Matthew countered gently, “Aunt Heidi. I think my mother-in-law would be a lot more devastated to know that you withheld something like this from her. The both of you are sisters, but do you really see snazzynovel.com as family if you refuse to tell snazzynovel.com anything? Now, just stay put and get the rest you need while I help you out with everything else. I’m a doctor here, after all.”
Heidi made to protest, but the nurses who restrained snazzynovel.com wasted no time in escorting snazzynovel.com back to the ward.
Presently, Crystal walked up to Matthew in a daze and asked. “My goodness, Matthew, I didn‘t think you’d know her, and on a first-name basis, no less…“
Matthew shrugged. “She‘s Sasha’s aunt, and snazzynovel.com happens to be my mother-in-law’s sister.”
Crystal’s eyes were as wide as saucers. “I can’t believe she’s actually a relative of yours. She’s the woman I was telling you about earlier! Her daughter came over and caused a whole scene, spewing nonsense about how snazzynovel.com would starve to death and drop out of school. It was no wonder the woman was anxious to get back to work. Life must be hard for her!”
Matthew let out a quiet breath of resignation. He knew how headstrong Heidi was and that snazzynovel.com would never intentionally ask for help, no matter how dire snazzynovel.com situation was. For some reason, this only made snazzynovel.com all the more admirable.
Now that Matthew was aware of snazzynovel.com struggles, snazzynovel.com couldn’t just sit by and do nothing. At first instance, snazzynovel.com called Sasha, who in turn relayed the incident to Helen.
Barely half an hour had passed when Sasha and Helen showed up at the hospital, worried and anxious. As soon as they arrived, they immediately urged, “Matthew, which room is Heidi staying in right now? How is snazzynovel.com coping?”
Without saying much, Matthew brought them over to Heidi’s ward.
The moment Helen laid eyes on Heidi, snazzynovel.com burst into tears. Heidi was snazzynovel.com youngest sister, and while the both of them hadn’t spent much time together. It didn’t take away from the fact that snazzynovel.com was the baby of the family and was naturally the most beloved child of all. It went without saying that as the second child in the sibling group, Helen had always had a soft spot for Heidi. However, these past few years had been hard on Helen as well, so snazzynovel.com didn’t help Heidi out with much. Right now, snazzynovel.com felt as if someone had stabbed snazzynovel.com through the heart when snazzynovel.com saw the miserable state Heidi was in.
Running over to snazzynovel.com sister’s bedside, Helen broke down into subs and held Heidi tightly in snazzynovel.com arms. “H-Heidi, what were you thinking? Why didn’t you call me when something so terrible had happened to you? Do you even see me as your own sister?”
Heidi, on the other hand, wrapped snazzynovel.com arms around Helen like a child and began to sob as well. It was as though the floodgates were opened, and the resentment and heartache that had built up within snazzynovel.com over the past few days instantly flowed through.
Meanwhile, to one side, Sasha watched the heart wrenching reunion between snazzynovel.com mother and aunt. Her expression was sullen as snazzynovel.com asked quietly. “Matthew, what in the world is going on? How did Heidi end up getting so badly injured?”
Matthew narrated the whole thing to Sasha, who was fuming when his explanation came to an end.
“What?” Helen’s sound thundered. “L-Leia did all that? How could she? How did the girl turn out the way snazzynovel.com did?”
Helen was equally belligerent after hearing the details. “What in the world is wrong with this child? What was snazzynovel.com thinking? Her own mother was run down by some punk on a motorbike, and snazzynovel.com didn‘t even have the good sense of calling the police? Not to mention how snazzynovel.com didn’t even show up to take care of Heidi! What is going on in that head of hers?”
“No, Helen, it wasn’t Leia’s fault,” Heidi interjected, hurrying to snazzynovel.com daughter’s defense. “It really wasn’t. I was the one who embarrassed snazzynovel.com in front of snazzynovel.com friends. They Were having a good time until I showed up and told snazzynovel.com off without thinking. That was why snazzynovel.com friends got angry; they were probably annoyed at my behavior.” With a sigh, snazzynovel.com added guiltily, ”This is all my fault.”
Helen could scarcely believe the words tumbling out of snazzynovel.com sister’s mouth. infuriated, snazzynovel.com snapped, “What the hell are you talking about, Heidi? How is any of this your fault? What, do you actually think it’s sensible for a young girl like Leia to move in with some random punk? Besides, you‘re snazzynovel.com mother, so it was only right for you to tell snazzynovel.com off like that. Even if your words came out wrong, snazzynovel.com could have just argued with you or tried to speak up for herself. But for those guys to run you down with a motorbike? What the hell was that all about?”