Shane placed his hands into his pocket coolly, then announced, “Because the corneas that Jacqueline is interested in belong to someone who is already dying.”

“Someone who’s already dying?” Natalie stared at him, incomprehension written all over her face.

Shane nodded in affirmation. “Jacqueline said herself that the person she’s thinking of only has about two or three months to live.”

This revelation allowed Natalie to breathe a little easier, gradually recovering her composure. The suspicion she had been harboring in her mind began to slowly evaporate.

Two to three months to live? It sounds like a terminal illness. I guess we’ve truly misunderstood Ms. Graham.

Awkwardly, Natalie bobbed her head in apology. “I’m sorry, Mr. Shane. We’ve completely misunderstood Ms. Graham,” she admitted.

“It’s fine. I’ll confess that even I found Jacqueline’s reaction just now to be rather dubious,” Shane replied kindly, dismissing Natalie’s apology.

Natalie looked at him. “Since it was a pure misunderstanding, let’s not discuss this matter anymore. We’ll be off now.”

She grabbed each of her two children’s hands and hurried into the lift.

Shane followed them, much to Natalie’s dismay.

 

again fixed his piercing gaze on Natalie. He immediately perceived what she was thinking, and his face fell. “I’m heading downstairs too,”

was going in the

 

Flustered, she did her best to overlook his

also kept her eyes desperately trained on the lift panel, as if hoping that everything else around her would

Perturbed, Shane longed to confess his

couldn’t do that. He had yet to uncover the identities of those trying to

he would only

his heart. He clenched his hands that were hidden deep within his pockets, with all his

by the occasional sounds of light breathing. Beneath the incredible weight of the tension, Connor and Sharon grew

with her. Connor

wrong?” Natalie asked as

their heads. “Nothing, Mommy!

go home,” Natalie repeated. She patted their heads, and they walked

and Sharon had gotten onto the car, Natalie walked over to

Natalie puzzled briefly over where he could have vanished to, given that he

refused to let her mind linger on it. Then, Natalie quickly snapped back to her present, got into the car quickly, and

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