“That’s good.” Jenny felt more comfortable listening to him.
Since she came to the United States, she only needed to take care of herself and didn’t really need to worry about her family. This kind of life couldn’t ease her mind but would only make her more and more homesick.
Jenny remembered that when she was a child, her father kicked her mother and her out of the house. The two of them had a very difficult time back then.
When other children were holding snacks and candies, she could only watch from a distance, but at that time she didn’t know how she learned the truth—Whether she was wronged at school or was bullied on the street, she could never tell her family.
In order to earn a living, her mother took up hard and tiring work. She didn’t abandon Jenny even when it was the most difficult time and insisted on letting her receive education, which made them have what they had today,
Now that she had grown up, her mother was seriously ill but she couldn’t stay with her.
Every time Jenny thought about this, she felt incredibly frustrated as if her heart was being torn by countless people.
After thinking about it, she didn’t do many things to fulfill her filial duty. She only hoped that her mother could take care of herself and be healthy. When Jenny has the ability, she would take Marry to stay with her and spend a lifetime together.
James looked at her sad eyes with distress. He watched her living a distressing life for so many years.
A kind-hearted person like her shouldn’t be treated like this. When she was a child, she was timid and introverted and didn’t dare to talk to many people. Fortunately, it was all in the past now.
Therefore, he swore that he must take good care of her in this life and never let her suffer.
…
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
The nursing staff walked over and opened the door. It was a person from the inpatient department who checked the ward. He counted the number of people in each ward and confirmed their family members who would stay there with the patient.
James glanced at Jenny, “I will stay here with you today.”
“No.” Jenny shook her head and refused. “There is a caregiver. I’ll be fine.”
“But I’ll be worried.”
“I’m really okay. Now my arm is bandaged. I will pay attention to it when sleeping at night. You are a man. It’s not convenient to stay with two women here.”
James nodded, “Okay. Then I’ll go back. Call me if anything happens.”
“Okay,” Jenny replied.
When he walked out of the door, James shook his head with a wry smile. It was not convenient for him to stay here, but Harold had stayed here for two days.
He always told himself not to think too much about it, but how could he restrain himself?
At night, Jenny kept tossing and turning. She was unable to fall asleep, thinking of her mother, Harold, James, and failing to keep up with her studies.
There were so many things, which was giving her a headache.
Finally, she wanted to get up, picked up the pillow to lean it against the wall, and propped herself up.
It was already 23:30. It would be another day after half an hour.
She rarely mentioned her family to her classmates after staying in the United States for so long, which suddenly made her feel a little lonely.
The caregiver got up and wanted to go to the bathroom, only to find that Jenny wasn’t asleep, so she helped her put on a coat and sat next to her, “Ms. Andrews, what’s wrong?”
Jenny chuckled softly. Someone came to keep her company right away as soon as she felt lonely.
Then she replied softly, “I’m just a little homesick.”
“This is normal. Your homeland is so far away from here. You can’t just go back even if you want to.”
She was right about that. She couldn’t just go home even if she wanted to.
She was now in the hospital and couldn’t go back to her house in America because she was hospitalized.
Wendy was still waiting for her, but she couldn’t go back.
She was now in the United States and couldn’t go back to her homeland easily, but what about her house here?
Her mother was guarded in the hospital, so she couldn’t see her even though she came home. She would still be alone in an empty house.
“By the way, I saw two men come to visit you. Which one is your boyfriend?” The caregiver asked suddenly and began to have a gossip.
In the beginning, she thought that Harold was her boyfriend, but they didn’t get along like a couple together.
James was more like her boyfriend.
Based on the situation while the three of them treated each other, the caregiver made such a conclusion!
Jenny couldn’t help laughing. Maybe she could say that they were people running after her.
Could she say that?
Harold was considered to be someone she loved before. James was probably not just a man running after her.
She didn’t want to simply treat him in this way.
In the end, she didn’t know how to describe their relationship, so she shook her head, “Neither of them is my boyfriend.”
“Neither?” The caregiver was surprised.
These two people were so kind to her, but neither of them was her boyfriend.
“Yeah.” Jenny looked at the caregiver who was in confusion.
The caregiver shook her head. “Then you…”
“There is something special between me and them. I can’t describe our relationship now, and sometimes things can’t be described in simple words.” She thought for a moment and looked back at the caregiver. “Who do you think is better?”
The nurse thought for a moment. “Mr. Harold looks cold, but he is warm-hearted. Although he looks indifferent, he actually cares so much about you. Before I came, he had been staying with you without sleeping. I can tell that he really likes you.”
“What about James?”
“I don’t know much about Mr. Yard, but from the way he talks, I can feel that he is a very gentle, polite, and kind to others. The most important thing is that he is thoughtful. You can tell from the food he brought to you today!”
Jenny agreed with her comments on the two men.
But there was one thing. She didn’t think Harold just looked cold and was warm-hearted.
She always felt that there would be no one in the world who could be colder than him. He was the kind of person who couldn’t get soft no matter how hard she tried. He was indeed an aloof man.
As for a relationship, if she was afraid, she should just escape. Why did she make it so hard for herself? Jenny thought.
The mysterious man also told her to follow her heart. Did they mean to tell her to choose Harold?
How was that possible?
He was so aggressive and selfish. He exerted all means in order to force her to do things. A man like him was a special case in life that most people couldn’t imagine.
If she chose to stay with him, she would really be restless in the future.
Jenny let out a sigh and didn’t answer.
The caregiver might feel sleepy, so she greeted her and went back to her bedroom.
Jenny glanced at the time and found it was late.
Jenny thought to herself, “Forget it, think about these things later. Just live in the present.”
…
Early the next morning, Jenny was woken up by the phone ring before dawn.
Feeling sleepy, Jenny stretched out her left hand to get the phone but vaguely realized that her left hand couldn’t be used now.
Therefore, she turned over, muttered, and answered the phone, “Hello…”
“Jenny, it’s me.” It was Wendy’s voice.
Jenny just woke up, so her voice was still a little hoarse, “Why did you call me so early?”
“I am taking a day off today, so I want to see you.”
“Okay, come here.”
“Then you need to get up quickly. I’ll be there in about ten minutes.”