The Windfalls of Love (Roxanne and Harrison) novel Chapter 26

He chuckled, "No biggie; you'll get the hang of it soon enough."

Today was Roxanne's first day peddling goods at the market.

She initially planned to wrap things up around 11 or 12 at night.

At 11, Chloe called her, saying that her kid, Aria, was having a fever. There was no one at home, so Chloe was hoping that she could come over to help.

She hopped on her e-bike and rushed over.

Aria was indeed burning up.

Roxanne immediately hailed a cab, and together with Chloe, they took the child to the hospital.

In the car, Chloe kept urging the driver, "Could you speed up? My daughter's temperature has hit 39 degrees."

"Even if it's urgent, we can't break the speed limit. There's a speed camera around here."

Chloe was almost going mad.

Her child was her life, and any illness would make her extremely worried.

Chloe was on the verge of tears as she thought about the possibility of Aria getting pneumonia if she continued to have a fever.

Roxanne comforted Chloe for a while and then asked, "Chloe, why is there no one else at home? Where are your mother-in-law and sister-in-law? What about Oliver?"

Just mentioning this bunch made Chloe seethe with rage.

"My mother-in-law said she's tired from looking after the kid five days a week, so she's taking the weekend off to play at my sister-in-law's place."

Normally, Chloe would take care of the kid without any complaints of being tired.

Once she mentioned this, her mother-in-law, Charlotte, would ridicule her, saying things like "Every woman needs to look after kids; what's so tiring about that?"

But when it was Charlotte's turn to look after the kid, she would always find excuses, whether it was a backache or headache. She was totally melodramatic.

What upset her wasn't what Charlotte said; after all, she was the mother-in-law, an elder, and she indeed had no obligation to help her look after the kid.

What upset her was Oliver; he didn't understand at all how tough it was for her to juggle work and taking care of the child, and he even talked down to her.

He said her going to work was all her own doing and self-inflicted suffering.

But at this point, Chloe didn't want to complain about anything. She just wanted Aria's fever to subside as soon as possible.

Aria had grown up and gained some weight. When they arrived at the hospital, Chloe couldn't carry her anymore, so she had to carry her on her back.

With Aria on her back, Chloe practically ran to the emergency room.

Roxanne helped carry the sleeping Austin.

Both of them were extremely busy.

During this, Austin woke up crying, probably because he was hungry.

But Roxanne had no milk to feed Austin, and she couldn't calm him down.

After hearing Austin's cries, Chloe had to look after Aria, who was on an IV drip, while feeding Austin in the infusion room.

Roxanne, standing by the side, felt extremely sorry for her.

They say women could become strong for their children.

But those irresponsible men had no idea how difficult motherhood was.

All mothers actually forced themselves to be strong.

When Aria finished her IV drip, Austin fell asleep in Chloe's arms again.

Roxanne wanted to help carry him, but Austin started fussing as soon as he left his mother's arms.

Roxanne had no choice but to say, "Chloe, you continue holding Austin; I'll carry Aria."

"Are you sure you can handle it?"

"No worries, I'm strong."

Although Aria's fever had subsided, she was still very weak and looked extremely tired.

But Aria was very understanding, "It's okay, Auntie Anne. I can walk on my own."

"Are you sure you can walk? You were almost fainting from the fever just now. Let me carry you; come on." Roxanne squatted down.

Aria looked at Chloe.

Seeing her weak state, Chloe gently nodded at her, "It's okay; let Auntie Anne carry you. Auntie Anne hasn't carried you for a long time."

So Aria then leaned on Roxanne's back and let Roxanne carry her.