Before Tracould finish pejecting li
him, Alvin’s phone rang. He answered it, and his frown deepened.
After hanging up, le tumed and opened the car door, hurriedly leaving behind a few words.
“Since you’re not calm yet, we can talk next time. Be careful when you’re out, and remember to come back early.”
She wouldn’t be coming back.
After the car drove out of her sight, tra got into the tax at the driver’s urging
She closed the car door, staring out at the weather, which seemed to be on the brink of a storm. Her eyes were as still as dead water–calm and empty. “Miss, where to?”
“The airport.”
22
A few hours later, the plane safely landed in New York.
As soon as Ira stepped out of the gate, she saw her family waiting at the entrance and quickened her pare
From a distance, Wade immediately noticed the bandages wrapped around her hand and rushed over to take her luggage, his eyes filled with concem.
why are you Injured? Why didn’t you tell us?”
Her parents also noticed and their expressions immediately darkened. They carefully checked her injuries.
“Does it hurt? If anything happened, you should’ve told us. We would’ve come to get you.”
your hand is wrapped up so tightly. It must be pretty serious. Forget about eating; let’s go to the hospital right now!”
For the first time since she’d been hurt, tra experienced such care and concem, and all the repressed grievances and sadness she’d been holding back finally
broke free, turning into tears.
When her daughter cried, her mother’s eyes reddened as well, Wade and their father quickly sprang into action, immediately pulling out their phones to
contact doctors
Seeing that everyone was so worried about her, its felt a little embarrassed. She wiped her tears away while trying to comfort them through her sobs “Dad, Mom, Wade, I’m fine. The injury isn’t serious. I just missed you all so much since we haven’t seen each other for so long.”
Hearing this, her family finally relaxed
Wade patted her head, his tone still tiled with displeasure.
Who told you to go so far away? You graduated and wouldn’t come back no matter what, and now you realize how good home is?”
Seeing her son being so bossy, their mother taised her hand and pinched his ear, scolding him as they walked.
about
“yesterday, you were going on and on about the weather, worried about flight delays. Now that tra’s back, you’re acting all tough? If you had cared more ab your sister, she wouldn’t have stayed away so long, would she?”
Watching Wade get scolded, Ira couldn’t help but smile through her tears,
The dark clouds that had been hanging over her heart slowly dissipated under the warmth of her family’s concer
Her mood, just like the bright summer sun outside, was radiantly joyful.
Because Ira was complaining about being hungry, the family went home to eat first.
me
It was hard to tell if her mood had Improved or if it was just the home–cooked meal, but she ate more than usual, finishing almost one and a half portions. After the meal, she started to feel a bit tired and was about to head to her room for some rest, but Wade insisted on taking her out
“Mom and Dad told me to bring you to the doctor to make sure you’re okay. They’ll only feel at ease if you see a professional, s
Since he brought up their parents, Ira didn’t argue she yawned and reluctantly got into the car.
