No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 300



"Licia, let's do something special tonight. How about we camp in the backyard and count the stars together?" Dad's voice was always a beacon of warmth and comfort.

"Licia, come on, sweetheart. Take your medicine for me, okay?" Mom's gentle coaxing was a familiar tune in our home.

"Licia..."

...

"Dad, Mom..." I reached out for them, a desperate plea on my lips, but my hands got gently restrained. The familiar voice that had been a constant in my life sounded, "Licia, come on, wake up. Please wake up..."

As the voice continued, a pair of hands cradled my face.

I saw Ernest's worried expression, his thumbs caressing my cheeks. "Licia, it's me. Ernest."

It was Ernest. Reality crashed over me, pulling me from the depths of my sorrowful dream. But the clearer my mind became, the sharper the pain. I bit down on my lip hard, fighting the tears, the grief.

The next moment, Ernest gently pried my mouth open. "Licia, let go. Don't hurt yourself. Please listen to me..."

Hearing Ernest call my name, memories of my parents flickered through my mind. I couldn't hold back the scream that tore from my throat.

Ernest wrapped his arms around me instantly, pulling me into his embrace. I sobbed into his shoulder, my fists pounding against him. No one could understand my grief, the unbearable pain of loss.

the most loving and kind souls, why did they have to leave this world in such a way? I couldn't accept it. The more I cried, the more intense the

preventing any self-harm. In frustration,

dreamt of nothing. When I awoke, the soft glow of a lamp

I closed my eyes, drained. Though the pain lingered, my emotions had settled. I decided to bury the pain

want some water?" Ernest's voice was soft, filled with

nodded, not wanting to cause him more

up, bringing a glass of

myself," I insisted,

show

in vain. My hands trembled, barely

drink," Ernest said, steadying the glass for

dribbled down my chin, and Ernest

his exhausted face and

night, I

"What time is

the

evening today," Ernest answered,

to say more, but Ernest's hand soothingly stroked my

Not really.

Ernest like that, I knew he must have skipped

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