After fifteen years in a family, in the end, the emergency call she made was to him, an outsider.
Was it that she dared not call, or that she was unwilling to?
Evan Willow quietly observed the person before him, whose eyes harbored a deep sense of bewilderment. Amanda Smith was sick, and he seemed unaware of it. But it was precisely this ignorance that made the situation seem ludicrous.
A family member of fifteen years... so ill, yet she dared not even ask for help.
What kind of... family was this?
He withdrew his gaze and looked back at the car. Amanda had truly passed out, not even stirring amidst all the commotion.
The family doctor he had brought with him took Amanda's temperature, glanced at the thermometer, and became somewhat panicked: "This won't do, Mr. Johnson, this lady's body temperature has surpassed forty degrees. The medication we've brought is of no use; we need to get her to a hospital right away!"
