Chapter 165 Have I Found That Person?
Courtney was about to call him ‘Dad’. However, the moment she heard him calling for the nurse, she was dumbstruck.
“How long have I been sleeping?”
Lucian sat up from the bed. Leaning against the bedhead, he looked like he wanted to get out of the bed.
Immediately, Courtney reached out, intending to help him. But, he shoved her away. “It’s okay. I can do it myself.”
As he said that, he got out of bed on his own and reached for his shoes. Feeling the bed with his hands, he managed to come to the end of the bed and headed toward the balcony as he slowly figured out the path through the things around him.
“The weather seems to be quite nice today.” When he reached the balcony, Courtney quickly pulled open the door for him.
“Thank you.” He nodded and went outside to the balcony. “The air is fresh. It must have rained earlier today.”
While he was talking, he stumbled. He was tripped by the chair beside his feet.
“Dad!” Courtney screamed in shock.
Holding onto the chair, Lucian barely got up to his feet. Turning around in disbelief, he stared in the direction where her voice came from.
“Courtney?” He looked stunned, yet his vision was blurry.
She quickly walked up and held him. “It’s me, Dad. You’re so ill. Why didn’t you tell me anything on the phone?”
Other than surprise, there was delight on Lucian’s face too. “Come here. Sit down. Why should I tell you that? It’s normal to fall sick when one ages. My condition is fine. It’s neither painful nor itchy. Apart from some inconveniences during my daily life, there is nothing major.”
He told her what happened to him with a matter-of-fact tone, but still and all, Courtney was upset listening to him.
to a nursing home? Didn’t
do come and visit sometimes. By
a
She had a lot of friends. Most of them had received her wedding invitation cards, But,
that Lucian was sick, she had to lie to
to make a fuss. But,
“I’ll be there.”
and her mother, but you never complain because of me. You’re a
still remember
with his dilated pupils, Lucian seemed to have remembered the past. Mixed feelings washed over him, and he sounded solemn. It
still wondering how I should face her when I meet
by the side, Courtney did not know how to comfort him. No matter what she
When she got back, she felt empty. The house was like an enormous
his wife that had always been by his side since the beginning when they had nothing. Yet, in his old age, he had no one around him. So what if he had children? Children thought differently from the way their parents did. The only one who could stay by one’s side forever was their lifelong partner. However, one
I found that
question echoed in Courtney’s mind. Sitting in the darkness for a long moment, Courtney looked like she finally found the answer. She took her phone out to book a flight. After
to July in Melrose City, the summer heat in Kyoto was much worse. Even the city was
the sky was completely dark. She was welcomed by the
go to
Alexander went on business trips, he stayed at his own hotel
“Okay.”
he was walking, he was still reminding them about the contents of the meeting. Beside him was Josh, who was recording the amendments
but let’s not act like we
tomorrow morning to make sure that they
three staff behind him stopped as well.
the figure in front of the
“Miss Hunter…”
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