Renee took the bus back to her little wooden house at the foot of the mountain.

Her neighbor, Mr. Jones, came running out with a panicked expression. “Joan, you’re finally back! Please check on Van right now. Something’s happened to him!”

“What?!” Renee narrowed her eyes and quickly got out of the bus, rushing into her home.

As she hastily picked up her pace, she accidentally tripped and fell, scraping her knee and throwing the groceries in the bag all over the ground.

“I was just going to get some juice, but Van just climbed up a cherry tree for some reason! He ended up falling, and now he’s unconscious!” Jones explained the situation as he ran with Renee.

Apart from the rows and rows of sunflowers, there was a tall cherry tree in their garden as well. Since it was summer and cherries were in season, the tree was brimming with large, juicy fruits.

Renee had been eyeing the cherries for quite a while, but the tree was just far too tall to climb, which made harvesting quite a difficult task. Hence, she had prepared to borrow a ladder from Jones. However… Jovan seemed to have overheard her and tried to fulfill her wish on his own.

the tree, his hands still clutching onto a

so I didn’t dare to move him. Don’t worry, Joan, I’ve already called an ambulance.” Jones patted Renee on

moved in six months ago. That was was simply unimaginable for the fragile-looking woman to take care of the disabled

than happy to lend them a hand whenever they

herself. “It’s all my fault. I

placed him on a stretcher and

Jovan with a lower back injury, and he was required to stay in bed for two weeks. Moreover, he had fainted due to anemia, which made

Jovan’s condition, only to find her legs going weak

never expected the price for Stefan’s complete recovery to be this high, as

be so severe, I wouldn’t have agreed to that surgery

commotion could be heard from

Someone

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