Chapter 569: Wait a little longer before giving up (9)
“There was another ti when there was an urgent docunt at the company that needed my brother’s signature. I called him, and he told to wait. I ended up waiting until 11 p.m. and still didn’t get a reply from him. So I went to his apartnt and stood outside his door until nearly 1 a.m. before he ca back. I asked him where he had been, but he didn’t say anything. He signed the docunt and then basically kicked out.” Madeleine said this while rolling her eyes, clearly complaining about Steve.
Ruby Gregory lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Madeleine paused for a mont and then suddenly turned her head to look at Ruby and said, “My brother hurt his leg a few days ago.”
When Ruby heard this, she clenched her hands unconsciously. She rembered that day when she was almost hit by a motorcycle on her way ho from the supermarket after work.
Ruby frowned slightly and asked, “When did this happen?”
“I don’t know exactly when it happened, but it’s been at least four or five days. He has a deep cut on his leg.”
Four or five days ago… That was when she had almost had an accident… Could it be that Steve was injured while saving her?
Ruby’s frown deepened.
Madeleine didn’t notice Ruby’s unusual expression and continued, “You know my brother, he’s always good at hiding things. We didn’t know about it at first. It was Jack who found out when he went to get him to sign so docunts without knocking and saw him treating his leg wound.”
Madeleine glanced at the rearview mirror to check the traffic and moved the car to the right lane, continuing, “Jack said he could see the bone in my brother’s leg wound. You know Jack has seen all kinds of incidents, and he felt pain himself just seeing it. But my brother just acted like nothing was wrong, cleaned the wound with alcohol, and wrapped it up with a bandage.”
In the past, Ruby cared about Steve only to win his favor. Now she no longer needed to please him or rely on him. However, when she heard about his severe injury, she found herself feeling a twinge of sympathy. She hesitated for a mont before asking, “Didn’t he go to the hospital?”
“We wanted him to go to the hospital to get the wound treated, but he said he had more important things to deal with and refused to go. Jack even arranged for a doctor to go to his apartnt several tis to treat the wound, but every ti the doctor ended up waiting for hours without seeing him. We don’t even know where he went.”
The more Madeleine talked, the more frustrated she beca, but her voice carried a clear sense of concern. “Moreover, my brother has no restrictions. He’s still drinking and attending social events during these days, and he still takes a bath when he gets ho. The wound has beco a bit more severe. Fortunately, it’s winter. If it was sumr and he sweated, I think his leg would probably rot. But the situation is still quite bad. I noticed that his walking posture wasn’t quite right when he was attending etings at the company in the past few days.”
Ruby’s face turned slightly pale, and her clenched fist tightened even more, her nails digging deep into her palm.
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