Chapter 51-60

Chapter 51

Audrey froze for a moment, her eyes trembling slightly.

But Miles was already at the edge of breaking down. As soon as he finished speaking, he buried his head in his knees, his thin frame curled in on itself as he cried silently.

A pang of sympathy shot through Audrey’s chest. ‘So this is the woman I’ve never met… my mother,’ she thought, feeling a bittersweet ache settle deep within her.

Audrey hesitated, then reached out slowly, touching Miles’s back gently. “It’s okay. It’ll be okay,” she whispered.

Medicine was so advanced, and there still would be a chance.

But her words only seemed to undo Miles further. Tears streamed down his face, releasing all the helplessness and bitterness he’d been holding back.