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.

stage

He was so shocked that he did not even pay attention

so she could have had a better

the living

stayed rooted

staring at the medical record and investigation report

could there

with energy? She was always in his field of vision. That woman would be the first person he saw when he opened his eyes in the morning and the last person he saw when he went home at night. Sometimes, Edmund could not

out, even someone as consistent as she might disappear from his life forever one day, and she

told, Edmund did not expect such a

you listening to what I'm saying? Edmund?” Seeing that Edmund

ignored her

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

he was still totally unbothered by the news

the Zander residence. In the dead of night, his car whizzed along the roads as he

End-stage cancer?

did not expect such a

No matter how much he claimed he did not love her, five long years of living under the same roof took away his ability to be indifferent in this

rushed to the Zander residence as fast as

the lock on the

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

dialed is unavailable.” The robotic voice

number you have

“The nu-”

Beep!