Gerald was not in the mood for this. “Miss, don’t you find this a little rude?”
The woman ignored him.
“That’s right! My teacher says you can’t cut in a queue!” Yasmin exclaimed with a frown.
“Bah!” The woman turned around and snapped, “So I cut in front of you, so what? What can you do about it? All bark and no bite!”
One could see she was around twenty-one, with a fair complexion and a pretty face—and dressed in such a way as to leave little to the imagination.
However, her stuck-up attitude only pissed Gerald off to look at her.
“You’re the one barking!” At the limits of his patience, he snapped off a harsh reply.
“What did you say to me? Just wait right here—I’ll have somebody cut you down to size!” Shrieking and swearing as though she’d suddenly gone mad, the woman was pulled away by several bystanders.
Finally, she left in a huff.
Well, that came out of nowhere. Brushing it off mind, Gerald got back in line.
“Sir, maybe you shouldn’t have done that. That woman seemed like trouble!” A pretty young nurse whispered this as she was ushering some patients in. “She was here earlier this afternoon to visit one of our patients—someone of note—and she came with a whole train of fancy cars! I wouldn’t underestimate her clout, you know? Hurry on in—and no more trouble!”
Clearly, she’d started it! Well, the nurse meant well… Gerald made no further remark.
“Let’s not fuss over it, Gerald,” Queta agreed. “We’ll just wrap it here and leave immediately!”
So Gerald brought Yasmin in to see the doctor. It turned out to be nothing alarming—just a common cold—and some medicine was prescribed.
Queta was visibly relieved, and they left the hospital together.
As they arrived at the entrance, glossy black cars suddenly rolled up, one after another… at least a dozen in total. A massive group of well-dressed people got out and headed inside.
When she saw the woman who emerged from the car in the middle, Queta quaked with fear. It was that woman who’d cut in line earlier, starting off a spat with Gerald.
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