Chapter 214 - Unpleasant Memories

Mike read the information that James handed to him a while ago silently. His face turned ugly the longer he read the information. The hand that was holding the stack of paper tightened. 

Seeing the anger on his friend's face, James grew anxious. 

If it was up to him, he really did not want to bring those documents and let Mike read them at this time, but Mike was persistent to read them.

The two of them had an accident a few days ago and Mike was still in recovery. James was worried that seeing what was on the report would drive Mike mad with anger and then, it will affect his health.

"Old Qian," James called. He looked at the way the papers were crumpled in Mike's hand and sighed helplessly.

James's voice snapped Mike out of his thought and gradually, his hand that was tightening on the documents loosened. 

"You are still a patient. Let's not get worked up." James hesitated and asked, "Should I call the doctor to check on you?"

"No need." Mike took a deep shaky breath and turned to look at his friend. "I'm fine," he assured. His gaze stopped at the papers again. "The thing that they find out about Rachel… is everything true?"

"We already confirmed that Rachel was working with that man as an interpreter," James said. "There was a high chance that that man was the person we were looking for."

Mike closed his eyes and looked away. His lips trembled as he tried his best to suppressed his anger. However, that move turned his nose sour and his eyes stung a little bit.

Rachel was his and his late wife's precious daughter. However, she did not get to live very long and had met her end in a tragedy. 

Every time he recalled the moment he saw his daughter's body in the morgue, Mike was not able to control his sadness as well as his anger. His daughter's body was broken everywhere and there were a lot of bruises. The autopsy proved that the impact from the car was too hard. Her head hit hard on the ground and she was bleeding everywhere. 

The driver realized that he had hit a person and run away.

His daughter would not continue to live even if the driver turned around and take her to the hospital. However, the thought that Rachel had to lay down on the hard ground with the rain pouring on her body made him sad. His daughter was left to die alone and cold…

Then, Mike saw something on the autopsy report that made his blood boil…

"What are you planning to do now?" James asked.

Mike bit the inside of his mouth hard. The pain, as well as the taste of blood in his mouth, seemed to turn him sober again. "Of course, we have to continue and keep our eyes on that person." 

James hesitated. "But that person… he is not something that we can afford to offend. Even if we get all the evidence of his wrongdoing, there was still a big chance that we could never do anything.

"We have been looking for this man for years. I don't want to waste this chance to get my daughter the justice that she deserved. We cannot give him a chance to escape," Mike said. "James, I don't care what power or influential support he has. I will give everything I got to fight him. I just wanted him behind bars."

James thought about his friend's words for a long time and heaved a long sigh. "I know. I will remind the others to be careful and not to make a mistake."

…

After school hours ended, Edith went over to the hospital with Hazel to visit her grandfather. The little girl held on her auntie's hand tightly and wore a serious expression on her face.

Actually, Hazel did not like coming over to the hospital.

The smell of disinfection brought her unpleasant memories from a few months ago. Her parents were in a car accident and they passed away after staying in the hospital for a few days.

Although this place brought her unpleasant memories, Hazel still wanted to come over.

Once she heard that her auntie's grandfather got into an accident, Hazel was worried. Even though both her uncle and Auntie Edith had asked her repeatedly whether she was sure that she wanted to come over to the hospital, Hazel was determined.

Hazel recalled the great-grandpa's kindness towards her and wanted to make sure that he was really alright. 

Once they arrived, Edith knocked on the door and pushed the door to get in.

The moment Mike saw the little girl beside his granddaughter, his mood changed and there was an apparent joy on his expression.

"Oh my, isn't this is our little princess?"

Hazel flashed him a bright smile. "Great-grandpa, you remember me."

"Of course I would remember you. Who would forget an adorable little princess like you?" Mike waved his hand and pointed towards the chair beside him. "Little princess, have a seat. What are you doing here?" He turned to his granddaughter and frowned. "Why did you bring the little girl here. A hospital is not a good place for her."

"Great-grandpa, Auntie Edith had persuaded me not to come, but I told her that I wanted to come. I heard from my uncle and auntie that you got into an accident. I worry about you and would not be at ease until I see you," Hazel said. "Great-grandpa don't be angry at Auntie Edith, alright?"

Mike listened to the little girl's words and was happy to know that Hazel was thinking about him. However, his expression changed again when he realized the way Hazel had addressed his granddaughter.

She used to call his granddaughter Teacher Qian. When did she start to change it and call her Auntie Edith? 

Suddenly, Mike started to wonder if his granddaughter's progress with Neil had gone farther than he thought.

Mike spent his time chatting with Hazel and play around with her. Slowly, the unpleasant mood from his conversation with James that morning disappeared. He accompanied Hazel to do her homework and noticed the strange way his granddaughter was staring at him.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Edith glanced at Hazel who was writing something in her book and spoke in a low voice. "Grandpa, I had a dream about my mom last night."

Mike's eyes turned sad, but he quickly rearranged his mood. "What did you dream about?"

Edith shook her head. "I don't remember much, but I know that it was something sad. I just thought that perhaps hearing that you were in a car accident triggered an unpleasant memory."

Hearing her words, Mike felt a little guilty. He heaved a long sigh and patted at his granddaughter's shoulder.. "Don't think too much about it. Wasn't it just a dream?"

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