Chapter 8 eyes Aliceâs widened in shock., staring at the sharpâtongued school doctor. He actually spoke up for her? Did he believe her?
Aliceâs eyes turned red; even a stranger understood this, but her brothers didnât.
Or maybe they did understand but were just biased towards Chloe, choosing not to see it.
Chloeâs expression froze, her teeth clenched in frustration. What did this doctor mean? Didnât he see her sick and still wanting to serve Alice? Why wasnât he moved by her kindness and instead spoke for Alice? This wasnât right. Her tactic always worked before.
Chloe couldnât find her voice, lowering her head in grievance.
Caleb stepped forward to defend Chloe.âChloe came to school sick because the exams are in less than a hundred days. She couldnât miss class. She wanted to reconcile with Alice, but some people just donât appreciate it.â
Alice found it all so ironic.
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This morning, Caleb told her to care for Chloe, get her water, food... Didnât that interfere with her studies? It turned out he knew the exam was coming up in less than a hundred days.
It was just that her exams werenât as important as Chloeâs.
Noah said, âCaleb, take Chloe home.â
âNoah!â
âAre you ignoring what I said?â
Caleb fell silent and took Chloe away.
The infirmary was silent again.
Noah frowned.âAlice, if like this again.â
If you donât want to take care of Chloe, thatâs fine. But donât do anything Alice kept her head down. Her throat hurt and she didnât want to speak. She pulled the blanket over her head. She didnât want to see them.
âAlice, if you keep acting out like this, I canât protect you anymore.â Noah was getting annoyed. He pulled back the blanket.âCome home with me!â He needed to talk to her. Chloe couldnât keep getting hurt.
Jack held Noahâs arm, his gaze outside!â
cold.âShe canât leave until this IV is done; family members wait His tone was firm, leaving no room for argument.
Alice looked up in shock, seeing him standing tall in front of her second brother. She noticed a scar on his wrist, a deep, ugly red, strikingly noticeable. She had a similar scar on her leg from the car accident. Had he also been in an accident?
Noah stood his ground: âIâm her brother. Iâll take her home. We have a doctor at home.â
âSince you have a doctor at home, why let her suffer with a fever for so long?â Seeing Aliceâs pale face, Noah felt a twinge of guilt as he replied:âShe didnât tell us she was sick.â And heâd tried to touch her forehead, but sheâd dodged him. Could he be blamed for that? Maybe Maybe Alice was just dragging out her illness to avoid responsibility.
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Menu Jackâs voice turned displeased.âSir, if you try to forcibly take her, Iâll call the police for child abuse. And legally, if a child suffers domestic violence, she can apply for personal safety protection.â âIâm her biological brother; Iâm her guardian!â
âBut just now, I saw you hit her, assault her. There are security cameras as evidence. Iâm sure the police will make a fair judgment.â Jack was calm and resolute.âShe doesnât want to with go You have no right to force her.â
you.
Aliceâs heart trembled slightly as she stole a glance at the man standing before her.