Chapter 56


    Chapter 056 He Lied to Me


    Penny came over in her pajamas, and waspletely shocked when she saw Jenny. “Why are you.


    here?” In no time, she found that Jenny was soaked all over and got into a mess with her hair


    disheveled. “Come on in.” Penny drew Jenny in, got a bath towel immediately, and covered her with that


    towel to wipe. her wet hair and body.


    “You guys enjoy your chatting. I got to go.” Jerome Cook was smart enough to leave first after saying


    that.


    It was not until he left that Jenny felt rxed slightly. She threw herself into Penny’s arms and burst into


    tears in an instant. “Penny, I feel so upset, and I don’t think I can hold on anymore.”


    “What happened?” Penny quickly realized something was wrong and asked, “Did Barret Smith bully you


    again?”


    Jenny, leaning against Penny’s arms, felt so tired that she didn’t want to say a word.


    In the living room, the TV was still on. Penny turned down the TV. Jenny kept leaning against Penny’s


    arms and watched TV quietly. Jenny did not cry anymore, and nor did she speak. She was as silent as a


    doll. Seeing Jenny’s look, Penny felt so distressed, and dissed Barret mentally a thousand times.


    After a long time, Jenny raised her head and looked at Penny with a pale face, “Penny, I’m so cold that I


    want to take a shower.”


    “Okay, sit here, and I’ll run a bath for


    “Um.”


    you.”


    Soon, Penny had run a bath and got some clothes for Jenny. When Jenny entered the bathroom, Penny


    was very worried. “Jenny, let me apany you!”


    Jenny shook her head, “It’s okay, I can do it alone.” She wanted to be quiet and to be alone.


    The bathroom, filled with rising hot mist, was like a fairnd when Jenny walked in. The temperature


    inside made Jenny feelfortable and warm. ncing at the bathtub ahead, Jenny did not take off her


    clothes but walked in. The bath water was so warm. Jenny closed her eyes and soaked herself in the


    bathtub without any hesitation.


    A flood of water inundated her shoulders, her neck, her face, and her entire head in the end. Soon,


    Jenny was immersed in water. She felt as if her whole body was floating as a result of the buoyancy of


    water. With her long hair spreading out in the water like vines, the water surface turned dark ck. It


    seemed that only at this moment could she stop thinking and empty herself willfully. She could be true to


    herself, instead of disguising or hiding herself.


    When her head emerged from the water, Jenny took a deep breath and reached out to wipe off the water


    droplets on her face. Those droplets tasted a little salty, astringent. At this moment, even she herself


    could not tell whether she was crying or not.


    Penny had been standing outside and waiting quietly. She dared not to walk back and forth, for fear of


    putting too much pressure on Jenny. Penny felt Jenny was in bad shape and was afraid that Jenny would


    have an ident if she left. As a result, Penny dared not to walk away, either. Penny became so anxious


    when twenty minutes passed. Having been hesitating for a long time, she knocked on the door, “have


    you finished it, Jenny?”


    It took a full minute before Jenny’s voice came from inside. “Um, in a minute.”


    After another seven or eight minutes, Jenny opened the door in her pajamas. The moment Penny saw


    her, Penny breathed a sigh of relief. She was almost terrified of death. In a moment, seeing the blush on


    Jenny’s face, Penny touched her head and asked anxiously, “Why is your face so red? Have you got a


    fever?”


    “No, it may be a result of a long time of bath and the mist inside.” Penny felt what Jenny said made


    sense, so she did not think too much about it.


    At night, Penny stayed with Jenny, and turned off the light and left the room until she fell asleep.


    However, Penny had not known that Jenny opened her eyes and stared nkly at the ceiling, not long


    after Penny left.


    Jenny felt so bad and everything was awful. And she could not cheer herself up for some reason. She


    opened her mouth and tried hard to learn smile with eight teeth uncovered, just like what she had been


    trained before. She tried once, twice, eight times, ten times…She tried so many times but failed. She


    could not smile and she felt she seemed to forget how to smile.


    Happiness, anger, sadness, and joy are instincts of a man. How couldn’t she learn such a simple thing?


    She did not believe it. The more she failed, the more she tried. In the end, She did not remember how


    many times she tried. Even though her face became stiff when she tried so many times, she failed to


    make a bright smile. Leaves would be destined to turn yellow when roots were dead. Simrly, one could


    not smile when his/her heart was withered.


    Penny had an irregr routine due to acting all year around and frequent acting at night. She stayed up


    a lot and had developed a habit of going to bedte and getting upte. Concerned about Jenny, she


    deliberately set rms, however. Thus, she woke up very early. She opened the door and said in a


    gentle tone, “Jenny, I’ve made breakfast for you. Get up and have it.” Seeing the empty bed, she was


    stunned for


    a moment.


    Jenny was not here. As Penny approached, she found a note on the bedside table. It was left by Jenny,


    and the writing on it was delicate and neat. “Penny, thank you for taking me inst night. I’m much better.


    I know you’re busy with your work. You need to have a good rest. Don’t worry about me. Jenny.” Penny


    called Jenny as soon as she had read the note. There was no response, however.


    Jenny had nned to go home to go over what she had learned. After one week, she would have an


    interview at a nationally renowned hospital, which caught her fancy. It was the goal she had been going


    for. So she had to spare no effort without any discount. Besides, her mother used to work at that


    hospital. As an off-staff nurse, her mother gained low wages and benefits, however.


    When Jenny was a child, her mother often said, “Jenny, if you are into medicine, you must go on with.


    further study to work at this hospital one day. And you will see those doctors and professors heal the


    wounded and rescue the dying. It’s admirable that they bring patients back from the brink of death.


    They’ve done what I yearn for all the way. It’s a pity that I have no chance, but I wish that you can work


    here and be a respected doctor.


    “Besides, with a decent job, you won’t be rootless or homeless. When you be a member of


    authorized strength, your life will be guaranteed when you are old, and I will feel relieved.”


    Thus, for the sake of both her mother and herself, she was going to do her best anyway. ns had not


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    kept pace with the changes, however. On the way back, Jenny suddenly suffered a severe headache


    and felt dizzy.


    Last night, she felt alternately hot and cold. She had thought it was because she was caught in the rain,


    and did not take it too seriously. Until now, all the symptoms indicated that she had had a cold and


    might have had a fever. Thinking of her baby, Jenny touched her belly immediately