Chapter 128

Sophia gave a slight nod, “Yeah, feeling a lot better.”

Her gaze drifted towards the little girl’s clothes on the bed, then slowly to Brandon.

Brandon glanced at the clothes, then back at her, his eyes calm and profound.

“Just saw it while shopping and couldn’t help myself,” Sophia said in a soft voice. “I had a ticket to fly back to Wye City tomorrow and thought I’d pick up some gifts for a friend on the way.”

“Which friend?” Brandon asked.

“Just a coworker, Sophia replied. “She’s really into traditional clothes, loves wearing it herself and dressing up kids in it. I thought it looked pretty, so I just went for it.”

Brandon just looked at her, saying nothing, his calm and deep gaze making Sophia inexplicably hold her breath. Her hands curled slightly from nervousness under the covers, but her face remained calm and gentle, as always.

Brandon glanced at the little girl’s clothes on the bed. “It’s pretty nice.”

Sophia nodded, “Mhm.”

She looked back at the clothes with a hint of regret, “Shame it got dirty.”

“Just buy another one,” Brandon suggested.

“Mhm,” Sophia responded quietly, her eyes involuntarily darting to the bag on the nightstand.

placed it when

habit of rummaging through her bag or

Neither did she.

were on

the direction of Sophia’s gaze, Brandon also glanced

them had a small zippered pocket.

bank cards, ID photos, and her phone-stuff she

had taken her driver license from that very pocket earlier in the afternoon when he was getting her admitted to the hospital after

Sophia hesitated and bit

to

was in the zippered

a passerby had handed the phone back, and he’d

was groggy and uncomfortable at the time, she had a

Brandon had already picked it up for

do

spoke, and the phone came into view, along with two bank cards and a slightly yellowed, folded

slightly at the sight of

was the hospital discharge summary she had stuffed into

thought about tearing it up and throwing it away, but then

time to see the startled look on Sophia’s face, his gaze lingered on her for a moment, and then slowly settled on the yellowed piece of

clear signs of

reached for the yellowed

protested, then fell silent under Brandon’s gaze, her own

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