Chapter 120

The person on the other end of the phone was none other than the nurse from the hospital who hadn’t managed to catch up with Mirabella.

Mirabella halled a cab and made her way back to the hospital. Along the journey, Mandy bombarded her with a relentless stream of calls, but none of which she answered. Eventually. she simply blocked Mandy’s number.

“Ms. Mirabella, I am terribly sorry. I should have called you earlier to come pick up your belongings. I was caught up with something and couldn’t get around to it,” the nurse apologized, handing over a letter to Mirabella with a look of regret.

Mirabella took the letter with a courteous nod. “No problem, thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” the nurse replied with a smile. .

As Mirabella walked away with the letter, she paused and turned back to address the nurse “Can I ask if my grandmother was discharged on her own?”

that. I was working the night shift. I wasn’t here this morning.” She paused and then offered, “Shall I ask one of

she quickly shook her head and declined, “No, that’s alright,” before walking away.

enjoy the greenery. Mirabella found a spot on a bench and opened the letter.

my hometown. You take good care of yourself and don’t worry about me.

content of the letter was brief, and the handwriting was far from beautiful. It bore the slow and rigid strokes of an elderly person.

almost picture Catherine, her grandmother, writing this letter with a heavy heart and trembling hands. The days when they had only each other

eyes fluctuated between clarity and dimness as the soft glow from a nearby streetlight cast

laced with teasing cut through the quiet. Mirabella slowly turned her head, and there he was: James, with his sharp features and lean

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carefully folded the letter

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