I calmly looked away and walked towards the
guest room.
“Wait!” Josh suddenly called out to me.
I turned around and looked at him
questioningly.
“Come and eat with us.” There was a hint of awkwardness in Josh’s tone.
I looked at him in surprise, but ultimately declined.
Josh didn’t expect me to refuse his invitation and said angrily, “Suit yourself.”
- 3.
After putting down my luggage, I accidentally
L
caught sight of myself in the mirror.
With delicate features, when I smiled, it was
as if I was wearing a mask.
There was an unspeakable weariness in my
eyes.
I gave a wry smile. This didn’t look like
someone in their twenties.
Just a little longer, and I would be completely
free.
As I lay on the bed, about to fall asleep, Josh
suddenly burst in, panic in his eyes.
<
“Ashley, come with me to take Nancy to the
hospital! She burned her hand!”
I instinctively frowned and wanted to refuse, but Josh had already dragged me out.
“Mr. Montgomery, you don’t have to trouble Ashley to take me to the hospital. It’s
nothing… Ouch…”
Nancy clutched her splashed hand.
My eyes fell on the few drops of chili oil
splashed on the back of her hand. It did look “painful.”
“Burns can be serious. It might leave a scar.”
Join the ba
<
Josh spoke anxiously.
Looking at the scene in front of me, my eyes involuntarily fell on the scar on the back of
my left hand,
That day, when a group of Josh’s friends came to the house for hot pot, Nancy deliberately splashed a whole bowl of hot
soup on my hand.
When I wanted to confront her with a cold
face, Josh immediately shielded her, looking at me with disdain.
“Nancy didn’t mean to. I see you’re fine. Don’t make a fuss about it.”
<
In the end, I took painkillers to ease the pain
before taking a taxi to the hospital myself.
A scar was left on the back of my hand.
Seeing how anxious Josh was, I realized that
he knew burns could leave scars.
It was just that I was the one who got burned
then.
It was rush hour when we took Nancy to the hospital.
Josh kept urging me to drive faster from the back seat.
<
Just as the light turned green and we started
moving, a car suddenly lost control and
rushed towards us.
At the moment of impact, I felt a sharp pain
in my lower body.
Josh’s voice came from the back seat, tense.
“Ashley! How are you feeling? The ambulance
is almost here, just hold on!”
