Chapter 755
Irene turned away. "Please don't ask..."
James grabbed her arm as an ominous feeling seized him, but he kept his expression calm nonetheless.
’Tell me," he said, keeping his voice quiet.
Irene closed her sore eyes. "You have a hunch, don't you?"
James released her then.
Erin's clothes were in pieces when they found her, laying in the bushes near the car.
’That's why you shouldn't ask," Irene continued softly, hardly able to stay calm from the travesty. "I'll stay with her at all times, but she doesn't want to see you, so don't try to barge in. You'd only upset her more."
James's mouth hung opened, but no words came out
He was devastated, and Irene felt her chest tighten seeing his reaction!
Til take care of her. There will be someone with her at all times."
With that, she returned inside the operating room.
She was the one who operated on Erin, and therefore knew very well.
Worried that she would upset Erin, she tried to keep her voice as mild as she could. "Let's get you to your ward."
Erin was staring blankly at the ceiling in silence, as Irene quietly wheeled her to her ward and then locked the wheels in place, before taking a chair to sit beside her.
Erin lay on her side with her back to Irene.
Irene wanted to say something, but she ended up swallowing her words.
Any words of comfort were as pointless as it was unconvincing, and there was no comforting Erin's wounded spirit.
The room was silent in the dimly lit ward, until Erin's repressed sobs were heard ever so distinctly.
"Cry if you want. There's no else here," Irene rasped.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The runaway groom novel (Irene and Isaac)