Chapter 221

She picked up her phone, surprised to see an incoming video call from Herbert Wheeler.

Ever since that day outside the amusement park, when Timothy had forcibly taken her away from the café, she'd been worried about dragging Herbert into her troubles and hadn't contacted him since. Herbert, for his part, hadn't reached out to her, either.

Jessica hesitated for a moment, then accepted the call and propped her phone up on its stand.

As soon as the video connected, Herbert's cheerful face appeared on the screen. He waved at her with a big, playful grin.

Jessica couldn't help but smile and wave back.

Herbert's expression softened into seriousness. "Little Mute," he said gently, "do you want to speak again?"

paused, caught off

had asked her this before tonight, she would have given a firm

now, her vocal cords had started to respond—there was a faint glimmer of sound, a feeling that speech was almost within reach. Hope

had a reason: his treatment plan had finally passed clinical trials. Every person

her earlier, afraid she'd get her hopes up

screen, "Why are you asking me this all of a

A doctor friend of mine overseas has spent the past seven years researching a treatment for acquired aphasia. It just

with her biggest flaw, Jessica couldn't

years had passed. When she was younger, her grandmother had taken her

you ever thought about what she wanted most? She wanted you to be

needed was

signed, "Is everything with the Wheeler family

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