This was exactly the scene Ella witnessed when she entered the room. She clenched her palms fiercely and told herself to calm down.
Seeing her, Danny immediately withdrew his hand.
"Why are you here so fast? Is the soup ready?"
Hearing him mention bone broth, Ella sneered and limped toward him.
Only then did Danny notice the large bandage on her left calf. Instantly, he heard her voice hiss in his ear. “Danny Sinclair, how dare you accuse me of deliberately disappearing? For two whole days, I was lying in the next hospital room! And you? Did you even come to see me once?”
After taking several deep breaths, Ella composed herself and said calmly, “You didn't.”
Danny staggered slightly and clenched his fists unconsciously, “I...”
“If you’d cared even a little,” she continued, “And asked a few more questions ... you’d have known that the other person hit by the falling light that day… was me.”
He swayed slightly and a flicker of shock flashed in his eyes.
"Ella, let me explain. I... I didn't know. I didn't know you followed me to that seminar. If I had known ...”