Chapter 3

As soon as the taxi stopped in front of a school, Paige dashed out and toward the main gate. A teacher guided her to the infirmary.

Paige walked anxiously towards the door, which she was guided and opened. On the opposite side of the door were three beds and a big cabinet between the two windows.

A young male doctor sat near the bed in the corner beside the window.

He turns around at the sound of the opening door.

Paige walks towards the bed, fidgeting with her fingers. Tears roll down her eyes when she sees her little boy lying asleep on the bed. Near his pillow laid a blood-covered cloth. Her heart skipped a beat at that sight.

She walks near the bed and sits on the empty stool. She looks at the doctor while caressing Alec's cheeks.

"What happened?" she asked him in a low tone.

"Are you his mother?" he asked. Paige nodded, still looking at Alec with worry in her eyes.

"His math teacher rushed him here. She said that suddenly, during the lesson, his nose started bleeding. She brought him here before he fainted. The bleeding didn't stop while some blood oozed out from his left ear. We had a difficult time stopping further bleeding."

He explained, pointing at the blood-soaked white cloth near his pillow.

"This is the fifth time something like this happened to your kid. Did you get him checked up at the city hospital last time?" He asked with seriousness in his tone

"Yes, we did go to the city hospital. The appointed doctor couldn't pinpoint the cause of his sickness," Paige answered while holding Alec's hand tightly.

"Ma'am, you know how sick he is. He is weaker than his peers. You should get him to rest for a week before attending school again."

Paige nodded before looking up at him.

"I will go talk to the principal. Can you take care of him until then?" she requested, standing up and walking towards the door.

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After fifteen minutes, Paige returned to the infirmary with a permission letter. She asked the doctor in charge to hand it over to Ms Anna, Alec's homeroom teacher.

She picked up his belongings from the table before lifting his sleeping body from the bed. She wrapped her around his waist carefully.

Thanking the doctor, she left the room. Reaching outside near the school's front gate, waiting for the cab to arrive.

It was getting cold outside. She got worried that Alec might catch a cold.

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It took them twenty minutes to reach home. Alec was still sleeping. He did stir up from time to time on their way home. Paige laid him down in bed after getting inside the apartment.

After settling in and calming down, she called Dawn. She explained the whole thing and asked her to come over immediately. Getting off the phone, she went to check up on Alec again.

It was a long day.

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