Chapter 731
“Move aside, please! Someone has a broken leg? I’m a doctor, let me take a look!”
The crowd immediately turned to look at her.
Carter clearly recognized her, his eyes widening slightly in surprise.
Anastasia ignored him, walking straight to the old man and crouching down. “A broken leg, you say? Let me see
Seeing her professional demeanor, both the old man and the middle-aged woman’s expressions flickered.
“Wait!”
The woman hastily interrupted. “You don’t look old enough to be a doctor! Don’t mess around! He’s already injured. What if you touch him and make it worse? Can you take responsibility for that?”
Others in the crowd shook their heads. “Young lady, you’d better not get involved
Anastasia retorted, “Who said I was going to touch him? I don’t need to. I can tell just by looking that his leg is perfectly fine. It’s not broken; he doesn’t even have a scratch!”
The middle-aged woman flew into a rage. “Young lady, you have no reason to be against this poor man! How can you side with this boy and tell such lies? Do you have any conscience at all?!”
Anastasia looked up at her coolly. “I was about to ask you the same thing, ma’am. You have no quarrel with this young man, so how can you side with this gentleman and tell such lies? Do you have a conscience?”
Before the woman could reply, she continued, studying her face. “And another thing, ma’am. For a mere passerby, you’re awfully invested in this, aren’t you? Why are you even more outraged than the supposed victim?”
The woman’s face paled. Noticing the shifting glances of the crowd, she quickly said, “What’s wrong with being outraged? It’s because I have more of a conscience than you!”
“I don’t care about your conscience. All I know is, I said his leg isn’t broken, and it isn’t!”
She sounded so certain, but since she’d only glanced at him without a proper examination, the well-meaning onlookers weren’t, convinced and continued to side with the old man and the woman.
Anastasia didn’t argue further. She simply aid, “Since we can’t agree,
we should let the police handle In
fact, I’ve already called them
As she spoke, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she waved toward the edge of the crowd. “Officer! The scammers are over here—”
Before she could finish, the wailing old man’s face went white. He scrambled to his feet and took off running, surprisingly fast!
The woman panicked and, without even realizing there were no police, she hastily slipped away as well.
The group of ‘helpful’ onlookers who had been chiming in were left standing there, utterly dumbfounded.
Anastasia finally turned to Carter, only to find him already staring at her. She paused for a second. “Are you okay?” Follow current nová´‡ls on.net
“I’m fine.” Carter looked at her quietly. “Thank you.”
Anastasia stu
studied
the quiet,
clean-cut boy. She didn’t really
dislike him, but considering who he was she knew she couldn’t get too close fler hubby was the most important person in her life, and if she started associating with Carter, what would that say to Harrison?
So, after the polite exchange, she prepared to leave.
But then she noticed something was off about the way Carter was standing.
After a moment’s hesitation, she asked again, “Are you sure you’re okay?”
“I’m fine.” Carter shook his head and turned to pick up the bike, but the movement revealed an injury. He stumbled, nearly losing his balance.
Anastasia saw his knuckles turn white as he gripped the handlebars. She sighed in resignation. “Where are you hurt? Let me see.”