"Let me check. Is the wound severe?" Zayn reached out his hand to take off Selena's mask.
Selena immediately avoided him while taking a few steps back. "I've not taken out the needle. My look is terrible now. I don't want to startle you."
"It's all right. No matter how your look becomes, you're the prettiest in my eyes." Zayn uttered gently, "Please let me have a look. If it's serious, I'll ask Naya to come to treat you right away."
"There's no need for that. Really. I look hideous now…" Selena shook her head insecurely while signing.
"Selena, please take it off and show it to Zayn."
Layon stepped toward her abruptly and swiftly took off her mask.
At that instant, everyone in the room was shocked upon seeing Selena's face. They did not expect it would be so severe.
"How could this be?" Jombo was befuddled. "Was the needle poisoned?"
Thompson took a closer look and said, "It must be."
Selena lowered her head with embarrassment, covering her face with her hands.
"The Lierger family expertise in poisons, and Daemon is a master in dealing with poison." Layon uttered emotionally, "First, they poisoned Venus, and then they used a poisonous snake to bite Zayn. Now, they pierced Selena with a poisonous needle. This is outrageous!"
Thompson cut a side glance at him without saying anything.
"I didn't know Carla had become so inhuman." Jombo was trembling incessantly with rage. "Zayn, do you see that? That woman can't be trusted."
"Does Mr. Benday mean this needle belongs to Carla?" Zayn observed Selena's face. "I don't recall she owns something like this. But Selena is the one who has always been using needles."
"The needle is not Ms. Benday's."
One of the nurses weighed in abruptly.
"I've no idea where she got the needle." Selena cried while signing. "I intended to treat her wound. But there was a rumble of thunder, and she opened her eyes suddenly. After that, she charged at me fiercely and used the needle to pierce me…"
"Did she use the needle to pierce you?" Zayn narrowed his eyes. "But why Mrs. Bolistin said that you were the one who pierced Carla first?"
"No, that's not it. I didn't carry any needle." Selena immediately explained with her sign language. "I merely wanted to check on her wound. My hands were empty."
"The medical kit was still in my hand at that time, " The nurse added. "Ms. Benday didn't carry anything."
"Absolutely." The other nurse spoke too. "Mrs. Bolistin was standing far by the door that time. And it was dark inside the room. How could she possibly see what Ms. Benday was holding in her hand?"
"Probably that's right." Zayn nodded faintly. "Mrs. Bolistin doesn't have good eyesight after all."
Thompson stared at Zayn with a complicated expression.
"So it means that the needle belongs to Carla, " Jombo spoke again in his harsh tone. "We can't drop this matter just like that. What if Selena's look got disfigured?"
"Then what do you propose?" Zayn shifted the question back to Jombo.
"Well…" Jombo was rendered speechless for a while. If we settle this in private, the Lierger family will find us. If we send her to the cops, what're we going to tell the three kids?
"Forget it, " Selena signed while crying. "She's a mother of three, after all. And she's the daughter of the Lierger family. The Benday family can't afford to piss them off. And I don't want to put Grandpa and Zayn in a bad spot."
"But look at what she's done to you…" Tears started welling up Layon's eyes at that moment. "It's all my fault. I wasn't able to protect you."
Just when Jombo was about to say something, Zayn interrupted again, "The Giblo family owes you this, and I make it up for you. To avoid further conflict, I'll send here away tomorrow."
After hesitating for a while, Zayn took out his phone. "Now, let's send you to the hospital first."
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