Female Novel
Chapter 2596
“Okay, Ms. Luca. How's Grandpa and Grandma doing?" Tommy asked again and glanced at Lanie andRainie, who were beside him.
They were worried about Jack and Queenie's health.
Luca was startled for a moment, and she asked, "How do you know about that?"
"It's on the news. We saw it," replied Tommy. "But those people only said that Grandpa and Grandmaare injured. They didn't go into the details."
"They're fine. Besides, the doctors and nurses in the hospital will be taking care of them. Don't worry,"said Luca.
Tommy replied, then said to Lanie and Rainie, "Lanie, Rainie, did you hear that?"
"Yes." Lanie nodded.
Luca then found out that the kids were listening to their conversation beside the telephone. They caredabout Jack and Queenie.
"Stay at home and be good. Have your dinner first. I..." Luca glanced at the man who was busy drivingbeside her and said, "Your daddy and I will be home soon."
"Okay, Ms. Luca. Daddy, drive safe," reminded Tommy.
"Okay." Luca waited for the other end of the line to hang up the call, and only then did she put down herphone.
"They know their grandparents were admitted to the hospital?" It was quiet in the car, so Luke couldhear the voice coming from the other end of the phone.
"Yes. The news was reported on the TV," replied Luca. She knew Luke had been handling the matters.
She added, "But the reporter didn't mention the details."
"Yeah. The hospital didn't reveal anything," said Luke. The hospital Johann was currently working inprotected the VIP patients' privacy well.
Not everyone could enter the wards, and the patients in the wards would not disturb each other. Mostof them were from the upper class. They could not afford to be exposed by others. They were notinterested in delving into someone's private life either.
Hence, Luke did not have to worry about Jack and Queenie, who were staying in a VIP ward.
Leia was not allowed to enter the ward, and neither were the reporters.
"I wonder when they'll be able to recover and get discharged from the hospital," said Luca.
Even if a young man was healthy enough, it would take at least a few days for all the symptoms of theconcussion to go away.
Old people were much weaker. They might need a longer time to get enough rest and recover whenthey had a concussion.
"I'm not sure. Leave it to Johann," said Luke.
Even though Jack and Queenie had recovered, Luke was planning to let them stay in the VIP ward fora few more days before getting discharged.
It was not because he wanted to attract the public's attention. He wanted to give Leia the impressionthat Jack and Queenie were in a bad shape.
The more Leia thought her parents' health was in a bad state, the happier she would be.
One would show the cloven hoof when one was happy.
Luke wanted Queenie to see what kind of person Leia was.
Jack had a soft spot for Queenie. Queenie would feel upset if she found out about it.
That was why he had been concealing these things from her, and he did not let her know how manyridiculous things Leia had done behind their backs.
Luke did not stop Jack from doing that as he had nothing to do with Leia.
However, he knew he had to get rid of Leia. Moreover, to stop Queenie from worrying too much, he hadto let her know Leia's true colors and see how evil Leia was.
Luke drove on the road while coming up with a plan at the same time.
He had been pondering about it for quite some time, and they eventually arrived at the villa.
After Luke met the kids, he made his way up the stairs.
Tommy held Luca's hand, turned around, and watched Luke head upstairs from behind. Then, heasked, "Ms. Luca, why does Daddy look so serious?"
"Does he?" Luca smiled and shook her head, comforting the anxious child. "Isn't your Daddy alwayslike that?"novelbin
"I know, right..." Tommy pouted. Their father had always been stern and serious. He was strict withthem too!
He still liked his mother the most.
Then, Tommy rested his face on the back of Luca's left hand and gazed at her bandaged right hand.He asked, "Ms. Luca, does it hurt?"
Luca noticed that the three kids were staring at her hand. She smiled and shook her head. "It's notanymore."
It did not hurt when her kids cared so much for her.
"Ms. Luca, Aunt Neile made dinner for you. Would you like to have some?" Tommy asked again. Hewanted to hold her injured hand and blow on her wound. It would not hurt that much after blowing on it.
However, Tommy dared not to do so. He was worried that he would hurt her. Hence, Tommy gave upthe thought of doing so.
“Okay. I'll head to the kitchen to take a look," replied Luca. She let the child hold her hand as shewalked into the kitchen.
Aunt Neile was busy preparing the ingredients for tomorrow's breakfast, which would be pie, as shewould be taking a day off. She was worried that Luca might not be able to handle it alone. That waswhy she prepared the filling and seasoned it in advance. Then, she prepared the dough to make thepie crusts.
"Aunt Neile, what are you preparing?" Luca noticed that Aunt Neile was making the dough and askedwith confusion.
"Ms. Craw, you're back," Aunt Neile replied with a smile. "I'm making pie crusts. I'll place the fillings inthe pie crust. You only have to take it out and bake it tomorrow."
"You'll be on leave tomorrow, right?" Luca remembered Aunt Neile mentioning that she had to send hergrandchild to school on the first day of school. That was why she would not be able to come here in the
morning.
"Yes. That's why I'm preparing breakfast in advance. That way, you can get more rest too." Aunt Neilekneaded the dough.
"Thank you." Luca could not help but thank her.
"Don't mention it. Oh, you haven't had dinner, right? It's in the microwave. I kept it warm for you,"replied Aunt Neile. She knew they could not make it to dinner on time, so she saved some food forthem and warmed them in the microwave.
"Okay." Luca opened the microwave. Their dinner was kept in the microwave.
She took a tray out and placed the dishes on the tray.
Aunt Neile asked, "Oh, is Mr. Crawford back?"
"Yes, but he has something to do and went upstairs. I'll bring his dinner upstairs," said Luca. Shedivided the dishes into two portions and gave more to Luke.
"Stop moving around. Leave it to me. Let me wash my hands first." Aunt Neile noticed that Luca's righthand was bandaged.
"I'm fine. It's just a minor injury. It's not a big deal for me to carry a tray. Plus, it won't affect the wound."Luca was not being dramatic. Her hand injury was not hurting anymore. She thought it would be fine."Besides, you're halfway kneading the dough. You'll have to wash your hands again. How troublesome.Let me do it."
"Okay, then. Thank you, Ms. Craw." Aunt Neile's hands were full of flour now. It was inconvenient forher to bring dinner upstairs. She gave up the thought of helping Luca since she insisted on doing it.
Luca prepared two portions. After she filled the bowl with soup, she carried the tray upstairs.
She arrived at Luke's bedroom door. Even though the door was not shut, she knocked on the doorbefore going in.
"Come in." Luke saw Luca carrying the tray and frowned. Then, he said, "Why are you doing this whenyou're injured?"
"It's just a cut on my hand. It's not like my bones are broken or I'm handicapped. I'm still able to carry atray. Besides, Aunt Neile is busy preparing tomorrow's breakfast. The tray is quite heavy. I can't let thekids carry it, right?" replied Luca as she placed the tray on the table. "Why don't you have your dinnerfirst? You can get back to work afterward."