Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 293

Chapter 293 I Have a Girlfriend Now

Lacey messaged: [Still awake?]

Jason replied: [Insomnia's been my constant companion lately.]

Lacey: [In that case, I'm heading to a midnight screening. Care to join me?]

Jason's fingers hovered over the screen, hesitation evident in his delayed response.

Lacey quickly added: [It's a horror film. I've heard the midnight showings are practically empty-like having a private screening. I don't want to end up scared stiff with no one to call for help!] She included a playful tongue-out emoji.

A smile tugged at Jason's lips as he read her message. After a moment's consideration, he simply replied "Sure" before getting up to change.

While driving to the theater, his phone rang unexpectedly. Upon answering, he immediately made a U-turn and accelerated toward Grace Hospital.

The caller was Mike, bearing shocking news: Yara Griffin, the student who had

confessed her feelings to Jason earlier that day, had attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. She'd been rushed to Grace Hospital, though details remained unclear.

At the hospital, a female student was waiting to escort him inside. As he hurried through the entrance, Jason quickly texted Lacey: [I'm terribly sorry, but I won't make it. A student has attempted suicide with sleeping pills. I'm at Grace Hospital now.]

A crowd had gathered outside the operating room-teachers, classmates, and Yara's family. The woman sobbing uncontrollably was presumably Yara's mother.

Mike handed Jason a neatly folded note. "Yara left this for you."

Rather than reading it immediately, Jason pocketed the letter and strode toward the operating room.

"What's her status?" he asked.

"She just arrived. The doctors are preparing to pump her stomach," Mike explained.

Having previously worked at Grace Hospital, Jason was well-known among the medical staff. The attending physician invited him to assist with the procedure.

Fortunately, Yara had been brought in quickly enough. After having her stomach pumped, she was out of immediate danger.

While waiting for her to regain consciousness, Jason read her letter-three pages of heartfelt emotions, the ink smudged in places where tears had fallen as she wrote.

was the unwitting catalyst for this situation, yet he was blameless. Even Yara's mother, despite her tears, couldn't

minutes after the procedure. Upon seeing

"Mr. Foster!" she exclaimed.

and energetic, she now appeared fragile against the stark white hospital sheets,

ended. She poured out her feelings

enough already?" he snapped, stamping his foot

first

seemed like a glimmer of hope in

care for you I've never felt this way about anyone before. I don't think I'll ever be able to love anyone else. Please tell me what's wrong with me. I can change,"

Jason, mindful of her emotional state, didn't immediately dismiss her. Instead, he asked softly, "What is it

seemed to catch her off guard. "I'm not sure," she admitted quietly. "Maybe it's your appearance, or perhaps your voice. All I know is that I fell for you the

Jason said, "I

shook her head vigorously. "You're lying. You've been at the university for months, and I've never heard anything about a girlfriend. Everyone says

"He's not lying."

as Jason was wondering how to maintain his well-intentioned deception, a woman's voice came

tonight, but he came here instead," she explained kindly. "It's fine-we'll have plenty of other opportunities

studied Lacey for a long moment before slowly lowering her gaze in defeat. "Listen," Lacey said with remarkable

glanced toward her parents, a flicker of remorse crossing her

the teachers and Jason, they gathered

Lacey before whispering something in Yara's ear. Whatever she said caused Yara to look at Lacey with sudden recognition, but a quick nudge from her friend prompted her to

move on. You should go

She seemed genuinely resolved.

nodded, relieved. "Good.

left the

can be quite intense these days. It seems

just shows how today's youth lack resilience

gazed up at the full moon. "Every experience, good or bad, has value," she said thoughtfully. "It's the challenges and setbacks that help

though her words resonated with

brother, leaving my father and me behind. From that point on, I had to learn to take care of myself and

memories, Lacey smiled faintly and turned to Jason. "How about you? I believe everyone hits rough patches while growing up. If you haven't faced them yet, you will. No one gets an easy ride-life is fair that

a light box, lit a cigarette, and began

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