Madeline eyed the letter Jeremy took out from the bottom of the box. When snazzynovel.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 snazzynovel.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 snazzynovel.com had been.
***
In the hospital.
Shirley woke up from snazzynovel.com deep slumber groggily. To snazzynovel.com surprise, snazzynovel.com saw Carter at the side of snazzynovel.com bed with his eyes closed.
She was not dead.
Shirley closed snazzynovel.com eyes in disappointment, then moved gently. However, snazzynovel.com movement shot an excruciating pain through snazzynovel.com as if snazzynovel.com body was in pieces. She remembered what happened before snazzynovel.com lost consciousness. She no longer had the will to live. She wanted to die. She missed snazzynovel.com parents. She missed Adam. She also wanted to apologize to Cathy.
She had rolled snazzynovel.com wheelchair directly onto the stairs. She had thought that snazzynovel.com could fall to snazzynovel.com death, but snazzynovel.com did not.
A sudden thought came to her, and snazzynovel.com lifted snazzynovel.com hands to touch snazzynovel.com flat stomach. The feeling of emptiness made snazzynovel.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 snazzynovel.com eyes and tears silently fell from the corners of snazzynovel.com eyes.
“Is snazzynovel.com still not awake?” Camille’s voice came from the door suddenly.
Shirley tried to rein in snazzynovel.com sadness, quickly wiping away the tears in the corners of snazzynovel.com eyes, and pretended to still be unconscious.
At one side, Carter woke up from his nap. When snazzynovel.com saw the motionless Shirley, snazzynovel.com frowned, the exhaustion visible on his handsome face.
“I’ll stay here. You can go back.”
“Why don’t we take snazzynovel.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, snazzynovel.com clenched snazzynovel.com fists hidden under the blanket
After a long while, snazzynovel.com heard Carter’s answer. “We’ll let snazzynovel.com decide if snazzynovel.com wants to go back to St. Piaf after snazzynovel.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 snazzynovel.com did snazzynovel.com best in suppressing snazzynovel.com erratic emotions and continued pretending to be asleep.
Suddenly, however, snazzynovel.com felt Carter gently lifting the blanket. He seemed to want to hold snazzynovel.com hand.
Shirley quickly unclenched snazzynovel.com fist the second before Carter held snazzynovel.com hand.
“Shirley.”
Carter called out to Shirley in this manner.
Shirley thought snazzynovel.com was dreaming. It felt like ages ago when Carter addressed snazzynovel.com like that.