No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 806

Conrad's hand slowly dropped with the phone in it, his expression drained, as if all life had been pulled from him. His lips trembled, "Mom said... Dad... he's passed away."

Dustin seemed to have already guessed the news, showing no shock.

The two just stood there in silence until Dustin finally said, "Let's go."

When Conrad called, I was half-asleep, lost in a jumble of dreams, yet unable to wake.

The phone did its job, pulling me from the chaotic dreamscape, though I felt exhausted, my voice weak and soft, "Hello?"

"Felicia," Conrad's voice came through, trembling, before it broke off.

"What's wrong?" I asked, still with my eyes half-closed, feeling like I wasn't completely awake yet.

"My dad... he's gone."

Conrad's voice was so quiet, yet it hit me like a thunderclap.

In that moment, I was wide awake, and for an instant, time seemed to stand still.

Herschel had been the cause of my parents' demise, and I had hated him for it. But over the years, he had treated me like his own daughter, making it impossible for me to hold onto that hatred.

This kind of pain is torturous, so even though I had promised Jacqueline I'd visit the Wagner family, I never did.

and I

heard low sobbing,

have experienced such a loss can truly understand that

my parents died, the sudden fear and

this kind of pain. I couldn't offer

I could do was hold onto the phone, listening to Conrad's quiet

settled a bit,

Conrad's voice was

be there, but I couldn't get out of bed yet.

come?" he asked

I was asking myself

he was close to the end, he

tilted my head back, forcing myself to look at the ceiling, "I'll

didn't say anything else before

me a check-up first, making sure I was no longer bleeding and that everything looked good before agreeing to let me out of bed.

any I strenuous activity, and if anything feels

an obstetrician is truly a

nodded, and Fanny noticed my low spirits, "Alright, I'll switch shifts

someone."

the last

and a