Chapter 358

He opened his phone and saw it was a message from Sheila.

"Timothy... I feel so sad. You're hurt like this, and I can't even be with you to take care of you."

The middle of the night, when the world is quiet, is always the best time to talk about feelings.

Sheila wasn't about to let the moment slip away.

Her foster parents' attitude tonight had said it all-they didn't want her getting too close to Timothy.

But she was determined to fight for what she wanted.

Timothy stared at the message, letting it sit there for a long while before finally replying.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

Just a handful of words, and to Sheila, they felt cold and mechanical.

A little too distant.

She couldn't accept it.

He never used to be like this.

Becoming the adopted daughter of the Howard family had once seemed like a stroke of luck.

But as she grew older, it began to feel more like a shackle.

Sheila was about to send another message when Timothy's reply came through.

rest. I'm going to sleep

ache pierced

not be able to be with them—nothing hurts quite

managed to exchange a few words of concern before

what was

had dragged his injured body all the way to Aetherion.

it be that Jessica was

she joining Mr.

That must be it.

God.

didn't dare

that

had barely paid Jessica any attention-what changed all of a

needed to find out where

Timothy's feelings for Jessica had shifted, Sheila knew her own presence

running from

meant Sheila still had a real

long as Jessica was bent on

the Howard family. As long as she

always be

eto see

him.

left, things would

biological parents were already urging

longer. Once Jessica divorced Timothy and she returned to her real family-once she shed that "Aunt Sheila" title-she could finally be with

Vince reached out to

the Howards, he swung

also had something important to

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