Chapter 1008 Chastise
“What happened to my hand?” She touched the cast on her arm, her eyes filled with anxiety. She’s worried about her career. Rorion said, “Your hand is broken, but just rest up as the doctor ordered, and you’ll heal up. It won’t affect your career.”
Even so, Susan was still enraged. She knew she could heal, but this incident still caused some damage to her arm. Then she remembered that her performance was cut off halfway through, and she held her father’s arm while bombarding him with questions. “What happened to the performance? Is everyone talking about that accident? What’s the orchestra’s stance on this?”
“Calm down, Susan,” Rorion calmed her down before he answered her questions. “The performance is over, and it’s overall a fine event. I pulled some strings and kept your accident’s reports at a minimum. I won’t let those reporters write any articles about you.”
Susan was relieved, but the whole thing still frustrated her. She was planning on making a name for herself with this performance, but that had gone down the drain. Furthermore, she thought something was off with the accident too. Kellen cares about stage safety. This shouldn’t have happened. The look in her eyes sharpened. “I don’t think this accident is a mere coincidence, Daddy. Get someone to look into it.”
Tessa’s allergy got better the next day, and she wanted to go home, but surprisingly, she saw Susan and Rorion standing together before she left. That’s odd. Why is Kathleen’s father with Susan?
And then Nicholas broke her train of thought. “What’s wrong?” Nicholas noticed her standing like a statue, so he turned around.
Tessa snapped out of it and answered, “Look. That’s Kathleen’s father, and the girl beside him is Susan, a member of our orchestra. I wonder why they’re together.”
Nicholas looked at where she was pointing, and he too thought it was odd. A frown furrowed his brows. “I’ll look into this.”
He wasn’t being paranoid. Rorion was Kathleen’s father, and he hated Tessa because of her bad blood with his daughter. Now he was awfully close to one of the members of Tessa’s orchestra, and he wondered if Rorion was up to something.
Tessa didn’t stop him, as she shared his opinion. Any mistake, no matter how little it was, was not tolerable. Her baby was on the line, and she couldn’t be too careful.
Gregory welcomed them the moment they came home. “Are you feeling better, Mommy?” He was worried about Tessa.
Tessa was touched that he cared about her so much. “I feel so much better now. So, what did you do today?” She led the boy to the couch and sat down.
Nicholas followed them, the look in his eyes gentle.
Stefania video called in the afternoon. She asked, “Miss Reinhart, I heard you were hospitalized. What happened?”
Tessa was surprised Stefania knew she was in the hospital, but she answered honestly, “It was nothing. Just had an allergic reaction. Don’t worry about it, Stefania.”
That answer only worried Stefania more. “And how did that happen?”
“Probably some changes to my skin because of the pregnancy, and the makeup products just whipped up a storm.” Tessa told her about the doctor’s diagnosis.
The frown on Stefania’s forehead deepened. She was upset to find out Tessa was performing even though she was five months pregnant. “You’re already in your second trimester. Just come back and wait until you give birth to the baby before you chase your dreams. I won’t stop you. But if you run around and get into any trouble, it’d be disastrous. Do you even know what you’re doing?”
