"I've merely slapped him, and you're already so distressed. One of my daughter's eyes was almost blind, but you acted like nothing happened."
Ethan tried to ease the tension again. "Come on, they are kids. They don't know what they are doing. Ava, you have gone too far.]
"Too far? This is just the beginning."
I looked at Clifton and his wife and said, "Eddy wouldn't say such a thing if you taught him any manner at home!"
"If Julie's eye is infected, Eddy will lose his eye too! Just you wait!"
I glared at Eddy and was about to return to the ward.
The most important thing now was to stop Julie from crying. There was plenty of time to settle the rest.
Unexpectedly, Marie put down Eddy, took out a thousand dollars from her pocket, and threw it at my back.
"Ava, even if Eddy did something wrong, you shouldn't hit him."
"Here's 1,000 dollars. We're even!"
I turned around and looked at the money on the ground, then at Ethan.
He was too guilty to look me in the eye.
I knew that Ethan didn't tell them about the deposit.
I didn't say anything. I walked to the door and told Julie to cover her ears so she could sleep.
Julie lay down obediently.