"Nice to meet you. I'm Kelvin Stewart, Dexter's friend." Kelvin put down the tray and walked to Miley as he introduced himself.
"Nice to meet you, Kelvin," Miley replied.
Kelvin began to disinfect his hands before wearing his surgical gloves. Everything was set to clean Miley's wounds.
"Miss Miley, I need you to lie down on the bed. I'm going to clean your wounds now." Kelvin put on his surgical mask, indicating that he was ready to begin.
Miley lay down obediently. Since the incident earlier, she hadn't mustered the courage to look at her face in the mirror; the pain let her know it wasn't pretty.
Worry suddenly flooded her thoughts. If these wounds were not properly treated, they could leave distasteful scars on her face that she would bear till her death.
With this in mind, Miley exhaled deeply. She became overwhelmed with guilt remembering the severity of Cassidy's injury.
"The disinfectant will sting a little when I press it to your wound. Please remain calm and try to endure the pain," said Kelvin. Picking up the cotton ball soaked in alcohol with a pair of tweezers. He proceeded to clean her wound
"It's alright, Dr. Kelvin. I can bear the pain," said Miley.
Kelvin admired Miley's endurance. She remained calm and collected while he treated her wounds. An occasional bite of her lip gave away her pain.
"Miss Miley, the wounds have been treated. I've also given you a tetanus shot. Please make sure that the wound is not stained by water," instructed Kelvin.
Miley looked at her wounds. They were
carefully dressed.
She monologues to herself. "Does my face look terrible?"
"If you care about your face that much, why did you fight the others?" said Dexter, sarcastically. His voice echoed from the door.
Miley turned around to see Dexter making his way to her and immediately looked away. She seemed to take no interest in his arrival.
Miley was adamant that what she had done was right. How could she have not helped Cassidy back then? How could she have stood there watching Cassidy being bullied.
"Dexter, you're just in time. I've finished treating Miley's wounds. She's going to be perfectly fine. You can take her back. She needs to change the medicine after three days. To ensure that the wound is not stained by water, repeat Kelvin."
He then left the room as there was no reason for him to stay longer.
"I'm going to wait for Cassidy outside the operation room." She hurriedly jumped out of the bed and turned to leave the room.
Dexter immediately grabbed her wrist as
she passed by him.
"Cassidy will be unconscious when they bring her out of the operation room. How do you expect her to see you?" said Dexter.
"I still want to wait for her. Let me go," whined Miley. She tried to break away from Dexter's tight grasp around her wrist. However, she was no match for his strength. His hand cupped her wrist like an iron clamp.
"Cassidy has been bullied in her college. Those girls will get what they deserve." Dexter said as he let go of Miley's hand.
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"Peter, Drove Miley back home." Dexter immediately told Peter to take Miley away who was crying bitterly.
"I won't leave, Dexter, I'm staying here with Cassidy," Miley said as she wiped her tears.
"Miley, if you don't obey me this minute, I will never let Cassidy out of the operating room." Dexter looked at her cruelly.
"Dexter, you…" She stared at Dexter but wasn't able to say anything, because Dexter was hiring the best doctor in the hospital to observe Cassidy.
"Miss Miley, please come with me." Peter immediately asked Miley to leave. Dexter kept staring at her in annoyance when she didn't move.
"I'll go." After saying that, Miley stormed out.
As Miley entered the house, the living room was brightly lit. Tina was busy grinding coffee when she saw Miley enter the room.
"Miss Miley, what happened to your face? You didn't have those wounds before you left? What happened?" Tina looked at Miley with worry in her eyes.
"I'm okay, Aunt Tina," Miley said before she dragged herself into her room.
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Next morning.
"Miss Miley, could you please bring him a coffee for later? Mr. Lombard is currently reading some documents in the study." Tina requested.
With the cup of coffee in hand, Miley trudged upstairs towards the study while she thought about what she could say to Dexter to thank him. As she approached, she realized that the door to the study was open. Peering around the corner, Miley gasped as Dexter suddenly appeared in front of the door. Miley was so startled that she almost spilt the coffee all over her hand,
"Why are you sneaking around my study room?"
Miley stared at Dexter with fear in her eyes, which caused Dexter discomfort knowing that Miley was scared.
"Aunt Tina asked me to bring this to you." Miley bit her lips and looked intently up at Dexter.