Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 34

As soon as Audrey stepped off the plane, she called Hugo. “How’s Aunt Anne?”

Hugo didn’t dare to reveal the truth. He replied hesitantly, “She’s… still in surgery.”

After hanging up, Audrey was too anxious to walt in line. She hastily hailed a cab outside the airport.

The driver softened upon noticing Audrey’s red–rimmed eyes and her request to send her to the hospital.

He offered words of comfort, “Is a family member in the hospital? Don’t worry. We’ll get there quickly. The roads are clear at this hour.”

“Yes,” Audrey responded. Her grip on the phone turned her knuckles white.

Hugo waited for her with an umbrella at the entrance to the hospital. As he paced back and forth, he rehearsed how to break the news of Anne’s passing. No matter how gently he put it, it wouldn’t ease Audrey’s pain.

Before Hugo could find the right words, Audrey’s cab pulled up.

When she emerged, Hugo hurried down the steps. He held the umbrella over her head.

“The surgery isn’t over yet?” Audrey asked, panicked. She slammed the car door and rushed towards. the hospital. “Which floor is the operating room on?”

as he reached

eyes brimming with dread. Her body was tense like

before speaking, “Audrey, the doctors did everything they could… They couldn’t save her. Anne passed away

mind went blank.

paid hea

sound of rain on the umbrella was the only thing

all her strength had been drained from her body. Tears filled

to blink.

is Aunt Anne

been moved to

the hospital, nearly missing a

Hugo reacted quickly, steadying her.

inside the building. He explained

to meet Nathan. She went to Emerald Garden, where

Chapter 24

there, a truck swerved to avoid a little girl chasing a balloon and collided with an oncoming car. The car

begin to

they reached the morgue, she stopped at the door. Tears