Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)
Chapter 442

Ashley opened her mouth, trying to say something more when she found Andrew pulling the hem of her skirt. "Ashley, Uncle Patrick is right. We won't be of much help even if we are there. Instead, we'll make trouble for them. We'd better stay home and wait for news."

"Okay!" Ashley nodded reluctantly. Recalling how Rick had been kicked to the ground, she couldn't help but shed tears. "Rick is so poor... Andrew, do you think it's my fault?"

Andrew broke off in the middle of wiping the tears off his sister's face when hearing her words. "Why is it your fault?"

Ashley's face was red from the crying. "If I haven't had Rick chase me, I wouldn't have run into Grandma, and she wouldn't have vented her anger on Rick..."

Andrew shook his head like a little man and said, "It's not your fault!"

"It's not my fault? Then is it Grandma's fault?" Ashley turned her black, grapes-like to Eve, mustered up her courage, and shouted at her, "Bad grandma! I don't like you anymore!" "Ashley!" Nora was so shocked that she came forward to cover Ashley's mouth, hoping the little girl wouldn't saying anything inappropriate.

Hearing her granddaughter's announcement that she no longer liked her, Eve said with shaking lips, "Nora! Let go of Ashley and let her speak!"

"Ashley is young and ignorant. She is easily misled by something superficial. You are generous. Don't argue with her. I will bring them back to their rooms now and teach them a lesson!" Nora finished that in one breath and took the two kids upstairs as if she was running away from some plague.

"Nora! You!" Eve didn't expect her obedient daughter-in-law could take away the kids without her consent. Subconsciously, she wanted to follow and snatch the two Hoppers back! Standing next to her, Florence accused her, "Mom, why did you kick Rick? It's the pet of Patrick and Amelia. They brought it here so that Andrew and Ashley could play with it!"

"I didn't mean it." Eve was so angry that her face turned pale. Now even her sweet little daughter was reprimanding her for outsiders?

"Well. Since you say so."

Given that Eve had just recovered, Florence didn't want to argue with her. But deep down, she started to be a little displeased with her mother.

As for Patrick, he had driven away from the courtyard. Through the rearview mirror, he could see that Amelia was crying with worries with Rick in her arms...

Her crying was very low, different from the cry of other women when they made a fuss about everything.

Her sobs were like two hooks on both sides of his heart, pulling and torturing him.

"Do you still remember what Rick looked like when it was sent here?" Patrick had no choice but to distract her.

And the trick worked. Amelia stopped crying and started to recall. "When it was brought home by Ashley, Rick didn't have much hair. It could neither open its eyes nor walk... Rick was so weak that it seemed as if it might die at any moment...."

Patrick continued, "What happened later? What did it look like?"

Amelia looked down at the dog lying still in her arms, tears trembling down from her beautiful eyes. "Later... Rick becomes stronger and can climb up and down the stairs on its own. It often comes upstairs to look for me with a tray in its mouth. It eats a lot and is as fat as a little pig..."

Patrick nodded. "When Rick was so little, it survived even though it had been thrown into the snow. Now it just tumbled. Given its sturdy body from abundant food and sleep, it will be fine. Don't forget that Rick is a bulldog. It is not as fragile as other puppies."

"But..." Amelia swallowed the fact that what hurt Rick the most was Eve's kick.

Soon, Patrick turned the steering wheel and pulled over beside a building. "We are at the pet clinic."

After Patrick parked the car and turned off the engine, Amelia opened the door and rushed into the building at lightning speed.

Half an hour later...

"Sir, how's my dog?"

When Amelia walked inside, she found Rick retching. Now seeing the stern look of the veterinarian's face, she felt her heart in her throat.

The vet removed his hand from Rick's belly and looked up at Amelia. "You said the dog was kicked in the belly earlier?"

"Yeah..." Amelia nodded heavily.

The vet continued, "Dogs' belly and back are very fragile. The kick must be so hard that it vomits. Judging by how it looks, its internal organs should have been damaged."

Amelia was still for a few seconds before she grabbed the vet's hand and said emotionally, "Please, please save it! I'll pay you as much as you want! I'll do whatever I need to do!"

Amelia was out of control and pinched the vet so hard that she almost bruised him. Standing behind her, Patrick reached out to hold her wrist and comforted her in a deep voice, "Calm down! Listen to the vet first!"

"How can I calm down?" Amelia shook off Patrick's hand, turned to stare at his eyes, and said coldly, "Eve has gone too far. She'll ruin anyone or anything that gets in her way!"

Patrick agreed that it was Eve's fault. Since that was the case, he had to admit it. "I apologize to you on her behalf. But you have to understand that she has been in a bad mood recently..."

Amelia sneered. "Yes! She is in a bad mood, so the whole world has to be as sad as her!"

Regardless of the irritated look on Patrick's face, Amelia turned to talk to the vet about Rick.

The vet said that Rick's current condition wouldn't allow it to be moved. Otherwise, it would be dangerous if it had serious internal bleeding.

Amelia gritted her teeth and agreed to leave Rick here so that it would have the best care.

"It's Christmas. Are you short of hands here?"

It occurred to Amelia that there was no other vet here except for the vet in front of her, let alone any assistant.

The young vet gave a somewhat awkward smile. "In fact, even if it's not Christmas, I'm short of hands."

Amelia looked puzzled. "Why? Is the business not going well?" It shouldn't be the case... There seem to be quite a few residents nearby.

The vet was embarrassed. "No. It's actually the second day of my opening."

Amelia suddenly had the impulse to take Rick away.

As if he had read Amelia's mind, the young vet hurried to promise, "But don't worry! There is absolutely no problem with my skills! I just cured a chihuahua of diarrhea the day before!"