Having said that, Natalie raised her leg, preparing to step over both of them.

Just as Natalie passed Shane, he grabbed hold of her arm and jerked her towards him. Glaring, he demanded, “I’m going to ask you again. What happened to your eyes?”

This woman is really trying to get away from me!

Jacqueline suddenly came to upon hearing Shane’s words. Natalie had indeed just emerged from the Ophthalmology Department. Jacqueline hurriedly snuck a look at Natalie’s eyes and saw that they were indeed rather red. The smile that had been hovering on Jacqueline’s face instantly vanished.

Natalie could not feign ignorance in the face of such direct questioning. Dismayed, she fidgeted with the bag in her hand as she muttered, “Smoke got into them. It’s slightly infected.”

“They are infected?” Jacqueline broke in before Shane could respond. She was quite agitated that she raised her voice.

Puzzled at what she felt was a rather extreme reaction from Jacqueline, Natalie answered, “Yep.”

free from Shane’s grip

your eyes properly? Why didn’t you listen to me? How could you let your eyes get infected? Don’t you

bewildered by Jacqueline’s sudden burst of anger. She could only barely manage a nod in

 

also Shane’s first time seeing this side of Jacqueline. He was stunned for a moment, then yanked her

at Natalie’s flushed cheeks and Jacqueline, who was panting slightly with distress. His

 

voice, Jacqueline snapped back to reality

in hers and said apologetically, “I’m very sorry, Ms. Smith. I must have scared you! I didn’t do it on purpose. I was thinking about my own eyes,

through her hasty apology, Jacqueline dropped Natalie’s hands, covered her

baffled at the sight of a distraught

frightened and hurt me? Why is she the one crying instead? Natalie wondered. An ignorant observer might have presumed that Natalie

and turned her gaze towards Shane, who was standing

damaged her corneas,” Shane replied evenly,

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