Chapter 825
Maya''s scream rang out in the car, and it took ine a while to realize what just happened.
Quickly, she looked at Ronan, who was sitting next to her. Seeing that Ronan was struggling to
move his body, she immediately stopped him. "Grandpa, don''t move!"
Ronan looked like he was in pain. " ine... Are you guys all right?"
She tried to move her body. Fortunately, she did not feel any pain, so she thought she should be
fine.
"I''m fine, Grandpa..."
ine answered.
Ronan tried to move his leg, but the next moment, he felt some difort. "My leg is stuck..."
ineforted him. "Don''t be afraid. The hospital is right in front of us. We''ll be fine. Someone
has already called an ambnce, and it will be arriving soon..."
The ident urred on the main road. Hence, many people flocked over when they saw the
ident happen. Some of them even tried to help them out of the car.
Maya was extremely shocked. ine was unsure whether Maya was seriously injured, but she
heard her shouting non-stop.
On the other hand, the driver was panic-stricken as well. He kept muttering to himself.
Soon, the sound of the ambnce''s sirens could be heard getting louder.
Not long after, the car door was opened, and ine was dragged out of the car by a medic. She lost
her bnce for a moment...
After calming down, she wanted to check up on Ronan, but a nurse stopped her. "Miss, please sit
here and don''t move around. Leave the rest to us!"
Nodding, ine stood where she was, feeling relieved that she was still alive.
Coming to think of what happened earlier, she felt a chill run down her spine.
After a while, Ronan was also pulled out of the car.
His leg was injured, but he was rtively clearheaded...
The scene was in a chaos.
It suddenly urred to ine that when the ident happened, she was on the phone with
Howard...
After finding her phone on the ground, she noticed that the screen had already gone ck. She
wondered if her phone was already broken.
Grabbing her phone, she followed the medic and got onto the ambnce.
At the Emergency Department.
As soon as ine got out of the ambnce, she saw Howard standing by the door. Stunned for a
moment, she said, "Dr. Perkins..."
Immediately, Howard strode over. Seeing that she was fine, he frowned and asked, "What
happened?"
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ine told him the whole incident, "We were caught up in a car ident on our way here.
Fortunately, Grandpa was not seriously injured. He only hurt his leg..."
As they were talking, the medic pushed Ronan out of the ambnce.
Hurriedly, Howard walked up to him. Holding Howard''s hand, Ronan uttered, "Howard, you..."
"I''m fine, Grandpa. Don''t worry. Let the doctor treat your leg first." Howardforted him. "Once
you get treated, we''ll talk about what happened to me."
Ronan nodded.
Both the driver and Maya suffered minor injuries, and the doctor brought them inside to clean up
their wounds.
Although ine did not suffer any serious injuries, her arm was bleeding.
Watching Howard and the doctor leave, she stood frozen for a while before following after them.
Along the way, blood kept oozing from her wound. Covering the wound with her coat, she
approached a nurse to ask for help. "Miss, can you help me clean up my wound?"
Taking a look at her wound, the nurse asked, "Did youe alone? Where are your family
members?"
Howard did not notice that she was injured. However, it was not convenient for her to tell him since
he already had enough on his te. He must be worried sick about Ronan. Anyway, it was just a
small wound, so she thought there was no need to add to his concern.
Seeing ine keeping quiet, the nurse did not ask any more questions and moved on to treat her
wound.
"Thank you." ine thanked her.
Seeing that she was all alone, the nurse felt sorry for her. So, she said, "Go and buy some
antiinmmatory medicine. Also,e back tomorrow to change your bandage. You''ll be fine after
a few days. It''s nothing serious."
ine hummed.
Only after the nurse left that ine went back to the emergency room.
From a distance, she could see Howard sitting on a chair. She walked up to him and sat down
beside him.
It seemed like Howard did not notice her approaching.
After some time, she spoke, "Dr. Perkins..."
It was only then that Howard turned to look at her. As soon as their eyes met, she was startled.
Nervously, she said, "Dr. Perkins..."
Howard''s eyes were bloodshot. Upon seeing that, ine was bewildered. She could only stare
nkly at him as he closed his eyes. "Grandpa is the only family I got. Thank god nothing serious
happened to him today."
Pursing her lips, ine apologized, "I''m sorry. I should''ve stopped Grandpa froming to the
hospital. I shouldn''t have let him out."
"Don''t be silly. It''s not your fault."
"I still feel guilty."
Howard caressed her face. "It''s not your fault. Don''t think too much."
ine forced a smile. It was not easy for one to ovee guilt.
Even though she knew that she did nothing wrong, she still felt sad seeing Ronan getting hurt.
Thinking of something, Howard suddenly asked her, "How did Grandpa find out about what
happened to me? Didn''t I break the television at home?"
He even called the newspaperpany to unsubscribe the newspapers.
After some time, the gossip would die down, and there would not be any news on the television nor
the newspapers. If he kept quiet about it, Ronan would never find out
His n was wless, but somehow, it was still ruined.
Quietly, she said, "Maya said that you hired a repairman to repair the television..."
Howard was taken aback. "Me?"
"Yes. After we parted ways, I saw a repairmaning out of the house when I got home. I asked
Maya, and she said that you''re the one who hired the repairman."
Instantly, Howard''s expression changed. "It wasn''t me. I didn''t hire anyone to fix the television!"
He was so desperate to hide what happened from Ronan. How was it possible that he would hire a
repairman to fix the television?
ine was shocked as well. Who hired the repairman then?
She also thought it was weird when Maya told her Howard was the one who hired the repairman.
After all, Howard wanted to keep this issue from Ronan.
However, who else would have known the address of the Perkins Family and done such a thing?
Staring at Howard, ine noticed that he was frowning. Besides that, his expression looked a little
dark.
Suddenly, realization dawned on her. "Dr. Perkins, do you know who was behind this?"
Howard kept silent.
ine guessed correctly. Howard knew who was behind this.
She continued asking, "Who is it?"
Tilting his head, Howard looked at her in distress, as if he was struggling to speak. After a long
while, he finally said, "Vincent hadn''t contacted you, had he?"
It was impossible that Vincent would remain passive after knowing that Howard secretly took ine
away. That was strange.
Upon hearing that, ine was stunned. Suddenly, she remembered the call she received earlier
today.
He did call her, but she did not answer the phone.
"You mean he was the one who sent a repairman to fix the television at your house?" ine was
terrified. "So he knows everything that had happened in the past few days?"
That was the only valid reason to exin why he would send someone to Howard''s house to repair
the television.
Instantly, ine felt goosebumps creeping up on her. She felt as though she was living under
Vincent''s constant surveince.
She even wondered if everything that had happened in the past few days was rted to him.
"Dr. Perkins, regarding your scandal, do you think someone might behind this as well?" voice
trembling, ine asked.
Hearing ine''s question, Howard froze. Indeed, that thought dide across his mind. Everything
happened too suddenly, and it seemed like the people who approached him came prepared. Seeing
that they even brought reporters with them to make a fuss in the hospital, it was obvious that they
had an ulterior motive.
Howard never had any enemies. He never offended anyone in the hospital, so it was impossible
someone would want to go against
him.
Apart from...
Who else could it be except for Vincent?