“Snap!” A loud crack on her face echoed in the office. Icy felt bewildered and dizzy, but the pain on her face was so real that she knew she wasn’t dreaming.

“I am gonna fucking kill you today! You little bitch. You must have drugged Mr. Lindley to make him listen to you.”

Samyan was losing her mind; she grabbed Icy’s hair and hit her head on the desk. Few people went to them and tried to stop the fight. In the chaos, Icy’s head was smacked by a cup; however no one witnessed where the cup came from.

Broken glasses shattered and scattered on the carpet; Icy was darkened, lost consciousness and fell. She had no idea how much time had passed; she could feel warm blood dripping from her forehead; then the whole world stopped and she fainted.

“Icy. Icy.” “Mother. Please open your eyes. David is here.” Having no idea how long she had been sleeping, Icy seemed to hear someone calling her name, but her headache was so severe that she could not and did not want to open her eyes.

“Mom. How do you feel? Please answer me, please wake up!” Little David was so anxious and worried when he saw Icy opening and closing her eyes unconsciously, he almost cried out.

“She is fine now. Your mother is safe. She just had a minor concussion; she will be okay when she wakes up. Please let her sleep.” Feeling very bad about what had happened in his company, Hosea Lindley looked at David Wilkinson and told him not to worry.

Icy was attacked in his company during office hour earlier. When he arrived her desk, blood already spilled all over the carpet. Now she was lying in hospital unconsciously; and her helpless little boy was sobbing before his mother; Hosea thought he should have the responsibility to take care of them.

"David… is that you?” A voice of a little boy was calling. Feeling weak and frail, Icy still struggled to open her eyes. “Mother! You wake up!” David was very excited to see his mother waking up; he almost jumped into her and embraced her with two flimsy arms. “Mom, you have scared me to death. I thought you were leaving without me.” Tears shedding from his eyes, David wasn’t relieved yet, because her mother was lying on the bed motionless and bandages were wrapped around her head. He was afraid that her mom wouldn’t be able to cuddle him again

“How can I leave my cute little boy? Icy stretched her arm to reach David and to pat his back, comforting him gently. “Tell me. How long have I been sleeping? I remember that I was hit by a glass and then I fell into a dead faint. After that, I am totally blank.” “It is 4 o’clock in the afternoon now; you fell in the morning at work.” David wiped his tears with his palm as he continued; and he then poured his mother a glass of water. “Mom, it is my fault, I am so little. When I grow up, I will protect you and look after you.” He finished talking and handed carefully the glass of water to his mother.

“I must apologize for what happened to you. This occured in my company under my supervision. One of my staffs went mad and attacked you. I am very sorry.” Hosea already felt guilty and liable for her injury; now witnessing Icy and David talking to each other sadly, he felt even worse. “It is okay. It is not your fault.” Icy smiled at Hosea, who already had been helping her alot; If he had not showed up in her life, she and David would be more miserable now, and more people would look down on them.

“My sister isn’t a bad person; she was just deeply in love with Paxon Chevy. There’s some misunderstanding…”

“I won’t blame her,” Icy realized what Hosea’s going to say and interrupted. “At least I will not blame her now, but I hope she will not do anything crazy again. Then I will forget everything.”

“No way! This is unacceptable,” as soon as Icy finished her word, David clenched his fists, waved his arms and bellowed. “ “No one can bully my mother. I don’t care who. Uncle Lindley, Are you saying it is okay for your sister to mistreat my mom? You should go home to give her a lesson. She is old enough to know what she can do and cannot do. If she still doesn't’ understand, maybe she should go to kindergarten with me.”

Icy felt very embarrassed, pulling David’s hand, signalling him to stop talking. Not only Icy, Hosea also felt very embarrassed, because even a little boy knew that his sister had done something very stupid. How could Shirley not understand?

“David, it isn’t what you think. It is not Uncle Lindley’s sister’s fault. In fact it was another lady who attacked me.” Icy reached out her hand and rubbed the back of David’s head. “Is that true? Uncle Lindley. Did I misunderstand? It wasn’t your sister who bullied my mother?” David raised his head and looked at Hosea. “My sister made mistake. Please don’t defend her. Hosea took a deep breath; if Shirley had not showed up , and had not joined their argument, things definitely would not have turned out like this.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door to break the quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the room. Icy was very confused. Who would come visit her? She did not have many friends in the city. “Who is that?” Icy responded loudly. “It’s me” A sobbing voice cautiously mumbled behind the door. It was samyan, the supervisor who busted her head.

Icy Wilkinson and Hosea exhanged gazes. What was she doing here? Hosea frowned and did not understand. The police came in and arrested her already. Why did she come to the hospital? Seeing Hosea being confused and unresponsive, Icy said loudly, “Come in.” The door opened, Samyan entered the room and knelt down on the floor; then she crawled toward Icy with her knees. “Ms Wilkinson. It was my fault. I was gravely mistaken. Please forgive me. I am very sorry. Will you forgive me?” She was crying miserably; her snot and tears were all mixed up on her face; Both Icy and Hosea looked puzzled. “How did you get out from the police station? Hosea questioned. She already got arrested by the police. Did she get bailed out? By who?

Suddenly, Shirley came in with Paxon Chevy. She was holding his arm and her face looked like she was a little kid who had done something very bad, expecting some kind of punishment. “Brother, It was me. I asked Paxon to help me bail out Samyan. She had been working in our company for eight years already. I just cannot bear to watch her jailed… and do nothing about it.”

Her voice and the way she walked in with Chevy. Icy felt her heart being pounded. It seemed they came to make sure she was dead, or to tease her if she was not dead yet. "So, you two were with her together bullying my mother? Three of you! How could you do that to my mother? Is your heart evil?” Before anyone could think and react to this little boy, furious David approached Shirley and Samyan who was still kneeling on the floor. Shirley did not expect fierce reaction from a kid; she was stunned, moving behind Paxon and peeking at David.