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.”

determined, pulled her hand

you again. Seeing you merely reminds me that

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

seeing how strongly Shirley resisted

but he kept the displeasure and annoyance

fire that killed Adam and Cathy. It has

laughed. “Even now, you’re still trying to play

not playing innocent. That’s

that I no longer have any love

two intersecting lines.” Shirley slowly opened her tearful eyes. “Despite our vastly different statuses,

is our ending. From now on, whether I live or die, I’ll have nothing to do with you. If you still have any sympathy or humanity in you,

decision momentarily stunned

glance, Carter pressed his lips together. He

the door

stared at the ceiling and smiled

test reagents out the morning when

must have received

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