The Love that Never Really Dies (Sasha and Sebastian)

When Edmund returned to the Cooper residence, he thought everyone would be fast asleep.

He did not expect the lights of the living room to still be on when he entered the building. As he finally stepped foot into the living room, he was immediately greeted by his sister's silhouette.

“You-”

“You finally decided to come home?” Without giving him a chance to speak, Riley stood up slowly from the couch she had sat on as she waited the entire day for Edmund's return.

An ashen expression was etched on her face while her eyes were filled with a foreign look of disappointment, wrath, and iciness.

Edmund froze.

Perhaps it was due to the fact that he had never seen her with that expression, a sense of guilt rose to his chest.

“Why do you want to see me?” he asked.

“Why? Why? You still have the audacity to ask me why?”

Riley was livid. In a swift motion, she picked up the pieces of paper from the coffee table in front of her and threw them in front of Edmund.

“Edmund, I really can't believe anyone could be so cruel. At the end of the day, Tillie lives under your roof. Did you not notice anything at all? Have you no clue? Even if you only have a cat or a dog as a pet, you'd know if they have fallen sick or gone missing, wouldn't you?”

Keeping her gaze on Edmund, Riley interrogated, emphasizing each word she spat.

Edmund was rendered speechless.

It was then did he finally realize something was amiss.

Picking up the papers in front of him, Edmund quickly lowered his head and started reading. To his horror, the first phrase that flashed across his vision was “Stage 4 Liver Cancer” on the report heading.

has stage

a sudden, his mind became fuzzy. He was so shocked that he

spoke up once again, “Do you see now? It's already in the final stage. All these years, if you had been nicer to her so she could have had a

the living

long while, Edmund stayed rooted in

kept staring at the medical record and investigation report in

there suddenly be

eyes in the morning and the last person he

it turned out, even someone as consistent as she might disappear from his life

to be told, Edmund did not expect such

to what I'm saying? Edmund?” Seeing that Edmund did not react, Riley started to get impatient and

his daze. However, instead of replying, he completely ignored her and crumpled the

were so swift and sudden that Riley called out in panic, “Where are you going again?

totally unbothered by the news and

door, he jumped into his car and sped to the Zander residence. In the dead of night, his car whizzed along the roads as he slammed his foot on the accelerator, going more than a hundred and fifty kilometers per

End-stage cancer?

such a fate to befall

he claimed he did not love her, five long years of

the Zander residence as fast as

the lock on the door,

occasion is this that

Where have they gone?

A chill slowly crept down his spine as he felt his heart turning cold. Bit by bit, the iciness in his heart spread to his skin. In the end, even the tips

dialed is unavailable.” The robotic voice traveled through the

number you have

“The nu-”

Beep!