Sweet Sorrow novel Chapter 14

Nicole's mother was lying in the ICU while her brother was trapped.

Nicole had no idea, but only request Austin to help stay outside of the operating room. She went to look for Jim herself.

The old lady was sent to the neighboring hospital. Not far away, Nicole ran all the way there.

As soon as she entered the ward, Nicole saw Jim squatting down in the corner of the wall with his head in his arms, being pointed at by a group of people.

"What are you doing?"

Nicole pushed through the crowd and stood in front of Jim to protect him.

"Nicole, Nicole..." Jim sobbed and raised his head. He hugged Nicole and said, "I didn't do it on purpose. I didn't do it on purpose."

"Since you didn't do it on purpose, does it means that you don't have to be responsible for her anymore? My mother is at an old age now. Can you take the responsibility if anything bad happens to her?"

A middle-aged man said as he got close to Jim, poking Jim's forehead with his index finger.

Hearing the man's words, Jim was scared to step back, tears rolling down his face.

Nicole felt sorry for her brother. She took a deep breath and blocked the middle-aged man.

"I'm sorry. But please calm down first. None of us wants this to happen. Now that it has happened, we should find a solution to solve it. If it is my brother who should take the responsibility, we will definitely take the responsibility."

Her words were very polite, but the man was in a very angry temper.

"What is the if? You little girl, do you know what you're saying? It's his responsibility to take all the blames. How can we blackmail you after so many people saw what happened on the scene? "

"Yes, aren't there any adults in your family? Ask your parents to come and discuss the solution!"

Nicole was so close to the man that she could hear her own tinnitus.

Luckily, at this moment, a nurse appeared.

"Please be quiet. The patient needs rest."

Nicole calmed down for a few seconds, stared at the middle-aged man who seemed to be the most powerful man here, and said lightly, "tell us, what do you want us to do?"

"We've already told him. Pay for it!"

"How much?"

"At least three hundred thousand."

Hearing the amount, Nicole gritted her teeth and said, "it's a bit too much. My brother just went out by bike."

The middle-aged man raised his voice suddenly. "How can we go too far? My mother is still taking the physical examination inside now. Let's put aside the result of the examination first. Can you make sure that there will be no sequela after the accident? Can you promise that this crash will not have any bad impact on her future life? "

"But she rushed over by herself..." Jim retorted in a low voice.

The middle-aged man was irritated by this sentence and took a posture of beating Jim while cursing. Fortunately, he was stopped by someone beside him.

The two sides were in a stalemate. After a while, the doctor who examined the old lady came out.

It was really unlucky. The old lady's shank was fractured after she hit Jim's bike.

According to the doctor, the old lady had to stay in the hospital for a while.

The result determined the arrogance of the old lady's family. They raised the price to five hundred thousand after a short while.

Nicole was irritated and spoke without careful diction. "Are you robbing money? Your price almost can buy a life!"

After a moment of silence, a loud slap hit on Nicole's face.

"Do you mean that we can take your or your brother's life by giving you five hundred thousand? Or do you think my mother's life is worthless because she is old? "

"No I didn't mean that I'm sorry... "

"How arrogant you are! Where are your parents? Call your parents here and I will talk to them. You are insulting us!"

Seeing his sister being beaten, Jim pulled Nicole over and shouted angrily, "what are you doing! You can hit me if you want, but not my sister! "

"No, Jim, don't talk nonsense." Nicole's eyes turned red, and she apologized, "we'll pay, we'll pay."

Hearing the compensation, the crowd calmed down a little.