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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.”

She pulled up

answered truthfully. “The visitor was far more handsome than the man in your photo, impeccably dressed, clearly

anyone matching that description. “What did he do in

just sat in the caretaker chair,” Timothy said. “He ignored some calls and kept

he’s a friend of Mom’s,” Rebecca

relatives of Amelia–no grandparents, aunts, or uncles. The only close friend of

eventually left to travel after waiting two fruitless years for Amelia to wake up, asking Rebecca to

always claimed to be orphaned,

more.‘

you talk to

at the still–unconscious Amelia.

lips, suddenly remembering something. “Do you

hadn’t described the man secondhand like she expected, so

his phone. “I’ve sent the photo to you.

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

slightly with surprise. “You

her head. “Never met

Jessica had photographed earlier, and Jessica had jokingly said Rebecca shared his facial

curiously at her reaction, but he kept

Johnson?” Rebecca suddenly sounded intrigued, like she’d discovered buried treasure.

done,” Timothy

waited until Timothy left the ward

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

your old friend

met him, but he looks a bit like me.

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