Episode: The little sparrow

“Is she okay, doctor?” Clara couldn't sit still. She was looking at his sister-in-law, who was sleeping quietly in bed.

“Is my sister okay, doctor? Is he very sick? It will be good, right? Huh brother?” She turned her sad gaze towards her brother so that she could finally hear nice things.

The doctor handed the prescription to the little girl and nodded his head yes. “Yes, the lady is in good condition now. The medicines I gave her will soon take effect and her fever will drop. But don't tire our daughter too much.” The doctor turned to the girl sleeping in bed and said, “She is very exhausted. How did it get to this point? Moreover, she is very weak. Pay attention to the food the girl eats. Let her eat healthy meals. She will come to her senses later. Remember, good nutrition is important!” he said in a serious tone.

“Okay… I'll take care of my sister!” Clara immediately stepped forward and said, “Don't worry, I'll take care of your meals from now on!”

Mr. Doctor Smith turned his frowning eyebrows to the young man standing next to them and said, “Now leave the girl alone to rest for a while. Let her take all the medicines and vitamins in the prescription I just gave her regularly, and don't miss it.”

Albert understood the harshness in doctor’s voice, but he didn't care. He was not about to tell Mr. Smith, his old family friend, about his marital relationship with his wife.

“Give me the prescription. I will take the medicines today.” Albert stretched out his hand and asked for the prescription.

Clara stood for a moment, looking at the prescription in her hand with her pupils red from crying, then sniffed and handed it to her brother.

As soon as all three of them left the room, Albert little shouted “Jacob...?”

Jacob appeared right next to them.

“Yes boss?” “Take Mr. Smith to his home. And take all the medicines written here," he handed the prescription to the man. “If you can't find even one, no one can save you from me, do you understand me?” “O-okay boss.” Jacob immediately set out with the doctor. Clara sat down on one of the chairs in the living room with anger. She pulled her legs closer and rested her head on her knees.

“I am so stupid!” she said to herself, “I didn't even notice she got sick! However, if I am alive today, it is thanks to her. Thanks to her, I breathe. Thanks to her, I go to school. In fact, the remorse I feel every time I see her kills me. It occurs to me that I stole her life from her! I feel disgusted with myself..."

“What are you talking about! You didn't steal anyone's life, Clara!" Albert immediately sat on the single chair opposite his sister. Not a single servant of God in this world could accuse his sister of stealing someone's life! “Get those nonsense ideas out of your head! Who puts this into your head!”

“Right, brother!” Clara stood up in anger. Her cheeks were wet. “Didn't I ruin her life? Wasn't she forced to live here because of me? She became like this because of me! And since I'm still a despicable person, I don't want her to leave this house!” she said, sniffling again. She hated how brazen she was.

Albert stood up and held her sister's shoulders, delicately turning her towards himself. He had a soft expression on his face. “You didn't ruin her life, my beauty, okay? You are not a despicable person. I don't want to hear that again,” he said in his soft, reassuring voice. He frowned and continued, “If there is anyone who ruined her life... It's just me.”

Clara couldn't stand it at that moment and hugged her brother. She was bursting into sobs and crying. “Brother, my sister is not happy at all… I know,” she said, lifting her face up towards her brother, “I can see it in her eyes. Very unhappy. But I really don't want her to leave me.”

Albert was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment. When did his sister become so attached to this girl? He hugged her and said, "She won't go," he assured her, "She won't leave you, honey, trust me."

Clara was sniffling and hugging her brother. She was only 15 years old, but she was a very mature girl. She had suffered greatly in life. She had no one in this world other than her brother. And now there was her sister, who had entered her life a year ago and had become a light in her life. She came into her life like the sun.

“Really?”

“Yeah, really. She won't leave you, my dear, trust me.”

Clara sniffled again and shook her head slightly with a wry smile on her face. She had no choice but to trust her brother.

Albert cupped her little sister's face and said softly, "Go to bed now. It's late."

"But my sister..."

"Listen to me dear," Albert ruffled his sister's hair and placed a small kiss on her forehead, "I'll take care of your sister."

He could not allow his sister to object. She cried a lot because of that girl. Her eyes were bloodshot. Besides, she looked tired. She needed to rest.

Just as Clara opened her mouth to object again, Albert pressed her lips together as he began to look at her angrily, with his eyebrows furrowed. The little girl nodded, thinking it was best to say okay.

"Okay, brother... Then I'm going to my room," she said innocently. She stopped for a while and started biting her lip. "Well... also..." At that moment, Albert held his breath in anger, "Don't get angry right away, brother. That's why I just want my sister to be well! I was going to say... um..."

"What um? Tell me, my beautiful sister!”

Albert clasped his hands on his chest and began to glare at his sister, who had been sweating to put two sentences together for half an hour. Now he was starting to wonder what she was going to say.

“Say whatever you have to say. Or go to sleep, my dear. You know, I am not patient man.”

“Brother…” said Clara, taking a big breath, “My sister is a little afraid of you. So, if you are going to give medicine or something, ask May sister. She gives it... if you go to her, she will absolutely scare. Even Jacob brother can give her the medicine, but... but you don't go into her room, okay?”

Albert ran his tongue inside his cheeks angrily. How come even Jacob could enter his wife's room, but he couldn't? Is this what will happen? He had never heard such nonsense.

Was he a monster?

Will the vampire suck the girl's blood wherever he sees her? They thought of him as a bloodthirsty monster! Is she that afraid of him?!

She is his wife!

“Is it okay, brother?” Clara was carefully waiting for her brother's answer.

Albert just nodded his head. OF COURSE, he was screaming "I WILL GO INTO MY WIFE'S ROOM", but now he didn't want to fight with his little sister in the middle of the night.

With a small smile on her face, Clara said, "Okay then, thank you brother," and went upstairs to her room.

Albert angrily went to the cellar where the drinks in the mansion were stored and took a few of the alcohol bottles. He reached the large hall again, opened a bottle of one of the most expensive Italian wines in his hand, and filled his glass. While he was sipping his drink, the figure of his wife who had just been singing on the balcony appeared before his eyes.

“So you're scared to death of me, little sparrow,” Albert said to himself.

He was lost in his thoughts.

Why was she so afraid of him?

He had not hurt her physically, he was very sure of that.

He had not raised her hand to the woman even once. He had never raped a woman. Yes, most people are very afraid of him, but he didn’t treat women badly.

Maybe he was little cruel, hard-hearted and dangerous, but still, he is not a disgusting pervert!

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