Chapter 340



"Licia, you're such a clingy one," Susie's words threw me off for a second, but she quickly followed up with a playful, "But I kinda like it."

"Little miss troublemaker," I teased back, giving her a mock stern look, which only made Susie burst into giggles.

Stepping out of the hospital room, I checked the corridor which was empty on both sides. Susie mentioned Ernest was on a call, probably looking for a quieter spot. Thinking it over for a moment, I decided to head towards the emergency stairs.

As I got closer, I could hear Ernest's voice, "...the old garage is gone, but the mechanics should still be around. We need to track them down... Yes, it's necessary. I owe it to Licia to clear this up, and to prove my father's innocence."

Hearing this tightened something in my chest.

Deep down, I had been wrestling with the thought of investigating the car accident's brake failure further. Turns out, Ernest was already on it.

Just as I was about to go in and find him, his phone rang again, stopping me in my tracks.

The door to the emergency stairs was slightly ajar, and I could see Ernest pinching a cigarette between his fingers, answering the call, "Back already... Yeah, came together... What, can't keep the show running without us?... I know, no need for you to come over, that'd be too obvious... Won't delay things, still working on those codes..."

were all too familiar; they were about the company.

there was Ernest, talking like he

rich guy

I've been

me. Could it be he had

the corridor.

couldn't find you," I

said, gazing into my

cancer!" I pronounced each word with

this diagnosis was all too clear, a reality

I was

struck by the same illness and passed away in

past decade, treating me as if I

of losing

his arms gently around me, "Medical science has advanced

varies

fear most now is loss, yet it seems

and welcoming anew," Ernest soothed, stroking my

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