No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

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..."

words were all too familiar; they were about the company. So, the caller

was Ernest, talking like he was

rich guy named

I've been

me. Could it be he had

on the other side of the corridor. Standing next to me,

for you, couldn't find

gazing into my eyes, "How

cancer!" I pronounced

all too clear,

I

illness and passed away

over the past decade, treating me as if I

of losing him too

my turmoil, wrapping his arms gently around me, "Medical science has advanced significantly. There might be a way, even though cancer

varies by

"What I fear most now is loss, yet it seems I'm

like that, losing and welcoming