Chapter 14

Ambrose winced. "Easy there." Roxanne glanced at him. "I told you to go to the hospital, but you didn't want to. I'm not a professional. Bear with it." He slowly lifted his gaze, eyes dark and unreadable. "Do you think I'm useless?" "What are you on about?" Her eyes flickered before she gently dabbed ointment on the corner of his eye with a cotton swab. "Why did you get into a fight with Justin? What were you thinking?" "That's enough!" Irritation surfaced on his face, and he pushed her away. "Leave." Roxanne was caught off guard. Looking at Ambrose silently for a couple of seconds, she said softly, "To be honest, if you want to deal with Lorraine, you don't have to go through all this trouble." "What do you mean by that?" Her eyes crinkled into little crescents. "Bring your mother here." Ambrose froze for a moment before raising his hand to adjust his glasses. … The following day, after completing her final checkup and receiving normal results, Lorraine was discharged from