Chapter 1637:

“Try not to hold onto what’s already gone. Locke’s doing fine now, and after you recover, we’ll have time together—just the three of us.”

He used his hand to wipe her tears away. “No more tears, alright? Your eyes are all swollen.”

He couldn’t help but worry that all this crying would only make things worse for her frail health.

“I’ll try,” Elissa said, blinking hard and forcing the tears to stop.

“Just close your eyes now,” Ernest said softly. “You need rest.”

As he started to pull away, a sudden tug stopped him.

Her fingers clung to his wrist, her eyes wide and afraid. “Are you leaving?” Her voice quivered.

inside him.

speak, but the answer was clear in

quiet sigh, trying again. “How could I leave when you’re like this? I’ll stay tonight, so

managed to answer him. With her eyes puffy and red, she lifted her

“Great.”

smile curved at the corners of Ernest’s mouth. She


on her hand, he promised, “I’m not leaving. I’ll be

had cried so much that by morning, the swelling would be impossible to ignore unless he did something

then added, “Hadley mentioned you hardly ate this evening. Are you hungry? Do you

head slowly. “No, I’m

is a world

“Okay.” Ernest didn’t argue.

when grief weighed so heavily, pushing her to

holding an ice pack,

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