Claude was drinking the chicken soup that Candace had made for him. He was just about to take a second sip of the soup. Just then, he heard a garbled yell coming from the practice field. He tensed up at once. His experience told him that something had happened!He immediately put down the bowl of chicken soup and walked out of the door with large strides.“What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Candace did not understand why he was so serious all of a sudden. She had also heard the gunshot just now.Claude could not answer her. He did not know what had happened either.He walked toward the practice field. He then caught sight of Sebastian running out of the practice field with Rue in his arms. Rue’s arm was bleeding!“What happened to Miss Rue? Did you shoot her?” Claude cursed inwardly. He should not have left them just now!“I didn’t hurt her. Uncle Claude, drive her to the hospital at once,” Sebastian said. He was now in a state of panic. “Her hand is bleeding. I can help he
After the doctor left the ward, she glared at her son and yelled angrily, “Sebastian, tell me what happened. How did Rue get hurt?!”“Aunt, don’t get angry. I asked Seb to teach me how to shoot a gun. I was just way too anxious. I don’t know why I had a heart attack. My aim went off and I broke a pole. A fragment of it broke off and hit me,” Rue explained everything on behalf of Sebastian.“You! How dare you teach Rue how to use a gun? She was lucky that she shot a pole. What if…” Sharon had always disapproved of allowing Sebastian to practice shooting. She was even angrier now that Rue had gotten hurt after he secretly brought her to where he practiced shooting.“Mommy, it’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have taught her how to use a gun,” Sebastian admitted to his mistake at once. He had not considered the fact that Rue had a heart condition.Claude spoke up when he saw how infuriated Sharon was. “It was my responsibility. I should’ve kept an eye on them all the time. That way, an acc
Rue shook her head. “The injury isn’t serious. You don’t need to be worried about me, Dad. Don’t blame Seb as well. I was the one who asked him to teach me how to use a gun.”Eugene continued to frown. He knew that his daughter was kind and would always speak up for others.“You got hurt by the bullet, how can you say that it isn’t serious?” He would have to give Sebastian a warning later on and tell him not to bring Rue with him when he did dangerous things.“I didn’t get hurt by the bullet. My aim was off when I opened fire. The bullet hit the pole by the side and broke it. I got injured when a fragment hit me,” Rue explained everything to him clearly.Eugene let out a sigh of relief. Luckily, it was not a bullet… No, getting hit by a fragment of a pole was serious as well!“Did it hit your hand? Is it badly injured? Is your wrist alright?” He stared at her hand worriedly. Did she fracture her bone?Rue smiled. “The pole wasn’t heavy. It’s very light. I just bled a little after
“There’s no need for you to do so. I won’t put my daughter in the hands of someone as irresponsible as you ever again,” Eugene spoke to her impolitely as he was still furious.Sharon could not argue against him or refute him. She understood how much his heart hurt for Rue.“Eugene Newton, what kind of brother talks to his sister like this?” Simon appeared just then. He had heard their entire conversation.“If she weren’t my sister, I wouldn’t be so courteous with her!” Eugene yelled out angrily.Sebastian spoke up as well, “Uncle, don’t blame my mommy. I was the one who brought Rue along to my shooting lesson. Scold me if you want to scold someone.”“Don’t think that I don’t dare to teach you a lesson, you little rascal.” Eugene huffed coldly.“If you have the time to teach him a lesson, why don’t you spend more time caring about your own daughter?”Simon would not allow anyone to bully his wife and son even though they were partly responsible for Rue’s injury. However, he did n
Sharon planned to visit Rue after a few days. By then, Eugene’s anger would have dissipated.She received a phone call from Scarlet today.“Sienna? Can you come to the hospital right now? Jimmy has regained consciousness. He keeps insisting on seeing Riley, but I don’t know where she is. He’s disregarding his own injuries just to see her. The nurses are holding him down right now,” Scarlet said in an urgent tone. She was close to begging Sharon.Sharon recalled that it was about time that Jim woke up. If he did not wake up soon, he would fall into a vegetative state as the doctors had said.Sharon did not want to care about him since he had treated Riley badly in the past. However, Riley had selflessly donated her blood to him when he was met with a car accident. That meant that he was still extremely important to Riley.She agreed to visit Jim at the hospital for Riley’s sake.She grabbed her handbag and was just about to leave when Simon appeared behind her in his wheelchair. “
Sharon suddenly burst out into laughter. “Even I don’t believe what you’re saying. Do you think Riley would believe you?”“Tell me what I have to do to make her believe in me? I can do anything!” It seemed like Jim had his heart set on taking care of Riley.“You’ll do anything? Can you castrate yourself? That way, she’ll definitely believe that you won’t look for women outside anymore because you won’t be able to find one even if you wanted to,” Sharon said with a playful smirk on her face.Scarlet was shocked and shouted out loud, “What are you saying? How can you ask Jimmy to castrate himself? Won’t he become a eunuch that way? Riley wouldn’t want a man like that!”“That’s right. If you’re castrated, you won’t be able to give Riley physical pleasure anymore, but if you don’t do so, she’ll never believe you. What can you do?” Sharon was angry at Jim because of his scumbag behavior in the past. She wanted to joke with him and see what he would choose to do.Jim frowned and said in
Sharon did not tell Jim about Riley’s whereabouts. She did not know where Riley was as well.Riley had not told her where she was going when she left. Sharon had not asked her as well. She knew her best friend’s intentions. She did not want anyone to know where she was headed to.Before she left, Riley had told her that she would return after seeing all the sights outside to her heart’s content. When the time came, she would take the initiative to contact Sharon.Somehow, Jim did not continue asking Sharon about Riley’s whereabouts. His gaze had gone blank. The moment Sharon left, he shouted at her back, “It’s alright if you don’t tell me where she is. I’ll definitely find her anyway!”He had to make sure he recovered. Riley’s blood was flowing in his veins now. He could not make her efforts to save him go to waste.He would look for her after he recovered.Sharon paused momentarily. She did not say anything nor did she turn around. She opened the door and left straight away.
“Hmph, I knew that if we have a daughter, you’d definitely give all of your love to her.” He raised his hand and bopped her on the nose. “Are you being jealous of your own daughter right now?” She had blamed him for being jealous of their son in the past. Did she finally understand how he felt now? “You’re my husband. Of course, I’m jealous,” she blurted out her thoughts at once. She realized what she had said aloud when she noticed his intrigued gaze. An awkward expression formed on her face. “What did you call me just now?” he asked as he pinned a heated gaze on her. Sharon knew that she could not hide anymore. Since she had already said it out loud, what was there for her to be embarrassed about? She cleared her throat and said, “I called you my husband. Aren’t you my husband? Are you not going to acknowledge it now?” “I remember that we haven’t obtained a marriage certificate.” “Nice of you to mention that. You impregnated me before obtaining a marriage certif