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?”

Hugo’s steps faltered as he reached out

like a drawn bow. “Which

did everything

mind went blank.

paid hea

of rain on the umbrella was the

strength had been drained from her body. Tears filled her eyes,

to blink.

Aunt

been moved to

and stumbled into the hospital, nearly missing a step.

Hugo reacted quickly, steadying her.

inside the building. He

to Emerald Garden, where he

Chapter 24

little girl chasing a balloon and collided with an oncoming car. The car then lost control and

even begin to visualize the scene.

they reached the morgue, she stopped at