Chapter 1013

"Evadne, please don't cry."

Wake up and comfort me again. I'm begging you.

As Evadne wept, the door to the hospital room creaked open.

Jareth walked in, carrying a bowl of warm chicken soup. He stopped in his tracks, momentarily lost, his hand trembling slightly as he held the bowl. A tall, strong man, Jareth's heart had long been softened by Marilla's love.

The scene before him moved him deeply, bringing an overwhelming urge to shed tears himself.

Once Evadne's sobs subsided, he composed himself and gently approached her bedside.

"Evadne, you should eat something. It's chicken soup-I remember you like it. I made it myself," he said softly.

moment, she didn't

noticed her untouched breakfast on the

eventually murmured, staring blankly ahead. "I caused Thaddeus to end up like this. He's your best friend. I failed to take care of him, and now he's

whisper. "Jareth, I know you must

I don't," Jareth replied, pressing his lips together. He moved to sit beside her, his eyes resting on Thaddeus's pale, lifeless face. "Evadne, I respect every choice Thaddeus made. No matter the outcome, I won't

the cost, whatever the consequences, I'm willing to bear them

more as she closed her

him and not you,"

at him,

eyes reddening. "You grew up surrounded by love-parents,

identity, only for him to face betrayal and manipulation, time

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