How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 679

This business trip was unavoidable. Still, Jarrod wanted to keep Elodie calm, to make sure she wouldn't do anything drastic while he was away.

As long as he got back in time, he could try to soothe her, talk her down, maybe even persuade her.

Elodie considered this.

Three days from now-Saturday-was the appointment she'd made with the hospital for her procedure.

The timing lined up perfectly.

"Alright," she replied, her tone composed.

She agreed-there was no reason to hide anything from him, and honestly, she didn't see the point. She'd tell him on Saturday.

Seeing her acquiescence, Jarrod knew Elodie was the type to keep her word. He exhaled silently in relief.

Instead of having someone from the research center drive her home, Jarrod took her himself.

He needed to leave early and get back as soon as possible. The matter concerned the SX Alloy project; he had to handle some paperwork and couldn't risk anything derailing Elodie's work at the center.

Once Jarrod left, Elodie finally opened the fridge.

Inside, she found the fruit he'd washed and cut for her, along with a freshly- prepared dinner-just needed reheating.

Jarrod didn't know her door code, but the lock had a mechanical override; he probably had a spare key.

Elodie thought, it was time to

Friday afternoon.

way

pre-op evaluation, making sure everything was in order for

stung that her reason for being here was

in a steadying breath, forcing down the heaviness, and marched into the

though someone's gaze had lingered on her. With the steady stream of people coming and going, she couldn't be sure-maybe

brow, weary, she took the

made time to write up her evaluation forms: a pelvic

Elias explained, passing her the paperwork. His calm blue eyes met hers. "The exam will confirm everything's normal with your uterus, and we'll also do a general anesthesia assessment. There's no need to be

her. It's

tomorrow-she

her eyes, hidden beneath her calm

a surgery coming up. It'll take about an hour. Afterward, I'll come find you. Having someone around can

you, but you don't need

took some time. The anesthesia assessment came

wait in the corridor, it

and then

entered, the nurse led her to

that one?" Elodie gestured toward the nearby room, noticing most people were being taken

looking back, the nurse replied, "Your case is

was

saw a doctor in a surgical

nodded absently and climbed onto