out."
"I don’t think –"