Chapter 13 – What Happened?
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“Who is her guardian?”
The imposing tone of the doctor made me raise my brow. It took him an hour to check on Daisy, only to come back to us with such an attitude. My mind instantly knew that something worse than I could think of was happening to my childhood friend.
I could only helplessly look at my mother as she took one step toward the doctor. Her expression says everything that is going on inside my brain. I bet my mother is thinking the same as she recalls the battered figure of Daisy.
“I’m her neighbor and a close friend of her mother. It was my son who found her unconscious as he visited their house.”
The doctor’s expression eased a bit at my mother’s words. Explaining what happened shouldn’t be a matter of concern in a hospital, but both of
