Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 210

Chapter 210: Off the roof
[Trigger warning: Suicidal Ideation. Readers Discretion is advised.]

Ariana turned to look at the woman who had spoken.

It was none other than Arabella, the woman with whom Ariana did not have a good relationship. Unable to stop herself from saying something in this dangerous situation as she feared for her safety, Arabella said, “Since she has lost her mind, it’s better to send her to the asylum.”

“She is just in shock,” Ariana responded with a frown on her face. “She hasn’t gone mad for her to be sent to the asylum.”

“Even if she is in shock there has to be something wrong with her mental state. Look at her, she dragged her son to the roof. What if she harms one of us?” Arabella asked with her arms crossed in front. “People who have lost their marbles are not safe to keep or stay near. I suggest that you send her away as soon as possible, Mister Asensio.”

“I understand your concern, Miss Arabella but we at least need to wait for her to come down. You cannot expect us to chase Miss Josephine when she is not in a stable condition,” Mister Asensio said to Arabella as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.

“Well then——”

“Why would you chase her out?” It was Ari who intervened as she intercepted what Arabella was going to say. She turned to look at the woman who was bent on chasing the poor woman out and stated, “The one who owns the apartment is her, who gives us the right to chase her out?” She questioned the brazen woman.

“The right to have a safe environment and life,” Arabella scoffed at Ari as if she were feeling annoyed by the very fact that the woman even had to ask a question like this. “That woman is a danger to everyone in the apartment. Today she was agitated and dragged her own son to the roof, then what about us? We are nothing to her nor do we share any relation with her. In case she gets into shock again, she might harm us as well.”

“Shock doesn’t work like that!”

“You speak like you are a doctor.”

Ari sighed as she took out her identity card and showed it to Arabella. “Yes, I am a doctor. So, I dare say that I know a tad bit more about her situation than you, Miss Arabella,” Ari remarked as she turned to look at the four men who came rushing with the thick blanket and mattress.

She ignored the flushed cheeks of Arabella while putting her ID card back in her pocket. However, this small episode told Ariana how people saw those who had mental issues.

Josephine just went into a minor shock upon the findings that she made, she wasn’t even crazy and yet, everyone was treating her as if she were a host of some dangerous and contagious disease.

“Please place the mattress one over the other and then place the blanket on it, make sure to hold it from all sides such that those two don’t fall anywhere else,” Ariana instructed the men who were willing to listen to her.

Even more so, after they found out that she was a doctor.

“She jumped!” Someone in the crowd exclaimed.

“AHHH!!”

“I am scared!”

Everyone held their breaths and looked at the mother and son who jumped off the roof. Some faint-hearted ones even closed their eyes as they couldn’t see what was going on in front of them.

Ariana clenched her fingers as she stared at the falling woman, her complexion was pale as she remembered the incident when she was just sixteen.

‘Do you really mean that?’ The haunting voice echoed in her head, followed by soft laughter. ‘I don’t think you did.’

Her heartbeat skittered as Ariana willed away herself from the memories of the past and stared at the woman who jumped off the roof.

“Please hold the blanket as tightly as possible!” Ariana said to the men who raised their hands at once such that the blanket was stretched as tightly as possible.

Thump.

With a low thud, the woman fell on the blanket along with her son. The crowd around went quiet, their breaths were caught in their throat as Ari walked over to the unconscious woman and her crying son.

“I…is she dead?” Someone in the crowd peeked at Josephine who was lying in the center of the blanket, with one of her eyes opened.

“It’s alright, she just fainted,” Ariana replied to the query that the plump woman asked. Her finger was placed right in front of the nose of the woman while she checked the pulse of the woman.

It was just as she expected, the woman was agitated, and her emotions were running high on adrenaline. However, as she used her fingers to open the eyes of the woman, Ariana’s eyes widened as she said to Mister Asensio, “Call the ambulance, it is an emergency!”

Josephine seemed to have drunk too much before jumping off the roof. She was now showing signs of alcohol poisoning, unless her stomach was pumped Josephine might die of the excess alcohol in her body.

Mister Asensio was startled upon hearing Ariana’s words. He opened his mouth to say, “Me?”

Ariana was already turning Josephine on her side as she pushed her knees to her chest. She raised her head and said to Mister Ascension, “Is there someone else named Mister Asensio in here?”

Mister Asensio opened his mouth but closed it a second later. He then went to call the ambulance while Ariana checked on Josephine.

“Gosh, if it was not bad enough that she actually lost her mind, she is an alcoholic as well,” Arabella remarked from behind. Her nose scrunched in disgust as she looked at Josephine like she was looking at a bug.

“You are so right, this is simply ruining our reputation as well,” another woman chimed up as she agreed with Arabella.

Ari closed her eyes and then opened them. She rubbed Josephine on the back while making sure that the latter did not choke while throwing up.

“It’s okay, you are alright,” Ariana kindly spoke to Josephine as she ignored the women behind her.

Seeing that Ariana was ignoring them, annoyance flashed in Arabella’s eyes, and she casually remarked, “You are seemingly exceptionally kind to people like her, Miss Ariana. Is it because you are a doctor, or there is some other reason.?