Love Knows No Bounds

The Whittle couple's decision was unbeknownst to Kendall. The sun was already shining brightly by the time she woke up after a few hours of sleep. However, the thought of last night's incident prodded her to get up from bed immediately.

Her phone started ringing just as she was about to push herself off the bed. She looked down and saw that it was a call from Roger. Both he and Toddy had accompanied Emma to Imperia for a checkup.

"Roger, how's Emma?" Kendall was worried that it might be bad news.

"She's alright, but she needs another checkup. I saw the news about a severe car accident in Orapolis. Three cars fell off the Orapolis Bridge, right? The rescued victims seemed familiar to me. They look like Dad, Mom, and Nell."

She paused for a moment. "It is them, but they're safe. They're just a little scratched up, that's all. They'll be discharged from the hospital today."

It was just that the traumatic accident would haunt her mothers in their dreams for a period of time.

Roger became nervous upon having his guess confirmed. "I'll fly back there immediately."

Toddy could look after Emma. Roger had made up his mind to give his blessings to them, so there was no need for a third wheel. He'd rather return home to take care of his parents.

"Roger, they're fine. You don't have to worry." Kendall comforted him, but she didn't stop him from returning home. She knew that staying in Imperia was torture to him, especially after learning about that incident.

He couldn't help, and there wasn't anything he could do in Imperia. Emma was completely fine, and she had Toddy for company. Furthermore, Toddy's domineering demeanor rendered it difficult for Roger to win Emma from him. It would also put the sick Emma in a difficult situation if he kept bothering them.

"How's Emma doing? How is she? Tell her to relax. I have a hunch that it's a misdiagnosis." Kendall's sixth sense became shrewd ever since she was reborn.

She was neither afraid nor nervous about Emma's problem. On the contrary, if something really happened, her heart was a reliable alarm as it would tighten with fear; hence, her relatively confident assumption was that it was a misdiagnosis.

"She has done the pathology tests. We will know the accurate result once the result is out. The other checkups were done as the doctor's reference. Mr. Heller took Emma to the best hospital in Imperia for a gastroscopy. Based on the doctor's experience, the tumor in her esophagus is benign."

"Of course, it is!"

"Emma is rather optimistic about the situation. She said that she'd receive treatment if it were cancer. If it's a terminal illness, she'll enjoy the rest of her time doing whatever she fancies to avoid wasting her life. We have time after the checkup, so we're taking her on a trip. We went to places and tried all the delicacies the place had to offer."

"It is not cancer. It's possible that she accidentally cut her esophagus during her meals, and it grew into something like a clavus. It's not cancer. Are you sure that you'll return today, Roger? Are you not going to wait for the results?"

The air went still until Roger sighed. "Kendall, I think that there's no need for me to be here. I can't help with anything. I couldn't see my shortcomings when Emma was fine, but I see them now. I'm not powerful enough. No, I'm not even close to being powerful. Mr. Heller triumphs over me in several aspects."

Most importantly, Emma only had her eyes on Toddy.

Roger did not tell Kendall something—during their days in Imperia, he was the one carrying their stuff out of the hotel, whereas Toddy and Emma walked in front of him holding hands.

Emma wanted to take care of Roger, but Toddy was way too possessive. The instant they left Orapolis, Roger could tell that Toddy completely ignored him since Dylan was no longer around.

He even made Emma worried about his feelings.

She was the patient, yet he made her worried when he should be the one looking after her. Frustration had been bubbling in his mind throughout the trip; the knowledge that he could not bring her true happiness tormented him. It also didn't help that Emma and Toddy had a lot of things to talk about together.

Due to Emma's illness, she finally came to her senses and moved forward from her past with Toddy. If she was diagnosed with cancer, her life might fall into a countdown. Thus, what was the use of dwelling in the past?

The instant she stopped wallowing in the pain of the past, it extricated both her and Toddy.

Every day counted. So, she decided to appreciate each and every one by her side because it would be too late for regret when she left the world. When that event came to pass, she wouldn't be able to meet her loved ones any longer

It didn't matter whether she had cancer, or it was just a mere illness. She already had life figured out and learned to appreciate the things she had in this life.

"Roger, don't say that. You're a fine man." Both men were of different worlds.

Roger was undeniably the best to Kendall, but she could not lie and claim that his circumstances were better than Toddy's.