Noelle wasn't quick enough to stop Irene this time.
When Irene swung down her hoe, Hendrix instinctively raised his arm to block it. As a result, the wound he had just had re-bandaged at the hospital that day split open again. There was even a faint cracking sound, as if a bone had been fractured.
Even for someone as tough as Hendrix, the intense pain was enough to make him frown, and cold sweat quickly beaded on his forehead.
"Mom!" Noelle rushed forward and grabbed Irene's arm.
But was still in the heat of anger. She pushed Noelle aside and was about to strike again when Jerry, who had received an emergency call, arrived on the scene.
Jerry felt his vision darken for a moment when he saw Hendrix's injury. Then, without hesitation, he and his team restrained Irene.
"What are you doing? You bunch of ass-kissers! Let me go!" Irene struggled fiercely, her curses never stopping.
Jerry was at a loss. He was about to have her taken to the police station when Hendrix grabbed his arm.
"Take me to the hospital first," he said. His brows were still furrowed. His face was pale, but his voice remained calm.
"But—"
"She didn't mean to hurt me," Hendrix said without changing his expression. He glanced at the panicked Noelle before adding, "I won't press any charges. Just get me to the hospital."
Since Hendrix had already made his decision, Jerry naturally couldn't push the matter further. Besides, Irene was already quite elderly and mentally unstable, so it would have been troublesome to take her back to the police station.
Relieved by Hendrix's choice not to press charges, Jerry instructed two officers to stay behind and disperse the gathered villagers before helping Hendrix into the car.
Even though Hendrix was bleeding, Irene's anger still hadn't subsided. She even accused Jerry of helping Hendrix escape, chasing the police car and hurling curses until Noelle finally dragged her back inside.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Sway and Slide of Love
Like how the story is progressing now but why is the author only releasing 3 chapters at a time? this is torture😩😩...
Woah chapters 41-45 is intense!! Good to see Noelle’s character who has come across as mostly detached actually express emotion....
I find Noelle’s character so frustrating, she comes across lacking any true emotion. The chapters where Rosie was missing was probably the most where we have seen some strong outward emotion shown. Dreading these next few chapters if she is going to do something drastic to “go find Seline” The author has taken us on a rollercoaster with these characters. The novel feels like it is at a stage now where they can come full circle....
A good change of pace and story in the last 10 chapters. Good to see the shift in Hendrix’s character (more patience) to win over Noelle and Rosie. Hope we start to see them warm up to him. Please no crazy twist where he loses them again. Have enjoyed this story and looking forward to its wrap up👨👩👧...
A good change of pace in the last 10 chapters. Also nice to see a shift in Hendrix’s character (more patience) to win Noelle and Rosie over. Hoping in these next few chapters we start to see Noelle and Rosie warm up to him. Please no crazy twist where he loses them again. Have enjoyed this story and looking forward to its wrap up 👨👩👧...
I have been in love with this novel but I don’t know how much patience I have to wait until the to finish line. Dear Author, can you atleast give us some idea about how long is this going to be or if there’s any turning point coming soon. And it would be great if you could upload at least 10 chapters at once. 5 chapters is making me more impatience with the anticipation of the further story of novel🙈...
I really hope there is a turning point in this story where Noelle starts to show some interest in Hendrix...