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"Ouch! It hurts!" the girl kept yelling in pain
"Where does it hurt? Is it here?" Anna asked, putting her hands on the girl's arms
"Ah!" The girl shouted in pain
"Your arm is probably dislocated," Anna said with a frown
"Don't move," Anna said as she held her arm, "I'm a doctor, trust me
If you move one more time, you'll maybe never be able to lift your arm again."
The little girl's eyes widened in surprise, and she stopped crying. She panicked and looked at Anna. After the girl stopped moving, Anna touched her joints and tried to reassemble them
During the process, Anna started making small talk with the girl to distract her. "Why are you running around the airport by yourself? Where are your friends?"
"| came here by myself," the little girl replied
"You don't sound like a Birmingham native. Did you come here for a trip?"
The girl shook her head
"So, did you run away from home?" Anna asked
In an instant, the girl became pale and looked at Anna warily. The next second. Anna attached her joints with a "click". "Alright! You can move your arm now," Anna said, clapping her hands
The little girl didn't even react to what had happened. She looked at Anna in panic, then at her arm. She moved her arm a few times carefully
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"No, it doesn't hurt anymore. Thank you, ma'am!" Before the girl turned around and left, Anna took up the bag on the ground and handed it to her, saying, "Stay safe, my dear. Don't forget to tell your parents you're here."
The girl laughed and said, "My parents don't even care about what I'm doing. Ma'am, you are awesome. Which hospital are you working at? If | dislocate my shoulder again, I'll ask you to help me with it."
Hearing that, Anna couldn't stop laughing and asked, "Are you sure? | don't want you to get hurt again. And I'm going to leave now." Anna then exited the airport lobby
Alicia, the girl, clutched her bag tightly as she watched Anna leave
She stared at Anna's back and thought, The ladies here are so stunning and elegant! Will | be as beautiful as she is if | live here in the future?
At that precise moment, the cell phone in her pocket rang. And she answered the call
"Hello? Anthony."
"Where are you, Alicia? Why haven't you returned home yet?"
"I've gotten a job! I'm going to support myself, so | won't go home for a while."
"What? You have a job?! Who would hire you? You're still underage!"
Holding her phone in her hand, Alicia strapped her bag to her back and stopped a taxi at the airport exit. After getting into the taxi, she said,
"So, what? Someone hired me!"
"That's ridiculous! You should go home now, Alicia. You should at
539 Did You Run Away From Ho least finish high school!"
Alicia then told Anthony, "| hate going to school. My high school is terrible, and I'm not learning anything there.
Okay, I'm hanging up now. I'm very safe here. Don't call me again because you are interfering with my work."
"Hey! Alicia! Wai..."
Alicia hung up the phone before he could finish. "Why is he even more nagging than before?" she grumbled. Then, looking out of the window, she asked the driver, "Is that a long drive, sir?"
The driver said, "Nope. We'll be there in about a half hour because the address is in the heart of town. Is this your first time visiting Birmingham?"
"Yes! I've heard that Birmingham is a lovely city, so I've wanted to visit here for a long time," Alicia replied, leaning out the window. She saw many beautiful sceneries on the streets that she had never seen in her hometown. As a result, she couldn't stop taking photos with her phone
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