“Lie there for the moment. The doctors say they have to check you when you wake up. I’ll call them over. Be right back.”
Wilson said that and left, and Elsie was left to steam.
The way she saw it, that was a polite refusal. Seemed like she’d thought too much of it.
Elsie sighed, feeling a bit depressed.
After a while, the door was opened.
She watched as Georgia and Robert filed in with Annie and Wesley.
The kids rushed in front of her bed and took her hands on either side.
“You’re finally awake, Auntie Elsie. Last night was so scary.”
Annie said that, while Wesley chimed in.
“Are you hurting anywhere, Auntie Elsie? How do you feel?”
Being fawned on by two kids like this, Elsie’s depressed mood temporarily faded, and she beamed at the children.
“I’m born lucky and always managed to turn danger around. Don’t worry, I’m fine. Once I rest up for a few days in the hospital, I’ll be up and kicking again.”
Hearing Elsie say that, Georgia smiled with relief. Seemed like Elsie was fine. She walked over and spoke to her.
“Since you’re this energetic, I can relax. I haven’t told Vanessa about this yet. Do you want me to tell her?”
The incident had occurred in the middle of the night, and Georgia didn’t want to call Vanessa in the small hours and make her worry.
She hadn’t told Vanessa this morning, either. She felt like Elsie needed to agree to it.
“Let’s leave it. Vanessa’s taking care of her child every day, and she’ll be really worried knowing I was hurt. I’m out of danger now, and I can just go over to G City to see her after a while. It’s been a long time, and she must be missing us. Do you want to come with me?”
As Elsie said that, Annie chimed in next to her mother.
“I haven’t seen Auntie Vanessa for a while. I want to see Auntie Vanessa too.”
“After I’m done with my overseas business, let’s all go to G City and see Vanessa.”
Just as Georgia finished, Robert spoke from behind.
“We might not be able to keep it from Vanessa. The incident’s made the news. Our names weren’t revealed, but I’m worried Vanessa will catch wind anyway. She might call you by then.”
“If Vanessa does catch wind of it, we’ll explain it by then. Let’s not give it out ourselves for now. If she knew, she wouldn’t be able to resist coming over to meet us. With all the chaos we’re in, we might not be able to keep her safe if she came. It’s best for her to stay in the dark.”
As Georgia said that, Elsie nodded too.
While they spoke, the doctors and nurses came and ran a check on Elsie’s body.
She’d just woken up, after all, and they needed to check to see if there were issues anywhere.
Georgia and the kids stood to the side and waited for the doctors to finish their inspection. Everything turned out normal and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, Wilson brought Elsie breakfast. The two didn’t speak, and the atmosphere was strange between them.
Then, right after that, another person came into the bedroom.
This time, it was Travis.
And another person Georgia hadn’t expected arrived as well. Sarah was here.
Georgia knew that Travis must be here to visit her.
After letting Travis and Sarah greet Elsie, Georgia took the two to her room.
Elsie had only just woken up, and with too many people babbling around her, it’d affect her rest.
Georgia let the two kids stay with Elsie’s room and brought Travis and Sarah to her own room.
“I’d wanted to come to the hospital to visit you yesterday, but I had business in another city, so I could only see you today. I saw on the news that something happened. What’s that about?”
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