Facade of Love

Chatper 294

Chapter 294 Back to Lake City

I did not know what to say to Maxwell. The people buried deep beneath the earth were not my folks. I felt for him, yet I could not truly understand his pain. I asked, “What’s your next move?

“”

If he was set on finding his parents, I would be there to help.

He hesitated, then said softly, “I’ll let them rest there. Even if we found them now, it would be hard to tell them apart. Knowing where they are is enough for me.”

Yeah, it has been a decade. So many lost their lives in that disaster. Even if we dug them up now, how would we know who was who?

I clamped my mouth shut, not wanting to argue anymore.

me with my mom. I caught her

meant to check on Charlie, and frowned. “Honey, you’ve barely come to. The doctor has not even said

“I’m okay, really. The doctor just gave me the

The dark room greeted us

for two days and

gnawed at me as Mom and I dashed back to our room to

She was scared I was pushing it too soon. I met her gaze head–on. “Mom, I’m fine, really. We’ll head to Lake City. If anything pops up, we can handle it there. Plus, we’ll have each other’s backs. Just shoot Maxwell a text,

did not have much of a choice. After a nod, she

hospital bed and started folding the blanket. That was when the door swung open. Assuming it was Mom back from her errands, I did not bother looking up. “Mom, did you call Maxwell? Oh, and hand me your phone, will you? I need to book our train tickets. If we snag the next one, we should make it in time to catch Mr. Yates and head to the hospital together.”

add, “Uh, you talked to the

doorway. I trailed off, taking a few seconds to switch gears as I

to Lake

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