"If that's the case, you shouldn't hurry back tomorrow. Take a good rest. There's no need to worry about me," said Angeline. "Are you getting used to not having me by your side, Angeline?"

Angeline did not want to add to his worry, so she said, "Zayne and Josie are here with me, so I'm having a good time."

Jay was slightly more at ease.

"That's good. Cough, cough..."

"You have a good rest, darling. I won't bother you now."

"Angeline, can you stay awhile longer..." Jay pleaded a s if he was a child.

Baby Robbie crept out and closed the door for Daddy, leaving some quiet space for his parents.

Jay and Angeline lay on their beds and chatted on their phones. After some time, Angeline's tone changed from a passionate state to an occasional response that carried a dazed sense of consternation. Jay guessed that she had fallen asleep and silently placed the phone down.

felt particularly tormented that

of his illness and the anxiety of worrying about Angeline kept him

a wink of sleep. After listening to the coughing on the phone, every sound was rocking her atrium, making her whole heart

in any longer. She knocked on Zayne and Josie's bedroom door in the middle of the night and looked at them

he had an incorruptible body made of steel. I never expected that he'd get

that if his sister could not see Jay,

want to

away." Angeline's

"Okay. I'll book the tickets right

to bid farewell to Grandma Boye. When Boye heard that she was now going back to Imperial Capital, she was so stunned and had

will you come back?"

can't be sure. But, Grandma, if you miss me, you can always come

Carefree Garden's key into Boye's hand. "This is the key to Carefree Garden. It

held onto the key as tears welled up in

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