Maple Swallow stood by the bedside, his handsome face grim as steel, his gaze sharply fixed on Trenton Smith lying on the hospital bed. His thin lips pressed tightly together, not uttering a single word, leaving the room so quiet that only the beeping of the ECG attached to Trenton filled the air.
Tilly Flower was pulled aside by Sophia Phoenix, watching with fear and trepidation the clear imprint of a hand on Trenton's pale face, thinking to herself that in this world, apart from Norris Moore, only Maple Swallow would dare to strike Trenton on the face, right?
It really wasn't her place to interfere with a brother disciplining his younger brother, but considering Trenton had just narrowly escaped a life-threatening situation, couldn't the reprimand wait until his condition was a bit better? What if it accidentally lands him back into the operating room...
