Chapter 113 - [Bonus] Rehabilitation

The examinations were finally over but for the Wilde Family, there was no time for rest. Scarlet was finally going to remove her dreaded cast and everyone wanted to go to the hospital appointment with her.

"I should be going with the young miss," Tina asserted. Sue didn't agree.

"Don't you have to go grocery shopping tomorrow? I'm sure it's written on the roster list.

Claire was expressionless as usual but nobody doubted it for a second that the head maid will try to put laxatives in the driver's drink tomorrow so that she can take his place and go along with Scarlet. Wilmer had already banned the other two children from following because it was going to be another regular school day. Scarlet also had strict orders from the CEO to return home as soon as the cast was removed. Everyone knew that the orders were strict because Wilmer himself was not allowed to take a day off to accompany Scarlet. Carol wouldn't allow it. Her words were 'it is not a family emergency, you cannot cancel meetings so easily'.

That left only the maids to debate who could go with Scarlet while the young mistress was occupied with Debbie's lessons. Tina and Sue were fighting over it and eventually decided to settle it with a game of three-player mahjong. Claire didn't back down from the challenge because she was the head maid and was confident of winning a simple game even if she had never played it before.

Tina and Sue were veteran mahjong players. With their pride on the line, neither of them went easy on each other. Deceit, lies and manipulation were used without care. Claire soon learnt that winning through conventional means wasn't enough. She started to play the underhand methods and often counted on cheating to turn the odds into her favour. Learning that Claire was not an easy opponent to deal with, Tina and Sue worked hard to bring her down. Alas, none of the veterans could compare to the head maid's experience when it came to strategy and tactics.

"With that, I shall accompany Ms Scarlet for her appointment tomorrow," Claire told the disappointed helpers.

Tina cheered up quickly."Understood. I shall prepare some nutritious meals for her when she returns."

Sue offered to help and Claire smiled. Peace was returned to the Wilde household once more when Scarlet finished her lessons.

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The doctor was a very kind man who assured Scarlet that cutting the cast open wouldn't hurt.

"See?" he smiled and demonstrated it by placing the high-speed cutter on his palm. Scarlet bravely allowed the doctor to cut the cast open and Claire stood beside the girl. According to the x-ray, Scarlet's legged had healed without a hitch. However, they still had to be careful because Scarlet's leg was now weakened.

Apart from taking care of her diet, Scarlet had to go for some physiotherapy classes so that she could walk normally and run again. Knowing that this was a precious child of the Wilde Family, Claire didn't hesitate to make arrangements for private physiotherapy classes after school.

The plastic cast came off with a small crack and Scarlet wrinkled her nose at the smell, looking embarrassed about it. The doctor was a nice man who didn't seem to mind and told Claire that she could help Scarlet wash up at the huge sink while he went to fetch the supporter splints for Scarlet.

Claire assisted Scarlet with care, carrying her to the sink area and gently washed her leg that looked oddly deformed. Scarlet was slightly horrified to find that her leg looked like a bone covered in skin and had shrunk so badly that her other leg looked fat in comparison.

"Does it hurt?" Claire asked, knowing that the skin would be very sensitive after the cast was removed.

Scarlet shook her head. "It tickles but nothing too bad."

Claire smiled and gently rubbed soap onto the skin, helping Scarlet to bend her leg and asking if it hurt anywhere.

Scarlet found her leg to be rather stiff and her ankle was a little swollen but Claire assured her that it was normal to feel this way. "It will pass after a few days. If there is anything that feels uncomfortable or hurts, please let me know."

Scarlet nodded. Claire seemed to be very knowledgeable about broken bones. "How do you know so much about broken bones?"

The head maid smiled. "I've broken a few bones before so I'm rather familiar with the healing process. Your leg healed up nicely, there is no need to worry about future deformities. You'd be walking fine in a few weeks and running soon enough but don't overdo it. The muscles have not been used in a while and are still very weak. It's very easy to sprain your ankle without the crutches so always wear the splint and use crutches for at least two weeks."

Scarlet felt grateful for Claire's advice and agreed to take it easy. The doctor returned just when Claire was drying Scarlet's leg. 

"My apologies, it took me a while to find a splint of the right size. Would you let me put this one to check if the size is alright for you?" he asked Scarlet who nodded, feeling better now that her leg didn't stink.

The splint fitted perfectly but Claire didn't allow Scarlet to walk out of the room with her crutches. The doctor waved goodbye to them as Scarlet was wheelchaired out to the waiting area. The head maid still had several doc.u.ments to take care off and some supplement pills to collect. 

Without anything to do, Scarlet took a picture of her leg free from the cast and sent it to the group chats. Immediately, she was bombarded by a ton of messages from her worried classmates, congratulating her on the speedy recovery.

The messages never stopped and Scarlet texted replies happily all the way till they returned home. The first step that Scarlet took without her cast proved to be painful even with crutches.

"Take it easy," Claire said and offered to carry her but the young writer denied.

"I can do this. I want to be able to walk to school with Alex and Jasper without worries. I can't have them run errands on my behalf during the internship either."

Claire didn't say anything. Tina and Sue greeted Scarlet the moment she returned and constantly showered her with their concerns. Scarlet was quickly made to sit and fed some herbal soup before she was sent up to her room to rest.

"Don't forget to press the intercom if you need anything, don't come down the stairs without anyone to help you and keep your crutches nearby. Let us know before you take a shower, don't be shy!"

Scarlet giggled and assured the two worried maids that she will. Now that she was in her room, Scarlet sighed. With so much time left till Alex and Jasper returned home, what was she going to do? Debbie's lesson was in two days and the editor was still looking through her revised manuscript.

Her eyes landed on her laptop and Scarlet smiled. Maybe it was time to update her observation journal. The doctor earlier seemed to be an interesting man.