Sarah let go of Xander’s hand and turned to James after barely a second of hesitating. “Take Xander to the supermarket and wait for me there. I’ll be right back!”“Sarah, no!” James grabbed her, knowing that her inner saint had kicked in again and she wanted to help.“Go and wait for me, James. This is my thing. I’ll be right with you.” Sarah turned around and dashed to the road after loosening James’ grip. She made her way to the crowd. “Move, I can save him!”The crowd made way for her after hearing her shout, allowing her to hurry her way in smoothly. She spotted the man who was lying on the ground after being hit by the truck.The man was in an exquisite-looking black suit. At first sight, Sarah found the suit very familiar.However, she had no time to overthink. She rushed in and squatted next to the man. Immediately, her head was filled with information.The man’s head injury was the most life-threatening one while other pulled muscles and minor bone injuries could be fou
Sarah heaved a sigh of relief and got up on her feet.She realized that both her legs were shaking. It was her first time applying the acupuncture techniques on someone. Although the entire process seemed to be running smoothly, she was the only one who knew that she was freaking out.Extremely nervous.“I’m here.” A big palm held her hand gently, followed by a familiar scent at her side. James looked as if he knew how to read minds, realizing that Sarah was having PTSD and then appearing magically by her side to calm her down.Sarah turned around slowly, thinking that James had taken Xander to the supermarket without giving a damn about this man’s life or death.Even if he did not come to her, she would never blame him.Everybody had a different path of life, shaping different personalities and forming different ways of problem solving.Even so, she was taken by surprise that James went over.“Young lady, is he still able to regain his consciousness?” The crowd was still wor
Sarah was a short girl, so the only thing she could do was stand on tiptoe to peek at the man.The chaos caused her to completely lose interest in the so-called Healing Hands of Chinese Medicine. Indeed, Dr. Moore had gotten his recognition but it was going to get the man she had just saved killed easily. Seeing Sarah frowning, James asked, “Do you want me to get rid of this rackety crowd?”“You don’t mind?” Not expecting James to invite himself into something like this, she could not help but look at him.“No.”“Alright, just make them clear out a little and let the air circulate better. Tell them to praise their icon somewhere else, anywhere but here.”“Move! Go meet your superstar at the clinic! This is a car crash scene, not a celebrity meet-and-greet event!” James demanded coldly, yet his voice was like a spell. Although it was not particularly loud, it immediately made people shut their mouths.Then, everyone from the crowd took a step back simultaneously.That was a n
“He’s awake, he’s awake!” Vincent yelled emotionally.His screams immediately silenced the noisy crowd. If the scream was coming from Sarah, the only people who would believe it were the ones who saw with their own eyes; the other would not have cared.However, the scream was coming from the ever well-known, legendary Healing Hands of Chinese Medicine instead of Sarah, so everyone bought it right away. The crowd was projecting their gaze toward the man on the ground, watching him slowly open his eyes. The man looked at the people before his eyes in utter confusion.Those eyes that had just opened had proven everything.He woke up.He really did.Sarah sighed in relief. “Move, everybody move!”Immediately, she uttered to the man, “Stay still, you’ve got silver needles stuck around your head.”Knowing that this man was unable to move provided his current condition, she still reminded him just to be safe.After all, she was still a beginner.It was her first time applying he
The situation allowed Sarah to make her way to the supermarket on the other side of the road.She got a little worried when she checked the time and said, “James, I’m sorry. Let’s just shop quickly and head out. Then, you can go to work and I’ll go to school.”“I’m not busy in the afternoon so I don’t need to go back to the company,” James replied calmly. The first thing that popped up in his head was that he had to spare a minute later to send John a message and make his secretary cancel all of his activities in the afternoon.“But I have classes to attend.”James was not busy but Sarah, as a sixth form student, was extremely busy.“Take a leave.”“I’ve been taking way too many leaves that even I feel bad about myself. Mr. Zack’s gonna lecture me.” Sarah frowned as she refused to take another school leave.Her college entrance exam was just around the corner, and allowing herself to skip school whenever she pleased made her look nothing like a sixth form student.“No, he won’t
“It’s very durable. That’s it. You’re getting these.”James picked up the slippers and put them in the cart. Next, he picked up a pair of male slippers next to it.Sarah realized that those male and female slippers were for couples. Her face was blushing as she asked, “You like this design?”“Yeah. Let’s get Xander to pick his. We’re running out of time.” James pushed the cart to the kid’s shoe section. He picked Xander up and said, “It’s your slippers. You pick.”Xander was a small kid and could not see the slippers displayed on the shoe rack at all. With James holding him, his eyes suddenly lit up.Though after he took a thorough look at all of it, his little face was frowning. “What should I do, Uncle James, Young Aunt? I like all of them.”“You can only pick one so that it’s not wasteful. Learn to make a choice and you’ll grow up fast.”“Okay. I want to grow up fast. I’ll pick.”Xander took another look and this time, he decided quickly and picked a pair of slippers with
The way the employee looked at Sarah was seemingly probing, ‘You’re not his stepmother, are you?’“I just haven’t gotten around to living with him for a while,” Sarah said, feeling victimized. Xander was not her child so it was perfectly normal for her not to know much about him.“That’s even worse. A parent shouldn’t just neglect their children for the sake of their own joy. Those kinds of parents are terrible.”Sarah was going to keep defending herself and meanwhile, James had enjoyably picked a piece of kid’s clothes. “I’ll have one of these.”“Sure. I’ll get it for you.” The employee was very attentive to James and proceeded to pick the size for it.Hence, one of them chose the garments, the other got the size. It only took them around 10 minutes to finish clothes shopping for Xander…Checking out with two carts filled with stuff, James passed Xander over to Sarah’s arms and said, “Wait for me outside.”“Okay, sure.”“Sir, you’re being so lovely to your wife. And what a bea
James seemed to be hooked on his déjà vu feeling of this three-member family.Taking the crosswalk, the crash scene had already vanished.The only thing left that could still remind people of the accident that happened there a while ago was the broken metal fence.The man who had been revived was sent to the hospital long ago.Out of the blue, something struck Sarah in her mind. “James, the suit that man was wearing looked very similar to the one you wore before.”“Yeah.” James murmured.“And they were the same color.”“Hmm.”“What a coincidence.”Sarah stopped walking as she started observing James’ back. The dark purple suit he was wearing matched his extraordinary attributes of charm and uprightness, making him a respectable and refined man. However, she could feel something so close to revealing in her mind.As she continued to try her best to catch that something, Xander had woken up from her arms, “Young Aunt, are we done shopping?”“Yes, we have. Look, your Uncle Mars