The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 1147

"Your hands are so cold, and you don't have the medical knowledge like them. If you hurt Grandma again, it wouldn't be good."

Louisa meant no harm with her words, but to Serena, it sounded like a scolding from her mother.

Her heart was filled with guilt and sorrow.

Arabella and the nurse gently turned Grandma on her side, "Gentlemen, please turn around."

Kenneth, Sampson, and David immediately turned their backs.

Arabella gently lifted Grandma's nightgown, revealing a severely bruised and swollen waist.

"Bella, is this situation really serious?" Louisa couldn't help but worry.

"It's a soft tissue injury," Arabella said, applying an anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving cream to Grandma's waist. "This cream can reduce inflammation and promote healing. Because Grandma is in severe pain, we will give her an oral painkiller to accelerate circulation and promote the absorption of inflammatory metabolites. It should be alleviated in about 7 to 10 days."

"That long? Isn't there a quicker way?" Serena hadn't expected the recovery time to be so long.

Arabella calmly replied, "You should be grateful she didn't break any bones, otherwise it wouldn't be measured in days."

Serena wanted to explain that she didn't do it on purpose, but a look from David silenced her. She swallowed her words.

After Arabella had disinfected all of Grandma's wounds, applied the medicine, and fed her crushed painkillers, she whispered, "Grandma, rest for a while."

"Bella, stay with me." Belinda whimpered, the pain unbearable.

"I'm here, rest easy. The medicine will start working soon, and you'll feel better." Arabella, knowing that the touch of her palm against the wheels caused some discomfort, didn't hold Grandma's hand, but leaned in and spoke softly, "If you feel uncomfortable, tell me at any time."

"It hurts so much." The pain was real for Belinda. At her age, her body was nowhere near as resilient as it had been in her youth.