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“Alright,” Rebecca answered compliantly, amusement twinkling in her eyes. “Thank you, Jane.”

Jane maintained her usual composure. “Stay focused.”

Rebecca nodded earnestly. “I will.”

Throughout the morning, Rebecca refined her artwork while finishing the remaining sections. Immersed in work, she wasn’t disturbed by Lisa’s usual gossip.

When noon approached, Rebecca headed straight to the hospital without lunch.

The hospital was just half an hour away by subway from PrimePlay Technologies. During weekdays, she spent lunch breaks comforting her comatose mother, praying for her recovery.

She’d pre–ordered takeout to arrive at the hospital–perfect timing for a meal after visiting hours.

Seeing how busy she was yet still making time to visit the hospital every noon, Timothy felt a complex mix of emotions he couldn’t quite describe.

After finishing lunch, he came to the ward and said, “Let me handle the hospital matters. You don’t need to come here every day.”

“But you said chatting with her more could help her regain consciousness,” Rebecca replied with hopeful determination. “I’ve got free time during lunch anyway. This works perfectly.”

“Even without conversation or visits, she’d wake within two months,” Timothy explained gently.

Rebecca gazed at Amelia, who was lying motionless on the hospital bed. She wanted to stay, to accompany Amelia through the endless darkness of a coma that must make Amelia feel unbearably lonely.

“There’s something I’ve considered telling you,” Timothy said after prolonged contemplation.

Rebecca paused her meal. “What is it?”

“Today, a man visited your mother besides you,” Timothy said, referring to the same visitor he’d previously mentioned to Jeffrey. “He stayed in the ward for about half an hour.”

assuming her father Richard had caused trouble. She pulled up his photo on

answered truthfully. “The visitor was far more handsome than the

but couldn’t place anyone matching that description.

chair,” Timothy said. “He ignored some

friend of

childhood, she’d never met any relatives of Amelia–no grandparents, aunts, or uncles. The only close friend of Amelia’s was May

fruitless years for Amelia to wake up, asking Rebecca to notify her if there was

always claimed to be orphaned, but Dad’s recent comments hinted at

more.‘

to him?”

afterward.” Timothy glanced at the still–unconscious Amelia. “A nurse

her lips, suddenly remembering something. “Do

the man secondhand like she expected, so she figured he must have

his phone. “I’ve sent the

in on the screen, revealing a man in a perfectly tailored suit sitting stiffly on the visitor’s chair, his sharp jawline barely visible from

surprise. “You recognize him?” Timothy noted her

shook her head.

the man Jessica had photographed

but he kept his questions to himself, respecting

discovered buried treasure. “If

Timothy

thanking him, Rebecca waited until Timothy left

between reviewing the surveillance footage and Jessica’s photo, finding no connections. Turning to her comatose mother, she murmured to her, unconcerned

friend

know who that is. I’ve never met him, but he looks a bit like me. Could he be my

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they say girls resemble