“Aunty, I’m sorry… That person is me…” Aubree was so frightened that she was now shedding tears. She had been the apple in Sidney’s eyes, and she had never encountered such an imposing and domineering elder in front of her. At the same time, she couldn’t shake off her feeling of guilt and anguish because she was the one who had brought harm to Hendrix!”
Mrs. Elliott was wondering where this feeling of dislike towards this girl came from, but it finally dawned on her that she was the culprit behind Hendrix’s downfall!
“Before I can make things even with you, it seems like you have the nerve to come here on your own volition.”
Aubree was sobbing profusely as she begged, “Please let me see Hendrix…”
“And you’re asking to see him even after everything that has happened?”
“Lucia, Hendrix has woken up.” Mr. Elliott walked over while casting a meaningful glance at Aubree. He didn’t utter another word as he led Mrs. Elliott away.
“Mr Elliott, can I see him for a while? Just a while…” Aubree chased after them while begging with teary eyes which would make anybody feel pitiful for her.
“Kid, Hendrix doesn’t want to see you now.”
“However, you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself. This is not entirely your fault. You should go back now.”
Although Mr. Elliott was rejecting her in a roundabout way, his stance was still very firm.
Aubree felt a crack appeared on the surface of her heart and blood started to gush out through the crack as the words “Hendrix doesn’t want to see you now” reverberated inside her head.
She watched Mr. and Mrs. Elliott disappeared into the ward and the door was locked swiftly. They weren’t going to give her any chance.
At that moment, her phone began to ring. It was Sidney. She couldn’t recover from her forlorn state, so she didn’t answer the call.
“Aubree?” At the same time, a familiar voice suddenly called out to her.
She turned around in a daze and saw that Pippa whose face was still swollen was staring at her with extreme hatred in her eyes.
“Why the hell are you here? Or do you think that you haven’t brought enough harm to Hendrix yet?” Pippa was rushing towards her.
With a loud slap, she landed a slap across Aubree’s cheeks!
“This is for me!” Immediately, she followed up with another slap!
“This is for Hendrix!” Pippa had been loathing Aubree for too long, and she could finally grasp her opportunity to vent her frustrations. There was no way she would let this end after just two slaps.
Aubree was already in a weakened state in the first place and her heart was seized by incredible sadness at the moment. After receiving that two slaps, she almost lost her balance as she scrambled to hold onto the wall next to her. Her hair was already messy as she drooped her head low while caressing her cheeks without making a sound.
“My father and Mr. Elliott has already come to an agreement to transfer us to another school. You’ve hurt Hendrix badly, so you can’t expect that he will still like you. He hates you now!” Seeing that Aubree was frozen on the spot without any reaction, Pippa felt like she hadn’t vent all of her frustrations just yet. She scanned her surroundings and discovered a walking stick which supposedly belonged to one of the patients there. An idea took shape in her mind.
“Drag your ass here!” Pippa seized Aubree’s hair and pulled her to a corner behind a door with her another hand holding on to the walking stick.
“Aubree, do you remember how my face got swollen?” Pippa was smiling wickedly as she eyed the walking stick in her hand.
“Today, if you can let me beat you up as revenge, our altercation will come to a full stop. What do you think about my proposal?”
Aubree’s eyes were devoid of any emotion. She didn’t answer Pippa’s question.
Uncle Sidney had taught her that she must retaliate whenever someone were to bully her. However, she found herself unable to do just that in this situation.
“Show me your face.” Pippa took her silence as an acknowledgement as her heart started to race wildly. She propped the walking stick against her chin and then proceeded to tilt her head upwards so that Aubree’s delicate features were exposed. She combed Aubree’s bangs sideways to reveal the entirety of her face.
Pippa sharpened her gaze as she was about to lash out. Just as she was using the walking stick to aim at Aubree’s face and bring it down on her, Aubree suddenly dodged her blow and snatched away her walking stick when Pippa was losing her balance!
“Ah!” A horrible scream pierced through the silence of the corridor in the hospital.
Pippa was in so much pain that she almost knelt down! She knitted her eyebrows while clutching her stomach with a grimace on her face. She couldn’t move an inch now!
“In school, you always bully me. You know fully well what you have ever done. I never plan to make things even with you, so why do you think that you are qualified to hit me?” Aubree refuted with reddened eyes. Her brain couldn’t function normally anymore. She just wanted to go home.
Pippa’s scream had attracted a crowd around her.
“Pippa? What happened to you?” At one point in time, Mrs. Elliott joined in the commotion as she stared incredulously at Pippa who was now soaked in cold sweat. She then shifted her gaze onto Aubree who was holding a walking stick.
“Mrs. Elliott, she… not only did she hurt Hendrix, she’s even hitting me now…” While Pippa was being helped to her feet by Mrs. Elliott, she pointed at Aubree’s nose and complained with so much indignation that her voice was quivering.
Aubree watched the hateful gaze cast on her by the onlookers and saw them criticizing and gossiping about her and she felt like she was at her limit. All the while, she had been protected by Sidney, and furthermore, she was still a child in the end… She had never faced this kind of unpleasant situation before. She couldn’t deal with it at all…
Under the scrutiny of those onlookers, Aubree discarded the walking stick before running away without even looking back.
However, when she reached the entrance of the hospital, she abruptly bumped into someone and that immense recoil caused her to stumble to the ground.