Silly Bride

Chapter 183

busy? It’s nothing much. I just want to inform you that I saw your grandmother in the hospital just now. She was here alone. Did you know that?”Upon hearing that, Winnie was stunned. “I just knew about it too. Her phone’s signal was weak, so the call ended halfway. She said she was there to visit a patient, but I don’t know who exactly.”“Oh. So that’s what happened. I was right, then. I saw her pushing a female patient into the restroom just now. I wanted to say hello, but I couldn’t as they had entered the ladies restroom.”“What? Who’s the female patient? Do you know her?”“I do know her. She’s Rachel Zimmerman. I think she’s staying in the hospital because she lost a lot of blood during her abortion due to her endometrium lining being quite thin.”“Okay.” Winnie heaved a sigh of relief. “I’ll go and look for her right now. Her phone is still turned off. I think she accidentally clicked on the power-off button. When you see her later, please inform her to stay put and refrain from going anywhere else.”“I got it. Don’t worry. I’ll definitely get the job done.”After hanging up the phone, Winnie rushed to the hospital immediately.When she arrived at Rachel’s ward, Jacinta was peeling an apple for Rachel.Meanwhile, Rachel was peeling an orange. When she was done, she fed Jacinta a piece of orange. “Here. Eat some. It’s very sweet.”“Oh, it’s okay, honey. I’m not too fond of sweet things because my teeth are too weak. You should eat them instead.”When Winnie saw that, she stopped in her tracks outside the ward.The scene was too familiar to her.Many years ago, when she was still a dumb girl, her grandmother would always talk to her like that.Whenever there was good food, Winnie would always be the first person who Jacinta thought of.In fact, Winnie knew that Jacinta was lying whenever the latter said her teeth were weak and she couldn’t eat anything sweet.Granny has a sweet tooth after all. She refuses to eat because she loves me. Thus, she wanted me to have the delicacies all to myself. Initially, Winnie did not understand why Jacinta came all the way to the hospital to visit Rachel.However, it all made sense to her now.When Winnie was helping Rachel and Michael previously, she brought Jacinta with her to meet the duo. Unexpectedly, Jacinta felt bad for Rachel the moment she met her.I guess Granny was reminded of my younger self when she saw Rachel.When Winnie was about to enter the ward, Michael’s voice rang behind her.“Ms. Garland! Why are you here?”Initially, both Jacinta and Rachel did not notice Winnie. However, Michael’s greeting caused Jacinta to turn around immediately.“Winnie, when did you get here? Why didn’t you tell me you were coming?”Rachel, who was on the hospital bed, slowly turned around to look at Winnie.As she was a bit dense, she only recognized Winnie when the latter walked closer to her.“Winnie.” Rachel smiled sweetly and handed her a piece of orange. “Do you want to eat some oranges? It’s very sweet.”“No need. You can have them, Rach.”Actually, Winnie was younger than Rachel.However, as Rachel was mentally challenged, she always treated Winnie as her older sister, and Winnie decided to let her be.Jacinta sat Winnie down and started complaining, “Honestly, why didn’t you tell me in advance you’re coming back home? If you told me, I would’ve waited for you at home, and you won’t have to go through the trouble of coming all the way to the hospital.”“It’s not troublesome at all, Granny.”“Actually, we are the ones who troubled you,” said Michael guiltily when he heard that. “Mdm. Sumner helped us a lot during the past two days in the hospital. She even sent Rach some soup. We’re very thankful, Ms. Garland, Mdm. Sumner.”“Oh, you don’t have to thank me. I’m only doing this as Rach reminds me of my granddaughter when she was young. They are both adorable.”“Mdm. Sumner, you’re way too kind. There’s no way someone would find Rach adorable. Even I, as her parent, am saddened by her state.”Jacinta sighed and comforted him, “Everything will get better.”“You’re right. I’m sure of it.” Michael ended the topic and turned to ask Winnie, “I suddenly remembered something. Ms. Garland, were you able to find Old Mr. Xander in Yaleview?”“We managed to find him. Thank you for giving us clues about him. Old Mr. Xander is currently using acupuncture to treat Xavier.”“That’s great to hear. However, why did you come back? Old Mr. Xander used to treat Rach before, so I know acupuncture takes a long time. It takes a few sessions of treatment for it to be effective, after all. Since both of you are back, don’t you need to travel back and forth for the treatment? This isn’t convenient for Old Mr. Xander to monitor Xavier’s condition.”“There’s no need to worry. He returned to Avenport with us this time, so we don’t need to travel to Yaleview for the time being.”“Really? Do you know where he lives now and if it’s convenient for him to meet us? He moved away right after treating Rach. Although I knew that he moved to Yaleview later on, I never had the time to go over and thank him. If he has time, I would like to bring Rach over to personally thank him. There’s also an item that I need to return to him. It’s a watch that Old Mr. Xander accidentally left in our house. Could you please ask him for us?”“All right.” Winnie nodded. “I’ll give him a call to ask about it.”If they’re only going to visit, Old Mr. Xander might not agree to it. However, Mr. Zimmerman said he has something to return to him, which makes things different.Immediately, Winnie walked out of the ward and gave Sebastian a call.When she explained to him about the situation, Sebastian immediately remembered the watch.“Ah, that’s the watch my wife gave me before she passed away. It’s been missing for years. Oh, I see. It turns out I had accidentally left it in a patient’s house. That’s great news for me. I didn’t expect to find the watch again after so many years. Where are the both of you right now? I’ll come over.”“There’s no need to trouble you. They’re going to be discharged soon, so why don’t I arrange a place close to your house for all of us to meet?”“All right, but there’s no need to go through all the hassle. All of you can just come over to my house. Oh, right. Don’t forget to bring your husband over for his acupuncture treatment.”“Rest assured. I won’t forget about it.”After hanging up the call, Winnie immediately informed Michael about this news.At that, Michael heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s great to hear! I’ve been holding onto this watch for many years. As it seemed expensive, I brought it with me wherever I went. I’m glad I can finally return it to its rightful owner so I won’t have to worry about losing it anymore.”That afternoon, Winnie brought the father-and-daughter duo of the Zimmerman family to visit Sebastian at the agreed time.The person who opened the door was Yolanda.She opened the door halfway and instantly furrowed her brows when she saw Winnie and the Zimmermans.“What’s wrong? Did your husband give up on treatment?”Winnie ignored Yolanda’s harsh words, asking, “Didn’t Master tell you there would be visitors today?”Naturally, Yolanda was informed about it. “Come on in.” Opening the door, she stepped away to make space for them.When Michael saw Sebastian, he was over the moon and hastily tugged at Rachel’s arm, urging his daughter to kneel with him to show gratitude.However, Sebastian wouldn’t let them do that. Thus, the trio spent some time squabbling before Michael gave up.After sincerely thanking Sebastian, Michael wanted to return the watch to him. Thus, Sebastian brought him to the study.Meanwhile, Winnie and Yolanda brought Rachel over to the living room.Rachel was easy to please, for she would feel satisfied with just snacks.As a polite “child,” she would thank Winnie after receiving the snacks.Winnie was also very patient around Rachel. She would treat her tenderly, concealing the overbearing aura that she usually gave off.When