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During my visit to Ashton's house, I already had a feeling Alice had told him everything.

"If you like it there, maybe in the future..." Ashton started, then trailed off, leaving the sentence unf inished.

I smiled, curious. "What about the future?"

His Adam's apple bobbed slightly before he responded, "You could retire there one day."

"Just me?" The words slipped out before I had a chance to stop them.

"I could join you, if you'd like," Ashton said without hesitation.

For a moment, I froze. The idea of the future felt so distant, so uncertain. Growing old together wasn't something I could easily imagine.

"I've found a specialist for Alice. Can you give me her medical records?" I said, steering the conversation in a new direction.

too easily to him. People often undervalue what they don't have to work for-it's human nature. It's like a piece of fruit: if someone gives it to you, you might toss it aside without much thought, but

could tell he was lost in thought. I remembered

her records first to assess the surgical risks," I added. "The

type. And..." He paused, as if trying to gather

can de

"I've already consulted someone. Alice's surgical risk is extremely high. Her situation is far more complicated than a

health issues

had only mentioned her blood type; she hadn't said

but firm. I needed to

steps to the side and gripped the railing tightly. I followed him, and the heavy

brainstem glioma," he said

unfamiliar to me, but I knew enough to understand that anything involving the

struggling to process what he

was born with it," he

born with both a heart condition and a brainstem glioma. It was as if her fate had been sealed

20," Ashton added, his voice so low it was almost a whisper.

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