After dealing with these things, Stella returned to Taya.
Seeing that Taya had fallen asleep, and the nurse was taking care of her, a relieved Stella returned to
her office.
Harper didn’t know where she had gone. After running for a long time, she found an alley and sat in it all night.
When a security guard came over and asked if she was Harper Duke, she came to her senses. She looked at him and nodded blankly.
The guard breathed a sigh of relief. “Ms. Duke, you have to come back to the hospital. Dr. Cobb is
looking for you everywhere.”
Harper was stunned. She got up and followed the guards into the car.
Upon returning to the hospital, Harper met Damian, who was going through the discharge formalities on the first floor.
Damian was surprised when he saw Harper and asked why she was here. She didn’t reply to him.
Being stared at by Harper’s big eyes that could see through everything, Damian felt a little scared and
subconsciously looked away.
“Honey…” Damian called out uneasily and then asked with a guilty conscience, “The doctor said my sister’s condition is unstable, so she’d better stay near the hospital before the pup is born. Our house is quite close to the hospital. Why don’t you let her stay there for a while?”
Harper wanted to spit on him, but she held back for some reason.
There was something wrong with Harper, which was that she lacked love since she was a child and could be easily moved.
At the same time, one good thing about her was that she could quickly scoff at those who had betrayed her.
Harper glanced at Damian indifferently. There was no love in her eyes at all, only disgust.
“Suit yourself.”
After saying that, Harper pa*sed by Damian expressionlessly as if she didn’t care about it at all.
Seeing Harper in a daze, Damian wanted to catch up with her and asked her why she was in the hospital, but his arm was held by Michelle.
“Did she agree to let me stay at your house?”
Damian nodded, his eyes still fixed on Harper’s departing figure.
Michelle’s face darkened, and she shook Damian’s arm hard. “Don’t tell me you’re interested in her. We agreed that you would only use her as a tool to make money and get a nice house for our pup and me in the city…”
Damian came back to his senses and patted Michelle to comfort her. “Don’t worry, I would never fall in love with a nightclub girl.
Harper returned to the ward Taya was in and stood at the door but dared not go in.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to face Taya, but that she couldn’t face her departure.
Harper hugged her arms around her stomach tightly and slowly squatted against the wall as if the world. Had abandoned her. She looked extremely helpless.
As Stella was leading a group of residents for rounds, she saw Harper. She quickly asked the other doctors to move on to the next patient while she went forward to help Harper up.
“Harper, are you all right?”
Harper shook her head stiffly.
Stella looked at Harper’s swollen eyes and took a deep breath.
“Life and death are up to fate. No one can change it. What you can do now is to spend more time with Taya so as not to have any regrets in the future.”
Stella’s words woke Harper, and a trace of vitality returned to her dull eyes.
“How long… can she live?” Harper asked in a hoarse voice.
Stella answered honestly. “About a week…”
Harper’s body swayed, and she almost fainted.
Stella helped her. “You have to be strong for Taya.
Who else will be there for her?”
Harper nodded absent-mindedly. “Yes, I have to hold on. I can’t let Taya worry about me…” Harper
muttered to herself as she struggled to walk into the ward, exhausted.
Through the gla*s window, Stella saw Harper sitting in front of Taya’s bed and caress her cheek.
The sunlight shone on the two girls, shining with a gentle golden light, which seemed to warm them.
Only then did Stella understand why Taya had saved money for Harper. After all, they depended on each other for survival.
When she thought of how she had been alone all these years and had never had anyone to rely on or to keep her company, Stella suddenly felt sad.
She looked down and turned to leave, leaving the two with little time left.
Harper seemed to have calmed down. When Taya woke up, there was a gentle smile on Harper’s face.
“I’m here, Taya. I’m right here until the end.”
Hearing Harper’s hoarse voice, Taya was relieved.
Frustrated, Taya touched Harper’s clothes and clenched them tightly.
“Harper, are Damian and his sister alright?”
Harper didn’t expect that when Taya woke up, the first person Taya cared about was her.
It took Harper a lot of effort to calm down, and she almost collapsed again.
Harper resisted the urge to cry and comforted Taya. “It’s okay. They… have a good relationship with each. other.”
This must be why Taya hadn’t told her since she found out she was in the late stage of heart failure. Taya was afraid that she would be worried.
Just like now, she didn’t want Taya to worry about her at the last moment, so she lied out of kindness.
Frowning, Taya couldn’t see the expression on Harper’s face clearly, so she believed her. “That’s
good…”
After saying that, she touched her hand along Harper’s clothes and frowned slightly when she
found her hand cold.
“Harper, why are your hands so cold? Did you catch a cold outside?”
Taya grabbed Harper’s hand tightly and put it under her blanket without waiting for Harper’s reply.
“Let me warm you up. They won’t like it if you shift in here.”
Harper couldn’t help but feel a lump in her throat.
Tears rolled down her cheeks and fell on the back of Taya’s hand.
Taya wanted to wipe away Harper’s tears, but before she could do so, her wrist was grabbed by Harper.
“Taya, can’t you… see?”
Harper held Taya’s hand and stared into her eyes in shock.
This time, Taya didn’t hide anything. She nodded in relief and said, “It’s probably because of the heart
failure…”
Some time ago, when she was dizzy, her vision would be blurred, but she didn’t expect that when she woke up this time, she couldn’t see anything.
Seeing Taya like this, Harper instantly burst into tears again. Harper threw herself on the bed, hugged Taya, and cried.
Taya didn’t try to persuade Harper to stop crying. Instead, she hugged Harper back. While patting Harper on the back, Taya comforted her in a low voice, “I’m fine…”
It didn’t matter whether she couldn’t see it or not. She could
sleep forever after death. Might as well get used to it
in advance.