Chapter 312

Leanne was nonchalant as she remarked, “Don’t you need to visit your future father-in-law?”

“Did he tell you in a dream asking for me?”

The elevator was crowded, and others glanced over. Curtis, undeterred, teased about deceased Joseph with a flippant tone, “I just visited his grave for Memorial Day. How come he’s more clingy than you?”

Leanne bit her lip, irritated. “Shut up.”

Curtis, sensing he had pushed her to the brink, surrendered with a smile, “Okay, I’ll zip it. Don’t be mad. Even that kid over there is watching you.”

The child who had been sneaking peeks quickly turned away.

Exiting the building, the rain was relentless, casting a gloomy gray filter over the world, water pooling on the ground.

As Leanne stepped out, Curtis pulled her back gently, “Watch your step with that injury.”

“I’m not made of glass, you know.”

Pulling her hand from his, Leanne opened her umbrella and walked straight into the rain.

Standing outside the hospital, she waited several minutes for her ride. The driver called, stuck in traffic due to the rain, and canceled.

In just that short time, the slanting rain had soaked her pants.

plane trees cracked under the onslaught of the rain, and a

from the car, umbrella in hand,

with his large umbrella, took hers, folded it, and grasped her wrist to lead her

cold shoulder in the car too. No need to punish yourself in this downpour.”

odd but persuasive.

seeing her drenched pants, stopped resisting and let him lead her

tapped rhythmically against the car window, leaving snaking trails on the glass.

of the car’s fragrance

in a bubble of tranquility. Suddenly, Leanne asked, “Did

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my parents’ graves

clean towel, nonchalantly confirmed

thought you wouldn’t want to see me, so I waited until you

was heavier than on Memorial Day. Leanne hadn’t known he had been there.

if rain was falling inside her too, droplets rippling across a lake, spreading

Leanne was silent.

wiping the rain from her pants,

to look out the window again, “It’s just once a

that was kinda

stared at the water streaming down the

smile slightly, calmly

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