𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗜𝗔

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"How is she?" Ophelia's mother rushed to the doctor who was standing next to her daughter lying on the hospital bed. Maybe fifteen minutes ago she got a call from the hospital saying that her oldest daughter got a trauma on ice. She was concerned about her child.

"Ophelia is doing great. We stopped bleeding and took care of her wound. This injury didn't break any bone of her, but the wound is deep enough to open up again. This is why she will need to take a break from ice skating for a month at least" the doctor explained the situation of Ophelia's injury.

"Is that wound at the lower part of her leg?" the woman asked.

"Yes, she landed painfully on the ice with her lower leg part. She will have to ease her movements while walking every day. I won't forbid her from walking. It's better for her to move, but not go back to dancing on ice" the doctor knew that these young people like Ophelia are stubborn and any trauma won't stop them from continuing their sport. This is why he warned her mother.

"Oh, alright. I won't let her go back on ice for some time. Can she leave the hospital?" mother slightly moved to see her daughter lying on the bed turned away from her side.

"Yes, she can. There's no reason to have her stay at the hospital. I'll take care of all the papers and you will be able to leave today" the doctor told. He took a look at Ophelia for the last time and finally left her alone with her mother.

"Hey, sweetie. How are you feeling?" mother sat down on the hospital bed next to Ophelia.

"I hope you didn't tell Elijah that I'm at the hospital" Ophelia was still not facing her mother. Probably there was a reason for that.

"I didn't. It's already very late, so your brother was sleeping at his room. You should prepare for coming home" Ophelia's mother stood up. She noticed her daughter's ice skates lying on the ground and took them.

"I believe you won't need them for some time" she said while staring at them.

"As if you care if I would be able to go back to sports at all..." Ophelia slowly got up from the hospital bed and was now just sitting on the edge of it. She was still turned away from the woman.

"You don't have to blame me for your failure. It don't give you any purpose to act like a little spoiled brat in front of me" mother put Ophelia's ice skates in to her bag and stepped towards her daughter to help her stood up.

"I don't blame you. I'm the one to blame" the pale girl from bleeding before rejected her mother's offered help and stood up by herself. She gritted her teeth from a slight pain coming from her injury, but still managed to take a first step.

"I didn't expect you to pass this championship, anyways. So don't hold onto your disappointment for too long. Now let's go" her mother opened the door for her. Her words didn't shock Ophelia. She was used to her mother talking as a person who will let her children down if she gets the chance.

"Right" this is only word she could let out of her mouth after what her mother said.

"Doctor told me that you should walk, so I think that you can go to college without any problems. Since your holidays ended, you will come back to college. At least don't disappoint me there" mother slightly smiled at her daughter and they together left the hospital at the midnight.

After couple of days.

It's a first day after autumn holidays in Wellspring's New Dawn college. Ophelia is heading towards her first lecture which is literature. She approaches the door of the auditorium almost dragging her injured leg which was still hurting like ass. When she opened the door she was greeted by a noise coming from students' mouths.