The woman spewed a mouthful of blood. Before Arielle and the others could get hold of her, a man emerged from the dark, carried her on his back, and ran away.
Vinson ran after them and saw the man put her on a motorcycle. They then rode the motorcycle and left the alley. There was no way anyone could outrun them.
Vinson had no choice but to turn around and head back. When Arielle saw him walk in her direction and heard the sound of the bike, she knew they had escaped.
Vinson held Arielle’s hand and walked out of the alley while Lorraine followed right behind them. They noticed all the other cars were gone when they got to the main road. The woman was indeed one of them.
“Let’s go to the hospital. You need to get your arm bandaged.”
It broke Vinson’s heart when he realized Arielle was injured again. Yet, Arielle did not want to make another trip to the hospital.
She outright rejected him, “What for? Don’t forget I’m a doctor.”
Arielle swung her arm as if the wound did not bother her. “It’s just a minor injury. Don’t waste time going to the hospital.”
Vinson was aware that Arielle had made several trips to the hospital, even though she had only been in Turlen for a couple of days. He decided not to force her since he understood she was tired of going to the hospital.
When they got home, Vinson immediately retrieved the medical kit. He then cleaned Arielle’s wound, applied medicine to the injury, and bandaged it.
Vinson expressed his dismay because he did not want Arielle to work for the professor. “You’re just putting yourself at risk if you work there. What if things go south?”
He was scared that no one could be there to protect her should she encounter any life-threatening emergencies.
“I will carry some drugs with me and use them on anyone trying to take advantage of me. They’ll collapse in no time. How about that?” Arielle tried to convince Vinson that she would use the poisons from the Mill family’s medical manuscripts.
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