Chapter 187 The First Patient In The City.
“<b>How </b>can this be allowed? Just let someone else do it. It’s too dangerous for you.”
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“It’s fine,” Calista reassured. She had other intentions for this trip<b>, </b>and she was determined to take care of it personally
The line was moving rather slowly, so Calista seized the opportunity to pose a few questions to the people waiting in line. “Do you know the first person who fell ill? Does the first person who fell ill have any friends?”
After asking several people without any sess, she noticed a boy at the end of the line. He looked anxious as if he was worried that the food might run out before it was his turn.
Calista smiled, turning to the person next to her. “Derek, get me a bowl of oatmeal and pasta.”
“Sure.” Derek <b>was </b>a man of few words and quite a looker. Calista found him agreeable, thus she remembered his name.
After getting the food, Calista waved <b>at </b>the boy. “Come here.”
The boy’s eyes lit up and he hastily ran over. The others were slightly disgruntled, but upon recognizing it was Calista, they wisely held their tongues. Offending her could potentially mean going hungry.
Calista held the food, yet she did not <b>give </b>it to him. <b>“</b>What’s your name?”
Rupert. My <b>name </b><b>is </b>Rupert.” He stared intently at the bowl for quite some time before finally shifting his gaze toward Calista.
“Do you know Pierre?” Pierre was the person she had just learned about, the first one who fell ill.
“I do.” Surprisingly, the boy nodded. “Mr. Pierre often gives me food.”
Calista narrowed her <b>eyes </b>and noticed the sun was nearing its descent. She chuckled and said, “How about I walk you home? You’re so young. If someone were to snatch your food away, you’d go hungry.”
She wasn’t trying to scare him. A single bowl of pasta for <b>each </b>person was simply not enough for some.
Thinking that there was nothing in his home <b>that </b>others might covet, Rupert said hesitantly. “You don’t mind? My mother… my mother has contracted the virus.”
The underlying message was that it would be dangerous to go over there.
“It’s all right,” Calista <b>said </b>with a smile. “Lead the way.”
Upon seeing <b>Calista </b>leave, both Levi and Derek hastily followed her. They traversed <b>a </b><b>path </b>riddled with potholes and uneven ground. Calista halted in front of a shack, and even before they entered, they were hit <b>with </b>an unpleasant odor.
<b>Levi </b>and Derek had already put on their protective masks early on, and Calista had done the <b>same</b>. As soon as they entered, they <b>saw </b><b>a </b>woman lying <b>on </b><b>a </b>straw mat. Although she had endured a high fever for three days, she seemed to be on herst legs.
“<b>Mom</b><b>.</b>” The moment he <b>saw </b>her, Rupert was filled with distress. “Mom, I’ve brought you something to
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Chapter 187 The First Patient in The City
The woman’s parched lips moved slightly. When she saw Calista, there was not a hint of emotion in her
Everyone knew what fate awaited those who contracted the virus.
eyes.
“Mom, say something. Are you thirsty? Let me get you some water.”
Rupert skillfully offered water to the woman. Seeing that she seemed a little more energized, Calista said, “Have some oatmeal. It might make you feel better<b>.</b>” She <b>then </b>asked Derek to feed her.
Levi felt a need to do something, so he beckoned to Rupert. “You must be hungry too. Come and have
<b>some </b>pasta
Seeing that his mother was already eating. Rupert began digging in as well. He was extremely hungry. After <b>finishing </b>the food his <b>father </b>had left behind, he had been eating whatever he could find for the past three days. His mother had been doing the same.
Once they had finished eating, Calista began to exin her intentions. “I mean no harm. We are a special support medical team from Chanaca, specifically here tobat the K Virus. We have a few questions <b>for </b>you. Of course, in return, we will leave some food for your child.”
The woman initially showed no reaction. It was only when the topic of food was mentioned that she nced at her child and spoke in a hoarse voice.
“Go ahead and ask.”
Calista nodded.
“Do you know the first patient in the city?”
The woman thought it was a strange question but honest nheless. “I do… His name is Pierre… He used to be my neighbor…”
A hint of a smile shed in Calista’s eyes. “Do you know where he went on the day he fell ill?”
The woman coughed twice. “He went hunting. Sometimes, the men around here crave meat, so they head into the woods to hunt.”
Calista slightly raised an eyebrow. “So, do you know where <b>he </b>was hunting that day?”
“I do… He… often went hunting at a secret location with my man… My son knows about it too.”
Seeing that the head of the family was nowhere in sight for quite a while, Calista asked, “Where is the child’s father?”
The woman’s eyes dimmed. “We were driven out by the people in the city… We <b>had </b>no food, no money, and no job. My man had no choice but to hunt in the forest every day, but he… he never returned after he left three days ago.”
If it <b>had </b>been in the past, she could have asked others to help her search. But now, everyone outside the city was too preupied <b>with </b>their own <b>affairs</b>. No one <b>had </b>the <b>time </b>to look for others.
“I see.” Calista lowered her gaze, then suddenly suggested, “How about this? We need to visit the woods for our research anyway. Let your son <b>guide </b>us there tomorrow, and perhaps we can help you find the child’s father along the way.”
A glimmer of light finally emerged in the woman’s s. “That will be