Melinda responded with a bitter smile.
Corinne turned and held Jeremy's hand silently. Then, they said goodbye to Emily and left the ward together.
However, Corinne did not leave the hospital. She stood outside the ward, worrying what might happen.
Jeremy understood her worries, so he said, "If you don't want to leave, we can wait outside here. In case anything happens, we can go inside immediately."
Corinne nodded. She believed that Melinda was a reasonable person, but she could not stop worrying.
...
After Corinne and Jeremy had left the ward, Melinda walked to Emily's bedside as she usually would. "Have you eaten enough, Em? Should I heat up the food for you at the nurse stations so you can continue eating?"
her head and looked worriedly at her best friend. She had known Melinda for many years, and she could tell something was
hungry, Mel. Did you...fight with
not. Now, take a good rest and stop
you? What happened?
We did
were you crying?" asked
not want to burden Emily with her family
said tearfully, "Miss Emily...
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
The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!