Nora

Chapter 33:.

Nora didn’t expect to meet the man’s family here. Seeing the gratitude in the woman’s kindly countenance, she unhurriedly replied, “I’m here to visit relatives.”

Lawrence stepped forward hesitantly and asked uncertainly, “Mrs. Anderson…?”.

A smiling Melissa made the introductions. “That’s all right now, Mr. Zimmer! This is the kind young lady who saved my husband’s life during yesterday’s emergency.”

Lawrence looked at Nora in surprise and asked, “Do you have medical training?”

Nora raised an eyebrow. It seemed Lawrence hadn’t taken what she had said the day before seriously.

During their conversation, Justin, who had heard their voices from inside the room, came out. Seeing Nora, he paused for a moment. Then he asked, “Are you the one who saved Uncle Simon?”noveldrama

The look in his eyes when he saw Nora suddenly became deep and unfathomable, which made one feel that someone had seen through them.

Nora didn’t know what he was thinking about, but since she had run into him, she might as well ask him about it. She asked, “Have you thought about my proposal yesterday, Mr. Hunt?”

Justin frowned-what proposal?

Nora realized she didn’t understand what he was saying. She looked deliberately at Lawrence and said with a hint of sarcasm, “You haven’t relayed my message to Mr. Hunt, Mr. Zimmer?”

As soon as he said that, Justin’s unpleasant gaze landed on Lawrence.

Lawrence wiped beads of sweat from his forehead and swallowed hard. He looked at Justin and explained, “Yesterday, Miss Smith said she could treat Elder Mrs. Hunt’s illness.”

But after saying that, he couldn’t help but add, “Even if you really do have medical training, Miss Smith, you probably acquired it during the five years you spent abroad, so your medical experience is rather thin. I have inquired about Mr. Anderson’s condition; his operation is considered to be within a reasonable margin of difficulty. But do you know what Mrs. Hunt’s condition is?”

Nora raised an eyebrow and replied coldly, “How are you going to know whether I can do it or not if we don’t try?”

Immediately, Lawrence said, “Dr. Anti is currently the only person capable of performing your surgery. An inexperienced doctor like you who is new to medical training-”

“Shut up.”

Justin’s reproach made Lawrence flinch. After that, Justin stepped forward and glared at Nora and asked, “When will you be free, Miss Smith? It’s not advisable to transfer the patient, so we’ll have to go to New York.”

So she would even have to go to New York?

As expected, it was really very problematic.

On the other hand, he had agreed even though she had not yet revealed his identity…. That man was certainly a bit of a narcissist, but he was also quite considerate, wasn’t he?

For the first time, Nora didn’t find him so unpleasant. She thought for a moment and replied, “Let’s do it two days later.”

She needed to observe her aunt’s condition for another two days.

Justin nodded. In a deep, honeyed voice, he said, “I’ll take care of the itinerary, do you have any requests?”

It was a five-hour flight from California to New York.

Nora thought a moment and, lazily, made her request, “I have to sleep during the flight, so make sure it’s quiet.”

After speaking, she turned to leave. However, Justin suddenly stopped her. “Miss Smith, why did you change your mind and agree to help?”

Nora paused.

Like what she had thought, he really had guessed her identity.

Thinking about it again carefully, even if she didn’t reveal her identity, it probably would have been very difficult to keep it a secret from him anyway.

She looked down and suddenly said, “I have a condition.”

“What is it?”

“If I cure Mrs. Hunt, please help me find someone.”

“Who are you looking for?”

“I’ll tell you after I cure Mrs. Hunt.”

The anonymous email was something she had no choice but to believe. However, she shouldn’t put all her trust in him, either.

It would be ideal if her son came to her after curing Mrs. Hunt, but if he didn’t….

Well, Justin was capable of finding even her. In that case, it shouldn’t be hard for him to use his connections to find her son, should it?

After Nora entered Irene’s room, Justin withdrew his scrutinizing gaze from the woman and looked at Lawrence.

Lawrence had slowly caught on as he listened to the conversation between the two. With his head down, he said, “I was mistaken, Mr. Hunt.”

Justin asked coldly, “Where did you go wrong?”

Lawrence looked at him and replied, “I was too stupid and didn’t realize Miss Smith’s true identity…”

Justin scoffed. “It doesn’t matter if you’re stupid, but how dare you intercept her message to me.”

Lawrence gaped.

He still remembered when he had joined the company. Since he didn’t dare make decisions on behalf of the company president, when a woman had asked him to relay her message to Justin, he had done so accordingly. At that point, Justin had called her answering machine and asked her why she didn’t screen the messages before dumping it all on him as if he were emptying the trash.

So, for the past few years, Lawrence had acted on his own and blocked a lot of unwanted propositions from women for Justin.

But why were things different when it came to Miss Smith? Sob sob…

Justin stared at him and said coolly, “You must have too much time on your hands. There happens to be some business that needs attention in Burundi. Go and take care of it.”

Lawrence was surprised.

What kind of place was Burundi? It was the poorest country in the world. However, he knew he was wrong, so he didn’t even dare to ask for mercy!

Justin turned around. Seeing Melissa looking dazedly at Nora, he asked, “Aunt Melissa? What’s wrong?”

Melissa came to her senses. She replied, “What? Oh, it’s nothing. It’s just that Miss Smith looked a little familiar to me at first glance? I’m probably overthinking it, though.”

She shook her head and followed him back into the living room.

The man lying in the hospital bed had bandages around his chest, but he was out of danger now. Seeing them enter, Simon smiled graciously and said, “Justin, I know you’re very busy, so you don’t have to come visit anymore. I’m fine now.”

Justin said kindly, “Don’t hesitate to come to me if there’s anything you need, Uncle Simon.”

Simon let out a sigh. “I’ve come to find my older sister. It’s been over twenty years, but I’ve finally found a clue to her whereabouts.”

A chagrined look appeared on his face as he continued. “I discovered that she married a man with the last name of Smith. In their second year of marriage, she died of an illness after giving birth to a daughter.”

She stifled a sob as she spoke of her sister.

Back then, his sister had protected him in every way possible. It was also because of her that the Andersons had not fallen into decay then. How could she have left them so soon more than twenty years ago?

Melissa reached over and took his hand. “Take care of your health, Simon. Your sister may be gone, but at least she still has a daughter.”

Immediately, Simon looked up and nodded with reddened eyes. “Yes, that’s right! The Smiths are but a middle-class family, but back then, my sister was such a remarkable woman….. Let’s bring her daughter home and take good care of her, lest the Smiths keep her!”

Unable to wait any longer, he tried to get up. “Let’s go to the Smiths now.”

Melissa grabbed his arm and squeezed again. She said, “You’re so impatient, why are you acting right away? Your daughter is right there; it’s not like she’s going to run off somewhere…. Forget it, I’ll pay them a visit for you, will that do?”

Simon coughed a couple of times. Then he pulled out his wallet, took out a picture and handed it to Melissa. “Here’s a picture of my sister. When you go, take a look at her daughter to see if it looks like her or not…”

Melissa took the photo from him and looked at it. Suddenly, she was puzzled.

She was thinking why Miss Smith had looked so familiar to her just now. It turned out that she bore a 90% resemblance to the woman in the photo!

Her last name was Smith, too. Could it be that .

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