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 away from Carter’s

to see you again. Seeing you merely reminds me that I killed

She refused to even let Carter be

strongly Shirley resisted

displeasure and annoyance in his heart off

who set the fire that killed

Shirley laughed. “Even now, you’re still

not playing innocent. That’s

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

Shirley slowly opened her

now on, whether I live or die, I’ll have nothing to do with you. If you still have any

decision momentarily stunned

her avoiding his side glance, Carter pressed his lips together. He eventually turned around and left the room without

door closing, she opened her

stared at the ceiling and smiled in

the test reagents out the morning when Carter and Camille were

have received

had been such a long time. She had never thought about developing more anti-toxoid test reagents. She did

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