"If you wish it to be real, it's real. If you think it's a dream, then it's just a dream." Everett reached out his surgically repaired hand, slowly extending it forward.

Dorothy, afraid of hurting him, merely touched his fingers, but he insisted on grabbing her hand! Soon, signs of blood seeping through becevident! "Everett, let go! Have you lost your mind? Your hand just underwent surgery; you can't exert force like this!" Now, the mere sight of red triggered Dorothy, and she turned to look for a doctor.

Because of a tendon injury, his hand was weak, but Everett grabbed her with his other hand, refusing to let go.

"Then don't leave." "lI won't leave, I promise I won't!" Dorothy was genuinely scared; she hurriedly cradled his hand, looking at it under the dim light of the hospital room, her eyes welling up, "Everett, I really don't deserve you to do this... I've lost all attachment to this world. Life has been so exhausting." Everett looked at her weakly, his eyes not blinking.

know you'll take good care of them." "And what about me?" Everett had asked Dorothy "And what about me?"

This twas no different.

resonates more with you! Everett, we were a mistake from the

go on." Every day was a mental torment. The sleepless nights, every minute and every second brought her

to justice shouldn't be you. It can't be you!" Dorothy

way?" "That's my business." "Dorothy!" She pursed her lips. "Everett, don't think that by taking that stab for your mother, the public won't criticize you anymore. If you proceed with the appeal, they'll label you unfilial! I can already imagine how the media will portray you!" Everett had been free of scandals up till now, and Dorothy didn't want

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