Seeing the look of disbelief on Lucia’s face, Carter smiled and asked softly, "What's the matter? Don't
you want to go?"
Lucia came to her sense and said, "I...I'm just a little surprised."
In the past two years in Lion group, she knew that sometimes the company would allow some excellent
employees to study abroad, but such good things had never happened to her.
"As long as you work hard, anything is possible,"
Carter said as a matter of course.
"You're going to a company in Franksfurt.They have cooperated with our company for several years,
and they have developed rapidly in recent years.I heard that their management model is worth
learning, so this time the company has arranged an opportunity.Each department selects an employee
to go study for three to four days."
Hearing that, Lucia was surprised and delighted, and asked with excitement on her face, "Carter, are
you sending me this time?"
In the past, when the department had such a good opportunity and only one person was allowed to go,
Lisa was usually the lucky one.
Lucia hadn't expected Carter to choose her this time.
Seeing Carter nodding, Lucia was instantly elated, "Thank you, Carter!"
When she came out of the office, Lucia still had a smile on her face.
This news was the best news for her recently.
She passed through the office area and was about to walk towards her office when someone familiar
suddenly came over.It was Lisa.
Lucia’s smile faded.She glanced at Lisa and walked over without saying anything.
Lisa watched her pass by with a look of coldness on her face.She still remembered the scene at Weske
last night.
Originally, she deliberately turned Lucia and Gigi against each other and waited to see Lucia being
taught a lesson.
Unexpectedly, she saw Mr.Adams appear in the end.She was shocked.
It turned out that Lucia and August knew each other, and they seemed to be quite familiar with each
other.
When she thought of Lucia’s inexplicable promotion and Irene's affairs, she suddenly understood.
It turned out that August was the backer behind Lucia.
This level of relationship was enough to make Lisa feel a little afraid, but she felt more disgusted with
Lucia soon.
She was nothing but a disgusting woman who relied on a man to get promoted! Just now when she
watched Lucia come out of the supervisor's office with a smile on her face, she knew that Lucia must
be the one to go out to study in Franksfurt this time! The more Lisa thought about it, the angrier she
became.She was in no mood for work anymore when she returned to the office.She bit her lips,
thinking about strategies quickly in her mind.
After a few minutes, she glanced at her phone on the desk, took a deep breath, bit her lips, and sent
Irene a message, "Irene, how is your recovery recently? I want to see you this weekend."
She was too weak to do it alone, but Irene was different.
Irene's uncle was an executive of the company.
With this background, wouldn't it be easier for Irene to deal with Lucia than her? The whole day, Lucia
was in a good mood.
The bonus and the opportunity to study abroad made her motivated in everything she did.
After work, she did not hesitate.
Naturally, she went to the hospital to see her parents first and shared the good news with them.
She deliberately bought a few boxes of Bill's favorite pastries.
When she got out of the elevator, she had a spring in her step.
She walked through the corridor for a while and saw the gate of the ward in the distance where Elisa
was holding against the wall with one hand and slightly massaging her temple with the other.
Seeing that there was something wrong, Lucia immediately stepped forward, "Mom, what's the matter
with you?"
When Elisa heard the voice, she raised her head quickly.
When she saw it was Lucia, her face changed immediately, and she quickly said, "It's okay.It's okay."
Even though she said that Lucia still noticed something wrong.She looked tired, and she was far less
radiant than the last time they met.She hadn't seen her mother for a few days, and she even lost
weight.She asked, "Mom, tell me the truth, are you not feeling well?"
For the past few days, Bill had been in the hospital, and Elisa had naturally stayed by his side to take
care of him and could not leave.
Elisa waved her hand and said in a casual tone, "It's nothing.It's probably because I didn't sleep well
last night."
Seeing her mother so tired, Lucia felt a little sorry.She dragged Elisa into the ward and helped her to sit
down on the chair.
Bill was sitting on the hospital bed flipping through the newspaper.
When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Mom is not feeling well.Maybe she's tired recently"
Hearing this, Bill sighed, "I told your mother to go home at night, but she refused.She stayed by my
bedside.How can she get a good rest?"
Hearing what he said, Lucia finally realized that Elisa had been working so hard these past few days.
No wonder she had a headache and looked tired.
Lucia thought about it, and suggested, "Mom, Dad, look, I'll hire a caregiver.
It can help my mother relieve some of the burdens, and I can feel more at ease"
Elisa disagreed, shaking her head again and again, "Why hire a caregiver? I can take care of your
father myself."
Lucia frowned and insisted, "Mom, don't say no.Dad will have an operation.Do you want to get tired
and make yourself ill too? Besides, I got my quarterly bonus today.It's quite a lot, just enough to hire a
caregiver."
Seeing Lucia's firm attitude, Bill and Elisa had no choice but to agree.
Lucia chatted with them for a while before leaving the ward and going to the nurse to ask about the
caregiver After the nurse pointed her to the department where the caregiver procedures were carried
out, Lucia followed her instructions and found the place.
"Ms.Mitchell, this is the information of our caregivers who have a time slot.You can take a look first."
"OK."
Lucia flipped through the documents handed over by the nurse.
After flipping through the information of a few of them, her fingers suddenly stopped, and her eyes fell
on the caregiver's photo on the third page of the information sheet.
In the photo, the girl had a delicate face, clear eyes, and dimples.
It was her? Lucia immediately looked at the information bar in the upper left corner and was surprised
when she saw the name "Mandy Lu’.
It was her! This was an old friend of hers.
They used to live in the same community.
Later, Mandy's family suddenly moved, and they lost contact since then.
Lucia hadn't expected that they would meet again in this way after a few years.
As soon as she saw the girl in the photo, Lucia couldn't help but think of what happened before.
It was a memory from her high school days.
Mandy was a year older than her.
The two often met in the community, but they never spoke.
Later, when she came home from her class one evening, she was followed by a boy and she was so
terrified.
It was Mandy who drove the boy away with a brick and protected her.
From then on, the two of them became good friends.
In the blink of an eye, several years had passed.
Lucia took a deep breath, took out Mandy's information sheet, handed it to the nurse, and asked, "Miss,
can I see her?"
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