Alarieka’s eyelashes fluttered a little, and she looked up at her.

The middle-aged woman already had a lot of wrinkles on her face, and her clothes were just ordinary. She simply tied her hair back. She was clearly someone who had been worn down by life many times, but her eyes were still bright.

“Little girl, I told you, those guys in suits were the worst, full of bad ideas. Don’t let them bully you. Anyway, I believed you wouldn’t do anything against the law. You had to keep it up and stay strong.”

Alarieka looked at her for a long time, then slowly gave her a genuine smile.

“Okay, I knew, thank you.”

The middle-aged woman said again, “If those two men come bothering you again, just call me. I’m really good at making a scene.”

The middle-aged man next to her patted her with his hand and said, half laughing and half crying, “What nonsense are you talking about? Don’t lead the young girl astray.”

The middle-aged woman glared at him: “Where did I say anything wrong?”

The middle-aged man raised his hands in surrender: “Okay, okay, okay, you weren’t wrong, I was.”

The others in the ward saw this and started laughing, and the atmosphere was friendly.

Chapter 201

A smile also appeared on Alaricka’s face.

After almost half an hour, the door of the hospital room was pushed open from the outside again.

Alaricka’s eyebrows moved a little.

After she saw the person coming, she let out a sigh of relief.

This time it wasn’t Kieran and Patrick, but Paloma and the other judges from the Mcintosh Piano Competition.

Alarieka slowly sat up straight and said softly, “Ms. Wyatt.”

Paloma looked a bit serious, her brows furrowed. She reached out and pushed her shoulder back: “If you’re sick, just lie down and don’t get up in a hurry. Get some rest.”

Alarieka gave a low mm.

Paloma looked at her pale face, and her frown got even deeper.

“I just… already went to see Rose, and I also heard her talk about some details of this. The other judges and I also got a basic idea of this thing.”

Alarieka’s heart sank.

Paloma and Roschelle were close, so there was no way you’d hear anything nice from her. No need to guess, it was probably more of those shady little hints.

This was also what she worried about the most.

Paloma really trusted Roschelle. She was worried that because of Roschelle’s side of the story, Paloma would also stand with Roschelle unconditionally like Kieran and Patrick did, and completely shut her out.

She was worried that this thing would affect her taking part in the competition.

The way the contest was scored was by the judges giving points. Even if the judges were really fair, they still couldn’t avoid being influenced by their subconscious impression of the contestants. If the judges had a bad impression of her, it affected the score…

What Alarieka was worried about was her competition result.

It was just Paloma’s next words that made her look up right away.

Paloma said, “I liked Rose, but I wouldn’t just listen to her side. I wanted to hear what you said too.”

After Alarieka was briefly stunned, she pressed her lips together, looked at Paloma seriously, and said, “Ms. Wyatt, I didn’t.”

“I didn’t drag Roschelle into this.”

Alarieka felt a bit anxious and quickly said, “Just now, the police already went to check the surveillance. When the results come out, you’ll know if I was lying or not.”

Alarieka wasn’t afraid of other people’s cold looks or gossip, she was just scared that this messy thing would stop her from taking part in the Mcintosh Piano Competition smoothly.

Paloma frowned and looked at her for a long time, with no hint of a smile in her eyes.

After a while, Alarieka’s heart slowly started to race.

After a moment, she pulled at the corner of her mouth and said in a low voice, “Ms. Wyatt, I didn’t ask for much. I just wanted to wait for the police investigation results. When they’re out, then you can make a decision.”

Paloma let out a soft sigh, “Alaricka, you should know, even if I did like Rose, I couldn’t just judge you because of a few things Rose said, and I couldn’t just stop doubting you because of a few things you said.”

Alaricka opened her mouth, her eyelashes suddenly lifted, she opened her mouth: “Ms. Wyatt, that’s enough.”

Paloma raised her hand and patted her on the shoulder, “Rose’s body was already fine. You should take care of yourself too. The next round is tomorrow, so don’t let your health hold you back.”

Alarieka nodded gently.