Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 345

She had always been there.

She watched as the girl's silhouette faded into the distance.

The darkness that had clouded her vision dissolved, replaced by a bracing chill in the air. Overhead, the sky shimmered with a river of stars. She tilted her head back and laughed, refusing to let the tears fall.

The Milky Way was dazzling.

Unable to contain herself, she stretched her arms wide, filling her lungs with the crisp, free air, and burst into laughter. She ran, nimble and wild, over the scattered stones of the hillside, her deep red cloak whipping in the wind, vivid and alive beneath the starlit sky, blazing like a phoenix in full flame.

Her soul soared. Mila laughed, and as she laughed, tears spilled down her cheeks tears of irrepressible joy.

"Ha... haha..."

"Hahaha! I'm Mila! I'm Mila-did you hear me? I am Mila!"

She ran through the empty fields, shouting her name into the night.

The wind roared across the land, tugging gently at her hair and cloak as if answering her her laughter chased by the wind, echoing across the hills and valleys.

...

"Cousin!"

go? You scared me half to death! I woke up and you were gone-my soul nearly left my body! We came

grabbed the boy spinning circles around her, cutting off

you have anything to

In the dining hall-

watched Mila devour a plateful of ribs, elegant yet quick, and

head doesn't hurt

too

"Your appetite's back, too?"

as she demolished one beef rib after another. In the past few days, Mila had barely been able to eat the bare minimum,

back from a run. I'm

"Are you nuts?!"

sickness coming back? How are you better this fast? Was the

"Doctor? Incense?"

paused, now that her hunger wasn't clawing

recounted how the traveling doctor had come

about fate and illness and... I don't know, it was creepy. What did you even have, Mila? You

Mila blinked in surprise.

explains the scent. Where's the

Archie shook his head.

Just a wandering doctor, passing through. He cured you that night and left right after. Said something about meeting again if fate allows-all mysterious and stuff. Honestly, this trip, we've run into more weird people

doctor left this for you said to take one pill after every meal, and when you're done, you'll