Chapter 129: Give Him Back
Amelia and Horace wore matching frowns on their faces.
"I’ll go and check on things, so please, try to rest," Amelia said with a reassuring smile before she scurried to the door.
She all but threw it open, glaring hard at the mother-and-daughter pair. Surprisingly, she wasn’t the only one who offered them a disapproving look. Several doctors and nurses had hurried over, frowns decorating their faces as she placed a finger to their lips.
"Please keep your noise down!" a nurse said. "This is a hospital. Our patients need their rest."
"This is a private wing!" Annalise swiftly retorted with a scowl. "The money we’re paying for this ward is enough to fund your entire department’s annual bonus. There are no other patients on this floor, last I checked!"
The nurse’s lower eyelid twitched, and she was just about to open her mouth to argue when Amelia came over.
"But Grandfather is a patient," Amelia reminded, keeping her voice sweet and gentle.
In contrast to Annalise’s screech, Amelia seemed like an angel in the nurse’s eyes. The young lady looked at her as though she had just descended from heaven to save them from Annalise’s evil claws.
"He needs his rest," Amelia continued. "That noise worried him." She then sharply turned to look at Emmeline, who was standing a little too close to Matteo for comfort. "You wouldn’t want to further endanger Grandfather’s health now, would you, Emmeline?"