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Chapter 23 Ashley Takes a Bullet for Walter

I stood in situ, watching Walter hurriedly carry Ashley into the bedroom, and then I looked down at the bloody fruit knife in my hand. A moment earlier, I indeed had the urge to stab Walter in the heart, and he didn't duck at all. If Ashley hadn't stood in front of him, the knife would have stuck in his heart by now.

I failed to control myself and got impulsive.

There was a family doctor living at the Hinton's old house, and Odin soon took him here.

After leading the family doctor into the bedroom, Odin looked at me, wanting to say something but didn't.

I knew what he had in mind, yet I didn't expose him. I just said, "She will live." I admitted that I was impulsive, but I wasn't trying to kill Walter, so of course, I wouldn't use all my strength. At most, she would bruise and bleed a little.

Sure enough, after a short while, the doctor came out and said that Ashley was fine. As long as she kept her wound from the water and frequently changed the dressing, her wound would recover in a few days.

The doctor paused and then continued, "However, her wound happens to cover the previous one, so the scar might be much more scary in the future. It won't be easy to get rid of it."

Odin nodded and then sent the doctor off.

I was about to leave, yet I stayed after hearing the doctor's words. Ashley had a shoulder injury in the past?

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Curious, I headed for the bedroom. Before I went inside, I heard a low sob. "Walter, will I never be able to get that scar off my shoulder?"

Walter comforted her patiently, "I promise that I'll find a way to get that scar removed. Don't worry. Just focus on getting better. Everything will be fine."

Probably because Walter was too gentle, Ashley stopped crying,

looked at him with a smile, and said, "Walter, you know what? I'm not afraid of having scars on my body at all. As long as you don't hate this scar, I'd rather have it on me for the rest of my life. I would say so five years ago, and now, I will still say the same thing."

Then she paused and continued, saying all kinds of hypocritical words, "Walter, don't blame Tabatha. The reason why she was so upset and attacked us was because she was so furious that she couldn't think straight. Now that I'm pregnant, and you've brought me to live here, of course, she is frustrated. After all, she is your wife. I'm actually relieved that she has vented her anger. I just hope she won't make things hard for you again because of me."

I couldn't help but sneer. Ashley should have become an actress.

I wasn't interested in seeing how intimate they were, so I turned around and left the yard. Then I bumped into Odin, who had just come back. Seeing that I was about to leave, he called out to me.

I looked at him, puzzled. "Yes?"

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Mrs. Hinton wants to see you."

I figured that Carley knew what had happened over here.

I nodded, thanked Odin, and was about to leave. Suddenly, I thought about the words Ashley said to Walter. She said, "I would say so five years ago, and now, I will still say the same thing." 12 15)

I couldn't help but look at Odin. Then I said, "Odin, how long have you been working for the Hinton family?"

Probably caught off guard, Odin was stunned for a second. Then he said, "Years, I guess. I've been following Dale to work for the Hinton family since I could remember. Why?"

I smiled, "Nothing. It just suddenly occurs to me. Since you've been working for them for so long, I'm sure you have heard that Walter and Ashley got together five years ago, right?"

Odin nodded. "Mr. Hinton used to be with Ms. Conner, but then she somehow got married. It has been years. Everyone had almost forgotten about it until she came back out of the blue. Don't think too much about it, Mrs. Hinton. Everyone in the Hinton family only recognizes you as Mr. Hinton's wife."

I smiled to express my gratitude. Then I asked, "Do you know how Walter and Ashley met? Did they go through something?" I looked at Odin, not sure if he would know something between the two back then. Odin thought for a while and then said, "I don't know much about it, actually, except that Dale brought it up once before. He said that Ms. Conner had taken a bullet for Mr. Hinton." Then he frowned. "Maybe you can go ask Dale, Mrs. Hinton. I've never seen Mr. Hinton much before, so I don't know many of the details."

Ashley took a bullet for Walter? I frowned. Suddenly, I remembered what had happened before and couldn't help looking at Odin. "Did Ashley get shot at the border?" I asked.