Chapter 687

“Ms.

Garcia…” he started softly.

Lindsey crouched beside Ruby, trying to find the right words to comfort her.

Ruby clutched Lindsey’s hand, shaking her head as she said, “I’ve never had kids of my own.

The two I cherished most were Everleigh and your mom.

They were like daughters to me.

But both of them…

What did I do wrong? Why couldn’t it have been me instead of them?”

Ruby’s voice cracked with emotion as she thought about Everleigh’s tragedy, unable to hold back her tears.

Lindsey’s eyes widened in surprise.

She hadn’t realized that Everleigh, the well-known singer, had been one of Ruby’s students.

Everleigh’s suicide must have hit Ruby hard.

That explained her deep emotion upon seeing Lindsey’s mother.

Gently, Lindsey wrapped her arms around Ruby, offering words of comfort, “Ms.

isn’t your

mom’s going to wake

I just know it.

to

up, she saw Sumner standing there, his

help,

beckoned Sumner over, and he hurried

hand in one of hers and Sumner’s in the other,

was taken aback and instinctively wanted to pull away, but Ruby held on

and Lindsey, her eyes

have to

up like

looking puzzled,

do you know what happened

she

Her lips quivered.

hand, quickly changing

a real

Linds for me, will

Sumner’s cheeks turned pink.

glance at Lindsey, whispering, “Don’t worry,

Garcia.

always be there for

gave him a relieved

only made

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