I've Been There Before

“By the way, I won’t go to the James Group tomorrow morning.”

“You got something else to do?”

“I’m a little tired. I want to take a rest. Vivian, I’ll let you take charge of the James Group. Don’t let me down,” Grace said with a tired look on her face.

She told the half-truths and stood up. “I won’t keep you for dinner. I’m going to sleep. I don’t know why I get tired so easily these days.”

Hearing what she said, Vivian looked at Grace with concerns. “Take good care of yourself. Alright, I’m leaving. There’s no need to rush to work. I got you.

You even gave me the shares of the James Group. You really don’t regret it?”

Vivian was suspicious. Grace might do so to win Vivian over. But in fact, even if Grace hadn’t given her the shares, Vivian would still follow Grace.

When Vivian reached the door, Grace stopped her, “Wait.”

“Is there anything else?”

“We are no longer in our early twenties. Vivian, time and tide wait for no man. We already have wrinkles around the corners of our eyes.”

“That’s right. I remember when we were young. We used to laugh out loud and feel carefree. Now, we stop doing that.” The two laughed, feeling delighted. “Anyway, I’m leaving. You should have a good rest.”

“I’ll walk you to the elevator.”

“Why being so polite? It’s not like we’ll never see each other again.”

Laughing and joking, they left the room one after the other. The door opened and Vivian walked into the elevator. The moment the door was about to close, she looked up and saw Grace gazing at her with a smile. For some reason, her heart skipped a beat.

She shook her head, not knowing why.

Vivian left the building. On the way back, she felt a little uneasy.

But she had no idea what was wrong.

The next day....

A woman came to the hospital unobtrusively.

“Miss Grace, do you feel the same as you did yesterday?”

It was the same nurse who had injected her with the growth factor yesterday.

“How is his condition today?”

Grace asked.

“Please wait for a while. The hospital arranges medical examinations for Mr. James every day,” said the nurse, looking up at the clock, “Don’t worry. The report will come out soon.”

With that, a doctor in a white coat scurried over with a stack of documents in his hand, “Miss Grace, you just came at a good time.

This was Mr. Payne’s latest report.

here. This indicator

over to Grace, opened the report, and pointed at the results of the examination.

Payne is getting worse

continues to deteriorate, he may

“Tell me what’s going on.”

The doctor looked at the silent

a beat…. If she didn’t mistake what the doctor meant, Payne

the consequences

she clenched

It couldn’t be….

a kidney

fists.

with growth factor. This’s the second

know what you want to

to the current report, we could wait until the day of the bone marrow transplant. “

a moment before continuing,

guarantee what will happen.”

spoke, he took out another

In light of your condition…, we could

He made his point.

Grace understood him.

she

you really want

Mr. Payne are siblings. There is no need to remain anonymous at all. Besides, given your health condition, there is a risk of failure on

one possibility. What if you are in

caught off guard by the question. She hadn’t thought about what would happen after she

she opened them again, her gaze was firm. “Please continue to inject me with growth

was

afraid of death. She acted as if she didn’t care about anything, as if she left everything behind. She acted

dared to speak out…. She

bone. She was like a dead tree, or a specimen,

huge bang, the door was pushed open with force and smashed into

and was about to reprimand the person who pushed the door, she saw a tall man. His

shot her a sharp gaze. The nurse was so scared that she almost bit her tongue.... The man

trembling. She tried to calm herself down, but her muscle

was ferocious and daunting. He gritted his

lips and tried all she could to stable her trembling arms. She struggled to straighten her back. She wanted to face him. She wanted to show him that

was doing was ridiculous and childish and

The sound they made seemed to come from the depths of hell. She stood

Bang!

was another deafening sound.

down with force and pushed her into the chair. He hit the back of the chair with a

the so-called ‘leave you alone’?” The man gritted his teeth and asked. Even so, his twitching cheeks

froze and blanched at his

escaping

man suppressed his wrath and whispered