Terence's heavy look just passed over Lucy and landed on Gail who was lying on the bed. He then said, "Let's take Gail to her room first."
When they had taken the little girl back to her ward, Terence walked outside to make a call.
Inside the room, Lucy's eyes were glued on Carla who was standing on the other side. "Miss Carla, how is Terence? Does he sleep better these days?"
She waited for Carla's response but Carla just turned to look at her. So Lucy continued, "He would always have trouble sleeping so I used to make him a cup of tea every night. He would only be able to sleep when he had his tea."
However, Carla remained motionless. She just looked at Gail without an ounce of an expression on her face. She then responded, "Is that so? I didn't know about that. As far as I know, he sleeps very well at night."
Lucy was surprised with what Carla had stated. However, she tried to hide it and said, "That can't be. I guess you might be sleeping a little too well to notice that." Lucy said casually while she started to warm some milk for Gail to drink when the little girl woke up. She then continued, "That's a little weird though. You share the same bad every night. How could you miss that?" Finally, Carla placed a small smile on her face and replied, "Thank you for asking, Miss Lucy. Terence wasn't able to sleep when he was with you because of me. And now that I'm back, he's not losing time for sleep anymore."
Carla's response made Lucy feel very embarrassed. She started to regret inquiring about the matter.
She had been with Terence for two years. In those 730 days, he had never spent a night with her. In the beginning, she thought that he might have a problem with that part of his life that men would be embarrassed about. However, it seemed like she had been wrong all along.
When Carla had finished speaking, her phone rang. She immediately took a look at the screen, only to find out that an unfamiliar number was calling her.
Without giving Lucy another look, she walked straight to the window and picked up the phone.
"Carla... It's me."
A familiar voice came through the phone. The moment she heard the voice, Carla was stunned for a while. She was very much surprised that it took her a while to react. She then laughed a little loudly before asking, "Violet? Is that you?"
"Yes! It's me! I'm back! I'm so sorry, I haven't been in touch with you. You're not mad at me, are you?" Violet responded with a very pitiful voice that Carla was almost sure she was pouting.
"NO! I AM MAD AT YOU! How could I not be mad at you? You said you were going to call me when you're settled down! But now, I bet your kid is old enough to run around and make a mess!" Carla faked an angry tone as she responded to Violet.
Violet had actually been gone for about five years now.
It seemed like William wasn't able to find her yet.
Violet paused for a second as she took in what Carla had just said. "I am so sorry, Carla! Do you have time tonight? Let's meet up right now and catch up! I'll make it up to you! Please say yes!" Violet excitedly suggested. There were so many things that happened in the past few years. They both knew that it was hard to recount all of them through the phone.
Carla hummed as she nodded. She then put her hand in his and together, they walked out of the room.
Lucy watched them leave hand in hand. She wanted to say something but she was not able to do so.
Nathan suddenly stood in front of her and gave her a nod. He said impassively, "Miss Lucy, this is my number. Mr. Terence is a busy man so he might not be able to take your calls. If you need anything, please don't be afraid to call me."
Nathan made sure to put emphasis on his last word. After which, he put his business card on the table and walked out of the room as well.
When everyone had left and only Lucy and Gail were left in the room, Lucy grabbed the things that Nathan brought in and immediately threw all of them on the floor. The anger that she was feeling made her a little out of breath. She shouted in rage, "What a jerk! I took care of him for two years. How could he be so heartless?"
She then paused for a while to take deep breaths in an effort to calm herself down. But she just couldn't do it. She continued, "How could he just leave like that? What is so good about that woman anyway?
Right now, he couldn't even look at me in the eyes!"
Lucy sneered and looked up. Tears were starting to fall down silently as she continued to look at Gail who was lying on the bed silently.
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