She remembered him calling her this way back

then, but it had been before she left without notice.

Before that, Carter had truly been good to her.

“ Shirley, don’t worry. No matter what happens to you, I’ll take care of you forever.”

Carter promised softly.

Shirley could not believe what she heard. She felt her heart skipping a beat, and tears escaped her eyes disobediently once again.

Carter, noticing the tears in the corners of Shirley’s eyes, paused, looking pleasantly surprised.

“Shirley, you’re awake? Are you awake?”

Shirley did not want to keep up the act any further. She slowly opened her wet, red eyes, and calmly met an elated Carter.

“I don’t need you to take care of me, and I won’t go back to St. Piaf with you. I want to die in Glendale, to die in my hometown. I want to be buried with my parents and brother.”

pulled her hand

see you again. Seeing you merely reminds

she spoke. She refused to even let Carter be within her line of

strongly Shirley resisted

his fists, but he kept the displeasure

who set the fire that killed Adam and Cathy. It has nothing

with you?” Shirley laughed. “Even now, you’re still

playing innocent. That’s the

as the truth, then. The truth is that I no longer have any love for you,

Shirley slowly opened her tearful eyes. “Despite our vastly different

separate ways. This is our ending. From now on, whether I live or die, I’ll

momentarily

glance, Carter pressed his lips together. He eventually turned around and left the room

door closing, she opened

at the ceiling and smiled in

had asked the runner to send the test reagents out the morning when Carter and

received it by

had never thought about developing more anti-toxoid

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