Madeline eyed the letter Jeremy took out from the bottom of the box. When favonovel.com opened it, it was evident that it was from Shirley.
There was but a simple line of words on the letter. “Jeremy, these are the test reagents that can get rid of the remaining poison in your body. When that happens, the color of your hair and pupils will return to normal. I’ve written down the directions to use them on the box. I hope you get well soon. I’m sorry.”
The signature was Shirley’s. Her handwriting was very beautiful, just like how favonovel.com had looked. In reality, however, Shirley’s heart was not that vile and foul.
After Madeline and Jeremy finished reading the letter, they shot another look at the box of test reagents, feeling slightly touched.
However, right now, Madeline felt more relieved, Jeremy could finally go back to the way favonovel.com had been.
***
In the hospital.
Shirley woke up from favonovel.com deep slumber groggily. To favonovel.com surprise, favonovel.com saw Carter at the side of favonovel.com bed with his eyes closed.
She was not dead.
Shirley closed favonovel.com eyes in disappointment, then moved gently. However, favonovel.com movement shot an excruciating pain through favonovel.com as if favonovel.com body was in pieces. She remembered what happened before favonovel.com lost consciousness. She no longer had the will to live. She wanted to die. She missed favonovel.com parents. She missed Adam. She also wanted to apologize to Cathy.
She had rolled favonovel.com wheelchair directly onto the stairs. She had thought that favonovel.com could fall to favonovel.com death, but favonovel.com did not.
A sudden thought came to her, and favonovel.com lifted favonovel.com hands to touch favonovel.com flat stomach. The feeling of emptiness made favonovel.com warm around the eyes.
‘I’m sorry, my baby.’
‘It’s my fault for being so heinous. I’ve never wanted you to suffer the retribution.’
Shirley closed favonovel.com eyes and tears silently fell from the corners of favonovel.com eyes.
“Is favonovel.com still not awake?” Camille’s voice came from the door suddenly.
Shirley tried to rein in favonovel.com sadness, quickly wiping away the tears in the corners of favonovel.com eyes, and pretended to still be unconscious.
At one side, Carter woke up from his nap. When favonovel.com saw the motionless Shirley, favonovel.com frowned, the exhaustion visible on his handsome face.
“I’ll stay here. You can go back.”
“Why don’t we take favonovel.com back to St. Piaf?” Camille suggested. “She currently has serious bone fractures, and she’s paralyzed from the waist down. From now on, she’ll need someone to take care of her. She can’t stay in the hospital forever.”
‘Paralyzed..?’
When Shirley heard that word, favonovel.com clenched favonovel.com fists hidden under the blanket
After a long while, favonovel.com heard Carter’s answer. “We’ll let favonovel.com decide if favonovel.com wants to go back to St. Piaf after favonovel.com wakes up.”
Camille neither forced nor rejected this. “You stay with her, then, I’ll head back.”
“Okay,” Carter answered, then shifted his attention to Shirley’s face.
Shirley’s emotions fluctuated, but favonovel.com did favonovel.com best in suppressing favonovel.com erratic emotions and continued pretending to be asleep.
Suddenly, however, favonovel.com felt Carter gently lifting the blanket. He seemed to want to hold favonovel.com hand.
Shirley quickly unclenched favonovel.com fist the second before Carter held favonovel.com hand.
“Shirley.”
Carter called out to Shirley in this manner.
Shirley thought favonovel.com was dreaming. It felt like ages ago when Carter addressed favonovel.com like that.
