Jackson was taken aback by her straightforwardness. A moment later, he recollected himself and replied, “You’re right. After all, it’s just a matter of individual choice. No one is nobler than the other.”

Feeling that he was insinuating something, I was rendered speechless. Besides, I found it difficult to inquire where he had been in front of Rose and Lydia. What happened?

Feeling conflicted, I could only muster up a single commonplace out of the thousand in my head. “Come and have dinner at my place when you’re free. After all, Summer has been missing you.”

“We’ll see,” Jackson rejected indirectly. “Since I’ve just opened my new clinic, many of my patients will be coming for follow-up examinations. So, I’m quite busy and don’t really have time.”

It was obvious that he wanted to keep a distance from me.

Besides resenting me for ignoring him in the past, Jackson probably thought I was also responsible for Macy’s death.

 

Now that Macy was not here anymore, Jackson was the only childhood friend I had. Hence, I was reluctant to let go of our friendship.

about to persuade him when Lydia, who was listening to our conversation, interrupted with a gentle voice, “Don’t worry. I’ll remind him

 

she and Jackson were indeed a perfect match. Meanwhile, Jackson didn’t voice his objection after hearing that,

my fixation with mending our friendship seemed to

bygones. At least, there was now a woman who could tame Jackson’s temperament so that he didn’t have

her a smile and replied, “Thank you,

as an older brother, for he was half a year older than me, and now, it was only right that I treated his wife, Lydia,

replied politely with a faint smile on her

getting their address since they were still staying in the country. I asked, “Is your clinic in J City as

saved me from embarrassment as she explained patiently, “It’s in K City. Jackson moved his clinic there. He

nodded in agreement, recalling that Jackson had always been conscientious since he was

soon as Lydia finished. After picking up the call, he went outside

from sight that I recalled that I hadn’t asked for their address. Hence, I immediately took out my phone to send a

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