Hollywood Zenith

" It might be a sprain but I can't be sure with my limited knowledge. I only took basic medical course in my time in the force." Roberta inspected Helga's arm.

" It's fine. I will be fine after a night's rest." Helga moved her arm around but the sudtle pained expression couldn't escape Katarina's eyes.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

She was concerned when she saw Helga leap to shield the little girl but now she was angry. Why did she risk her body lto protect others knowing the immense danger?

" Idiot! We are going to the hospital, what of you have a fracture? Just looking at the swelling terrefies me!" Katarina shouted adding fre more russian curses along the way.

" She always seemed quiet and timid so where did she got the courage to suddenly become a saviour?" Genevieve commented.

" That's exactly what I was thinking too. There were already people there to subdue the horse, she didn't have to risk the injury." Alana added.

Others also felt like Helga had changed too much in these few days. It coincided perfectly with meeting Samuel too. She had became bold!

" Come on, there is no time to waste. Katarina and Genevieve will come with me, we can ask for a vehicle. I am sure he wouldn't mind it." Roberta wasn't worried about Helga's state of mind, what she needed the most was treatement!

" Why would he mind? He should pay for it! She got hurt in the process of saving that little girl!" Alana exclaimed.

" we shouldn't trouble him. He is extremely busy." Helga wanted them to reconsider but her kindness ignited unforseen forces inside everyone.

They were bashing him when they remembered that they were not alone. Elise was beside them glaring at Helga with a complicated expression.

" Stop it! We can decide what to do later." Genevieve noticed Elise's gaze thinking that she was upset because they were disrespecting her beloved 'Sami'. But what Elise said took them off-guard.

" I a-am sorry." Elise took up courage and apologized, she was teary eyed blaming herself for Helga's injury.

Everyone already warned her but she wouldn't listen which led to this misfortune. Those suppressed emotions about her parents abandonment came rushing in making her panic and scared.

She had been a bad girl and she knew it. She already thought that it would lead to these people hating her forever. In her eye she was the one why their friend got hurt, wouldn't it only be fair for them to do so? Beside they were quite angry while discussing which made Elise feel even worse.

" Why are you crying?" Katarina knelt down seeing Elise's ugly face. Did it really hurt her that much that they were dissing Samuel?

" She is crying because she thinks that she is responsible for everything." Helga added. They were speaking russian so not everyone could understand it which included Elise.

" Can you bring her to me?" Helga asked Katarine. Elise meekly followed Katarina dragging her toward the bed.

Helga hugged Elise and started speaking softly to her that everything will be alright. Despite the knowledge barrier, Elise was able to feel her sincere emotions when Helga patted her back.

The slight sniffing turned into ugly crying, Elise started pouring her heart out apologizing over and over again.

Everyone took time to comfort and console her that it was not her fault. They blamed the bed horse.

It didn't take long for Elise to calm down. After few more minutes, she was completely silent. Helga nidged her lightly to see that the little girl had already fallen asleep.

It's been a long day for everyone, they hadn't really recovered from last night 'fight' so they too were feeling tired running around all day.

" You are hurting, let me hold her for a second." Katarina felt Helga was using her injured arm to support Elise.

She took Elise in her arm and laid her beside her. They silently looked at Elise for few moments before Roberta said," She is just a little kid, we shouldn't be hard on her because of an accident."

" Who was blaming her? Anyone with a functioning brain could tell that it was her playing around." Genevieve added.

" That might be so but don't you think her reaction was a little....how should I say it?" Alana said suspiciously.

" I know what you are trying to say. I also think it is weird. You don't think that she is being mistreated right?" Roberta had seen few cases of child abuse. Those children too had seperation issues. Elise did blurted out that she didn't want to be hated by them, why would a little girl like her have such mature thoughts?

" We can talk about it later. Get dressed first, we have to go out." Genevieve exclaimed. It was not good to leave Gelga untreated.

Everyone geared into action while Katarina helped Helga dress up. They avoided making noise to not disturb Elise' sleep.

Meanwhile Samuel was outside waiting for them. He heard everything while Henri explained to him about the incident.

He was paying little attention to Henri ever since he heard Elise' cry. He so wanted to break the door and console her but decided to leave it to the girls.

His heart really warmed up hearing everyone cheering for her. She barely had any friends, with her leaving the Estate he was worried for her a lot.

When the girls mention her trauma he was reminded again the tough times that she went through to barely communicate like a normal child.

He couldn't let her into the abyss again. There was also the issue of Elise' scarred body. He had been healing her bit by bit but ao as to not garner any suspicion from Kayla and Mayra, he slowed the process a lot.

Henri reported that Elise took the bath by herslef just as he instructed her to do. If these girls find out the scars on Elise' body, he could only imagine what kind of crazy theories they would make in theor heads.

He decided that he should hint at Elise' past or ever tell them. From what he had seen they didn't look like bad people. He could be sure because his instincts were never wrong!