Austin slammed into the door of Hester's room and stepped forward in panic. Seeing the painful look of Hester, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
He staggered and almost lost all his strength and collapsed to the ground.
"Hester, are you okay?"
He couldn't believe his ears when he heard his own trembling voice. He approached carefully and his hand froze in the air, not daring to fall down easily.
She was as fragile as she woke up from anesthesia three years ago, so that he did not dare to touch it, for fear of hurting her because of his inability to control it.
'Who? Who is calling my name?'
In the darkness around her, Hester looked around at a loss, trying to find the source of the voice. However, it was only hopeless darkness around, making her unable to see it clearly!
"Hester!"
The vague voice continued to come, which sounded very frightening for no reason. Hester curled up in a place, holding her knees alone, trembling.
"Who? Who on earth is calling my name? Come out!"
The tears that had been suppressed for a long time finally fell. Hester felt that she was not promising at all. When she was facing Terence and Melody just now, she could hold back her tears. Why did she cry so easily when someone called her name?
"Hester, wake up!"
Seeing that Hester was sinking deeper and deeper, Austin frowned and gently shook her body, hoping to bring her out of the nightmare.
Hester felt that the world had collapsed and finally woke up from her dream. The figure in front of her gradually became clear, and it was Austin's gentle appearance.
"Brother Austin?"
Austin bent over and held her in his arms, patting her back to ease her mood. She had just gotten rid of the nightmare, and her mood fluctuated inevitably. He was really afraid that she would fall into it again.
"All right, all right. Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!"
With a dull look, Hester leaned against Austin's chest. She quietly looked around and realized that she was dreaming just now. But now, she
She didn't know how to think of Austin, or he had waited too long for her to subconsciously think that her promise was just a casual one?
"I want to eat steamed buns!"
"Okay, I'll go downstairs later!"
Austin nodded slightly and raised his hand to cover the blood stain on his arm. He turned around and left the room, even closing the door carefully without making any sound.
Hester looked at the door and the light in her eyes faded away. Lying on the bed, she covered her chest with her hand and could feel its irregular beating.
"Brother Austin, what are you thinking about?"
On the other side, the moment Austin calmly closed the door, his feet became soft and he fell to the ground. With a bitter smile on his face, he looked at the bloodstain on his arm and slightly pulled the corners of his mouth with self-mockery.
"It's just a simple promise. Austin, you are really useless!"
Leaning against the wall, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He could hear the sound of his heart beating. It was like a deafening thunder which pierced through his eardrum.
After so long, was she finally willing to give up? Or was it because she was stuck in a nightmare and couldn't extricate herself from it?
He didn't want to dig into it. He just deceived himself into admitting it.
"Hester, what should I do with you?"