Joey felt sleepy after lying on the sofa for a bit. When he spotted
Lukas, he was going to stand up to meet him, but Victor turned to gaze at him, indicating that he should Lie down on the sofa and not move.
Lukas took the thermometer and placed it on Joeys brow.
Thirty-eight degrees Celsius. Joey had a mild fever.
You were okay just now, werent you? What caused you to suddenly?
Lukas frowned and remarked worriedly as he looked at the thermometer.
Has the doctor arrived? Victor questioned Lukas after looking at the figure on the thermometer and looking at Joey.
I just got off the phone with him. Hell be here soon, Lukas responded.
How about I take Joe back to his room first, Mr.
Sullivan? It will be more convenient for the doctor to check on him there. Furthermore, you might catch his cold.
Joey felt sleepy, his mind became blank, and his vision gradually blurred, possibly because he caught a cold and had a fever. He could plainly hear Lukas and Victors conversation only a second earlier, but now he couldnt tell what they were talking about.
Finally, he heard Victor say something vague like, Its fine. IL take him back to his room.
Later, he felt he was picked up.
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dark clouds eventually dispersed, giving way to the beautiful sunrise and clear blue sky.
Lukas walked into Joeys room with a glass of warm water in his hand.
When he saw Victor sitting on the edge of the boys bed, he said in a gentle voice, Mr. Sullivan, why dont you go and take some rest?
Youve been up the whole night. Ill take care of Joey here in the meantime. The doctor said hed be fine as long as his temperature returned to normal.
What time is it? Victor raised his eyes to look at the view beyond the balcony. The sky was getting brighter by the minute. Because he was deprived of sleep, his usually low and mellow voice became weak and hoarse.
Its almost seven oclock.
The season of autumn was upon them, and the sky above lit up later as the day went on.
Victor nodded and looked down at Joey, who was still fast asleep.
The quilt was tightly wrapped around his small frame, and his face was not as pale as last night. When the doctor arrived the night before, Joey had already fallen asleep, but his fever didnt let up.
At one time, his temperature had even reached an alarming rate of
39.5 degrees Celsius.
Because of Joeys young age and precarious state, the doctor advised