Chapter 178: No Wound
"Alric!" Alric closed his eyes when he heard the tearful voice. He did not turn and kept staring at Alex. His body was trembling a bit.
He did not have the courage to face this woman. She had done so much for him. And only asked for Alex’s welfare in exchange. And yet.. He could not do it for her.
He felt her warm skin touching his hand and his skin burnt. The shame, the guilt, the hatred and self loathing enveloped him in their arms. His whole body froze and he did not know what to say to the woman.
"It is not your fault child that Alex was fighting with a group of thugs!" the woman sighed. She knew this child too well. Many think that he was cold, but she knew how vulnerable he was in his heart.
Alric’s gaze flickered. But before he could ask something, he heard the girl coughing. He finally noticed Amaya standing beside Alex’s mother.
"I have informed my aunt that Alex has a fight on the campus. She had already met Nora. the girl who saved Alex!" Amaya hinted in a sweet voice. Alric’s eyes went cold.
He did not reply to the girl but wrapped his hands around the woman’s elderly hands. She had not noticed but her skin was slowly loosening.
"Mother, Alex is fine. You do not need to worry." The woman looked at Alex. Tears brimming in her eyes again.
"I am worried when he will grow up and learn his responsibilities. If his father would know, he would lose his temper again and this time.. I could not save Alex." helplessness washed over her face.