A sudden shriek had everyone jumping out of their skins!
âWhat just happened?â
âWhatâs going on in there?â
âThat sounds like Haillieâ
Elinor and Belinda heard it too. They exchanged a startled look and shook their heads, indicating they had no idea what was going on.
They had just come out of there, and Haillie seemed perfectly fine when they left..
Then they all rushed into the changing room together.
Inside, Haillie sat alone on a bench, pale as a ghost, with a pained expression on her face and tiny beads of sweat on her forehead.
Seeing this, Bryan stepped forward and asked, âWhatâs up with you?â
Jonah also moved closer, softly asking. âWhat happened?â|
Haillie locked up at them, trembling as she said. âMy my footâ¦â
What was wrong with her foot?
Everyoneâs attention was drawn to Haillieâs feet. One foot was still in a shoe; the other was bare, stretched out as if enduring some severe pain!
âMy foot was sweating, so I decided to change shoes before going out again. But when I was changing, something in the shoe pricked the sole of my foot, and it hurts like hell.â
Haillie explained, struggling to keep the pain at bay Hearing this, Bryan immediately knelt down to examine her foot. âThereâs definitely something lodged in her foot! It looks like a nail! What do we do now?â
Jonah, dropping his usual casual tone, said seriously. âDonât worry, thereâs an emergency doctor at the stable. Iâll get someone to fetch him.â
Bryan comforted her, saying. âHang in there, the stable doctor will be here soon to treat your woundâ
Haillie nodded, tears streaming down her face.
Nearby, Belinda found something strange. She tugged at Elinorâs hand and whispered in her ear, âIsnât that the boot you just tried on? How is there a nail in it?â
Elinor, looking at Haillie, squinted her eyes but said nothing.
The stable doctor arrived quickly and checked Haillieâs foot.
Then he pulled out a pair of tweezers from his medical kit, quickly removed the nail lodged in Haillieâs foot, disinfected the wound, and dressed it.
Throughout the process, Haillie was in tears, gripping Byranâs arm tightly After everything was done, the doctor advised, âItâs all right now. The nail has been removed. Make sure not to get it wet for a few days to prevent infection.â
Haillie, who looked like she had gone through torment, weakly said to Bryan, âBryan, it still hurts a lot.
Could you ask the doctor for some painkillers?â
Looking at Haillieâs pained face, Bryan felt both sympathy and anger. He frowned at the doctor and said, âWhat the hell is going on here? How can there be dangerous things like nails in the changing room?â
The doctor, with an innocent look on his face, explained, âEh, Mr. Howard, the earring isnât ours. What hurt Haillie was a ladyâs earring, and we donât have any female staff in the stable, so thereâs no way it could be ours.â
With that, the stable doctor presented the earring he had just removed to prove the stableâs innocence.
It was indeed an earring, and it even had a diamond on it!