He seemed a little uncomfortable at Judi Dench’s look and finally added, “I saw it on the street and bought a bouquet on the way.”
“Thanks, I like them a lot.” Judi Dench hugged the flowers, not caring what he said later.
After the meal was over, they went downstairs, Judi Dench wanted to say goodbye but was prevented from doing so by Kevin Armstrong. “It’s still early, don’t you want to go for a walk?”
His slightly expectant gaze fell on that of Judi Dench, and after a moment of consideration, she nodded.
There was a park right next to it, and they walked in that direction with understanding.
The streetlights were already on, and Kevin Armstrong was visibly a bit reluctant, and his speech became unsteady.
Until finally he mustered up the courage to look at Judi Dench,
“Can I chase you?”
He felt that the sudden confession was a bit abrupt, afraid of scaring her, and could only take a step back first.
Obviously, when he saw Judi Dench frozen in place, thinking it still scared her.
In fact Judi Dench just had not seen such an odd confession.
Can I chase you?
What’s the answer to that, yes or no?
Her heart wrestled with the question, but she finally nodded.
–.
“Did he really say that?”
After Judi Dench got home, she got on the phone with Emma Rosy, and the person on the other end of the line was clearly more excited than she was.
“So, don’t gossip about me!” Judi Dench heard Emma Rosy continue talking on the other side of the phone, a blush appearing on her face, but her voice pretended to be fierce.
After she stopped, Judi Dench said to her again, “I got the information from Uncle Richard’s secretary, and I heard Kevin Armstrong said he picked her up, and now she’s settled in, you can go together when you have time to ask about Richard Uncle’s business.”
After they hung up, Emma Rosy stood alone in front of the bed where Keira was already asleep.
For some reason Keira had been very clingy the last few days and had to stay with Emma Rosy instead of sleeping in her own room.
Emma Rosy had just placed her phone on the side table when a text message came in, causing the phone screen to light up.
She glanced at it and saw that it was Alex Brown’ number.
Her finger hesitated on the screen for a long moment, her face all scrunched up.
Finally she tapped and read.
‘Are you asleep?
That put her into a light trance.
The blankness of the texting interface seemed to remind her of the distance between her and this person.
In the middle of her daze, the phone’s screen went dark.
At that exact moment, another text message came in, causing the screen to light up again.
‘Good night’
It was the same number.
Emma Rosy switched off the phone with a soft sigh and put it aside, followed by the bed.
The room was silent, and Keira’s breathing was audible.
Emma Rosy rolled onto her side and took Keira into her arms, her nose tingling at the thought of telling her father the truth.
Across the room, Alex Brown sat in his study, looking dazedly at the text messages on his phone.
When he saw the delayed text message, he finally put the phone aside.
He didn’t know why he wanted to hear Emma Rosy ‘s voice or what it was doing.
Alex Brown looked at the clock, it was eleven o’clock, she didn’t answer the message, she must have fallen asleep, he could only assume.
The computer on his desk was still lit and his heart was pounding with irritation, making him unmotivated to work.
Time gradually passed, and the sky outside grew brighter as time passed.
Emma Rosy woke up early the next morning.
Since she had heard the news from Judi Dench yesterday, her whole mood had become cheerful.
She was having breakfast and getting ready for work when she received another call from Judi Dench.
After setting up a time to meet, Emma Rosy took Keira to school and then turned around and drove to the hospital.
“Emma Rosy, what took you so long? The dean is looking for you.”
Emma Rosy had just arrived at the hospital when she saw the receptionist approaching her with a clearly worried look on her face.
“Is something wrong?” Emma Rosy ‘s face can’t help but show an expression of tension either, thinking something has happened.
“I don’t know, the dean just asked you to go to his office.”
After saying that, she hurriedly walked away.
Emma Rosy replied and was about to go to the dean’s office when she saw him walking towards her.
“Emma Rosy, I was looking for you.”
“What can I do for you Dean?” Emma Rosy hurried after her, silently going over the recent events at the hospital in her mind.
She looked at the dean with a calm face and felt relieved that there was nothing serious.
“It’s nothing serious, it’s just …”
As the dean was talking, he happened to pass by Dr. Lin’s clinic and his steps stopped.
Emma Rosy followed his gaze and looked over, it was an old lady with a stooped back and round back.
Ragged clothes.
“Wait here for me a moment.”
At that moment, a man called out something to the Dean, and he turned to Emma Rosy .
Emma Rosy nodded, and her eyes fell again on the old lady.
Her hair was white, her legs were badly deformed, and she had a very worn wooden crutch in her hand, presumably to help her move.
The cane seemed to have been made by herself, and was very simple.
Emma Rosy saw that she was struggling very hard with each step, and could not bear to look any further, so she went forward to help her.
“Thank you, girl.” Her voice had gotten very old, Emma Rosy just nodded and helped her into the clinic.
“Doctor, can you take a look at me?” She slowly sat down on the stool, and her movements seemed very strained.
Emma Rosy did not leave, for the Dean had just asked her to wait here and wanted to find out what was wrong with the old lady.
The pleading in the old lady’s eyes couldn’t be more obvious, and Dr. Lin, who was largely intolerant, nodded her head.
When the old lady saw the doctor’s nod, an expression of gratitude appeared on her face and she began to tell him about her illness.
After all, she was old and had a wordy feeling between her words.
“This illness of yours, ah, there is no other good way but surgery to replace both your knees, and you, go home and tell your son or daughter to have the money ready and come for the surgery.”
“How much money do I need?” The old lady listened to the words, a complicated expression appeared on her face, her mouth open and closed for half a day, but still asking the words out of her mouth.
“One hundred and fifty thousand.” Dr. Lin seemed to have seen this kind of situation many times before, and she didn’t even raise her eyelids .
After that number was spoken, the old lady’s eyes froze for a moment, as if she wanted to say something else, after about one to twenty seconds, she finally opened her mouth, and the words stopped at the edge of her mouth.
Finally, she sighed, turned around, and left the door with her old and worn cane.
Emma Rosy saw this scene heartbreakingly.
“Is there no other way but to perform an operation?” Seeing the old lady hobbling out, Emma Rosy looked at Dr. Lin, wanting to understand the situation.