Silly Bride

Chapter 2

Mommy, crush it! Mommy’s the best!” Winnie cried out, carrying on with her pretense. Although Yara was boiling with anger, she could neither scold nor hit Winnie. Not only that, she even had to pacify her. “Don’t be scared, Winnie. Mommy has already crushed the cockroach, but both of us are injured now. So let’s go to the hospital,” Yara said, suppressing her urge to strangle Winnie before smearing some of her own blood on Winnie’s forehead. Being cooperative, Winnie started wailing. “I’m bleeding! I’m injured! Mommy, please bring me to the hospital!” “Sure, Mommy will take you to the hospital right away.” That was exactly the outcome Yara was hoping for. However, she did not expect that she would be the one getting injured instead. Winnie could not help but feel amused by what had happened. That was a prime example of going for wool and coming home shorn. Yara took Winnie to the hospital that she had arranged for prior. Meanwhile, the Fairchild family had sent their housekeeper, Mary, to the hospital to understand the situation. None of the elders from the family was there. The doctor announced his diagnosis in the presence of both Mary and Yara. He had come to the conclusion that as Winnie’s brain was more fragile than usual, there was a high chance that she might suffer from mental retardation due to her injury. Mary froze in shock upon hearing the doctor’s words. When she headed to Winnie’s ward after that, what she saw confirmed the doctor’s diagnosis. Winnie was sitting on her bed and playing with children’s toys. “Big sissy,” Winnie greeted Mary sweetly when Mary entered the ward. “Big sissy, do you want to sit in this car? Both of us can fit into it.” Mary was utterly speechless and rang Rufus Fairchild, Xavier’s grandfather, immediately to update him on the situation. As Xavier’s father was overseas during that period of time, Rufus was the one handling all matters related to Xavier’s marriage. Due to his son being in a vegetative state, Xavier’s father had initially wanted to break off the engagement as he did not feel that it would be fair to the bride. However, Rufus was a superstitious old man who firmly believed that his grandson would be able to ward off bad luck by getting married. Besides, a tarot reader had told him that Hamish’s eldest daughter was Xavier’s lucky charm. As such, even though Rufus went to the hospital the next day and personally confirmed that Winnie had become mentally retarded, he still ended up taking her home. Rufus