When the Family 334

This man’s the final boss, not Carson. Jean stared at the defined lines of Hector’s face, and a wave of sour, aching mist rose in her chest.

“So I was wrong.” Realizing the man in front of her wasn’t the one she remembered, Jean lowered her gaze; a dark, gloomy shade clouded her eyes.

The gloom passed in a flash. She tugged at the corner of her lips, forcing a gentle smile. “Sorry for disturbing you.”

She turned and tugged lightly at Shmuel’s sleeve. “Since you’ve got a patient today, I’ll come back another time.”

With that, she turned to leave-

But Samuel grabbed her wrist.

Pressure tightened around her wrist bone, and Jean had no choice but to stop.

“Jean,” Samuel’s brow furrowed slightly; something doubtful flickered in his deep–set eyes, though his voice was as gentle as ever. “Carson… who’s that?”

Jean hadn’t expected him to ask so directly.

She pressed her lips together, trying to lie. “There’s no Carson… you must’ve misheard.”

But for once, Samuel didn’t let it go. “Just now, you mistook my patient for Carson, didn’t you? The first thing out of your mouth, you clearly called him Carson…”

she dropped

trying to pressure you

His voice was like

Jean’s heart warmed instantly.

okay.” She shook her head quickly, lips curving into a

name, Jean couldn’t help

robot with no temperature–his face devoid of any emotion, seated like a statue, those jet–black eyes

had never looked

Carson was someone I met a long

bit like him?” Samuel raised an eyebrow

a real coincidence.” Jean echoed quietly, almost like

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Carson, Then

She left the hospital.

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she didn’t flag down a taxi right away. Instead, she

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