Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)

Chapter 322 Agitated

Hospital.

Anna walked to the entrance to the ward and heard Nina’s bell-like laughter drifting out from the ward.

Nina was on vacation today too so she didn't have to rush to report for work at the Ackman Group. She could use her time to care for her mother.

Anna didn't expect Liam to have such an understanding and humane side to him.

She pushed open the door.

Melissa was in a very good condition today. She engaged in conversation with Nina, she even smiled and addressed Anna with a wave.

Anna smiled and engaged Melissa in small talk, then, Melissa started to lose focus again. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

She pointed at Anna and said, "Why are you here! Did you come to visit me?”

"You're so lucky, you still look so young, and I’ve aged s o much." Melissa touched her face.

Anna frowned in confusion, she wanted to ask Melissa who she mistook her for.

Melissa leaned back on the bed carefully, "I’m tired, Miss Lincoln. Take a seat, I'll chat with you when I wake up."

Miss Lincoln?

Anna looked at Nina in shock, but Nina just shrugged helplessly.

"I don't know, who's Miss Lincoln?"

Anna laughed too, "Could it be that your mom knows m y mom? My mom's surname is Lincoln and everyone says I look like her."

"That's impossible! I've known you for so long but my mother never mentioned knowing your mom." Nina replied.

Anna thought it was impossible too and took out Ethan's proposal.

"I came to give you this." Anna handed the document over to Nina.

"Let's talk outside."

The two girls left the ward to avoid disturbing Melissa from her rest.

"This is a design project Director Collins wanted us to help him with. The pay is pretty good so I accepted it. You quit your job at the Club too, so I thought the extra money would come in handy."

“That's great! I told you Director Collins likes you, this i s just an excuse for him to see you."

"So? Do you like him?" Nina smiled cheekily.

"Don't talk nonsense. I just think he feels very

familiar, like I've seen him somewhere, but I must be overreacting."

After all, the incident happened when she was a kid, and even though his name was different, it couldn't be the same person.

At that moment, a nurse ran over in a panic.

"Miss Scott, your mom is suffering another episode. Quick, she needs you!"

Nina rushed towards the hospital ward, worried, when the nurse shouted after her, “She’s not in her ward, she’s in the garden outside the hospital."

Nina turned and rushed out of the hospital.

Melissa was just sleeping in her ward, when did she make her way to the garden?

Anna rushed after Nina too.

The two of them were breathing heavily by the time they reached the garden. In the distance, they saw a group of people crowded around her mother, pointing at her, each trying to guess what happened.

They ran through the crowd and saw Melissa standing in the middle, her long hair a mess around her shoulders.

Michael Hart was holding her tightly in his arms, a few blooded scratches littered his neck, the wounds looked fresh.

"Mom!" Nina hurried over to her side.

She looked at her mother and turned to look at the scratches on Dr. Hart's neck.

"You were fine just now, weren't you sleeping in your ward? Why did you run out again?" Nina was so anxious her eyes turned red.

"She sneaked out," Michael answered.

He saw Nina and Anna chatting in the hallway and noticed Melissa creeping out of her ward.

He was worried something would happen to her, so he followed her quietly. He didn’t expect her to suffer an episode the moment she entered the garden.

"Mom, it's fine, everything's ok. I'm Nina, I'm here, I'm here."

By then, Melissa could no longer recognize her daughter, her eyes filled with anger, cursing repeatedly at empty air.

"You must be here to take my life!"

"She's dead!"

"Why are you here for me?"

"She wants to kill me! She thinks I caused her death! It’s not me, it's really not me..."

"Mom, stop talking nonsense!" Nina hurriedly clasped a palm on her mother’s mouth.

She was worried if her mother continued acting like this, more patients would see and report her to the hospital. How could a patient with such a serious case of mental illness not be confined in the psychiatric ward, and roam around scaring off strangers?

By then, even Dr. Hart would get into trouble.

Melissa bit her daughter's hand with all her might.

Nina hissed in pain but still continued to comfort her mother.

"Mom, come on, don't be mad. It’s all my fault, I shouldn't make you angry."

Melissa's body gradually softened, leaning in Dr.

Hart's embrace and fainted.

"Mom! Mom!"

Nina was terrified.

Michael hurriedly examined her vital nerves and realized she just fainted from exhaustion.

He heaved a sigh of relief and heaved her up in his arms, carrying her back to the ward with fast steps.

Nina rushed after him.

A man in tattered clothes and a limp swiftly stuffed a few wallets into his pockets and merged into the crowd, limping away.

He walked past Anna and glanced at her.

A glow flashed through his eyes, then he quickened his footsteps and hurried away.

Anna stared at his retreating figure, deep in thought.

The man looked familiar.

Where did she see him before?

Suddenly, her eyes widened in shock.

Wasn’t he the man Nicole met secretly in their neighborhood?

Why did he look so downtrodden now, and he was even limping.

Anna couldn’t be bothered about the man right now, she hurriedly entered the hospital on Nina's tail.

An IV was poked into her arm, Melissa was fast asleep.

Nina looked at Dr. Hart, her heartache written clearly o n her face, held a tissue, and wiped at the wounds on his neck.

"I’m sorry, please let me apologize to you on behalf of my mother."

"It must hurt badly, right?"

Anna thought Nina looked heartbroken.

Anna sighed, fate was cruel indeed.

If things weren't so complicated, they would form a perfect couple.

Anna looked at Michael, and he in turn, looked at Nina, a gentle glow in his eyes.

She wondered whether Michael really wouldn't mind i f he knew Nina was once a hostess.

"It’s fine, you don’t have to apologize. I should be the one apologizing, it's my fault for not taking good care o f her." Michael said, feeling guilty.

"How is this your fault! I didn’t keep my eyes on my mother. I'm so sorry for causing you trouble." Nina bowed her head.

Michael wanted to pull her into his arms and hug her tightly to comfort her, but he suppressed the urge to d o so.

"What happened just now? I thought her condition had improved, why did she suddenly suffer another episode?" Nina asked, the bitterness in her tone evident.

She thought there was finally light at the end of the tunnel, but now, they were all back in square one.

When would her mom finally recover?

"I don't know either, she was fine when I examined her this morning. All the readings came back normal, I don't know why she suddenly suffered a relapse."

At this, Michael stopped talking, running his mind over the incident.

"Nina, did something happen to agitate her?" He asked.

"Agitate her?" Nina frowned and shook her head.

"No, she said she was exhausted and wanted to sleep.”

"Then..." Michael pondered for a few seconds, "Did she see anyone special?"

"See anyone special?" Nina looked towards Anna.