THE next day I requested to be discharged. As I expected, Attorney Alfred disagreed with my request. He said that Sir Lucas told him that he would stay in the ward until tomorrow morning.
"Alfred, I'm not seriously ill! I just have a fever."
"Lucas would be mad at me if we did not follow his instructions."
I laughed so hard at what he said. "I don't care whether he gets mad or not! He only pretends to care about me. But the truth is, he only cares for his company."
"Stop saying that, Scarlet! He's so freaking worried about you and-"
"He's a great pretender! He's just pretending to be a concerned boss to his employees. But the truth is, he's just doing that to make sure that I won't take a day off!"
"Scarlet, calm down! You're just being paranoid."
"Paranoid? Of course not! Maybe your friend is th……
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