Janie giggled. "You've spent so much money on me. I won't let it go to waste."
"That's right." Waylon nodded. "You should rest. I'll talk to Ben for a bit."
"Alright, I won't stop you two," Janie said while shooting a glance at Benjamin.
The two men closed the door to the patient's room behind them and went to the caretaker's room.
"Waylon, has Emma gone home?" Benjamin asked.
"Mm. She was so mad when I saw her," Waylon said.
"I don't mind if she's angry at me. It's better than being angry at herself," Benjamin said.
"I'm sure that Ms. Eastwood is hurt because of you, right?" Waylon said with a frown.
"Mm." Benjamin nodded. "I wanted to cut my face to save Emma at the wedding ceremony. Janie stopped me and injured herself instead."
"I guess you were lucky. Otherwise, you would've destroyed your face for nothing," Waylon said.
"I feel guilty for what happened to Janie. It's all my fault."
"Is that why you don't want Emma to know?"
"Yes. If Emma knows about it, she'll blame herself," Benjamin said.
Waylon sighed. "You're right."
"So are you here to punish me?" Benjamin asked.
"Of course not! I'm only here to give medicine to Ms. Eastwood!" Waylon said.
Oh, I was mistaken, Benjamin thought. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Waylon."
"I'm glad we've got that cleared up," Waylon said with a smile. "You don't have to worry about Emma. She won't be mad at you for more than two days. Before I went out of the house, she even told me not to be too hard on you. Looks like she still cares about you."
Benjamin felt all warm inside. He no longer felt the agony he had when Emmeline left him earlier.
After saying goodbye to Benjamin and Janie, Waylon left the hospital in his car.
The Maybach stopped before the crossing outside of the path that led out of the hospital's underground parking lot, waiting for its turn to turn right.
Foot traffic was heavy, and Waylon had to wait for a long time.
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