Never Late, Never Away

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 554

Even though Vivian knew how serious Rachel’s condition was, she was still stunned when she entered the room. Her tears flowed down her cheeks and all the mental preparation she made crumbled into nothing.

She covered her mouth as the beads of tear shattered on the floor, afraid that she might break down from what she was seeing.

The woman on the bed in front of her was nigh unrecognizable. Vivian could not even tell if she was actually her mother.

Currently, Rachel was on the drip. Veins could be seen all over her scrawny hand, so thin that it looked like she had only skin and bones left. On top of that, there was a huge concentration of needle marks.

As Vivian shifted her gaze upward along Rachel’s arm, it was clear that not only was her arm scrawny, Rachel’s whole body was far thinner than anything she would have ever imagined. Vivian could even see the outline of her bone structure through her skin.

Rachel’s cheeks were caved inwards with a hint of green on them, the cheekbones protruding noticeably.

And then, their eyes met. The initial warm and lively gaze that Rachel had was gone, leaving her with an empty gaze.

soon as Vivian was in sight. Vivian could even see

You’re back? Am

Vivian could no longer hold it in. She dived towards the sickbed and cried while she

Rachel once had, was no longer there. It was replaced by a pale

hand brushed along Vivian’s hair. “Don’t cry. Come, show me how beautiful of a woman

how she practiced before coming in, but it was

away the tears on Vivian’s cheeks with her hand. However, that only made it worse as Vivian’s heart ached even more from feeling the touch of Rachel’s dry and bony

tear she was producing. It felt like Vivian had opened up a dam, and water was flooding out nonstop. At the same time, Rachel was out of options. She had no idea how she could calm Vivian down, so she only stroked her

her head towards Rachel after she toned down the crying

been?” Rachel asked gently. Her eyes were filled with lament. She was the reason why Vivian took so long to

alright. You?” Vivian wiped off her

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