"You too," he said, lifting his hand to ruffle her hair one last time.

Their parting was still dignified.

He smiled as they said goodbye, his eyes misting slightly. "If you ever run into trouble, you can always come to me. Don't be shy." "Thank you." She smiled, a rare sight, and waved at him. "Goodbye, Mr. Casper."

Eliza didn't expect Casper to let go so easily this time.

It was nice, but she felt a sudden emptiness in her heart.

Was it loss?

Or something else she couldn't quite put into words.

Casper walked out of the hospital.

He bent down and got into his car.

Dillon noticed his troubled expression and quickly asked, "Mr. Casper, what's wrong?"

"She wants me to stay away from her, to disappear from her world..." He massaged his brow, his mood heavy.

puzzled. Eliza had said things like this many times before, so why

didn't agree

true love meant making the other person happy. "I can't stand to see her

Dillon was speechless.

like Mr.

really let

her happiness? "Dillon, let's head

family estate was

prayers,

Katie were sitting in the living room,

saw Casper return, Katie cheerfully stood up and approached him, hugging his arm. "Casper, what brings you here today? Don't tell

head, looking at him with a

glanced at her, brushing off her hold. "You

birthday, I thought you'd, you know, consider it." Katie's

looked over, noticing Casper's dark mood, and couldn't help thinking back to the incident a few days ago when Eliza was

be that

you... there's something

one of you drugged Valerie?" He got straight to the point,

glances,

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