Chapter 25 Missing Because Of The Separation (Part Two) (2/2)
When Cherry walked into the bar, she saw Emily standing at the counter. She went straight to her.
”Emily,” said Cherry, without even a smile.
At first, Emily did not notice that there was something wrong with Cherry. She happily laughed and shouted,”Cherry, here you are! Finally, Jackson has let you meet me.”
She took Cherry's scalded hand.
”Ah!” Cherry cried out in pain.
”Cherry, what's the matter with you?” asked Emily, worriedly. She looked down at her hand and saw that some of the scalded blisters were already oozing. What's wrong with your hand?” asked Emily.
Cherry stayed silent.
Only now did Emily realize that there was something wrong with Cherry. She was pale and had lost a lot of weight. The wound on her hand was even stranger.
Looking at people around them, Emily knew that it was not a good place for them to talk. She softly said to Cherry,”Follow me.”
She took Cherry by her arm and tried not to touch her wounded hand.
When they walked into the employee aisle, Emily stopped to look at her hand and angrily asked,”What the hell is going on? Who did it?”
”It was me,” said Cherry.
”Are you an idiot? Why didn't you apply medicine to the wound?” Emily scolded her, although she was distressed to see her scalds. She would rather she was the one who was hurt instead of Cherry.
Cherry stayed silent again.
At this moment, Stephen came in and immediately saw Cherry.
Emily too saw Stephen and greeted him at once,”Hello, Mr. Stephen.”
”Hi, Emily and Cherry,” said Stephen, as he looked at Cherry.
”How are you doing?” Cherry nodded and greeted him, too.
Stephen suddenly noticed Cherry's scalded hand, which Emily was holding. He frowned and asked,”What's wrong with your hand?”
Emily complained,”She was so careless that she scalded herself. And she did not even apply medicine.”
Cherry hurriedly said,”I'm all right.” She did not want others to feel pity for her and she did not want more people to know about it.
Stephen knew at once that she was merely pretending to be strong. Judging from her pale and weak appearance, he guessed that she must have had a bad time at home.
”Let's go to my office. There is medicine there,” said Stephen, taking Cherry by the other arm and walking to his office.
Emily hurriedly said,”Mr. Stephen, please help me take good care of her. I'll pick her up after work.”
”Got it,” answered Stephen without looking back.