They didn't go too far, sitting in the garden in front of the wing building.
Warm sunlight shone on her head and warmed her up like a huge and fluffy blanket wrapped around her.
Ella was right beside her. Afraid that she might catch a cold, Ella brought a thin blanket with her.
"Miss Horton, the water lilies in the pond over there are going to bloom. Do you want to take a look?"
There was a big pond on the outer edge of the garden. Usually, it was Donald who had people take care of it, and Felix rarely went there.
Donald thought the garden was too empty and didn't look good, so he asked people to grow some water lilies in the pond.
It was April, and normally, water lilies didn't bloom around this time of the year.
However, probably because it had been warmed these days, or that the species of the flowers were different, the water lilies were in bud already.
Since there was nothing else better to do for the moment, Queeny would also like to see some flowers.
Ella wheeled her over to the pond in a light mood.
They stopped at the pond. As expected, there were many pale pink water lilies in blossom across the pond.
Some of them were in bud, while most of them were in full bloom.
Ella was a little surprised.
"Wow, they were still in the bud the other day, but how come they bloom so soon?"
She ran over to the pond and picked one as she spoke.
The tender and delicate water lily looked even lovelier with its green leaves. Queeny's lips curved into a smile as she looked at the flower.
"You just picked Donald's flower. What you gonna do if he blames you for this?"
Queeny joked.
Ella snorted slightly, "No, he won't. Donald is a kind man. The other day, he asked the gardeners to pick some flowers and give them to us. He thinks they would light up the room and put us in a better mood, so he wouldn't mind."
Queeny gave a slight smile as she heard that.
Donald was always so considerate and amiable to everyone.
Just as the two of them were talking and laughing, Ella suddenly paused.
She trotted over to Queeny and whispered, "Miss Horton, isn't that Miss Collins?"
Queeny tilted her head and looked up in the direction Ella pointed at.
She saw Bella hurrying away in another direction with her head slightly lowered.
Ella frowned.
"Where is she heading to? Isn't... Mr. Bissel's building in that direction? Didn't he say no one is allowed to visit him during the day?"
Queeny looked calm, but her eyes darkened.
She said, "Maybe she has something to tell him."
She looked away as she finished her words.
Ella watched Queeny's face, finding her cool and uninterested, and something flashed across her eyes.
With that, she smiled, "It could be. Otherwise, Mr. Bissel wouldn't see her cuz he hates her. If there's anyone he should be seeing, it should be you."
Suddenly, Queeny's hand, which was smoothing down her dress, paused.
She looked up at Ella.
She stared at her with her piercing eyes and asked, "How so?"
Ella beamed a smile.
"It's true. We all know that Mr. Bissel really cares about you. Bella just doesn't want to admit it. How many times has Mr. Bissel come to visit you? How many times to her? If she didn't throw herself at him, Mr. Bissel might have forgotten about her already."
Queeny gave a cold smile, and she looked at Ella in a sneer.
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