Lilin skipped out the ward hand-in-hand with Melinda.

Only Corinne and Emily remained in the ward, looking at each other shyly.

Emily was the first to break the silence. She smiled gently and said, "Moonie, do you still...remember me?"

Corinne stared at Emily silently.

Emily sighed with self-blame. "I'm sorry for leaving you all alone for so many years. I'm so sorry..."

As Emily's tears fell, Corinne's eyes reddened as well. She shifted her gaze to Emily's bandaged forearm and asked, "How did you get hurt? Is the wound serious?"

Emily was taken aback. She glanced at her own forearm and shook her head. "It's nothing serious."

Corinne looked into Emily's eyes. Her emotions were complex and bitter. She was not a child anymore, and it also seemed that it was no longer suitable for her to throw herself into her mother's arms carefreely.

meet you two days

felt ashamed because I hadn't

redder. "Why... Why did you leave me alone back then? Why didn't

was after me, and I thought keeping you with me would be too risky. That was why I left you in Marvin's care for a while to keep you safe. After the

she doesn't want me!' Corinne thought to herself. For so many years, she firmly believed that her mother never abandoned her, so she

paid off as she

held her hand shyly.

face turned a shade paler, and she seemed very

the answer by her reaction. "It was the Riveras, wasn't

were only after me,

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