Her fingers dug deep into the palms of her hands, yet Ella felt no pain at all. Every word Danny spoke pierced her heart like needles, stirring waves of relentless agony.
“Believe it or not, I didn’t push her.”
Danny had just lifted Sarah and laid her on the bed when he heard these words. He was about to turn and ask, "If not you, who else could have done it?" when the blood-soaked bandage on Ella's calf caught his eye.
He was taken aback for a moment; only then did he realize that he was the one who pushed her.
"Ella... I ...." But before he could say anything, Ella had already turned and left without looking back.
Watching her retreating figure, a wave of intense unease washed over him and he instinctively wanted to chase after her.
But, before he could, his wrist was grabbed. When he looked down, he saw Sarah's red, tear-streaked eyes. She pleaded, "Please, can you get me a doctor? My hand hurt again."
When he didn’t move, Sarah bit her lip and added softly, “It’s not that I can’t handle the pain, but the experiment needs to keep going and if my hand doesn’t heal properly, I'm afraid I won’t be able to cooperate with you. If that delays the Lily of the Valley Project and the person in charge gets upset…”
Hearing that, Danny hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “Alright. I’ll go get the doctor.”
After confirming with the doctor that Sarah was fine, he went to the ward next door.
Inside the ward, after Ella tossed her takeout box into the trash. She immediately called her lawyer.
“Yes, the day after tomorrow. I can come to the law firm for a consultation.”
She was about to say more when the ward door opened behind her, followed by Danny's voice. “What lawyer?”
Ella ended the phone; her expression stayed calm. "It's nothing, you heard it wrong.”
She then lay down on the bed, clearly not wanting to talk further.
Danny walked to the side of the bed and when he saw the takeaway box in the trash can, his hands, that previously hung by his side, curled up.
“You’re just… eating takeout?” he asked in a low voice.
But Ella did not even look at him. She simply turned her back to him.