Chapter 58: I Will Not Come Looking For You.
"Endure, it will hurt a bit." Max warned as she held her hands higher. She nodded and closed her eyes, making him sigh.
"How do you manage to hurt yourself everyday." he couldn’t help but feel agitated looking at her hands. The skin could be seen nowhere. Small pebbles and dust were sticking to her flesh and he was sure bones had been broken.
Yet she did not cry. She only winced when he cleaned her wounds.
"I fell." she repeated when she felt his strong gaze making holes in her skin.
"From?" no one could feel any emotions in his expressions but the way his voice came. As if he was slapping her harshly with it. She frowned.
"It was a mistake." That was the moment when he finished cleaning her hands and stared at her.
"I have already told you, Nora. I can take your guardianship from your family. I do not understand why you are still facing them, suffering? I know it is hard to trust a stranger but I am a doctor. And.." he closed his eyes. "Go, the nurse will take you for an x-ray. After that, we will see what we can do." She knew he was not only talking about her bandage, but she feigned ignorance as she nodded and left the room.
From the start she did not see Alric at all. Once she told him in the car what happened, he left immediately. Of course, since he knew that his brother was not implicated DIRECTLY. He had no reason to stay.
Nora shook her head. It would have been good if he had felt guilty. She needed help from that man. But now, she had to make a different plan.