Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 209

Then, Ellie looked at me, her face beaming. "Do you have an idea, Mae?"

I was quiet.

I did have an idea, but this was something that even Brandon wouldn't dare to risk. How could I do it?

It would be wonderful if the surgery succeeded. But if it failed, Brandon being unable to forgive me would be the least of our problems. He would die of misery.

"You don't, do you?" Ellie Interpreted my silence as the absence of hope.

She turned her gaze downward, disappointment crossing her face. "Even Brandon doesn't dare to do it because of the dangers involved. I know that my condition isn't something that people have a lot of faith.

in."

She sighed, looking up at me with a smile. She was no shapeshifter. She simply didn't want her feelings to affect my mood.

"It's okay, Mae. I'm happy now. I'll just live until the day I die. Who knows, I might even make it hundredth birthday."

she spoke, the more my heart

my

"I have a friend who's a doctor. She studied abroad. Now, she's an obstetrician and gynecologist.

Ellie's eyes lit up at

I came here to have a look at your condition." I might be comforting her, but

I felt unable to resist the

a destination for her. She merely

life was a utopia to most and her yard looked straight from a fairytale,

swim in the ocean, ride bicycles, and run around freely. She wanted to enjoy life with the people she

She had no choice but to be kept here, far away from the city. She couldn't even fall

freedom, but it was

all that time to collect her own water? She was so lonely that

Mae." She held up her

*Really," I assured her.

seemed to have illuminated her entire mind. She was

me in the yard, drinking tea. Then, she brought me into the house and into Brandon's room. You can stay in my brother's room, Mae.

beautiful